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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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30.9 - Brooke TX's task: Summer (Reading) is Coming
OPTION C: YOUTH DEPARTMENT
1) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
AR BookFinder: IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 44.0
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
Task 15.1 – Which did you like better?Required: State page number on list for each book
Book 1: From List: The Book Was Better Than the Movie
Catching Fire page # 2 / # 195
I listened to the audio / MMP L'Embrasement - 400 pg
Book 2: From List: The Movie was Better Than the Book
The Road - page # 4 / # 358
I listened to the audio / MMP: The Road - 287 p
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 165 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
Melanie H5.10 - Beauty and the Beast
Book of your choice.
The Foster Child - Jenny Blackhurst - 6/6/2018Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Melanie H20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task:
Option 2: Bookish News
For this option read a book whose author's initials can be found in either BOOK RIOT or THE MILLIONS
The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris - 6/10/2018How it fits: Authors initials in THE MILLIONS
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Melanie H20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task:
3. Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in the term FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA.
The Girl with a Clock for a Heart - Peter Swanson - 6/23/2018How it fits: Authors initials in FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Melanie H20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida
Option B: Air Conditioning
Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase AIR CONDITIONING. Middle names/initials can be ignored.
In the Country We Love: My Family Divided - Diane Guerrero - 6/2/2018How it fits: Authors initials in AIR CONDITIONING.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Melanie H25.4 - Rina's Task: 2018 FIFA World Cup
Option 2: Read a book from a series that has 21 or more primary books (without counting .5 books - whole numbers only) in it.
Notorious Nineteen - Janet Evanovich - 6/29/2018 (302 pgs)How it fits: Series has 25 primary works.
Option 3: Read a book with a setting (city/state/province/country*) that starts with a letter from RUSSIA.
The Good Daughter - Alexandra Burt - 7/10/2018 (528 pgs)How it fits: Set in Aurora, Texas.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 90
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Melanie H25.5 - Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
Option 2: Choose one of the terms listed here and read a book by a single author whose first and last initials appear in that word.
Every Note Played - Lisa Genova - 6/12/2018How it fits: Author's initials in BLOCKING
Option 4: For this option, read a book set at least 50% in a state that where one of these colleges are located.
Because It Is My Blood - Gabrielle Zevin - 6/27/2018How it fits: Around 75-80% of story set in New York City.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 115
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Marina H25.5 - Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
option 2: Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie 299 p.
Authors initials found in FIGHT CALL
First published 1937 - claiming 1 GO ticket
Option 4: Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich 376 p.
Set at least 50% in Florida
Points this post: 25
Total points: 235
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Tasks completed: 13
Marina H25.4 - Rina's Task: 2018 FIFA World Cu
Option 2: Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie 411 p.
More than 21 books in the series
First published 1937 - claiming 1 GO ticket
Option 3: I denne søde sommertid by Mari Jungstedt 299 p.
Set in Sweden - starts with a letter found in RUSSIA
Points this post: 25
Total points: 260
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 5
Tasks completed: 14
Marina H5.10 - Beauty and the Beast
Den dobbelte tavshed by Mari Jungstedt
Points this post: 5
Total points: 265
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 5
Tasks completed: 15
DULCINELLA30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Limited Exposure
2 books
Book 1: Option 1. For this option, read a book with the MPG of “Aliens”, stand alone or embedded, or a book from one of the following lists: Aliens First Contact or Alien Protagonists
I Am Number Four
Pittacus Lore 465 p. 11 july 2018 3 stars On Alien Protagonist list, nr. 43
Book 2: Option 4
For this option, read a book by an author whose initials can be found in NUTCRACKER. All initials need to be present.
Kudos Rachel Cusk 224 p. 28 june 2018 5 starsINITIALS RC
Points in this post: 30 points
Total points: 305 points
One ticket golden oldie
Readerboard name: witchygal20.3 - TrishhartUK's Task
Option 3 - Read a book where the initial letters of all the words in the title can be found in BLACK SMOKE BAND.
I read Death of a Nightingale. Letters can be found in target phrase: "black smOke bAND".
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Total points and stats for the Summer Challenge
Books: 8
Points: 125
Big Book: 3
Golden Oldie: 0
Readerboard name: witchygal20.10 Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season
I read The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. I posted in the discussion thread - post number 7
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Total points and stats for the Summer Challenge
Books: 9
Points: 145
Big Book: 3
Golden Oldie: 0
Mary P15.7 – Beatlemania!
Read a book with a title/subtitle containing a word from the title of a Beatles album, listed in the Beatles discography – “a” and “the” cannot be used.
The Night is Deep by Joe Hart.
( A Hard Days Night)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 260
NICOLE OH10.5 - The Globe
William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope
15.1 - Which Did You Like Better?
BOOK 1- V for Vendetta page 2
BOOK 2- Brooklyn page 8
15.5 - The Bard
Shakespeare: The World as Stage
THIS POST- 40
TOTAL THIS CHALLENGE- 305
Colin's Mom (Sarah)20.4 - I read The Goodbye Quilt by Susan Wiggs. I used the Literature Map website and started with author Debbie Macomber.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 7
Nick KY30.3 JennRenee’s New Discoveries
Book 1. I read Zodiac by Romina Russell, from p 1 of JennRenee’s list. https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Book 2. Opt. 2. B. “Western.” I read The Sin Eater by Sarah Rayne. Three word title. First letters of all title words are in “wESTern.”
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 460
loafer25.6 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan!
Option 2 - Read a book by a single author whose name contains both the letters U and P.
The Book of Jonas by Stephen Dau
stePhen daU
no mmpb. pb: The Book of Jonas 272 pages
Option 4 - Read a book whose title begins with any of the letters H, O, M, E or S.
Marlena by Julie Buntin
Marlena / hoMes
no mmpb. pb: Marlena 352 pages
272 + 352 > 500
points: 25
total: 390
BB: 3
GO : 2
tasks completed: 18
Sara G30.8 - Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
B. My son's June birthday often falls on Father's Day. Read a book from the following list: Fantastic Dads and Father Figures.
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 700 pages.
**The Curse of Chalion is a Big Book (700 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
This book is on page 2, currently at #108 on the Fantastic Dads list.
D. While we know that the new June baby is a girl, her name is as yet unknown. I've been calling her Whimsical, as a "placeholder." Read a book by a female author whose initials are found in the word WHIMSICAL. All initials count. Letters can be used only as often as they appear in the target word.
The Courtiers by Lucy Worsley
WHIMSICAL
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback here has 402 pages.
700 + 402 = 1102
Points this post: 30
Total points: 320
Sophie10.2 Dance in title
The Dance: Our Journey Through Frontotemporal Degeneration by Deborah Thelwell
10.8 published in March or a year with 2 of 1 3 5 or 8
Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd
Published May 1987
15.4 Double letters
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Double t and double o
20.3 letters in ULLADUBULLA ORCHESTRA
Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
Points in post 55
Total 205
Task 20.10 – Group ReadOption: Romantic Suspense
My Cousin Rachel
I listened to the audio / MMP: Ma cousine Rachel (499 p)
My Comment Here
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 185 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
Kristi CO20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
Option 2B: zombie
The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Sandra30.8 - Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
Option A:
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
This book is #68 on page 1 of the 'Novels About Motherhood' list.
Option B:
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
This book is #139 on page 2 of the 'Fantastic Dads and Father Figures' list.
Secret Daughter has 379 pages.
The Diary of a Young Girl has 351 pages.
Total: 730 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 95
Danibean5.9 - Mamma Mia!: Read a book where the FIRST word in the title is exactly seven letters.
I read Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson. ANOTHER is exactly 7 letters.
10.2 - Let's Dance: Read a book with the word DANCE in the title/subtitle or series title. Plurals, possessives and words that retain the meaning of the word (ex: dancing, dancer, danced) will also work.
I read A Mad Desire to Dance by Elie Wiesel.
10.4 - Wonder Woman: Read a book written by a female author whose first and last initials can be found in WONDER WOMAN.
I read To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and Murder by Nancy Rommelmann.
15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax: Go to My Books. Scroll down in the left column to "Your Reading Activity." Click on "Most Read Authors" to see your list of authors. Read a book by one of those authors - you may use ANY of the authors on your list. Required: Include in your post the number of books that you have read by that author.
I read Sycamore Row by John Grisham. I read 13 books by John Grisham before Sycamore Row.
20.1 - Around the world with theatre: This is a one book task. Pick any option. I chose OPTION 3: Read a book with yellow on the cover.
I read The Program by Suzanne Young.
20.7 - I DO Have a Sense of Humor: This is a one book task, so pick from any of the following options. I chose OPTION 3: Read a book where the number of pages includes the digits 1 and 8.
I ready The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson. It has 481 pages.
This Post:
Points - 80
BB Tickets - 0
GO Tickets - 0
Books Read - 6
Tasks Complete - 6
Totals:
Points - 200
BB Tickets -
GO Tickets -
Books Read - 15
Tasks Complete - 14
Cait S25.3- Hamilton
Book #1- Option 1
Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word of at least four letters from the first six paragraphs of the lyrics.
The Boy From the Basement by Susan Shaw
The matching word is "From"
Book #2- Option 5
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these three cities.
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
The metadata lists London, England. The majority of the story takes place there.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 115
Task 15.5 - The BardRead a book, fiction or nonfiction, about William Shakespeare.
The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 (2015) by James Shapiro (Hardcover, 384 pages) [822.33]
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography (2015)
35 + 15 = 50
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 35 + 15 = 50
Books read: 03
Pages read: 972
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 00
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Janice CA25.6 - Pure Michigan!
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose name contains both the letters U and P.
author: terry mUrPhy
Some of My Best Friends Are Animals by Terry Murphy
and
Option 4: Read a book whose title begins with any of the letters
H, o, m, e or s.
Here Is Real Magic: A Magician's Search for Wonder in the Modern World by Nate Staniforth
+25
total: 90
tasks: 5
books: 6
Andy P.Task # 15.1 - Which Did You Like Better?
Book 1 – read a book from the list The Book Was Better Than the Movie
The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans page1 # 96
Book 2 – read a book from the list The Movie was Better Than the Book North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell page 2 # 135
Points this post: 15
Total points: 285
CelesteR25.7 - Options 3 & 4
Book 1: Thermae Romae III by Mari Yamazaki (ヤマザキマリ) Time travel between Ancient Rome and Japan.
Book 2: This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki Metadata awards for 2015.
GN: 250+ > 100+ for both
Total: 305 points.
Beth_NC25.1 Remembering Sue Grafton -
A. Blood Magick by Nora Roberts
Author's Intials in sue gRaftoN
B. Spider Game by Christine Feehan
25.3 Hamilton
A. A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
Option 4 A LaNdMOre kInd THan home
B. Silver Staked (The Blood Borne Series) by Shannon Mayer
Option 5 Set in New York City
30.8 June is a Busy Month
A. The Hush by John Hart
Option C Male Author #2 in Johnny Merriman Series
B. Firestorm by Shannon Mayer
Option D Female Author with initials in whiMSical
Points: 80
Tasks: 3
Books: 6
Total Points: 480
Total Tasks: 27
Total Books: 35
Total Pages: 12217
Big Book Ticket: 1
MAZZA1Task 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
The Masque of the Red Death
First published 1852 - i am claiming a GO ticket
Task 25.4 Rina's Task: 2018 FIFA World Cup
This is a 2 book task. .
The books must have a combined total of at least 600 pages.
Option 2: Read a book from a series that has 21 or more primary booksThe Murder on the Links
232 pages (Hercule Poirot series is cited in task as an example)
first published 1923 claiming a GO ticket
Option 4:
Read a book by a single author who shares his/her first and last initials with one of the major persons in the German team
Mario Götze - scored the winning goal in the final game against Argentina.
Into the Drowning Deep Mira Grant 484 pages
484 +232 = 716 pages
Points this post = 30
Points to date =870
GO tickets this post = 2
GO tickets to date = 5
Kristen IA5.4 - Cats
Read a book with the word memory, memories or memory's in the title, subtitle or series title.
Memory Man by David Baldacci
I listened to the audiobook and have linked the MMPB edition.
*******I claim 1 BB Ticket - 510 pages*******
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 115/995
Tasks Completed: 9/57
GO: 0
BB: 5
ED20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websites
Option 1- Read a book written by one of the similar authors displayed on the Literature Map.
The Day of the Owl by Leonardo Sciascia
My favorite author is Georges Simenon
Leonardo Sciascia is listed as a similar author and I have not previously read anything by this author.
task=20
total=180
tasks completed=9
books completed=11
GO=3
BB=0
CelesteR15.10 - Rumiko Takahashi is my number one author.
Ranma ½, Vol. 1 (Ranma ½ by Rumiko Takahashi
GN: 306 > 100+
Total: 320 points GO: 1
CelesteR 20.6 - Option 1: cheRie chiTtenden
Ranma 1/2, Vol. 2 by Rumiko Takahashi
GN: 232 > 100+
Total: 340 points GO: 1
30.2 - Booklover's Task: Contrasts1 - Now and Then
The Last Trail published 1909
The Breach published 2009
Claiming 1 GO ticket for The Last Trail
This Post 30, 1 GO ticket
Total 30+285 = 305
1 GO Ticket
30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Spectacular/VernacularOPTION 2 - VERNACULAR
A: Read a book with TEXT ONLY on the cover you could use this list for ideas but you are not limited to it. The cover must be plain except for the text - no borders, patterns, etc.
Text Only Covers
B: Read a book with an MPG of “Language” or “Linguistics, “ stand alone or embedded
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 195
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:
Coralie5.4 Cats
Book with Memory in title
The Book of Memory
30.4 It’s in the DNA
Book 1: Book by a single author with first and last name in initials that match the adenine-thymine pair initials AT
Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Book 2 – A Book with consecutive words in the title that begin with the adenine-thymine pair initials AT – At The
At the Mouth of the River of Bees
This post 30 points
Total to date 300 points
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...Option 1: read a book that is number 1, 3, or 13 in a series
Book read: One Stiletto in the Grave
How it fits: Reapers in Heels #1
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Total points: 365
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 22
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 3
MegSCL30.2 - Booklover's Task: Contrasts
2 - Here and There
Read two books originally written in languages from two different language families
Death's End
**604pp - 1 big book ticket
Written in Chinese (Sino Tibetan family)
Dyschronia
Written in English (Indo European family)
TOTAL TO DATE
165 Points
1 big book
5.2 - ChicagoClose Case (Samantha Kincaid #3) by Alafair Burke
page 11 of Legal Thriller
5.7 - Wicked
The Woman Who Died A Lot (Thursday Next #7) by Jasper Fforde
page 21
5.9 - Mamma Mia!
Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino
There are 7 letters in JOURNEY
1 x Bigger is Better (539 pages)
25.3 - Diana K’s Task: Hamilton
Option 3: Read a book set at least 75% in the Caribbean.
Night Diver by Elizabeth Lowell
Setting: St Vincent & The Grenadines 99%
Option 4: Read a book where the Title/subtitle contains all of the letters in HAMILTON.
One Small Thing by Erin Watt
HAMILTON found in ONe sMALl THIng
Total this Post: 40
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 325
READ 60 Summer Reading Fun 30.9 Option B
Popular Contemporary Turtles All the Way Down
by John Green
Best Series Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
points 30
total points 105
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.5 Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
Option 2: Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler. Initials can be found in FIGHT CALL. 371 pages
Option 4: The Woman Who Couldn't Scream by Christina Dodd. It takes place in Washington State. 384 pages
371+384=755
Points this post: 25
Total points: 415
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 36
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Diana K.30.2 - Booklover's Task: Contrasts
1 - Now and Then
Read two books published one hundred years apart. Only the publication year need be considered, not the precise date or month of publication.
Summer publ in 1917
Cancer What You Need to Know: Overcome the 10 Common Mistakes Patients Make publ in 2017
Total points: 375
readerboard name: boromom5.9 - Mamma Mia! Read a book where the FIRST word in the title is exactly seven letters.
Beaches, Bungalows, and Burglaries
points this post:5
total points: 105
CelesteRExchanging Ranma 1/2, Vol. 3 for Ranma ½, Vol. 1 (Ranma ½ for my 15.10 task in Post 1025.
15.10 - Rumiko Takahashi is my number one author.
Ranma 1/2, Vol. 3 by Rumiko Takahashi
GN: 224 > 100+
Total: 340 points
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30.9 - Option C
Book 1: Fruits Basket, Vol. 1 by Natsuki Takaya GN: 216 > 100+ Young Adult Genre
Book 2: Ranma ½, Vol. 1 (Ranma ½ by Rumiko Takahashi GN: 304 > 100+
Pages: 216 + 304 = 520 pages > 500+ minimum
Total: 370 points
Sophie10.3 non-fiction biography, autobiography or memoir
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
Total 215
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10.7 The World's Largest
Read a series book that has a number that can be found in 25, 211, and/or 996. Whole numbers only.
The Hamlet #1 in the Snopes Series
15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Click on "Most Read Authors" to see your list of authors. Read a book by one of the top 10 authors - you may use ANY of the authors on your list.
The Touchstone by Edith Wharton who is #10 on my top authors list.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
Option 3: 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. Parts of the face may be obscured by hair, mask, glasses, etc., but at least 50% of the face must be showing.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
3. This day isn't merely unsettling; it's produced a clinical phobia. Note the fear of Friday the 13th by reading a book with a single author whose initials can be found in the term FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA.
A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor
20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books
read a book FIRST published between 1940 and 2005 (years inclusive) AND set at least 50% in England.
The Frozen Thames
25.7 - Meg SCL:My next favourite book
Option 3: Why not mix the future and the past? Read a book that features time travel. It must be clear from the goodreads description or metadata that time travel is involved.
The Rose Garden 476 pages
Option 5: Now that I'm a mum, I'll need to find some good kids books to read. Read a book that meets SRC requirements with the main page genre of kids or children.
Under the Lilacs IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 15.0
262 pages
25.6 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan!
Option 4 - Read a book whose title begins with any of the letters H, O, M, E or S. My Own Cape Cod
Option 5: Read a book set entirely (“Pure”-ly) in the state of Michigan. Middlesex
Points This Post: 135
Total Points: 230
Tasks Completed: 13