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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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ED20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3: Read a book with a main page genre of Mystery.
Marigolds and Murder by London Lovett
task=20
total=260
tasks completed=12
books completed=16
GO=3
BB=0
Task 25.1 - Remembering Sue Graftonbook page count >601
book 1 - read a book with author initials in SUEGRAFTON
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry
author initials: SF
416pages
book 2 - read a book with title that does NOT contain any of ONLYZ
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
234pages
416+234= 650p
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point total = 575
Task 30.3 - New Discoveries to New Favouritesbook 1 - read a book from the shelf
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
602pages - claiming BB ticket
book 2 option C - read a book with MOON in the title
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
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points total = I'm going to double check....
Danibean5.10 - Beauty and the Beast: Celebrate Belle and stick your nose in a book of your choice.
I read Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman.
15.3 - My Feet Hurt: I chose Option 2: Read one book that meets the requirements for BOTH Book 1 and Book 2.
Book 1: Here's a list of 10 famous choreographers. Famous Choreographers Read a book whose author shares a first name with one of these choreographers. Names must match exactly.
Book 2: Here's a list of 16 famous dancers: Famous Dancers. Read a book whose author shares a last name with one of these dancers. Names must match exactly.
I read Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly.
Martha = Martha Graham
Kelly = Gene Kelly
15.5 - The Bard: Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, about William Shakespeare. This should be a book about the man William Shakespeare, not about his work.
I read Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
25.3 - Hamilton: This is a two-book task. Read one book from two different options.
Option 4: Read a book where the title/subtitle contains all the letters in HAMILTON,
I read Unanswered Cries: A True Story Of Friends, Neighbors, And Murder In A Small Town by Thomas French
Option 5:Read a book set at least 50% in New York, London, or Chicago.
I read The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear, set in London.
25. 4 - FIFA World Cup: This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different options and read a book for each. The books must have a combined total of at least 600 pages.
Option 2: Read a book from a series that has 21 or more primary books (whole numbers only).
I read The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie. It is #1 in the Hercule Poirot series, which has over 21 primary books. (294 pages)
Option 3: Read a book with a setting that starts with a letter from RUSSIA.
I read A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton. It is set in Santa Teresa. (308 pages)
308+294 = 602
This Post:
Points - 85
BB Tickets - 0
GO Tickets - 0
Books Read - 7
Tasks Complete - 5
Totals:
Points - 440
BB Tickets - 0
GO Tickets - 0
Books Read - 32
Tasks Complete - 29
Task 30.5 - Spectacular/Vernaculareach book must be 275+pages
one must be non-fiction
option 2 - Vernacular
choice a - read a book with text only cover
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
342pages
choice c - read a book with VERNACULAR in the subtitle
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
352pages
this is NON-FICTION
(ironically this would also fit option a!)
VE in VallEy
R in secRects
N in iN
A in A
C in siliCon
U in startUp
L in vaLley
AR in stARtup
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points total (I checked, and am clear now - error in my checksum!) = 635
Diana K.Task 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
Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
Total points: 605
Diana K.Task 15.8 - The Great American Read Read a book from this list: The Great American Read
The Joy Luck Club
Total points: 620
Sandy MN20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's Task: I DO have a sense of humor!!
Option 3 - Caddyshack
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
418 pages
30.9 - Brooke TX's task: Summer (Reading) is Coming
OPTION B: LEVEL UP YOUR READING
Book 1:
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
#22 on Best Series
850 pages
2 Big Book Tickets
Book 2:
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Popular eBooks page 5
947 pages
2 Big Book Tickets
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 275
Big Book Tickets: 4
Diana K.Task 30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Aida
Opt. 3 Read a book written by a female author whose first and last name initials can be found in the words AIDA AMNERIS.
Worth Every Gasp: A Lone Woman's Journey in the Himalayas... by Anamika Mukherjee
Opt 4. Read a book with the main page genre war or historical fiction. Genre may be stand alone or embedded.
Varina
Total points: 650
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websitesOption 2: Bookish News-For this option read a book whose author's initials can be found in either BOOK RIOT or THE MILLIONS.
I chose "The Millions", and read The Secrets of Midwives by Sally Hepworth.
Task points:20
Total Points:230
Tasks completed:13
Books read:13
Joanne MITask 25.7 My Next Favorite Book
Option 2- Read a book (fiction) set before 1900
The Queen's Man Book is set in the year 1135-It is not on Meg's shelf 288 pages
Option 5: Read a book that meets SRC requirements with the main page genre of kids or children
The Kneebone BoyMeets requirement for SRC Children's books: 304 pages
AR Quiz No. 140523 EN Fiction
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10.0
AR Quiz Types: RP
Not On Meg's reading lists
Points this challenge 25
Total Points 300
Total BB's 6
30.5 - SPECTACULAR / VERNACULAROPTION 1B - Georgia: A Novel of Georgia O'Keeffe
OPTION 2C - A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue
TOTAL POINTS - 685
Mod
I read Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth - a Christmas gift from my daughter, who knows how much I love to travel.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 800
30.2 - Booklover's Task: Contrasts1 - Now and Then
Summer (First published in 1917)
The Summer That Made Us (First published in 2017)
50.1 - Julia103's Task: Do Re MiBook 1 – Fat Fridays (FA)
Book 2 – The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane (Tea)
Book 3 – Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas (Lisa)
Total Points: 810
Sarah E10.4 - Wonder Woman
Taiwan Tales - one of the contributors is Amanda Miao
I read the kindle edition, the paperback (no MMP) is Taiwan Tales: One Country, Eight Stories: A Multicultural Perspective
Total points: 60
Andy P.Task # 5.7 - Wicked
Read a book from this list of The Best Fairytales and Retellings
Deerskin by Robin McKinley
# 29 On list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 665
Andy P.Task # 15.6 - They Call It Acting!
Read a book from the following list: Thespians
Ruddy Gore by Kerry Greenwood
First page # 63(5 of 6 at this #)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 680
Task 15.6 - They Call it Acting!Read a book from the list
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
On page 1, #2
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Points = 650
25.3 - Diana K’s Task: HamiltonOption 4: Read a book where the Title/subtitle contains all of the letters in HAMILTON.
Book read: The Girl Who Chased the Moon
How it fits: all letters in the title
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.
Book read: Grave Peril
How it fits: set entirely in Chicago
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Total points: 695
Books read: 51
Tasks completed: 40
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 5
MIKE DENNIS5.1 The Phantom of the Opera: (mask on the cover)
Batman, Volume 4: Zero Year: Secret City
✂- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Message 1898
Current Post: Points: 5
Total: Points: 310 GO: - BB: 1
Tasks: 5.1,5.5, 10.1,10.3,10.7-10.8, 15.4,15.10, all 20s, 30.2 using 20 books.
EMurphy25.3 Diana K's Task: Hamilton
Option 4: Title/subtitle contains all of the letters in HAMILTON Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches by John Hodgman
Option 5: Set in NYC, London, or Chicago The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
*Set in NYC
*Golden Oldies Ticket - published in 1920
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 120
Books Read: 8
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 5
EMurphy20.3 Best Review-TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Option 3: Initial letters of all the words in the title can be found in ULLADUBULLA ORCHESTRA The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 140
Books Read: 9
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 6
CelesteR 15.8 - America's 100
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
ARBookFinder: IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17.0
Total: 465 points
Creynard20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websites
Option 1: Written in Red by Anne Bishop
Diana Gabaldon is the author I used in the map. This is the first book I've read by Anne Bishop."
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 410
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 38
Creynard20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 1: Torn by Carian Cole
Author's Intitials=CC. Cherie Chittenden
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 430
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 39
Creynard30.8 - Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
Book 1/Option A: Slummy Mummy by Fiona Neill
#29 on Page 1 of "Novels about Motherhood" list.
Book 2/Option D: The Lady Risks All by Stephanie Laurens
Author's initials:S.L = whimSiCal
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 460
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 40
Creynard25.3 - Diana K’s Task: Hamilton
Book 1/Option 1: The Hero by Donna Grant
"Hero" is my word.
Book 2/Option 5: The Ugly Duchess by Eloisa James
Set in London.
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 485
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 41
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I read No Time Like the Past by Jodi Taylor. I've read 10 books by Jodi Taylor before this one.
I listened to the audiobook - here's the top paperback (no MMPB) for page purposes - No Time Like the Past.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 815
15.4. Double TroubleOption 2 As the Poppies Bloomed
There is a double consonant in Poppies
There is also a double vowel in Bloomed.
This Post 15
Total 15+660 = 675
1 GO Ticket
PegW20.8 - Nickels and Dimes
Option B: Air Conditioning - Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase AIR CONDITIONING
Bitch on Wheels: The Sharon Nelson Double Murder Case by Gregg Olsen
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
30.5 - SPECTACULAR / VERNACULAROPTION 1B - Georgia: A Novel of Georgia O'Keeffe
OPTION 1C - A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue
TOTAL POINTS - 685
Elizabeth PTask 10.7 - The World's Largest
Number in series found in 211 (ie 1st, 2nd)
Dreamer's Pool by Juliet Marillier
First in the Blackthorn and Grim series
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 6
Task 15.2 - In Memory of...….book 1 - read a non-fiction with MPG Science
Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World by Laura Spinney
book 2 - read a book with author initials in CHIC
The Mermaid by Christina Henry
author initials - CH
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points - I'm pretty sure that I'm straight now! - 675
FANDURY20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials are found in CHERIE CHITTENDEN
The Other by Thomas Tryon
The initals of the author TT can be found in cherie chiTTenden
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 225
Books Read: 16
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
there now follows a shift of books (and I'm doing it in one post, just because)....Task 10.9 - A Look Back
Note: this book previously claimed against task 25.5. BB ticket already claimed too, but I'm restating below for completeness
read a book from the Most Popular June 2017 list
Tyrant's Throne by Sebastien de Castell
#180 on the list
568p - BB ticket
Task 25.5 - Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
note: this task previously claimed, but switching books now...
page count to exceed 600
option 2 - read a book with author initials (ignore middle) found in FLYRAIL
Dark Skies by L.J. Ross
author initials LR
287p
option 4 - read a book set in California
False Hearts
set in San Francisco, California (stated in the blurb)
366p
366+287 = 653pages
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points = 1 new task @10points = 685
another change....Task 10.4 - Wonder Woman
Note: this book previously claimed for 20.7
read a book by a female author with initials in WOMAN
Posies and Poison by Wendy Meadows
author initials WM
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points= I'll update in next post
Task 20.7 - I DO have a sense of humour!!option 1 - read a book whose title is a pun
Alice in Murderland by Samantha Silver
pun on Alice in Wonderland
ebook approved for length - row 205 in sheet
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points = 695
MegSCL25.1 Andy P’s Task: Remembering Sue Grafton
Book 1: Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions by Neil Gaiman
Book 2: Deeper Water
25.7 - Meg SCL:My next favourite book
Option 3: time travel: All Clear
*656pp - 1 big book
Option 4: audie award winner 2017: Small Great Things
*528pp - 1 big book
TOTAL TO DATE
360 Points
3 big books
Marina H30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: It's In the DNA
Book 1: Sommerhus by Amalie Laulund Trudsø
first and last name initials that match the adenine-thymine pair initials AT
Book 2: The Truth About Us by Janet Gurtler
consecutive words in the TITLE that begin with the adenine-thymine pair initials TA
Points this post: 30
Total points: 485
Big book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 6
Tasks completed: 27
Nick KY5.8 Oh Calcutta! I read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? By Philip K. Dick, with a ? in the title.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 705
Nick25.6 Diane Whitney’s Pure Michigan.
Option 2. The UP. Author’s name contains a “U” and a “P.” I read Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays by Luigi Pirandello. 224 pp
Option 4. The Great Lakes “H O M E S.” Title begins with one of those letters. I read Murder Most Maine by Karen MacInerney. 277 pp.
Total pp = 501 > required 500.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 730
Danibean25.2 - This Summer's theme, more or less: For this task, read books from two different options.
Option A: I read Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
Option C: I read I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
30.9 - Summer (Reading) is Coming: This is a two book task. Choose one of the options below and read Book 1 and Book 2 from that option. The books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages. I chose Option B: Level Up Your Reading
Book 1: I read A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (Popular Travel Books list, page 1) (397 pages)
Book 2: I read The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty (Popular Beach Read Books list, page 1) (396 pages)
397 + 396 = 793 pages
793 pgs > 500 pgs
This Post:
Points - 55
BB Tickets - 0
GO Tickets - 0
Books Read - 4
Tasks Complete - 2
Totals:
Points - 495
BB Tickets - 0
GO Tickets - 0
Books Read - 36
Tasks Complete - 31
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Challenge 30.9 Brooke TX's task: Summer (Reading) is Coming
OPTION B: LEVEL UP YOUR READING
Book 1: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 352 p. This is from the list Popular Ebooks found on page 2.
Book 2: Crank by Ellen Hopkins. 537 p. This is from Popular Contemporary Books found on page 9.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 685
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 56
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0