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TessaVanessaChallenge 20.3 Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Option 3: I read After the End by James Patterson. The initial letters of title can be found in ULLADUBULLA ORCHESTRA.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 455
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 39
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 2: read a book with a title of two or more words where the initial letter of each word can be found in CHOREOGRAPHY.
I read Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 475
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 40
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
MAZZA115.1 - Which Did You Like Better?
Book 1 – read a book from the list The Book Was Better Than the Movie
The Bone Collector Page 3
Claiming a big book ticket = 528 pages
Book 2 – read a book from the list The Movie was Better Than the Book
Forrest Gump Page 1
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 920
BB tickets this post = 1
To date = 8
Nick KY10.1 Summer Blockbusters
Movie: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Book: I read The Frozen Hours: A Novel of the Korean War by Jeff Shaara.
Connection: The author’s first name is “Jeff,” the same as the first name of the star of the movie – and if there’s any doubt as to whether he’s the star, here’s the quote from the site:
“No offense to Chris Pratt, but the real draw here is Jeff Goldblum returning as Ian Malcolm. Jeff. Freaking. Goldblum.”
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 470
Sheila15.6 - They Call It Acting!
The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James(Page 1)
15.7 – Beatlemania!
Meet Me in Malmo by Torquil MacLeod(Please Please Me - ME)
15.8 - The Great American Read
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Murder Beyond the Grave by James Patterson(128 books by James Patterson)
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
B.)
Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Option 1
1984 by George OrwellTotal Points = 295
Danibean20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
Help Thread
One of my favourite things to do when we travel is to see a show, play or musical. I love the glitz, grandeur and witnessing raw talent on stage! This challenge is dedicated to these wonderful locations and my favourite shows.
This is a one book task. Pick any option.
Required: Indicate the option you chose.
Option 3: New York - United States of America
As lifelong Harry Potter fans, we went to see “Puffs”; the story of the plucky characters in Hufflepuff and their adventures during the Harry Potter books.
For this task, read a book with yellow on the cover. The book may have a yellow background or may have a single item that is identifiable yellow. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post and point out the yellow object.
I read
by suzanne young. They are wearing yellow clothing.
5.10 Beauty and the BeastOn Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry by William H. Gass. (91 pp. -- my one book of fewer than 100 pages allowed for this challenge.)
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 85
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read: 1261
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0)
10.9 - A Look Back From Most Popular Books Published In June 2017 list - Read The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
The Alice Network is 503 pages so I claim 1 Big Book Ticket.
Points these task: 10
Total points: 25
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 2
Nick KY20.9 E Murphy’s Dog Days I chose option 3 and read a book with “Mystery” as a GR genre, The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 490
Nick KY30.8 Sandy’s June is a Busy Month
Opt. C. Male author. No. 2 in a series. I read The Color of Blood by Declan Hughes, # 2 in the Ed Loy series.
Opt. D. Female Author. Inits in WHIMSICAL. I read The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas: whiMSiCal.
Color = 352 pp
Tapestries = 285 pp
Total pp = 637 > required 600
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 520
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre Option 2: London, United Kingdom: Author's initials in phrase THE PLAY THAT WENT WRONG- Read The Violent Century by Lavie Tidhar. L & T are both in the phrase.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 45
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 3
Queen Bee Darlene20.5 Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
Option 1) 1, 3, or 13 in series
The Legacy (Children's House #1) by Yrsa Sigurdardottir The Legacy
20 points
25.2 Nick KY's Task: This Summer's Theme, more or less
Option A) Non-fiction book with at least one of the following mainpage GR genres: “Medicine”, “Health”, “History”, Archaeology.”
The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals by Aaron Mahnke The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals
Non-fiction, History Genre
Option B) Beverage in a drinking glass, cup, or mug on cover
Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes by Karen Rose Smith Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes
25 points
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 220
Anja20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's Task: I DO have a sense of humor!!
Read a book where the number of pages includes the digits 1 and 8, in any order.
His Perfect Bride by Merry Farmer (180 pages)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 250
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 15
VAL TX20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida - For this task, read one book that fulfills one of the options below.
Option C: Hurricanes - Read a book that was first published in June of any year.
Marriage of a Thousand Lies by S.J. Sindu
First published in June of 2017.
This post:
Points - 20
Total:
Points - 70
GO Tickets - 1
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.
The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
10.7 - The World's Largest
Read a series book that has a number that can be found in 25, 211, and/or 996.
The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Niebla #1
15.5 - The Bard
Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, about William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
15.6 - They Call It Acting!
The Crucible by Arthur Miller page 1
Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
LaureY20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 3: “A Case of the Knee-zles”
In his memory, read a book FIRST published between 1940 and 2005 (years inclusive) AND set at least 50% in England.
How to Marry a Marquis by Julia Quinn
First Published: 1999
Points this post: 20
Total points: 455
Total Books: 30
Total Tasks: 24
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 7
phantomswife25.4 - Rina's Task: 2018 FIFA World Cup
Option 3: Read a book with a setting (city/state/province/country*) that starts with a letter from RUSSIA.
The Jewel in the Crown, which takes place in India.
472 pages.
Option 4: I've been watching World Cups since 2002 and last time (in 2014) my favourite team (Germany) has finally won. Some of the major persons in the German team were:
Joachim Löw - head coach
Philipp Lahm - team captain
Manuel Neuer - Golden Glove award winner for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament
Miroslav Klose - top goalscorer in the history of the FIFA World Cup
Mario Götze - scored the winning goal in the final game against Argentina.
Read a book by a single author who shares his/her first and last initials with one of these persons. Middle initials should be ignored.
Example: The Good Girl by Mary Kubica - author shares initials with Miroslav Klos. Initials may be in reversed order. Example: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - author shares initials with Mario Gotze.
The Taxidermist's Daughter by Kate Mosse who shares her initials with Miroslav Klose
423 pages.
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 230
BARBARA ★5.3 ~ The Lion King
Read a book that you received as gift
Last Gasp - Karen Chester (received ARC from the publisher) 7/15
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25.6 ~ Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan!
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose name contains both the letters U and P
Kin - Kealan Patrick Burke (306 pages) 6/10
Option 4: Read a book whose title begins with any of the letters H, O, M, E or S.
Shady Cross - James Hankins (title starts with S)(334 pages) 7/16
Total Pages: (Book 1) 306 pages + (Book 2) 334 pages = 650 pages > 500 pages
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 390
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (1), 750+: (0); 1000+: (0)
Creynard25.4 - Rina's Task: 2018 FIFA World Cup
Book 1/Option 1: Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Main Page Genre of Sports and Games>Sports
Book 2/Option 3: The Highlander by Kerrigan Byrne
Set in Scotland=ruSsia
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 28
BB this Post: 0
Total BB: 2
Creynard15.5 - The Bard
Shakespeare in Love: A Screenplay by Marc Norman
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 29
BB this Post: 0
Total BB: 2
DeborahPost #5
25.6 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan!
3) Vision in Silver (The Others #3) 400 pages
4) Murder of Crows 354 pages
400 + 354 =754/500 pages
Points this post:25
Total Points:160
Books read:11
Tasks Done: 8
DeborahPost #6
15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Written in Red by Anne Bishop
My list states that I have read 8 books by her, it's actually 9 as I am rereading book 4 of this series and it is listed as "currently reading" instead of "read".
Points this post:15
Total Points:175
Books read:12
Tasks Done: 9
15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!Dead Souls by Ian Rankin
I have read 10 books by this author.
30.2 - Booklover's Task: Contrasts
Option 2.
France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle by John Julius Norwich
Written in English (Indo-European family)
After the Quake by Haruki Murakami
Written in Japanese (Japonic family)
Points this post: 45
Points in total: 280
Tasks completed: 16
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 1
Ava Catherine50.1 - Julia103's Task: Do Re Mi
Book 1: Read a book where the first word of the title starts with one of the solfege syllables: DO, RE, MI, FA, SOL, LA or TI.
Falconer (FA) by John Cheever 221 pages
Book 2: Read a book whose title/subtitle includes one of following words used in the song: DOE, RAY, ME, FAR, SEW, LA, or TEA
Abide with Me (ME) by Elizabeth Strout 304 pages
Book 3: Read a book where the author's first name matches one of the Von Trapp children or the English equivalent given in parentheses.
The Stargazey by Martha Grimes 432 pages
author Martha Grimes shares first name with Marta (Martha)
221+304+432=957 total pages
total=850
Ava Catherine15.5 - The Bard
Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, about William Shakespeare.
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt
approved in help thread message # 2
total=865
Ava Catherine15.2 - In Memory of...….
Book 1 - Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of science, standalone or embedded.
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel mpg science and nonfiction
Book 2 - Read a single author book with the author's initials found in the phrase RADICAL CHIC.
Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie
author's initials AC found in radiCAl chic
total=880
perletwo20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websites - Option 2: Bookish News - For this option read a book whose author's initials can be found in either BOOK RIOT or THE MILLIONS
Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith
Points this task: 20
Total points: 395
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 29
Tasks completed: 22
CYNBAXTER# 5.10 – Beauty and the Beast
Book: A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Task: Read a book of your choice
***This is a Golden Oldie (orig pub =1879). Claiming 1 GOLDIE ticket
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 130 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 1
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 2
Ava Catherine5.2 - Chicago
Read a book that has been shelved as Legal Thriller at least 2 times from this list of Legal Thrillers
page 1
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
shelved legal thriller 143 times
total= 885
Ava Catherine5.3 - The Lion King
Read a book from this list Best Books to Gift.
The Godfather by Mario Puzo page 1; #38
5.6 - A Chorus Line
Read a book with a single word title.
Incendiary by Chris Cleave
total=895
Ava Catherine10.1 - Summer Blockbusters
Read a book related in some way to one of the 15 summer movies on this list: In a Year Full of Blockbusters, Summer 2018 Will Be Especially Huge.
Movie: Ocean's 8
Book: The High Season
by Judy BlundellConnection: beach/ocean on cover and ocean in title
total=905
Ava Catherine10.4 - Wonder Woman
The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy
author's initials=AM found in wonder woMAn
total=915
Ava Catherine5.5 - 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.
Original performer: Jean Vallée
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
5.10 - Beauty and the Beast
Read a book of your choice.
Improvement by Joan Silber
total=925
Ava Catherine10.3 - It's All About Me
Read a non-fiction biography, autobiography or memoir of a screenwriter, playwright, composer, musician, dancer, or actor.
Me by Katharine Hepburn
autobiography of actress Katharine Hepburn
total=935
readerboard name: boromom10.10 - Summer Reading List
http://reading.berkeley.edu/index.html
All the Light We Cannot See
BB: 1 ticket
points this post:10
total points: 115
Ava Catherine10.6 - 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.).
Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
author's initials=ES found in rockettES
total=945
Ava Catherine10.7 - The World's Largest
Read a series book that has a number that can be found in 25, 211, and/or 996.
The Horse You Came In On (Richard Jury,#12) by Martha Grimes
12 found in 211
total= 955
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the WorldsOption 3:Read a book where the initial letters of all the words in the title can be found in EITHER BLACK SMOKE BAND or ULLADUBULLA ORCHESTRA (but not a combination of both). The title must have at least 3 words.
I read Our Souls at Night. O, S, A, N are all found in "BLACK SMOKE BAND".
Task points:20
Total Points:185
Tasks completed:10
Books read:10
perletwo5.10 - Beauty and the Beast - Celebrate Belle and stick your nose in a book of your choice.
Dyeing Up Loose Ends
Points this task: 05
Total points: 400
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 23
JUKKA15.7 – Beatlemania!
Book with a word in the title from the title of a Beatles album.
Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley shares "yellow" with Yellow Submarine. It's also from 1921 and a Golden Oldie.
Total Points: 290/995
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 20/57
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 2
Mod
I chose option 1 and read two books published 100 years apart.
The Time Machine - first published 1895.
Malice Prepense - first published 1995.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 520
MAZZA125.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or less
For this task, read books from two different options
REQUIRED: State which Options you choose.
Option C.
So for this option you may go back and read a winner or nominee from the Spring 2011 Group Reads.
A Room with a View in Love stories category
Option D. Read a book with at least three words in the title, the first letter of each word beginning with a letter from:
THE GULF OF MEXICO.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
E O I and C in Mexico
F in Gulf
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 945
20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatreOption 1 - Beauty of the Beast by Rachel L. Demeter
POINTS: 420
Diana K.5.8 - Oh! Calcutta! Read a book with an exclamation point or question mark in the title or subtitle.
Why Does the Other Line Always Move Faster?: The Myths and Misery, Secrets and Psychology of Waiting in Line
Total points: 400
Diana K.15.1 - Which Did You Like Better?
Book 1 – read a book from the list The Book Was Better Than the Movie
The Notebook On page 1
Book 2 – read a book from the list The Movie was Better Than the Book
Breakfast at Tiffany's On page 1
Total points: 415
Diana K.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 Beach Read Books
Popular Travel Books
Popular Ebooks
Popular Contemporary Books
Mastering the Art of French Eating: Lessons in Food and Love from a Year in Paris On page 6 of Popular Travel Books
Book 2: Read a book that can be found on the first 10 pages of a different list from your Book 1 selection.
Still Alice On page 5 of Popular Contemporary Books
Total Points: 445
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