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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...3. Single author whose initials can be found in the term FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe
Total Points = 120
CelesteR10.3 - Graphic Memoir
Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir by Stan Lee
Approved in message 36 of this 10.3 help line.
GN: 100+ < 121 pg.
Total: 420 points
Completed Nickles and Dimes! Yeah!!!
20.2 Rookie at the TopOption 1B: initials in VIDEO GAMES
The One & Only, by Emily Giffin
This post: +20
Total: 95
Janice CA10.4 - Wonder Woman
Read a book written by a female author whose first and last initials can be found in WonDer woman. Middle initials/names should be ignored.
Haunted: The Incredible True Story of a Canadian Family's Experience Living in a Haunted House by Dorah L. Williams
+10
total: 120
tasks: 7
books: 8
Maddie O.5.5 - 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.
I read Age of War by Michael J. Sullivan (first name matches Michael Ball).
Points this post: 5
Points total: 280
Maddie O.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 The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan.
Points this post: 10
Points total: 290
Maddie O.10.6 - 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 read Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore.
Points this post: 10
Points total: 300
Maddie O,10.10 - Summer Reading List
Read a book from one of the Berkeley Summer Reading lists
I read The Left Hand of Darkness, which was on the 2016 reading list.
Points this post: 10
Points total: 310
loafer25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or less
Option B. Read a book with a beverage in a drinking glass, cup or mug on its cover.
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
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.
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
The Gulf of Mexico
points: 25
total: 380
BB: 3
GO: 3
tasks completed: 23
10.10 - Summer Reading ListRead a book from one of the Berkeley Summer Reading lists
My book was on the 2015 list
Jar City
New Points: 10
Total Points: 340
GO's: 2
Andy P.Task # 15.4. Double Trouble
Option 2.One book option
A book the title/subtitle of which contains a word with a double vowel. and A book the title/subtitle of which contains a word with a double consonant,
Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch double vowel in Pool, double consonant in Summer and Swimming
Points this post: 15
Total points: 385
Andy P.Task # 30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Limited Exposure
Option 1 read a book with the MPG of “Aliens”, stand alone or embedded, or a book from one of the following lists: Aliens First Contact Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi Page 2 # 118(4)
Option 4 read a book by an author whose initials can be found in NUTCRACKER. Mortal Fall by Christine Carbo
There are 2 "c"s in Nutcracker
Points this post: 30
Total points: 415
Andy P.Task # 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
The Darkness & the Deep by Aline Templeton
Book 2: Read a book with consecutive words in the TITLE that begin with cytosine-guanine initials GC Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture: A Novel of Mathematical Obsession by Apostolos Doxiadis
GC Goldbach's Conjecture
Points this post: 30
Total points: 445
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I read Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik. Female author, initials NN in woNder womaN.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 565
JUKKA5.6 – A Chorus Line
Book with a single-word title.
David by Anne Holm. Genre Childrens, but here's the AR Bookfinder data: IL: MG; BL: 5.6; AR Pts: 8.0.
Total Points: 325/995
Total Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 23/57
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 2
Creynard20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 1: Desperate Duchesses by Eloisa James
"Desperate" and "Duchesses" are my words
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 30
DeborahPost #9
10.6 - Radio City Music Hall
Love Story by Erich Segal
ES in RockettES
Points this post:10
Total Points:210
Books read:15
Tasks Done: 12
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20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
option 3 title letters TDLOL in ULLADUBULLA ORCHESTRA:
The Daring Ladies of Lowell by Kate Alcott
total = 695
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25.6 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan!
option 2, letters UP in author: Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth, 325 pages
option 4, title begins with M: Murderous Mistral: A Provence Mystery by Cay Rademacher, 256 pages
325 + 256 = 581
total = 720
Kristen IA10.3 - It's All About Me
Read a non-fiction biography, autobiography or memoir of a screenwriter, playwright, composer, musician, dancer, or actor. A biography or memoir of a group, such as a band or a dance troupe, will also work.
Required: If the subject's occupation is not obvious in the Goodread's description of the book, explain the connection when you post.
This Life I Live: One Man's Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever by Rory Feek
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the PB edition for page count.
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.
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the MMPB edition for page count.
******I claim 1 Golden Oldie for this book - first published 1598******
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 255/995
Tasks Completed: 16/57
GO: 2
BB: 6
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25.7 - Meg SCL:My next favourite book
option 3, time travel, not on read list: A Second Chance: The Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book Three by Jodi Taylor, 348 pages
option 4, won Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original (2015), not on list:
The Secret History of Las Vegas by Chris Abani, 336 pages
total = 745
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30.8 - Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
option C, male author, #2: Whispers of the Dead by Spencer Kope, 325 pages
option D, female author, initials AM: The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, 326 pages
325 + 326 = 651
total = 775
readerboard name: boromom10.7 - 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.
Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes
points this post: 10
total points: 145
Maddie O.20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
Option 1B: Read a book by a single author, where the author's initials can be found in the words VIDEO GAMES.
I read The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg.
Points this post: 20
Points total: 330
Maddie O.20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Option 1: Read a book with the MPG Classics, standalone or embedded.
I read Madame Bovary.
Points this post: 20
Points total: 350
Maddie O.20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websites
Option 2: For this option read a book whose author's initials can be found in either BOOK RIOT or THE MILLIONS
I read My Ex-Life by Stephen McCauley (the MillionS)
Points this post: 20
Points total: 370
Maddie O.20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's Task: I DO have a sense of humor!!
Option 3: read a book where the number of pages includes the digits 1 and 8, in any order.
I read Barchester Towers, which has 418 pages.
Points this post: 20
Points total: 390
Maddie O.20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida
Option C: Read a book that was first published in June of any year.
I read Starless, which was first published in June 2018.
Points this post: 20
Points total: 410
Maddie O.20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3: Read a book with a main page genre of Mystery.
I read Neverworld Wake.
Points this post: 20
Points total: 430
Reposting.20.1 Most Improved Player
Option 3.
, by Kristin Hannah - yellow bird and flower silhouettesThis post: +20
Total: 115
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the WorldsOption 2 - Something About You by Julie James
Author's first name is Julie
POINTS: 500
Kathy G.20.10 - Group Reads
I read My Cousin Rachel
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
I posted my comments here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total Points- 150
Bluegrass Pam10.1 - Summer Blockbusters
Book related to one of the 15 summer movies
Book: The Old Man and the Sea
Movie: Ocean’s Eight
Connection: A body of water in the title (Sea and Ocean)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 85
Total BB: 1
Total GO: 1
Coralie5.5 Les Miserables
Using the name Ian as in Ian Tucker of the original London cast
Ares Express by Ian McDonald
5.9 Mamma Mia!
Book where first word in title is exactly seven letters long, ignoring puntuaction
Saturn's Children
20.6 Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 2: Choreography
Book where the initial letter of each word can be found in choReograPhy
Persepolis Rising
This post 30 points
Total to date 330 points
10.3 - It's All About MeEdith Piaf: The Wheel of Fortune: The Official Autobiography by Édith Piaf
10.6 - Radio City Music Hall
Sweet Blue Flowers, Vol. 2 by Takako Shimura
author's initials, TS, found in rockeTteS
15.2 - In Memory of...….
Book 1 - Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of science
Future Presence: How Virtual Reality Is Changing Human Connection, Intimacy, and the Limits of Ordinary Life by Peter Rubin
"AND
Book 2 - Read a single author book with the author's initials found in the phrase RADICAL CHIC. "
Girl, Stolen (Girl, Stolen #1) by April Henry
author's initials, AH, found in rAdical cHic
15.4. Double Trouble
"OPTION 1:
Book 1 - A book the title/subtitle of which contains a word with a double vowel."
Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was by Sjón
double vowel found in mOOnstone
Book 2 - A book the title/subtitle of which contains a word with a double consonant
Rider On The Storm And Other Bits And Barrett (Les Norton #10) by Robert G. Barrett
double consonant found in baRRett
Total this Post: 50
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 8
Season Total: 465
BARBARA ★10.1 ~ Summer Blockbusters
Read a book related in some way to one of the 15 summer movies.
The Chase - Janet Evanovich 7/24
(similar to Ocean's 8 -- hero is a conman and heroine is his partner in an elaborate heist)
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20.6 ~ Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 3: read a book FIRST published between 1940 and 2005 (years inclusive) AND set at least 50% in England.
Everything and the Moon - Julia Quinn (first published March 1st 1997, set in London) 7/21
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 490
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (1), 750+: (0); 1000+: (0)
Sophie50.1 - 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.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay p293
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 Wall of Winnipeg and Me p672
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.
Midnight Angel by Lisa Kleypas p373
Points this Post: 50
Total: 350
Delicious Dee15.9 - O Canada
When Everything Feels Like the Movies - finalist in 2015
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 485
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (3)
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre .
read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in THE PLAY THAT WENT WRONG.
I read The Bookshop at Water's End by Patti Callahan Henry.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 560
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 46
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
10.1 - Summer Blockbusters Related to a summer movie- Read Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol. I'm connecting this to the movie Hereditary as both have dead people ask key to the plot.
This book was published in 1842 so I claim one Golden Oldie ticket.
Also, it has 512 pages, so I claim one Big Book ticket.
Points these task: 10
Total points: 55
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 4
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
Chosen word: SPIKE MARKS
Book read: A Court of Wings and Ruin
How it fits: Author's (Sarah J. Maas) initials are SM
Pages: 699
Option 4: read a book set at least 50% in a state that where one of these colleges are located.
Chosen state: New York
Book read: The Coffin Dancer
How it fits: Set 100% in New York City
Pages: 499
Pages total: 1198
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Total points: 480
Books read: 35
Tasks completed: 29
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 5
Colin's Mom20.8 - I chose option B. The book I read was Vision in White by Nora Roberts.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 90
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 9
30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: AidaOption 3: Aida/Amneris - The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd
~ female author
~ author's initials (MS) can be found in AMNERIS
Option 4: War - Honolulu by Alan Brennert
~ MPG: historical fiction
Total points: 250 + 30 = 280
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: It's In the DNABook 1, a book by an author with first and last initials that match the adenine-thymine pair initials AT: Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir by Amy Tan
Book 2, a book with consecutive words in the title that begin with the adenine thymine pair initials TA: The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson
Points this post: 30
Total points: 235
10.3 - It's All About MeRead a non-fiction biography, autobiography or memoir of a screenwriter, playwright, composer, musician, dancer, or actor
I listened to the audio version, linked to most popular paperback Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls
New Points: 10
Challenge Points: 350
Go's: 2
BEKKA - 20.10 - Group ReadsFor this task, I read Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. I posted my response to the discussion group - post number 27.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 40
Creynard25.1 Andy P’s Task: Remembering Sue Grafton
Book 1: Rules to Catch a Devilish Duke by Suzanne Enoch
Author's initials=SE. SuE grafton
Book 2: The Duke by Kerrigan Byrne
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 310
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 31
Andy P.Task # 30.8 - Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
C. Read a book by a male author that has a 2 in the series number - 2, 12, 21, 22, etc. in a series.
A Discount for Death by Steven F. Havill #2 in Posadas County Mystery series , male author, 288 p.
D.Read a book by a female author whose initials are found in the word WHIMSICAL
The Scribe of Siena by Melodie Winawer female author , WHiMSICAL 464 p.
page count 288+464+752> 600
points this post: 30
Total points: 475
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25.5 - Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
Option 2: There’s lots of different jargon flying around when a stage manager calls a show. Choose one of the terms listed here and read a book by a single author whose first and last initials appear in that word. Middle names/initials may be ignored, letters may only be used as often as they appear in the word chose. REQUIRED: state the word you used.
I used STAND BY.
Taking Liberties by Diana Norman
I read the Kindle edition. The most shelved paperback (no MMPB) here has 448 pages.
Option 3: Thornton Wilder’s famous play Our Town includes the Stage Manager as a character, setting the scene throughout the play. For this option, read a book that includes in the title or subtitle one of the words from the excerpt of Stage Manager dialogue below. The word must be at least 4 letters, and match exactly the word in the quote. REQUIRED: state the word you used.
I used the word "houses" from the excerpt.
A Plague on Both Your Houses by Susanna Gregory
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 406 pages.
448 + 406 = 854, more than 600
Points this post: 25
Total points: 445