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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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babbling c5.1 The Phantom of the Opera
Read a book with the word mask, masks, masque, masques, masked or mask's in the title or subtitle Or with a mask* on the cover. For this task, a mask is an object covering all or part of the face worn to conceal one's identity. The comedy/tragedy mask symbols are included.
The Masked City - kindle The Masked City - paperback 340 pgs. Genevieve Cogman
there is a mask on the cover as well.
20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
Option 3: New York - United States of America
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.
Once Upon Stilettos - audible Once Upon Stilettos - paperback pgs. 303 by Shanna Swendson
her hair, the star and the crown are all yellow.
approved in help thread
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 2
Golden oldies:0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 145/995
Completed Tasks: 12/57
Golden oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
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Pages read this season: 4,178
Books read this season: 12
Heather KS30.7 -TessaVanessa’s Task: I “knew” you would love this “new” challenge I came up with.
Knew/New
My New American Life
What She Knew
Points this task: 30
Total points: 165
15.4. Double TroubleOPTION 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.
Feeding Frenzy: The Summoner Sisters, Allison Hurd
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 75
Janice CA20.8 - Florida
Option A: green cover
Life in Alaska: The Reminiscences of a Kansas Woman, 1916-1919 by May Wynne Lamb
+20
total: 110
tasks: 6
books: 7
Task 20.3 - Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the WorldsOption 4: Read a book with the MPG Retellings, standalone or embedded.
The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror (2018) by Mallory Ortberg (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 190 pages)
100 + 20 = 120
Tasks Completed: 07
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 100 + 20 = 120
Books read: 07
Pages read: 2,143
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
BARBARA ★20.2 ~ Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
Option 3B: Balanced on the Blade's Edge - Lindsay Buroker 6/24
Approval: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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25.7 ~ Meg SCL: My next favourite book
Option 2: Read a book (fiction) set before 1900.
Claws of the Cat - Susan Spann (historical fiction, set in 1564)(275 pages) 6/22
Amazon Info: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Blurb states: May 1564: When a samurai is brutally murdered in a Kyoto teahouse, master ninja Hiro has no desire to get involved.
Option 5: Read a book that meets SRC requirements with the main page genre of kids or children.
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend 7/16
(IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14.0)(480 pages)
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 45
Total Points: 460
Anja15.4. 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.
Assassin Next Door by Eve Langlais
POINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 305
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 18
Readerboard name: witchygal5.9- Mamma Mia!
Read a book where the FIRST word in the title is exactly seven letters.
I read Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. First word has seven letters - Ele.ano.r
Points: 5
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Total points and stats for the Summer Challenge
Books: 12
Points: 170
Big Book: 4
Golden Oldie: 0
Readerboard name: witchygal30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task
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 Those Other Women by Nicola Moriarty. Author's initials in target word: aida aMNeris.
Option 4: Read a book with the main page genre war or historical fiction.
I read The Great Alone which has a MPG of "History>Historical Fiction" shelved by 772 users.
Points: 30
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Total points and stats for the Summer Challenge
Books: 14
Points: 200
Big Book: 4
Golden Oldie: 0
MegSCL25.6 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan!
Option 2 : U and P in author name
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
Option 4 : title starts with M
My Not So Perfect Life
TOTAL TO DATE
210 Points
1 big book
25.3 - HamiltonOption 1: Code Name Verity (Word: NAME)
Option 5: Neverwhere (London)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 150
Delicious Dee20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
Option 1 - Into the Flames - #3 in the Jupiter Point series
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 405
ED30.7 -TessaVanessa’s Task: I “knew” you would love this “new” challenge I came up wit
The pair of words I chose were: Sea & See
Book 1: Read one book with the first word in the title/subtitle/series name- Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Book 2: Read one book with the second word in the title/subtitle/series name- See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid
task=30
total=210
tasks completed=10
books completed=13
GO=3
BB=0
Delicious Dee25.3 - Diana K’s Task: Hamilton
Option 2 - My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton - (Big Book Ticket - 500+pgs - I read ebook, but more popular paperbook is 658pgs)
Option 5 - Calculated in Death - set entirely in new York
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 430
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (3)
25.5 - Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?Option 1 - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Option 2 - Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean
SM founds in SPIKE MARKS
352+367=719
POINTS: 450
Whitnie I20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
This is a one book task. Pick any option.
Required: Indicate the option you chose.
Option 3:
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.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Whitnie I20.5 - 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.
Read 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.
Anne BishopPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 125
Whitnie I5.6 - A Chorus Line
Read a book with a single word title. Subtitles should be ignored. Articles must be considered.
Sourcery
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 130
25.4 Option 2: Read a book from a series that has 21 or more primary books (without counting .5 books - whole numbers only) in it.
Gin & Daggers
Option 3: Read a book with a setting (city/state/province/country*) that starts with a letter from RUSSIA.
American Blood set in Santa Fe
Posts this post: 25
Total points: 125
Cordelia.5.9 Mamma Mia
Country Dark by Chris Offutt
Seven letters in first word of title
5 points
Total points: 5
20.7 I DO Have a Sense of Humor!Option 4: The Incest Diary by Anonymous (128 pp.)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 105
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 6
Total Pages Read: 1389
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0)
Sara G15.7 – 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 The albums are also listed in post 2 of the help thread.
The Winter Garden Mystery by Carola Dunn
The Beatles album: Magical Mystery Tour
Points this post: 15
Total points: 420
Boston Kate
10.3 It's All About Me
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Memoir by actor Cary Elwes
20.5 If Not for Bad Luck...
Option 1: Strange the Dreamer
#1 in Strange the Dreamer series
20.9 The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3: The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
"Mystery" on main page
Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer.
Option 3. Read a book with MPG 'mystery'.
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (449 pages)*
* I would like to claim a GO ticket for this book (1938).
➸ Points: 60
➸ Total Pages: 2,786
20.10 - Group ReadsDark Matter by Blake Crouch
discussion post
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or less
Option A. read a nonfiction book which meets SRC guidelines which has at least one of the following mainpage GR genres: “History”
Tobruk by Peter FitzSimons
1 x Bigger is Better (524 pages)
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.
Clancy of the Undertow by Christopher Currie
4 words in title; each word begin with COTU & can be found in The gUlf mexiCO
Total this Post: 45
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 8
Season Total: 415
ED30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Limited Exposure
Book 1- Option3- read a book that is set at least 50% in Africa.
July's People by Nadine Gordimer- set entirely in South Africa
Book 2-Option 4-read a book by an author whose initials can be found in NUTCRACKER
Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker
KA found in nutcrAcKer
task=30
total=240
tasks completed=11
books completed=15
GO=3
BB=0
25.7 - Meg SCL:My next favourite bookOption 1 Dystopian Four: A Divergent Story Collection
Option 2 Historical Fiction In Want of a Wife Set in 1891
This Post 25
Total 25+375 = 400
1 GO Ticket
15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!Wildfire by Ilona Andrews
I have read 24 books by this author.
This Post 15
Total 15+400 = 415
1 GO Ticket
MIKE DENNIS10.1 Summer Blockbusters: Earth 2, Vol. 1: The Gathering is related to Summer 2018 Blockbuster Incredibles 2 because both are stories of super-hero groups with a number in the title.
10.7 The World's Largest: Dial H, Vol. 1: Into You has series listing (Dial H TPB #1), and series book number “1” is found in “211”
20.9 Moderators' Pet [E Murphy] The Dog Days of Summer: Option 3: MPG Mystery
Crocodile on the Sandbank
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Current Post: Points: 40 GO: - BB: 0
Total: Points: 225 GO: - BB: 1
Tasks: 10.1, 10.7, 10.8, 15.4, 20.1 thru 20.5,20.7,20.8, 20.9, 20.10
using 13 books.
NICOLE OH15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
American Gods Volume 1: Shadows by Neil Gaiman I have read 23 books by Neil Gaiman- 24 including this one!
20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
Option 2: Clock Dance by Anne Tyler
A in Play, T in The
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida
OPTION B- Let the Whole Thundering World Come Home: A Memoir by Natalie Goldberg- N and G found in CONDITIONING
30.8 - Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
Option A- The Kitchen God's Wife page 1
Option D- You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld (female author, C and S in Whimsical)
Points this post: 85
Total Points: 460
Readerboard Name: Nicola TTask: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 Or with a mask* on the cover.
I read
(144 pages) which features Helena on the front cover wearing a mask to conceal her identity as Huntress.Points this post: 5
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 7
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websites Option 2: read a book whose author's initials can be found in either BOOK RIOT or THE MILLIONS
Book read: A Court of Frost and Starlight
How it fits: Author's (Sarah J. Maas) initials are SM
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Total points: 420
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 26
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 5
30.8 - Sandy's Task: 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.
Book read: Заговор Чёрной Мессы
How it fits: Male author (Андрей Белянин), second book in the Тайный сыск царя Гороха Series
Pages: 488
Option D: Read a book by a female author whose initials are found in the word WHIMSICAL
Book read: Weil wir uns lieben
How it fits: Author's (Colleen Hoover) initials are CH, female author
Pages: 288
Total pages: 776
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Total points: 450
Books read: 32
Tasks completed: 27
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 5
Task 25.2 – Nick KY – This Summer’s Theme, More or LessOption A – Nonfiction with m.p.g. HISTORY
The Professor & the Madman
I listened to the audio / No MMP / Paperback: The Professor and the Madman – 242 p
Option C – Spring 2011 SRC - Category Love Stories - Outlander
This is book # 1 in the Outlander series … I read # 5 in the same series
The Fiery Cross
I listened to the audio / MMP: The Fiery Cross - 1443 p
*** BIG BOOK *** 3 tickets – 1443 pages
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 225 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (1) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 6
loafer20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websites
Option 1: Literature-Map
Choose one of your favorite authors.
Go to the Literature Map website and type in the name of the author you have chosen. Read a book written by one of the similar authors displayed.
Author chosen: Emma Donoghue.
The Burning Girl by Claire Messud
This is the first book I have read by this author.
points: 20
total: 355
BB: 3
GO: 3
tasks completed: 22
Delicious Dee20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida
Option 3 - Witch Fire - first published JUNE 2007
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 450
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (3)
Marina H30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Spectacular/Vernacular
Option 2:
Book A:
by Jojo MoyesBook B: The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman
Main page genre approved here
522 p. - claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 30
Total points: 355
Big book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 5
Tasks completed: 19
DebraJean20.8 - Nickels and Dimes
For option C, I read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which was first published in June 2003. Also claiming 2 BB tickets because it has 870 pages.
AR Bookfinder info:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Rowling, J.K.
AR Quiz No. 69785 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 44.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, LS, VP
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 255
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
LaureY15.4. 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.
The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay
Points this post: 15
Total points: 495
Total Books: 33
Total Tasks: 26
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 7
20.1 Most improved player: Around the world with theatreOption 3: Yellow on the cover
Marlon James’ A Brief History of Seven Killings
20.9 Moderators' Pet: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3: Book with MPG of Mystery
Lauren Beukes’ Zoo City
Points this post: 40
Total points: 130
Delicious Dee20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websites
Option 1 - Unfair Advantage - Qwillia Rain - I used author, Cherise Sinclair, and Qwillia Rain is a new to me author
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 470
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (3)
5.5 - Les MisérablesRead a book written by a single author who shares a name with one of the performers in the original French Or London stage productions
Book read: Exit Strategy
How it fits: Author (Kelley Armstrong) shares last name with Alun Armstrong
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Total points: 455
Books read: 33
Tasks completed: 28
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 5
15.7 – Beatlemania!Let It Be (1970): Word - Be
To Be Where You Are by Jan Karon
+ 15 Points
Season Total: 310
Julia10320.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's Task: I DO have a sense of humor!!
Option 1: Clairvoyant and Present Danger
The classic phrase is "clear and present danger".
This post: 20 points,
Total points: 390
BB: 6
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 19
Books read; 26
Diana K.Task 20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida
Option 1 Read a book with a cover that is predominantly green (at least 50%).
Total Points: 520
5.10 - Beauty and the Beast Read a book of your choice.
Cycle of the Werewolf
10.9 - A Look Back
Read a book on one of the following lists: My book was on Most Popular Books Published In August 2017(spot #10)
The Address
15.5 - The Bard
Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, about William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare: The World as Stage
Total New Points: 30
Total challenge Points: 280
GO's: 2
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
Annihilation
30.8 - Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
Option C: Read a book by a male author that has a 2 in the series
I listened to audio, but linked to MMPB
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (364 pages)
Option D: Read a book by a female author whose initials are found in the word WHIMSICAL
Impossible Views of the World by Lucy Ives (296 pages)
Total New Points: 50
Total Challenge Points: 330
GO's: 2
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Option 3: yellow.
The Nightingale
This post: +20
Total: 95