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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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Bookwrm526Task #30.8 - June is a Busy Month!
Option C: Read a book by a male author that has a 2 in the series number - 2, 12, 21, 22, etc. in a series. I read Time Siege by Wesley Chu, #2 in the Time Salvager series (432pp).
Option D: Read a book by a female author whose initials are found in the word WHIMSICAL. I read Tangerine by Christine Mangan (309pp).
432+309=741pp
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 370
Ava Catherine10.8 - 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.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass first published 1845
185 from given numbers found in publication date
total=985
Ava Catherine10.10 - Summer Reading List
Berkeley Summer Reading list: 2018 Summer Reading list
Summer Lightning by P.G. Wodehouse
total=995
loafer10.10 - Summer Reading List
Read a book from one of the Berkeley Summer Reading lists: 2018 Summer Reading list or the archived Summer Reading lists.
Welcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson
found on the Summer 2015 list: 2015
Summer Sampler
points: 10
total: 320
BB: 3
GO: 3
tasks completed: 20
10.10 - Summer Reading ListSelf-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind - on the 2018 Summer Reading list
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 320 pages.
points this post: 10
total points: 255
25.5 - Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today? option 2: Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire - author initials in "spike marks"
I read the kindle edition. The massmarket paperback edition has 346 pages.
option 4: The Opportunist - set in Florida
I read the kindle edition. The most popular paperback edition has 316 pages.
page total: 346+316>600 pages
points this post: 25
total points: 280
10.10 - Summer Reading ListRead a book from one of the Berkeley Summer Reading lists.
Required: State which list the book can be found on when you post.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley audiobook (Mass market paperback 270 pages Brave New World).
found on the 2002 list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
30.4 DNAInitials TA
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
and
Words in consecutive order (The Annie)
The Annie Year by Stephanie Wilbur Ash
30 points
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Marina H30.3 - JennRenee's Task: New Discoveries to New Favorites
Book 1: Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
Book 2:
Option A: Size 14 Is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
Points this post: 30
Total points: 295
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 5
Tasks completed: 16
Marina H20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida
Option A:
by Marian KeyesPoints this post: 20
Total points: 315
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 5
Tasks completed: 17
Diana K.15.7 – 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. Beatles discography
A Place for Us
Total points: 460
Sheila20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
Option 3.
Touching Evil by Kylie Brant20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's Task: I DO have a sense of humor!!
Option 3: Caddyshack.
The Paris Vendetta by Steve BerryPaperback, 418 pages
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida
Option B: Air Conditioning
Voodoo River by Robert Crais20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3:
Bird Box by Josh Malerman25.1 Andy P’s Task: Remembering Sue Grafton
Book 1.
Sullivan's Evidence by Nancy Taylor RosenbergPaperback, 448 pages
and
Book 2.
The Disappeared by C.J. BoxPaperback, 560 pages
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: It's In the DNA
Book 1:
A Terrible Beauty by Tasha Alexanderand
Book 2:
The Alexander Cipher by Will Adams(TA)
Total Points = 430
Hello! this is the player formerly known as Catherine T now playing as Cat....(https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)Also, I have seen the note about future single task posts, but I've been neglecting my postings for Tower Team admin, so this is a catch-up. I promise I'll do singles after this bunch of posts.....
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Task 5.9 - Mamma Mia!
read a book where the first word in title has 7 letters (ignoring punctuation)
Knight's Shadow
KNI/GHT/S
Task 20.1 - Around the World with Theatre
option 1: read a book with MPG Retellings
A Bear's Bride
ebook length verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
MPG verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Task 20.2 - A Few of my Favorite Things
option 2B - read a book with MPG Zombies, 200+pages
Boneshaker
416p
Task 20.3 - Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
option 4 - read a book with MPG Retellings
A Goose Girl: A Retelling of The Goose Girl
ebook length verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
MPG verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Task 20.4 - A Few of My Favourite Bookish Websites
option 2 - read a book with author initials in THEMILLIONS
Slow Horses
author: Mick Herron - MH
Task 20.5 - If Not For Bad Luck...
option 1 - read a book #1 in series
Tempests and Slaughter
Task 20.6 - Ballet Slippers and Books
option 2 - read a book with two+ word title with title initials in CHOREOGRAPHY
Grave Peril
Task 20.7 - I DO have a sense of humour!!
option 3 - read a book with page count containing 1 & 8
Posies and Poison
148p
Task 20.8 - Florida
option B - read a book with author initials in AIRCONDITIONING
The Custodian of Marvels
author: Rod Duncan - RD
Task 20.9 - The Dog Days of Summer
option 3 -read a book with MPG Mystery
Their Lost Daughters
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185 points claimed
Andy P.Task # 25.5 - 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. BLOCKING Gale Force by Owen LaukkanenBLOCKING 384 p
Option 4. read a book set at least 50% in a state that where one of these colleges are located. States: California, Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly Set in California 416 p.
page count: 384 +416+ 890>600
Points this post: 25
Total points: 370
Task 25.3 - Hamiltonoption 4 - read a book where the title contains all of HAMILTON
The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant
H in tHe
AMI in vAMpIre
LT in TaLes
ON in accOuNtant
option 5 - read a book set 50%+ in London
Ivy and Abe
each section / chapter heading indicates the location & time. p9 "London, 2026" / p53 "London, 2015" etc
Task 25.5 - Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
page count to exceed 600
CROSSOVER
Tyrant's Throne
author: Sebastien de Castell - SC
568p
option 4 - read a book set in California
False Hearts
set in San Francisco, California (stated in the blurb)
366p
option 2 - read a book with author initials (ignore middle) found in 366+568 > 600pages
Task 25.6 - Pure Michigan!
page count to exceed 500
option 2 - read a book that is #3 in series
Saint's Blood
576p
option 4 - read a book where the first initial of the title is in HOMES
The Stone Gods
246p
246+576 > 500pages
Task 30.2 - Contrasts
option 1 - read two books published 100 years apart (to year, not month etc)
book 1: The Outlaw of Torn
pub: 1914
book 2: Traitor's Blade
pub: 2014
page count to exceed 600
option C: read a book by a male author that is #2 in series
Unseemly Science
author: Rod Duncan
368p
option D: read a book by a female author with author initials in WHIMSICAL
Lyrebird
author: Cecelia Ahern - CA
432p
368+432 > 600p
Task 30.9 - Summer (Reading) is Coming
page count to exceed 500
option B - read books from two different lists (first 10pages of)
book 1 - from Popular eBooks list (p1, shelved 353 times)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
435p
AR info: IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
book 2 - from Best Series list (p4, #332)
Rosemary and Rue
346p
435+346 > 500pages
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320 points
Task 30.8 - June is a Busy Month!page count to exceed 600
option C: read a book by a male author that is #2 in series
Head On
author: John Scalzi
335p
option D: read a book by a female author with author initials in WHIMSICAL
Lyrebird
author: Cecelia Ahern - CA
432p
335+432 > 600p
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350 points
30.8 - Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!A. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
From Novels About Motherhood, page 1
390 pages
D. female author whose initials are found in the word WHIMSICAL.
Hag-Seed, by Margaret Atwood
301 pages
Total pages: 691
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 60
Sara G30.2 - 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.
The Awakening and Selected Stories by Kate Chopin - first published in 1899.
The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty by Kitty Kelley - first published in 1999.
I read the Kindle edition - the paperback here has 784 pages.
**The Family is a Big Book (784 pages). Claiming 2 BB tickets.**
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:
A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
A Hundred Summers is on page 1 of the Popular Beach Read Books list.
Book 2: Read a book that can be found on the first 10 pages of a different list from your Book 1 selection.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is on page 1 of the Popular Contemporary Books list.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 380
Kathy G.15.6 - They Call It Acting!
This was #10 on page One
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie
Total Points- 130
Queen Bee DarleneRepost because I linked to the wrong edition
20.5 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
Points this post: 20
Total points: 220
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Limited ExposureAnna CampbellOpt. 1: Read a book from the list Alien Protagonists Midnight at the Well of Souls It's on page 1
Option 4 Read a book that the Author's initials are in Nutcracker Seven Nights in a Rogue's Bed by Anna Campbell
This Post 30
Total 30+345 = 375
1 GO Ticket
20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatreOption 1 - Beauty of the Beast by Rachel L. Demeter
POINTS: 420
Heather KS20.3 Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Option 3: Initials of the title found in ULLADUBULLA ORCHESTRA
The Only Story
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
MegSCL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite
Author initials in VIDEOGAMES: The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra
TOTAL TO DATE
185 Points
1 big book
Heather KS10.1-Summer Blockbusters
Movie: Avengers: Infinity War
Book: Choosing Hope: Moving Forward from Life's Darkest Hours
Connection: the title of both the movie and the book have a subtitle
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 130
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things1. Video Games
B.) Read a book by a single author, where the author's initials can be found in the words VIDEO GAMES.
A Scandal in Scarlet by Vicki Delany
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 275
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:
Heather KS5.3-The Lion King
The Music Shop I received the book as a gift from a friend. She gave it to me to take to the beach this summer.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 135
Task 20.8 - FloridaOption C: Hurricanes
Read a book that was first published in June of any year.
REQUIRED: The first publication date must be included in the GR record.
Florida (2018) by Lauren Groff (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 279 pages)
80 + 20 = 100
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 80 + 20 = 100
Books read: 06
Pages read: 1,953
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
5.5 - Les MisérablesFirst Star I See Tonight by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
author shares a first name with Susan Jane Tanner
Points: 425
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the WorldsOption 3: Digging Up Trouble by Heather Webber - initial letters in ULLADUBULLA ORCHESTRA
Total points: 45
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Spectacular/Vernacular
Option 1A: Columbine by Dave Cullen found on page 1 of Beautiful Book Cover Design. 443 p.
Option 1B: A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline. It has Art as a genre. 352 p.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 505
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 42
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Diana K.5.4 - Cats Read a book with the word memory, memories or memory's in the title, subtitle or series title.
Memory Wall: Stories
Total points: 465
Mod
Joanne MITask 30.7-TessaVanessa-I knew you would love this:
Homophones I chose-Night/Knight
The Night Lives On
The Knight
Points This Task 30
Total Points 205
BB's total 4
Sophie10.10 - Summer Reading List
Berkeley Summer Reading list: 2018 Summer Reading list
Summer Lightning by P.G. Wodehouse
Total 250
Task 25.6 - Pure Michigan!page count to exceed 500
option 2 - read a book that is #3 in series
Saint's Blood
576p
option 4 - read a book where the first initial of the title is in HOMES
Summer Knight
405p
405+576 > 500pages
Task 30.6 - Aida
option 2 - read a book by a male author with initials in VERDI
Unseemly Science
author: Rod Duncan - RD
option 4 - read a book with MPG Historical fiction
To Say Nothing of the Dog
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380 points
Task 10.8 - The World's Oldestread a book first published in a year containing 1 & 8
Peach
first pub 2018
Task 25.7 - My Next Favourite Book
each book a min 200pages; not on the shelf
option 1 - read a book with MPG Dystopia
The Stone Gods
246p
option 2 - read fiction set before 1900
The Sunne in Splendour
set during England's War of the Roses, 1400s
1248p
neither has been read/shelved by the task setter
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415 points
Task 10.7 - The World's Largestread a book with series number found in 25
An Unnatural Beanstalk: A Retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk
#2 in series
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425 points
Jess Philly20.4 Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websites
Option 1: I put Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie into the literature map, and one of the authors I got was Mohsin Hamid. I readExit West. He is a new-to-me author.
20.5 Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
Option 1: I read Legend by Marie Lu, which is #1 in the Legend series.
20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 1: I read Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. The C and N can both be found in Cherie Chittenden.
20.9 Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3: I read The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn. This book has a MPG of mystery.
Points this Post: 80
Total Points: 80
Mod
I read Lord Edgware Dies, found on page 1 of the Thespians list.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 535
Creynard10.4 - Wonder Woman
A Groom of One's Own by Maya Rodale
Author's initials: MR = wondeR woMan.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 28
Creynard10.6 - Radio City Music Hall
A Beginner's Guide to Rakes by Suzanne Enoch
Author's initials: SE = rockettES (in reverse order).
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 28
babbling c20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Option 2: The original cast comprised: Richard Burton, Justin Hayward, David Essex, Chris Thompson, Phil Lynott, Julie Covington, and Jerry Wayne. Read a book whose author shares a first or last name with Jeff Wayne, or one of the original performers.
In Rides Trouble - kindle In Rides Trouble - paperback 311 pgs. by Julie Ann Walker
Julie Covington
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. Middle initials may be ignored. Letters may be used only as often as they occur in the term.
Water to Burn - Kindle Water to Burn - paperback 325 pgs by Katharine Kerr
FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
THIS POST
Points: 40
Completed Tasks: 2
Golden oldies:0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 120/995
Completed Tasks: 10/57
Golden oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
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Pages read this season: 3,535
Books read this season: 10
trishhartuk30.8 Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
C. My grandson will be 2 in June. Read a book by a male author that has a 2 in the series number - 2, 12, 21, 22, etc. in a series.
Raven Stratagem (The Machineries of Empire #2), Yoon Ha Lee
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here (355pg)
D. Read a book by a female author whose initials are found in the word WHIMSICAL.
The Cloud Roads, Martha Wells
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here (278pg)
WhiMsical
Total pages: 355 + 278 = 633pg
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Marina H10.8 - The World's Oldest
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park
First published 2015
Points this post: 10
Total points: 325
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 5
Tasks completed: 18
Mod
I read Clock Dance, with the word "dance" in the title..
Points this post: 10
Total points: 545
MAZZA150.1 - Julia103's Task: Do Re Mi
This is a 3 book task. The three books must have a combined page total of at least 750 pages.
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. All words count.
Mine 432 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
The word must match exactly, and must stand alone.
Tea & Comfort 302 page
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.
All of Us and Everything 352 pages
Brigitta (Bridget)
Page count = 1186
Points this post - 50
Total 995
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websitesOption 3: Book Blogs
I read Pachinko, which I found on the 2016-17 tab.
This book has 500 pp and is a *********Big Book********
points: 150
books read: 12
tasks completed: 9
tasks in progress: 2
Big Books: 1
pages read: 4084
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10.2 - Let's Dance
Read a book with the word DANCE in the title/subtitle or series title.
Dancer by Colum McCann
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.
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
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