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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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Task 10.1 – Summer BlockbustersRelated in some way to list of 15 summer blockbuster movies
Required: Explain connection between movie and book
This book is the basis for the movie Crazy Rich Asians
Crazy Rich Asians
I listened to the audio / no MMP / Paperback: Crazy Rich Asians – 527 p
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 ticket – 527 pages
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 410 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (6) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (1) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 9
Dakimel20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
3: To Die but Once - ULLADUBULLA ORCHESTRA
TALLY:
This post - 20
Total - 545
Dakimel25.3 - Diana K’s Task: Hamilton
1: All Beautiful Things - THINGS
5: The Heir - set all in London
TALLY:
This post - 25
Total - 570
Dakimel30.8-Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
c: The September Society - 320 pgs
d: A Gentleman Never Keeps Score by Cat Sebastian - 320 pgs
TALLY:
This post - 30
Total - 600
Sara G20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 1: Dog Days - Read a book with a title/subtitle that has two words that start with the letter “D”
The Doctor and the Diva by Adrienne McDonnell
Points this post: 20
Total points: 695
Diana K.Task 5.6 - A Chorus Line Read a book with a single word title. Subtitles should be ignored.
Bitna: Under the Sky of Seoul
Total points: 895
Creynard30.3 - JennRenee's Task: New Discoveries to New Favorites
Book 1: Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman
Book 2/Option A: The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook
Author's initials: E.C. = Cozy mystEry
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 510
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 49
Brooklyn5.9 – Mamma Mia!
Read a book where the first word in its title is 7 letters.
Believe Me by J.P. Delaney
Points this post: 5
Total points: 475/995
Tasks completed: 27/57
Books read: 34
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooklyn5.3 – The Lion King
Read a book that you received as a gift.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
I received this book as a gift from my mother last year.
**First published in 1882; requesting 1 Golden Oldie ticket**
Points this post: 5
Total points: 480/995
Tasks completed: 28/57
Books read: 35
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooklyn25.3 – Hamilton
Option 1: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a 4+ letter word from the first 6 paragraphs of the lyrics.
Every Single Secret by Emily Carpenter
Word is “every”
Option 5: Read a book set at least 50% in New York, Chicago or London.
New York Dead by Stuart Woods
The entire story takes place in New York City
Points this post: 25
Total points: 505/995
Tasks completed: 29/57
Books read: 37
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Julia10330.4 - Dlmrose's Task: It's In the DNA
Book 1 - Behind the Shattered Glass by Tasha Alexander (TA)
Book 2 The Falcon at the Portal (AT=at the)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 625
BB: 10
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 30
Books read; 43
20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre Option 2: Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in THE PLAY THAT WENT WRONG
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
50.1 - 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.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? I read this version, Blade Runner(265 pages)
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
Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road (192 pages)
Book 3: Read a book where the author's first name matches one of the Von Trapp children or the English equivalent
I listened to audio, but linked to most popular paperback
Vendetta by Lisa Harris(304 pages)
761 total pages
Total New Points: 70
Total Challenge Points: 575
GO's: 3
CordeliaTask 20.7 I do have a sense of humour.
Option 2 Read a book set at least 50% aboard a space ship.
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
This was set almost totally on spaceship, Rama.
Points 20
Total points 190
Erin NYRepost:
25.7 My next favorite book
Option 4: I always like to try the latest award winning novel. Read a book that has won any award (must be listed in the book's goodreads metadata) in 2013 or later.
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Option 5: Now that I'm a mum, I'll need to find some good kids books to read. Read a book that meets SRC requirements with the main page genre of kids or children.
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
* Children's book: IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16.0
http://www.arbookfind.com/bookdetail....
Points this post: 25
Books claimed this post: 2
Total Points: 125
Tasks completed: 6
Tasks in progress: 4
Books read: 14
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 4,855
5.7 - WickedBook of a Thousand Days Page 1 of https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
This Post 5
Total 6+795= 800
3 GO Ticket
1 BB
15.9 - O CanadaBrown Girl in the Ring From the 2008 year.
This Post 15
Total 15+800= 815
3 GO Ticket
1 BB
CHANDNI20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
Option 3: For this task, read a book with yellow on the cover.
- Letters are yellow[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Completed Tasks: 1
Completed 5,7. read Stardust by niell gaiman . Found on page 1 #6 of the best retelling listtask points 5
total points 20
CHANDNI20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
2. Zombies are a huge obsession for me, thanks to The Walking Dead. Now I will read, watch, and play anything zombie.
B.) Read a book with Zombie as the Goodreads main page genre.
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2
CHANDNI20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Option 3: Read a book where the initial letters of all the words in the title can be found in EITHER BLACK SMOKE BAND or ULLADUBULLA ORCHESTRA (but not a combination of both). The title must have at least 3 words.
I chose Black Smoke Band.
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
B in BLACK
C in BLACK
D in BAND
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 3
Completed Tasks: 3
CHANDNI20.4 - 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.
Foe by Iain Reid
I in RIOT
R in RIOT
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 4
Completed Tasks: 4
CHANDNI20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
1. Read a book that is number 1, 3, or 13 in a series.
The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 5
Completed Tasks: 5
CHANDNI20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 1: Cherie’s Dance Studio
Read a book written by a single author whose initials are found in CHERIE CHITTENDEN.
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
C in Cherie
D in Chittenden
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 6
Completed Tasks: 6
CHANDNI20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida
Option B: Air Conditioning
Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase AIR CONDITIONING.
Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 7
Completed Tasks: 7
CHANDNI20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3: Read a book with a main page genre of Mystery.
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 8
Completed Tasks: 8
trishhartuk 20.5 Bigger is Better – Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
3. This day isn't merely unsettling; it's produced a clinical phobia. Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in the term FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA.
Witch Hunt, Shirley Damsgaard
friggatriSkaiDekaphobia
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 335
Tasks Completed: 18
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
CHANDNI15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Read a book written by one of your most read authors from your Goodreads "read" shelf.
Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs
I've read 18 books by Patricia Briggs
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 175
Books Read: 9
Completed Tasks: 9
Alaina 15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Read a book written by one of your most read authors from your Goodreads "read" shelf.
Beauty Queens-Libba Bray
I've read 3 books by Libba Bray
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 6
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Stephanie12725.7 - Meg SCL:My next favourite book
Option 1: I love a good futuristic dystopian novel. Read a book with the main page genre dystopia (embedded genres OK).
Adjustment Day main page genre Science Fiction > Dystopia, has 316 pages
Option 4: I always like to try the latest award winning novel. Read a book that has won any award (must be listed in the book's goodreads metadata) in 2013 or later.
The Fifth Season winner of the Hugo for Best Novel in 2016, has 468 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 215/995
Tasks completed: 13/57
Books read: 15
15.2 - In Memory Of...Book 1: The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear by Seth Mnookin.
Science is an MPG.
Book 2: Walkaway by Cory Doctorow.
Cory Doctorow has initials in RADICAL CHIC.
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 5/57
Task Points: 15
Grand Total: 90
Readerboard name: witchygal20.8 - Nickels and Dimes
Option B: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase AIR CONDITIONING.
I read I'm Not Scared. Letters (NA) found in target word - Air coNditioning.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Total points and stats for the Summer Challenge
Books: 17
Points: 250
Big Book: 4
Golden Oldie: 0
Readerboard name: witchygal30.1 – Schatzie’s Task
Option 3: read a book that is set at least 50% in Africa.
I read The Poisonwood Bible which is set over 50% in Africa mainly The Congo. I am claiming one Big Book ticket as book has 616 pages.
Option 4: read a book by an author whose initials can be found in NUTCRACKER.
I read Mr. Gandy's Grand Tour by Alan Titchmarsh. Author's initials found in target word - nuTcrAcker.
Points: 30
Big Book: Yes - 1
Golden Oldie: No
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Total points and stats for the Summer Challenge
Books: 19
Points: 280
Big Book: 5
Golden Oldie: 0
5.3 - The Lion KingThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The book is on the first page of the list 'Best Books to Gift.'
15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!Read a book written by one of your most read authors from your Goodreads "read" shelf.
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
(I read the Kindle edition above. The MMP edition is Las aventuras de Oliver Twist)
This is my 12th book by Charles Dickens. He is my no 1 most-read-author.
*This book is a GOLDEN OLDIE (pub 1838)*
Points this post: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 235
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 12
Total books read: 14
5.1 - The Phantom of the OperaRead a book with the word mask, masks, masque, masques, masked or mask's in the title or subtitle
Book read: Death Masks
How it fits: The word Masks in the title
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Total points: 805
Books read: 62
Tasks completed: 48
BB Tickets: 6
GO Tickets: 8
ED25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or less
Book 1- Option A- Read a book with MPG of...history
Come On Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand Story by Christina Thompson
Main page genre of "history".
Book 2-Option C- read a winner or nominee from the Spring 2011 Group Reads.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
(first published 1813) ***I claim 1 GO Ticket***
on the Love Stories poll list
task=25
total=335
tasks completed=15
books completed=21
GO=4
BB=0
Mod
Read a book with the word memory, memories or memory's in the title, subtitle or series title.
Read The Memory Watcher by by Minka Kent
Total points 420
Mod
Read a book from this list of The Best Fairytales and Retellings
Read. Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen by Serena Valentino. From page 8.
Total -425
Mod
Read a non-fiction biography, autobiography or memoir of a screenwriter, playwright, composer, musician, dancer, or actor.
Read Bossypantsby Tina Fey. Tina fey is an actor
Total- 435
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.10 Summer Reading List
I read Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan. It is found on the 2018 reading list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 800
Tasks completed: 47
Books read: 64
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Delicious Dee30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Spectacular/Vernacular
OPTION 2 - VERNACULAR
option 2.a. -
- 288pgsoption 2.b. - Swearing Is Good For You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language - shelved as language by 15ppl; 288pgs
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 810
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (3)
PAULA S25.6 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan!
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose name contains both the letters U and P.
Into the Water U and P are both found in the author's first name PaUla.The paperback I read has 356 pages.
Option 4: Read a book whose title begins with any of the letters H, O, M, E or S.
Strawberries & Crème Murder title starts with S I read the Kindle edition, pb for reference (no mmpb): Strawberry Cream Murder.
The Strawberries & Crème Murder paperback with the most ratings has 218 pages; the paperback matching the same edition of the book as the Kindle book I read has 150 pages. Either way, the combined page number of both books are at least 356 pages + 150 pages, which is more than 500 pages in total.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 290
Total GO: 4
Total BB: 0
Tasks completed: 17/57
Mod
Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found sequentially in the word ROCKETTES
Read. These Rebel Waves by by Sara Raasch
Total. 445
Mod
Read a series book that has a number that can be found in 25, 211, and/or 996. Whole numbers only
Read The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters by Robert Kirkman
Total 455
15.7 – Beatlemania!Read a book with a title/subtitle containing a word from the title of a Beatles album, listed in the Beatles discography.
Disco For The Departed by Colin Cotterill
(Word = FOR from Beatles for Sale (1964))
Points this post: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 250
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 13
Total books read: 15
MIKE DENNIS50.1 [Julia103] Do Re Mi: (3 books totaling 750+ pp.; no children’s/kids’)
Book 1: title starts with a solfege syllables: TIme Machine to the Rescue
Book 2: title/subtitle includes a “song” word (DOE, etc.): LA Belle Sauvage
Book 3: author's first name matches a Von Trapp child: Cat's Cradle by KURT Vonnegut
157 pp. + 546 pp. (PB) + 191 pp. (MMPB) = 894 pp., well over the requirement!
Aaaaaand, please, a Big Book ticket for La Belle Sauvage at 546 pages!
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Current Post: Points: 50, 1 BB
Total: Points: 360 GO: - BB: 2
Tasks: 5.1,5.5, 10.1,10.3,10.7-10.8, 15.4,15.10, all 20s, 30.2 and 50.1, using 23 books.
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Task #25.4 - 2018 FIFA World Cup
Option 2: Read a book from a series that has 21 or more primary books (without counting .5 books - whole numbers only) in it. I read U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton (403p).
Option 3: Read a book with a setting (city/state/province/country*) that starts with a letter from RUSSIA. I read Aunty Lee's Delights by Ovidia Yu, set in Singapore (264p).
403+264=667pp
Points this post: 25
Total points so far: 640