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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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30.3 - JennRenee's Task: New Discoveries to New FavoritesBook 1, a book from JennRenee's shelf (p.1): Brownies & Betrayal by Heather Justesen
Book 2c (Space Opera), a book with "world" in the title: The Unseen World by Liz Moore
Points this post: 30
Total points: 545
JACKIE M30.1 Limited Exposure
Opt 3: set at least 50% in Africa
Tangerine, definitely at least 50% of this is in Tangiers, Morocco
Opt 4: author initials can be found in NUTCRACKER
The Supernatural Enhancements by Edgar Cantero
Point total: 185
BB: 1
GO: 1
JACKIE M30.2 Contrasts
opt 2: 2 books from different language groups
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea; originally in Japanese, of the Japonic group
The Black Tulip; originally in French, of the Indo-European group
GO Ticket for The Black Tulip, first published in 1850
Point total: 215
BB:1
GO: 2
JACKIE M30.5 Spectacular Vernacular
both must be over 275 pages, one must be nonfiction
Opt 2.
Part a (text only cover) : Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief (that's the paperback version at 279 pages) and the edition I read is
(308 pages, hardcover, I don't know why goodreads thinks this is unknown binding). Part b (language is MPG): Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing 288 pages; nonfiction.
GO ticket for Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief first published in 1907
Point total: 245
BB: 1
GO: 3
JACKIE M30.6 Aida
opt 2: author initials appear in GUISEPPE VERDI
I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks by Gina Sheridan
opt 4: mpg of war or historical fiction
Noble Metals
Point total: 275
BB: 1
GO: 3
15.6 - They Call It Acting!Read a book from the following list: Thespians
After the Funeral by Agatha Christie which is on page one of the list
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 65/995
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
perletwo10.9 - 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
Magpie Murders
Points this task: 10
Total points: 545
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 30
15.6 - They Call It Acting!Read a book from the following list: Thespians.
Sunset Boulevard
This is on page 2 of the list in slot #128
Total new points: 15
Total challenge points: 645
GO's 4
25.1 Andy P’s Task: Remembering Sue GraftonBook 1. Read a book in which the author’s initials can be found in SUEGRAFTON.
Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton
Book 2. Read a book whose title does NOT contain any of the letters in the phrase ONLY NO Z (LNOYZ).
Scrapper
Total New Points: 25
Total Challenge points: 670
GO's: 4
20.3 Best ReviewOption 2: author shares a name with...
Symptoms of Being Human, by Jeff Garvin (Jeff).
This post: +20
Total: 285
DULCINELLA25.5 - Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today
Option 1:
For this option, read a book with a cover that includes only the colors black, white and/or grey. No other colors may be used
Noughts & Crosses Malorie Blackman 480 p. 9 august 2018 3 starsHow it fits: the cover has only black and white
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. Middle names/initials may be ignored, letters may only be used as often as they appear in the word chose.
WORD : STRIKE
Restoration
Rose Tremain 432 p. 23 august 2018 3 starsThe author’s initials RT are in the word STRIKE
Points in this taxk: 25 points
Total points: 730 points
1 ticket GO
2 tickets BB
BARBARA ★5.9 ~ Mamma Mia!
Read a book where the FIRST word in the title is exactly seven letters.
Paradox - Catherine Coulter 8/22
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10.9 ~ A Look Back
Read a book on one of the following lists: Most Popular Books Published In July 2017
Lucky in Love - Kasie West (#21 on list) 8/22
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 710
20.10 - Group ReadsDark Matter
Points this post 20
Total 20+890= 910
4 GO Ticket
2 BB ( Just recording for personal interest now, not actual tickets)
30.8 - Sandy's TaskOption 3: Male author, #2 in the series
Head On (Head On #2), by John Scalzi - 335 pages
Option 4: Female author, initials in WHIMSICAL
Six Wakes, by Mur Lafferty - 364 pages
This post: +30
Total: 315
25.5 - Danibean's TaskOption 2: Single Author, initials in one of the words/phrases
Sharp Objects, by Gillian Flynn (GF in FIGHT CALL) - 393 pages
Option 3: Stage Manager's monologue
Still Life With Tornado (with) - top paperback has 304 pages
This post: +25
Total: 340
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websitesOption 1: Literature Map - choose one of your favorite authors, go to the Literature Map, and read a book by a new to you author who is listed as similar.
One of my favorite authors is Jim Thompson. One of the similar authors is Hubert Selby. I've never previously read anything by Hubert Selby.
The Room by Hubert Selby Jr..
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 5
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Pamela326525.6 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan!
Option 2: The Shack by William P. Young – 252 pages
Option 4: One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline - 384 pages
636 pages total
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 245
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
5.4 - CatsTo Green Angel Tower, Part 1 (Memory, Sorrow and Thorn #3 part 1) by Tad Williams
2 x Bigger is Better Tix (815 pages)
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 11
Season Total: 730
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Changed to the correct options!
30.6 - 3. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club Pub 1928
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
4. The Hermit Of Eyton Forest (The Hermit of Eyton Forest - length)
30.8 - B. Nobody's Fool Pg 1 Pgs 549
* I Claim 1 x Big Book ticket *
D. Poirot's Early Cases
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.5 The Bard
I read Shakespeare in Love: A Screenplay by Tom Stoppard.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 915
Tasks completed: 54
Books read: 74
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
M1nksREPOST
20.8 - A:
- Cleared as 'green' in post #30
M1nksREPOST
25.5 - 1.
512 Pgs* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
5.
- George C Wolfe (George Smiley)/ 2016 70th Tony Awards
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.6 Ava Catherine’s Task: Aida
Option 3: In the Woods by Robin Stevenson.
Option 4: The Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan Rivers. It has both war and historical fiction as MPG.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 945
Tasks completed: 55
Books read: 76
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
M1nks10.6 - War with the Newts Pub 1935
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie *
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 745
Golden Oldies: 13
Big Book: 7
M1nks20.4 - 1. Malone Dies - Author was Henry James. I have not read anything by Samuel Beckett
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 765
Golden Oldies: 13
Big Book: 7
5.10 - Beauty and the Beastread a book of my choice
My Lady Jane
512p - claiming BB ticket
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points = 840
Ed20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things-Opt. 1 B-Read a book by a single author, where the author's initials can be found in the words VIDEO GAMES.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
author's initials found in video gAMes
task=20
total=390
tasks completed=18
books completed=25
GO=5
BB=0
Babbling C5.9 - Mamma Mia!
Read a book where the FIRST word in the title is exactly seven letters.
Arsenic with Austen (Crime with the Classics #1) - Audible Arsenic with Austen - hardback (no PB) pages 312 by Katherine Bolger Hyde
Arsenic has 7 letters
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
The Sweetest Burn - Kindle The Sweetest Burn - paperback pgs 352 by Jeaniene Frost
20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 2: Choreography
For this option, read a book with a title of two or more words where the initial letter of each word can be found in CHOREOGRAPHY. Subtitles are excluded; letters may be used only as often as they occur.
Rogue One - A Star Wars Story - Audible Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - paperback pgs.464 by Alexander Freed
CHOREOGRAPHY
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.
Happy Reading!
The Diva Cooks up a Storm - Kindle The Diva Cooks Up a Storm paperback pgs 304 by Krista Davis
Mystery > Cozy Mystery 21 users
25.1 Andy P’s Task: Remembering Sue Grafton
Book 1. Read a book in which the author’s initials can be found in SUEGRAFTON. All initials count.
Silver Silence - Audible Silver Silence - paperback pgs 434 by Nalini Singh
SUEGRAFTON
Book 2. Read a book whose title does NOT contain any of the letters in the phrase ONLY NO Z (LNOYZ). Subtitles can be ignored.
Dead Beat - Audible Dead Beat - paperback pgs. 517 by Jim Butcher
this is a Big Book: 517
434+517=951>601
THIS POST
Points: 80
Completed Tasks: 5
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total This Season
Points: 300/995
Completed Tasks: 21/57
Golden oldies: 2
Big Books: 2
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Pages read this season: 8,039
Books read this season: 22
Ana20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
Option 1-First in a Series
by Cecelia Ahern. It is the first in a seriesPoints this Post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks Completed:5
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages:1411
Laurah3020.7 - 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
Beartown 418 pages
Sara G5.10 - Beauty and the Beast
Belle is not a puzzle to those of us in the SRC. Celebrate Belle and stick your nose in a book of your choice.
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 80 pages.
This is my one book between 80 -99 pages for a 5 point task this season.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 720
CathyG 10.7 - 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. 1,2,5,6,9
Blue-Blooded Vamp by Jaye Wells
#5 in Sabina Kane series
10.8 - The World's Oldest
Read a book that was first published in March of any year or in any month of a year that contains at least 2 of the following numbers: 1, 3, 5, 8.
Rock Redemption by Nalini Singh
published in 2015
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Thing
Your book must have at least 200 pages.
B.) Read a book by a single author, where the author's initials can be found in the words VIDEO GAMES.
If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
248pp
30.3 - JennRenee's Task: New Discoveries to New Favorites
This is a 2 book task.
Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, and Manga are allowed.
Option 1: For this option choose a book from this list. If the book is part of a series, you may read any book from that series.
Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Option 2: Choose a genre and read a book for that option. Indicate in your post the genre you chose.
c) Space Opera: Read a book with one of these words found in the title, subtitle, or series name. Moon
Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews
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.
Romancing the Inventor by Gail Carriger
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.
Zen and the Art of Vampires by Katie MacAlister
"the Art"
Points this post: 100
Total points: 500
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 34
Big Book Ticket: 3
Golden Oldie Ticket:
Alaina20.1 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
Walk Two Moons-Sharon Creech
(The two moons are yellow)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 7
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Cindy FTask 10.6 Radio City Music Hall
Authors initials in ROCKETTES sequentially but may be in reverse order C,O
Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell C,O
Points this post:10
Total points:160
Tasks completed:11
Books Read: 13
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Cindy FTask 30.7 I "knew" you would like this "new" challenge I came up with!
Pair of homophones in titles: new/knew
Book 1: What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan
Claim 1 BB ticket 512 pages
Book 2: Surrender, New York by Caleb Carr
Claim 1 BB Ticket 598 pages
Points this post:30
Total points:190
Tasks completed:12
Books read:15
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(4)750+(0)1000+(0)
Laurah3030.5 - Mazza1's Task: Spectacular/Vernacular
OPTION 2 - VERNACULAR
a) Read a book with TEXT ONLY on the cover you could use this list for ideas but you are not limited to it. The cover must be plain except for the text -
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
c) Read a book with all the letters of “VERNACULAR” in the title / subtitle
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
thE iNConVient indiAn: A cURious account of native peopLe in noRth america
10.1 - Summer BlockbustersA book related in some way to a blockbuster summer movie: If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins
This book is related to Crazy Rich Asians. Both have a main character named Rachel.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 555
5.9 - Mamma Mia! Read a book where the FIRST word in the title is exactly seven letters.
Faceoff by David Baldacci
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 70/995
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 8
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
15.6 - They Call It Acting!I read After the Funeral, which is found on p 1, #43.
points: 300
books read: 25
tasks completed: 21
Big Books: 2
pages read: 8251
Sarah E15.8 - The Great American Read
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
I read the kindle edition, top MMP is Harry Potter et la Coupe de Feu - 774 pages
Big Book - 774 pages. I claim 2 BB tickets.
Total points: 260
Total BB tickets: 7
JUKKA5.2 – Chicago
Book from the list of Legal Thrillers.
The King of Torts by John Grisham, from the first page of the list.
Total Points: 475/995
Total Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 31/57
Big Books Total: 5
Golden Oldies Total: 2
JUKKA10.2 - Let's Dance
Book with DANCE in title, subtitle, or series title.
A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell, from the series A Dance to the Music of Time.
Total Points: 485/995
Total Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 32/57
Big Books Total: 5
Golden Oldies Total: 2
JUKKA10.6 - Radio City Music Hall
Book whose author's initials are sequentially in ROCKETTES.
Scardust by Suzanne van Rooyen.
Total Points: 495/995
Total Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 33/57
Big Books Total: 5
Golden Oldies Total: 2
JUKKA20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's Task: I DO have a sense of humor!!
Option B: Book set at least 50% aboard a space ship.
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon.
Total Points: 515/995
Total Books Read: 40
Tasks Completed: 34/57
Big Books Total: 5
Golden Oldies Total: 2
JUKKA25.3 - Diana K’s Task: Hamilton
Option 4: A book where the title and subtitle contain all the letters of HAMILTON.
Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler, edited by Alexandra Pierce & Mimi Mondal.
Option 5: Book set at least 50% in New York, Chicago, or London.
Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch is set in London.
Total Points: 540/995
Total Books Read: 42
Tasks Completed: 35/57
Big Books Total: 5
Golden Oldies Total: 2
Sarah E25.3 - Diana K’s Task: Hamilton
Option 1: Using the word "word"
The Word Is Murder
I read the kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is The Word Is Murder
Option 4: Title/subtitle contains all of the letters in HAMILTON
The Female Few: Spitfire Heroines of the Air Transport Auxiliary
I read the ebook, paperback (no MMP) is The Female Few: Spitfire Heroines
THe FeMALe Few: Spitfire HerOINes of the Air Transport Auxiliary
Total points: 285
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Claiming Big Book Ticket for Magpie Murders
which I did incorrectly before, sorry.
512 pages in the paperback edition I read, which should be correctly linked above.