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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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Brooklyn20.10 – Group Reads
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
My comment: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 205/995
Tasks completed: 13/57
Books read: 15
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Big Book Tickets: 1
readerboard name: boromom20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
option 3: Note the fear of Friday the 13th by reading a book with a single author whose initials can be found in the term FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
Fredrik Backman
points this post:20
total points: 135
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 15.6 - They Call It Acting!
It Ends with Revelations
Page 1 of list
Points this post: 15
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 115
BB:1
GO:0
Total Task completed: 12
Total Books read: 12
Diana K.20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida
Option A: Emerald Coast. Read a book with a cover that is predominantly green (at least 50%).
Total points: 485
10.2 - Let's DanceRead 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 Dancing Through It: My Journey in the Ballet.
Task points:10
Total Points:195
Tasks completed:11
Books read:11
Kristen IA15.4. Double Trouble
OPTION 2 -Read one book that meets the criteria for A and B - title/subtitle contains a word with a repeated vowel and one with a repeated consonant. Example: Tapping the Dream Tree (double "p" in Tapping, double "e" in Tree).
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
25.6 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan!
Choose two different options and read a book that fulfills the requirements for each. REQUIRED: State which options you choose.
The COMBINED total of both books must be at least 500 pages.
Option 3 - Read a book that is #3 in a series. It must be identified as #3 in a series in the Goodreads metadata, “Title” (series name #3).
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher - 384 pages
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the MMPB edition for page count.
Option 4 - Read a book whose title begins with any of the letters H, O, M, E or S.
Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones - 337 pages
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the MMPB edition for page count.
384 + 337 = 721 pages
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Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 215/995
Tasks Completed: 13/57
GO: 0
BB: 6
LaureY25.5 - Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
Option 1
For this option, read a book with a cover that includes only the colors black, white and/or grey.
by Stylo FantomePages: 332
Option 2
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:
FIGHT CALL
The Apprentice by Tess Geritzen
Pages: 376
Points this post: 25
Total points: 480
Total Books: 32
Total Tasks: 25
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 7
Anja20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida
Option C: Hurricanes - Read a book that was first published in June of any year.
Want You by Jen Frederick (Published June 29th 2018)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 270
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 16
FANDURY25.5 - 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.
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird Barron
The initals of the author LB can be found in the word BLocking.
I read the kindle version, but the paperback is 304 pages: The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
Option 4: Read a book set at least 50% in a state that where one of these colleges are located. States: California, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia, Washington.
Mirror Image by Michael Scott
The book is set nearly completely in Los Angeles, California
I read the kindle version, but the hardcover is 352 pages: Mirror Image
304 - 352 = 656 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 155
Books Read: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Delicious Dee10.10 - Summer Reading List
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy - on the 2018 summer reading list
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 380
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.4 Dlmrose's Task: It's In the DNA
Book 1: Sexy Summer Flings by Codi Gary. CG=Codi Gary
Book 2: Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney TA=Takes A
Points this post: 30
Total points: 535
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 44
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Nicola TTask: Brooke TX's task: Summer (Reading) is Coming
two book task. Choose one of the options below and read Book 1 and Book 2 from that option. Books with the Main Page Genres of Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, and Manga can be used for this task. The books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.
I chose OPTION C: YOUTH DEPARTMENT: Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Young Adult, Childrens, or Middle Grade.
For this i read Lying Out Loud which is 368 pages and has MPG "Young Adult"
and
Book 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Sequential Art, Comics, or Graphic Novel.
For this i read Batgirl, Volume 2: Son of Penguin (168 pages)
Total pages= 368 + 168 = 536> 500
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 95
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 5
Bookwrm526Task #20.5 - If Not For Bad Luck...
Option 3: Readi a book with a single author whose initials can be found in the term FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA. I read European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss.
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Task #30.6 - 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 Within These Walls by Ania Ahlborn.
Option 4: Read a book with the main page genre war or historical fiction. Genre may be stand alone or embedded. I read Confessions by Rabee Jaber.
Points this post: 50
Total points so far: 420
READ 60 20.6 Bigger is better 20.5 Option 2 FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
All My Friends are Superheroes by Andrew Kauffman
Points 20
Sheila50.1 - Julia103's Task: Do Re Mi
Book 1:
Last Car to Elysian Fields by James Lee BurkePaperback, 320 pages
Book 2:
You Will Know Me by Megan AbbottPaperback, 352 pages
Book 3:
Between You and Me by Lisa HallPaperback, 356 pages
Total Points = 480
Kristen IA20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
This is a one-book task. Choose a book to fit one of these options. REQUIRED: state which option you choose when you post the task.
3. 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.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the MMPB edition for page count.
******I claim 1 Golden Oldie for this book - first published 1847******
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 235/995
Tasks Completed: 14/57
GO: 1
BB: 6
DULCINELLA20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's Task: I DO have a sense of humor!!
option 1
Option 1: Airplane! He thinks this movie is hilarious and will watch it any time it’s on television. There is only one line in the entire movie that makes me laugh. Since this movie is supposedly full of hilarious puns and witty repartee, for this option read a book with a pun in the title.
This list may give you some ideas: Puns in Titles
REQUIRED: state the "classic" phrase that inspired the twist.
Book on the list nr. 29
No Nest for the Wicket
No Nest for the Wicket
Donna Andrews 332 p. 19 july 2018 3 stars Original phrase: ‘No rest for the wicked’
Points in this post: 20 points
Total points: 345 points
1 ticket golden oldie
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: FloridaOption A: Emerald Coast
I live in northwest Florida and our beaches are colloquially called the Emerald Coast, after the color of the water in the Gulf of Mexico here. Read a book with a cover that is predominantly green (at least 50%). REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng 336 p. 3 july 2018 4 starsChecked with tineye , more than 90 % green
Points in this post: 20 points.
Total points: 365 points
1 ticket golden oldie
Sophie20.10
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... comment in thread
Total 290
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5.3 - The Lion King
From page 1 Best Books to Gift #81: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
total = 625
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's Task: I DO have a sense of humor!!
option 1, pun title: Here's Looking at Euclid: A Surprising Excursion Through the Astonishing World of Math by Alex Bellos
classic phrase: Here's looking at you, kid from Casablanca
total = 645
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30.9 - Brooke TX's task: Summer (Reading) is Coming
Option A
Book 1, NEA big read book: The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang, 277 pages
Book 2, initials DB in Big reaD: PB, Dead Lock by Damien Boyd, 364 pages
I read the kindle: Dead Lock
277 +364 = 641
total = 675
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20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida
Option A: Emerald Coast
I live in northwest Florida and our beaches are colloquially called the Emerald Coast, after the color of the water in the Gulf of Mexico here. Read a book with a cover that is predominantly green (at least 50%). REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng 336 p. 3 july 2018 4 starsChecked with tineye , more than 90 % green
Points in this post: 20 points.
Total points: 365 points
1 ticket golden oldie
5.8 - Oh! Calcutta! I read Bonjour, Happiness!: Secrets to Finding Your Joie de Vivre
which has an exclamation point.points: 155
books read: 13
tasks completed: 10
tasks in progress: 2
Big Books: 1
pages read: 4284
Emtecia30.9 - Brooke TX's task: Summer (Reading) is Coming
Help Thread
This is a two book task. Choose one of the options below and read Book 1 and Book 2 from that option. Books with the Main Page Genres of Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, and Manga can be used for this task. The books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.
OPTION B: LEVEL UP YOUR READING
We also have our all ages reading program, Level Up Your Reading, which involves reading books in different categories in order to earn badges. The summer reading challenge categories are beach reads, books that are #1 in a series, travel books, ebooks, and contemporary fiction.
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
Best Series (if you choose this list, you must read the book on the list, not other books in the series).
and
Book 2: Read a book that can be found on the first 10 pages of a different list from your Book 1 selection.
REQUIRED: State which lists you used and the pages on which your books can be found.
found on Beach reads page 1.
found on popular ebooks page 1
points this post 30
total point 30
phantomswife20.7 - 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.
The Stormy Petrel which has 189 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 245
15.9 – O Canada!Book that was finalist (any year) from Canada Reads Finalists
Required: Finalist 2009
Someone Knows My Name (a/k/a The Book of Negroes)
I listened to the audiobook / MMP The Book of Negroes - 680 p
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 680 pages
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 200 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
Creynard15.6 - They Call It Acting!
After the Funeral byAgatha Christie
#43 on Page 1 of the Thespians list.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 29
Amber10.2 - Let's Dance
Book with the word DANCE (or dancing, dancer, danced) in the title/subtitle
Dancing Barefoot by Wil Wheaton
Points this post: 10
Total points: 220
Big Book Tickets: 2
Amber15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Book written by one of your most read authors from your Goodreads "read" shelf - I have read 7 books by Ben Aaronovitch
Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
Points this post: 15
Total points: 235
Big Book Tickets: 2
Sara G25.3 - Diana K’s Task: Hamilton
Option 3: A memorable line from the lyrics is “Immigrants, we get the job done.” Alexander Hamilton was born in the British West Indies. Lin-Manuel Miranda is of Puerto Rican ancestry. Read a book set at least 75% in the Caribbean.
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
This book is set almost entirely in Cuba.
Option 5: Hamilton: An American Musical first opened in New York City in 2015. After its smashing success there, productions were opened in London and Chicago. Read a book set at least 50% in one of these three cities.
A Murder at Rosamund's Gate by Susanna Calkins
More than 50% of the book takes place in London.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 405
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I read Black Swan, White Raven. I read the kindle edition, linked to top PB.
The book is found on p. 4 of the Best Fairytales and Retellings list.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 550
BARBARA ★30.9 ~ Brooke TX's task: Summer (Reading) is Coming
OPTION B:
Book 1: Book 1: Read a book that can be found on the first 10 pages of one of the following lists: Popular Contemporary Books
Truth or Beard - Penny Reid (on page 8)(320 pages) 6/29
Book 2: Read a book that can be found on the first 10 pages of a different list from your Book 1 selection. List=Popular Ebooks
Every Heart a Doorway - Seanan McGuire (on page 7)(169 pages) 7/18
Total Pages: (Book 1) 390 pages + (Book 2) 169 pages = 559 pages > 500 pages
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 415
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (1), 750+: (0); 1000+: (0)
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.8 Oh Calcutta
Read a book with a question mark or an exclamation point in the title Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Task +5
Grand Total: 15
Suzannesea25.3 Diana K's Task: Hamilton
Option 4. Read a book where the title/subtitle contains all the letters in HAMILTON.
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
THe wOMeN In the cAstLe
Option 5. Read a book that is set at least 50% in New York City, London, or Chicago.
Ice Blue by Emma Jameson is set in London.
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 255
Anja20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websites
Option 2: Bookish News - read a book whose author's initials can be found in THE MILLIONS
Broken Heart Syndrome by Susie Tate
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 290
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 17
trishhartuk20.7 Shorter is Sweeter – Bookwrm526's Task: I DO have a sense of humor!!
Option 1: Airplane! Read a book with a pun in the title. REQUIRED: state the "classic" phrase that inspired the twist.
Gluten for Punishment, Nancy J Parra
"Classic" phrase: Glutton for punishment
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 235
Tasks Completed: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Nicola TTask:10.9 - A Look Back
I read Ms. Marvel, Vol. 7: Damage Per Second (136 pages) which is No 129 (as of writing) on Most Popular Books Published In August 2017
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 6
Laurah3020.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Option 2:Read a book whose author shares a first or last name with Jeff Wayne, or one of the original performers. (Richard Burton, Justin Hayward, David Essex, Chris Thompson, Phil Lynott, Julie Covington).
I chose David Essex.
Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by L. David Marquet
5.6 - A Chorus LineNevermore (Maximum Ride #8) by James Patterson
10.1 - Summer Blockbusters
The Year of the Rat by Clare Furniss
Connection to 'The Spy Who Dumped Me' noting both book & movie have 5 words in title
30.4 - 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
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha #1) by Tomi Adeyemi
Author's initials, TA, Tomi Adeyemi
1 x Bigger is Better (531 pages)
Book 2: Read a book with consecutive words in the TITLE that begin with the adenine-thymine pair initials AT or TA
The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu
TA found in Truth About
Total this Post: 45
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 7
Season Total: 370
JUKKA10.5 - The Globe
Book with SHAKESPEARE in author's name, title, subtitle, or series name.
William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher
Total Points: 300/995
Total Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 21/57
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 2
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I read Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the paperback edition.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 555.
trishhartuk15.4 Double Trouble
OPTION 2 -Read one book that meets the criteria for A and B - title/subtitle contains a word with a repeated vowel and a word with a repeated consonant.
thrEE biLLboards outside eBBing, miSSouri, Martin McDonagh
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
DULCINELLA15.9 - O Canada
Read a book that was a finalist for the award in any year.
Canada Reads Finalists
Birdie
Tracey Lindberg 288 p. 20 july 2018 4 starsFinalist in 2016
Points in this post: 15 points
Total points: 380 points
1 golden oldie ticket
15.7 - Beatlemania!A Good Man Is Hard to Find And Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
~ using Hard from A Hard Day's Night
Total points: 235 + 15 = 250
Diana K.Task 25.3 Hamilton
Opt 1 Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word of at least four letters from the first six paragraphs of the lyrics (through to the first part where Alexander Hamilton sings.) The word must match exactly
Hamilton: The Revolution matches Hamilton
Option 4: Read a book where the Title/subtitle contains all of the letters in HAMILTON.
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
Total Points: 510
EMurphyJennRenee's Task: New Discoveries to New Favorites
Option 1: Book from JennRenee's list The Hunger by Alma Katsu
Option 2A: Cozy Mystery-Author's initials can be found in COZY MYSTERY I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 70
Books Read: 4
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
loafer15.4. Double Trouble
OPTION 2 -Read one book that meets the criteria for A and B - title/subtitle contains a word with a repeated vowel and one with a repeated consonant.
Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
swEEtbiTTer
points: 15
total: 335
BB: 3
GO: 3
tasks completed: 21
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option 3: I Hunt Killers - MPG Mystery
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 378 pages.
points this post: 20
total points: 300