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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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Creynard25.7 - Meg SCL:My next favourite book
Book 1/Option 2
Potent Pleasures by Eloisa James
Set in 1801
Book 2/Option 3
A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux
Main Page Genre of Time Travel
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 385
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 36
CordeliaTask 20.1 Yellow on cover.
by Nan ShepherdYellow Letters in title and building
Points this task: 20
Total points ;65
GO ticket: 1 (first written 1928)
CordeliaTask: 25.7
Option 1: must be dystopian book.
H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker
Dystopian book
Option 4: Award winner :
Less by [author:Andrew Sean Greer|24892
Pulitzer Prize 2018
Point this task 25
Total points 90
Stephanie12720.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
Option 3: New York - United States of America: 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.
What We Lose The background is yellow.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140/995
Tasks completed: 9/57
Books read: 10
READ 60 30.2 Book lover's Task 1. Then and Now
Bunner Sisters by Edith Warton 1916
All the Birds in the Sky Carrie Jane Ander
2016
Points 30
Mod
I read White Silence. Paperback edition - White Silence.
"White" in title matches The Beatles ("The White Album").
Points this post: 15
Total points: 615.
20.10 Group ReadsI read My Cousin Rachel and posted on the discussion thread.
This book was published in 1951 so it is a ****Golden Oldie*****
points: 195
books read: 16
tasks completed: 12
tasks in progress: 3
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
pages read: 5691
Danibean10.5 - The Globe: Read a book with SHAKESPEARE found intact in the author's name or in the book's title/subtitle or series title.
I read Operation Shakespeare: The True Story of an Elite International Sting by John Shiffman.
10.9 - A Look Back: What books were popular last summer? Read a book on one of the following lists: Most Popular Books Published In June 2017, Most Popular Books Published In July 2017, Most Popular Books Published In August 2017. Required: State which list the book can be found on when you post.
I read Seeing Red by Sandra Brown. It is listed on Most Popular Books Published in August 2017.
20.4 - A Few of My Favorite Bookish Websites: This is a one book Task. Choose one of the Options below. REQUIRED: State in your post the option that you chose. I chose OPTION 1: Literature Map. 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. This author should be new to you. REQUIRED: Include in your post the name of your favorite author that you started with and that you have not previously read anything by the new author
I read The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler. I "Literature Mapped" Barbara Kingsolver and found Anne Tyler. I've never read any Anne Tyler before.
20.10 - Group Reads: Read ONE of the books selected by the Group Reads choices for the season: My Cousin Rachel, Dark Matter, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales. Required: You must participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
I read Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. My reflection is posted in the book's discussion thread.
This Post:
Points - 60
BB Tickets - 0
GO Tickets - 0
Books Read - 4
Tasks Complete - 4
Totals:
Points - 355
BB Tickets - 0
GO Tickets - 0
Books Read - 27
Tasks Complete - 24
perletwo15.9 - O Canada - Read a book that was a finalist for the award in any year: Canada Reads Finalists = REQUIRED: Specify the year in which your book was a finalist.
Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture - Canada Reads finalist in 2010
Points this task: 15
Total points: 485
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 35
Tasks completed: 26
Diana K.Task 30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Limited Exposure
Opt 2 For this option, read a book with a word beginning with R and a word ending in O in the title/subtitle. This can be one word, or two separate words.
Radio Girls
Opt 4 For this option, read a book by an author whose initials can be found in NUTCRACKER. All initials need to be present
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Total points: 575
15.4 Double TroubleBook 1: Between Earth and Sky by Amanda Skenandore
Book 2: The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
15.7 Beatlemania!
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene B. Sledge
With is from With the Beatles
20.1 Around the World with Theater
Option 2: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
20.3 Musical Version of War of the Worlds
Option 2: Widow's Point by Richard T. Chizmar
20.8 Florida
Option B - Air Conditioning
The Wanted by Robert Crais
Post Total: 90
Grand Total: 90
5.1 - The Phantom of the OperaUnmasked by Stefanie London
5.4 - Cats
Memory House by Bette Lee Crosby
5.5 - Les Misérables
Learning to Love by Amelia Rose
Performer: Rose Laurens
5.6 - A Chorus Line
Wildflower by Anne Schraff
5.7 - Wicked
The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer
Page 4 of list
IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 15.0
5.9 - Mamma Mia!
Whiskey Chaser by Lucy Score & Claire Kingsley
10.1 - Summer Blockbusters
Out of the Shallows by Samantha Young
#2 in series and Incredibles 2 is the movie sequel
10.4 - Wonder Woman
Posies and Poison by Wendy Meadows
10.5 - The Globe
New Boy by Tracy Chevalier (Hogarth Shakespeare series)
10.6 - Radio City Music Hall
The Next Girl by Carla Kovach
10.7 - The World's Largest
Trouble Walks In by Sara Humphreys (The McGuire Brothers #2)
10.8 - The World's Oldest
Savage Prince by Meghan March
Published March 27, 2018
10.9 - A Look Back
Royally Endowed by Emma Chase
Most Popular Books Published In August 2017 #29
15.4. Double Trouble
Book 1 - Moonshine & Magic by Bella Falls
Book 2 - Iron Princess by Meghan March
15.9 - O Canada
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
Canada Reads award 2007
15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Between You and Me by Susan Wiggs
I have read 11 books by this author
20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
Option 2: London, United Kingdom
A Scone to Die For by H.Y. Hanna
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
1B. Video Games
When We Met by Susan Mallery
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Option 3 - Agent of Enchantment by C.N. Crawford
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websites
Option 2: Bookish News - What My Sister Knew by Nina Laurin
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
Option 3 - The Ghostwriter by Alessandra Torre
20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 4 - Fire and Ice by Rhonda James
"I'm Delaney Dixon. Dance major. Straight-A student." page 45
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's Task: I DO have a sense of humor!!
Option 3 - Your Honor by Kristi Pelton
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida
Option C - A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3 - Killer Jam by Karen MacInerney
Points this post: 325
Total points: 325
loafer30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Limited Exposure
Opt. 2: read a book with a word beginning with R and a word ending in O in the title/subtitle.
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid
words: Rich, tO
Opt. 4: read a book by an author whose initials can be found in NUTCRACKER.
The Power by Naomi Alderman
NutcrAcker
points: 30
total: 440
BB: 3
GO: 3
tasks completed: 25
perletwo15.8 - The Great American Read - Read a book from this list: The Great American Read
The Sirens of Titan
Points this task: 15
Total points: 500
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 36
Tasks completed: 27
Mod
For book 1, I read The Thorn Birds, found on p. 3 of the list The Book was Better than the Movie. I listened to the audio version, linked to the MMPB.
For book 2, I read The Mosquito Coast, found on p.8 of the list The Movie was Better than the Book. I listened to the audio version, linked to the MMPB.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 630
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 4, and read The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels, with all the letters of HAMILTON in the title/subtitle:
H - tHe
AMI - AMerIca
L - angeLs
T - The
O - sOul
N - aNgels
For my second book, I chose option 5 and read Garden of Lamentations: A Novel, set in London. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb edition.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 655
Joanne MITask 25.5 Have You Thanked A Stage Manager
Book 1
Option 3: read a book that includes in the title or subtitle one of the words from the excerpt of Stage Manager: All the greatest people ever lived have been telling us that for five thousand years
I read-The Thousand Orcs the word is thousand
page count 367
Book 2 Option 5 read a book where the protagonist (the main character, who drives the action in the book) has the same first or last name as one of the directors who have been nominated for or won a Tony Award
Year of Wonders The protagonists name is Anna (Stated on Main GR page for the book)
Nominee: Anna D Shapiro won for direction in 2011
Page count: 358 pages
Total Page count 758
Points this task 25
Total Points 245
BB's 5
25.1 Andy P’s Task: Remembering Sue GraftonBook 1 - A Ruthless Proposition by Natasha Anders
Book 2 - Marriage Games by C.D. Reiss
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or less
Option B - French Pressed by Cleo Coyle
Option D - The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle
25.3 - Diana K’s Task: Hamilton
Option 4 - The Stolen Marriage by Diane Chamberlain
Option 5 - An Invitation to Murder by Leighann Dobbs & Harmony Williams
25.5 - Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
Option 2 - Lowcountry Boil by Susan M. Boyer (STAND BY)
Option 4 - A Nantucket Wedding by Nancy Thayer (Massachusetts)
25.6 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan!
Option 3 - Get Witch or Die Trying by Tonya Kappes
Option 5 - All You Need is Fudge by Nancy CoCo
25.7 - Meg SCL:My next favourite book
Option 2 - Too Wilde to Wed by Eloisa James
Option 4 - Second Chance Summer by Kait Nolan
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Limited Exposure
Opt. 1 - Accidental Abduction by Eve Langlais
Opt. 4 - Getting Schooled by Emma Chase
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: It's In the DNA
Book 1 - Show No Mercy by Cindy Gerard
Book 2 - The Hard Truth About Sunshine by Sawyer Bennett
30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Aida
Book 3 - Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean
Book 4 - Rogues Rush In by Tessa Dare & Christi Caldwell
30.7 -TessaVanessa’s Task: I “knew” you would love this “new” challenge I came up with.
Air and Heir
Book 1 - The Air He Breathes by Brittainy C. Cherry
Book 2 - Queen Heir by Jaymin Eve
30.8 - Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
A - Kiss the Girls by James Patterson
D - After You Left by Carol Mason
30.9 - Brooke TX's task: Summer (Reading) is Coming
OPTION B
Book 1 - Porch Lights by Dorothea Benton Frank
Popular Beach Read Books page 4
Book 2 - Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Popular Contemporary Books page 1
Points this post: 330
Total points: 655
30.7 -TessaVanessa’s Task: I “knew” you would love this “new” challenge I came up with.Chosen words: Knight Night
Book 1: Read one book with the first word in the title/subtitle/series name
Book read: Summer Knight
How it fits: Knight in the title
Book 2: Read one book with the second word in the title/subtitle/series name
Book read: Halfway to the Grave
How it fits: Night in the series name: Night Huntress
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Total points: 605
Books read: 44
Tasks completed: 36
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 5
DANIELLE M20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Complete: 1
15.3 - My Feet HurtI did option 2:OPTION 2: Read one book that meets the requirements for BOTH Book 1 and Book 2.
Irregular War: ISIS and the New Threat from the Margins by Paul Rogers
The First name Paul is found in choreographer #2 Paul Taylor
The Last Name Rogers is found in dancer #16 Ginger Rogers
15.4. 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
Black Coffee
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida
Option B: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase AIR CONDITIONING.
Close to Destiny by Adria J. Cimino
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. Genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
I listened to the audio, but linked to MMPB edition
Private Los Angeles
30.3 - JennRenee's Task: New Discoveries to New Favorites
Book 1: choose a book from this list
Size 12 Is Not Fat(It is the very last book on the list)
Book 2: a) Cozy Mystery: Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in COZY MYSTERY
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
New Points: 100
Total Points: 450
GO's : 2
25.5 - HAVE YOU THANKED A STAGE MANAGER TODAY?OPTION 3 - ABOUT - About That Kiss
OPTION 4 - UTAH - Comic Sans Murder
TOTAL POINTS - 530
Kim O5.1 - The Phantom of the Opera Read a book with the word mask, masks, masked or mask's in the title or subtitle Or with a mask on the cover.
Points this task: 5
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10.2 - Let's Dance Read a book with the word DANCE in the title/subtitle or series title.
Points this task: 10
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10.3 - It's All About Me Read a non-fiction biography, autobiography or memoir of a screenwriter, playwright, composer, musician, dancer, or actor.
Points this task: 10
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15.2 - In Memory of...….
Book 1 - Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of science, standalone or embedded.
Book 2 - Read a single author book with the author's initials found in the phrase RADICAL CHIC.
Points this task: 15
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15.4. Double Trouble Choose 2 different options and read a book for each (two books) OR Read ONE book that fulfills two different options
Book 1 requirement - title/subtitle contains a word with a double vowel (tattoos)
Book 2 requirement - title/subtitle contains a word with a double consonant (tattoos)
Points this task: 15
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15.8 - The Great American Read - Read a book from the list: Great American Read.
Golden Oldie -- first published in 1937Points this task: 15
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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15.9 - O Canada Read a book that was a Canada Reads Finalist for the award in any year.
The book was a finalist in 2017.Points this task: 15
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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 or the cytosine-guanine initials CG or GC.
Book 2: Read a book with consecutive words in the TITLE that begin with the adenine-thymine pair initials AT or TA or the cytosine-guanine initials CG or GC.
Points this task: 30
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30.9 - Brooke TX's task: Summer (Reading) is Coming
OPTION C: YOUTH DEPARTMENT
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Young Adult, Childrens, or Middle Grade.
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33.0
Golden Oldie -- first published September 30th 1868
This book has 504 pages.
Book 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Sequential Art, Comics, or Graphic Novel.
This book has 323 pages.
Total page count > 500 pages (504 + 323 = 827)
Points this task: 30
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 1
Golden Oldies: 3
20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and BooksOption 2 - Curly Girl by Lorraine Massey
POINTS: 580
15.8 - The Great American ReadCross Fire
The list says Alex Cross Mystery Series. This book is book 17 in the Alex Cross Mystery Series.
This Post 15
Total 15+540 = 5555
1 GO Ticket
15.7 – Beatlemania!The Night Eternal
The word is Night.
The Beatles album that I took this word from is A Hard Day's Night (1964)
This Post 15
Total 15+555 = 570
1 GO Ticket
Creynard5.8 - Oh! Calcutta!
Should the Tent Be Burning Like That?: A Professional Amateur's Guide to the Outdoors by Bill Heavey
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 395
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 37
PegW15.7 – 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.
Used the word Mystery
Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men
Points this post: 15
Total points: 195
I completed: 15.2 - In Memory of...….
Book 1-In memory of Stephen Hawking, read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of science, standalone or embedded.
I completed: Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World by Mark Miodownik
Book 2: In memory of Tom Wolfe, read a single author book with the author's initials found in the phrase RADICAL CHIC. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the phrase. All initials count.
I Completed:The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
Matching Initials are AH
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 125
Tasks completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book: 1
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20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of SummerI chose option 3:Read a book with a main page genre of Mystery. Genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
I completed: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 145
Tasks completed: 11
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book: 1
SCHATZIEI would like to move the book I used for task 15.10 to this task. Sorry for the extra work.
25.6 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan!
opt. 3: #3 in a series
Age of War
pg. count link: Age of War
hc: 420 pgs
opt 4: title starts with an "s"
Spartacus: The Gladiator
pg. count link: Spartacus: The Gladiator
pb: 528 pgs
SCHATZIE25.7 - Meg SCL:My next favourite book
Opt. 1: mpg dystopia
The Infinite Sea
pg. count linkEl mar infinito
pb: 320 pgs
Opt. 2: fiction set before 1900
Death of Kings
pg. count link: Sju kungars död
mmpb: 389 pgs
BARBARA ★5.4 ~ Cats
Read a book with the word memory, memories or memory's in the title, subtitle or series title.
Memory Zero - Keri Arthur 7/29
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10.4 ~ Wonder Woman
Read a book written by a female author whose first and last initials can be found in WONDER WOMAN.
74 Seaside Avenue - Debbie Macomber (wonDer woMan) 7/30
💥 💥 💥 💥 💥 💥 💥 💥 💥 💥 💥 💥 💥 💥 💥 💥 💥
25.5 ~ Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
Option 2: read a book by a single author whose first and last initials appear in that word. SPIKE MARKS
The Astonishing Color of After - Emily X.R. Pan 7/28
(sPike marks)(462 pages)
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.
Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon - Donna Andrews (set in Virginia) 7/13
Total Pages: (Book 1) 462 pages + (Book 2) 320 pages = 782 pages > 600 pages
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 530
SCHATZIE30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Limited Exposure
Opt. 1: aliens mpg or bookcover
Alien: Out of the Shadows
opt. 4: author's initials in NUTCRACKER
Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness
by Tracy Kidder
SCHATZIE30.2 - Booklover's Task: Contrasts
opt. 2: language families
1. written in Japanese, from the Japonic family
Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales
pg. count link: Revenge
pb: 162 pgs
---in case a link is required for original language
http://www.complete-review.com/review...
2. written in English, from the Indo-European family
Dreams of Falling
pg. count link: Dreams of Falling
pb: 624 pgs.
20.8 FloridaOption B: The Power by Naomi Alderman. (AIRCONDITIONING)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 175
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 10
Total Pages Read: 2582
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0)
SCHATZIE30.3 - JennRenee's Task: New Discoveries to New Favorites
book 1: from her list
Defy the Stars
book 2: opt. B: western - title words first letter in WESTERN
Tomorrow War
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: FloridaOption A, a book with a green cover: The Darling Dahlias and the Unlucky Clover by Susan Wittig Albert
Points this post: 20
Total points: 295
Task 10.5 - The Globeread a book with SHAKESPEARE in the series title
The Case of the Missing Mascot by Sydney Katt
ebook verification: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
approved in help thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Task 15.1 - Which Did You Like Better?
book 1 - read a book from the Book Better Than Movie list
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
page 1, #1 of list
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 44.0
870 pages - claiming BB ticket
book 2 - read a book from the Movie Better Than Book list
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
page 2, #114 of list
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 32.0
794pages - claiming BB ticket
Task 15.4 - Double Trouble
one book option
read a book with a title containing double consonants & double vowels
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
double R & T
double O
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 29.0
652pages - claiming BB ticket
Task 20.5 - If Not For Bad Luck...
Note: I already claimed this task in post 1213, I will be repurposing that book...)
option 1: read a book #1 in series
The Way of Kings
1008pages - claiming BB ticket
Task 25.2 - This Summer’s Theme, more or less
option C: read a book from the Spring 2011 Group Reads nominees - Best Love Story category
Wuthering Heights
option D: read a book with 3-word title, intials in THE GULF OF MEXICO
Leah on the Offbeat
L - guLf
O - Of
T - The
O - mexicO
Task 25.4 -2018 FIFA World Cup
total page count 600+
option 2 - read a book from a series with more than 21 primary works
Elephants Can Remember
Poirot series identified in task as complying
299pages
option 3 - read a book set in a country with initial letter in RUSSIA
Red Dirt Heart 2: Volume 2
set in Australia
352 pages
299+352 = 651
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season total = 515
DULCINELLA50.1 - 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.
Reddende engel
Renate Dorrestein 256 p. 30 july 2018The booktitle starts with RE
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
Far Gone Laura Griffin 464 p. 30 july 2018 2 starsThe word FAR is in the title
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.
Aangeraakt
Lisa Gardner 448 p. 1 august 2018 4 starsThe name of the author matches Liesl (Lisa)
The total book page count is over 750 p.
Points in this post: 50 points
Total points: 500 points
1 tocket golden oldie
1 ticket BB
25.3 - Diana K’s Task: HamiltonOption 4 - The Stolen Marriage by Diane Chamberlain
Option 5 - An Invitation to Murder by Leighann Dobbs & Harmony Williams
Set in London, England
25.7 - Meg SCL:My next favourite book
Option 2 - Too Wilde to Wed by Eloisa James
Chapter headings include dates: Preface begins with July 6, 1778 and Epilogue ends with July 3, 1784
Option 4 - Second Chance Summer by Kait Nolan
30.8 - Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
C - Kiss the Girls by James Patterson
D - After You Left by Carol Mason
Marina H30.2 - Booklover's Task: Contrasts
Option 1:
Book 1: Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
First published 1911 - claiming 1 GO ticket
Book 2: Det fjerde offer by Mari Jungstedt
First published 2011
Points this post: 30
Total points: 415
Big book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 6
Tasks completed: 23
Nick KY25.3 Diana K’s Hamilton
Option 4. All letters in HAMILTON are in the title. I read The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society by Lionel Trilling.
H in tHe
AMI in IMAgination
L in Liberal
T in The
ON in imagination
Option 5. Set 50%+ in London. I read Death in Ecstasy by Ngaio Marsh. Though set entirely in London, that info is not mentioned in most reviews. Refer to the first page of the text, where it mentions that “The Keepers of the Sacred Flame” is a church in London.
https://www.overdrive.com/media/27000... (Read a Sample -- scroll over to chapter 1)
Alleyn is a well-known inspector in Scotland Yard, and, though he oftentimes goes out of London, even to Marsh’s native New Zealand, in this instance he stays in the city to deal with the Knocklatcher's Row murder.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 610
EMurphy25.6 Diane Whitney's Task: Pure Michigan!
Option 2: The U.P. - Author whose name contains the letters U and P Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Option 4: The Great Lakes - Title begins with any of the letters H, O, M, E, or S Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 95
Books Read: 6
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
Sara G15.8 - The Great American Read
PBS is sponsoring a series this summer – The Great American Read – focusing on America’s 100 best-loved novels, as chosen in a national survey. Read a book from this list: The Great American Read
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 617 pages.
**A Prayer For Owen Meany is a Big Book (617 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 15
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For my first book, I chose option 1 and read Summerland. Sports is a main page genre. Verified in post 2 of help thread.
I read the kindle edition - the top paperback edition has 500 pages - Summerland
For my second book, I chose option 2, and read Died in the Wool: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #13. This is #13 in the Roderick Alleyn series, which has 32 primary works. I read the kindle edition - the top MMPB edition, Un linceul de laine, has 255 pages.
500 + 255 = 755 pages, greater than 600.
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20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
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Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James
"Julie" is my word. For Julie Covington.
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