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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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Ana20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida
Option - Green Cover
by J.D. RobbCover approved in message 44.
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 140
Tasks Completed:7
Total Books Read: 7
Total Pages:1979
25.4 - Rina's Task: 2018 FIFA World CupOption 2: The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be the 21st FIFA World Cup. Read a book from a series that has 21 or more primary books (without counting .5 books - whole numbers
Naked in Death
Option 3: Read a book with a setting (city/state/province/country*) that starts with a letter from RUSSIA.
Murder in Mesopotamia - Set in Iraq
First published in 1936, I am claiming one Golden Oldies Ticket
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 560
Total Tasks: 23
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book: 1
DebraJean20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter
For option 3, I read "C" Is For Corpse which has 181 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 395
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Sarah E20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Option 3: ULLADUBULLA ORCHESTRA
The Last Dragonslayer
I read the kindle edition, top paperback is The Last Dragonslayer. There are two MMPS, but neither has a page count.
Total points: 330
Sarah E20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida
Option C: First published in June
More Ketchup Than Salsa
I read the kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is More Ketchup Than Salsa - Confessions of a Tenerife Barman
Total points: 350
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of SummerOPTION 3: Read a book with a main page genre of Mystery.
Snap by Belinda Bauer
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 290
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 15
Total books read: 17
Amy FL25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or less
Option A: Dirty Genes: A Breakthrough Program to Treat the Root Cause of Illness and Optimize Your Health - Health
Option D: Girls Like Us - the GULf of mexico
25.4 - Rina's Task: 2018 FIFA World Cup
Option 3: Himself - Ireland (russIa)
Option 4: I Found You by Lisa Jewell - Joachim Löw (LJ-JL)
25.6 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan!
Option 3: The Twenty-Three - #3 in Promise Falls series
Option 4: Head On - Homes
25.7 - Meg SCL:My next favourite book
Option 1: Red Hill - Dystopia (approved in message 14)
Option 2: Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome
Points this post: 100
Total points: 400
Kathy G.50.1 - Julia103's Task: Do Re Mi
Book 1- Read a book where the first word of the title starts with RE.
Rest in Pieces by Rita Mae Brown
Book 2- Read a book with “Me” is in the title.
See Me by Nicholas Sparks
Book 3- Read a book where the author’s first name
matches one of the Von Trapp children. I chose (Marta/Martha) for
Martha Grimes.
The Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes
Total Points- 260
The total page count of all three: 292 + 528 + 263 = 1,083
10.6 - Radio City Music HallA book by an author whose first and last initials can be found sequentially in the word ROCKETTES: A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
Points this post: 10
Total points: 580
Joanne MiTask 20.5 read a book that is number 1, 3, or 13 in a series
The Blackstone Key # 1 in Mary Finch Series
Points this task 20
Total Points 385
Total BB's 6
Joanne MiTask 20.9
Option 3: Read a book with a main page genre of Mystery
Company of Liars claiming one BB 592 pages
Points this task 20
Total Points 405
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 7
Delicious Dee20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
Option 3 -
- the background is yellowPoints this Post: 20
Total Points: 885
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (3)
Delicious Dee20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3 - Bring Me Back - shelved as mystery by 231ppl
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 905
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (3)
15.2 - In Memory of...….Book 1 Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley MPG Science
Book 2 Skellig by David Almond D and A are in Radical Chic. Rated MG+ on ARBookfinder
Points this post 15
Total 15+945= 960
4 GO Ticket
2 BB ( Just recording for personal interest now, not actual tickets)
Pamela326520.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
Option 2:
Baby on Her Doorstep by Rhonda Gibson – Author’s initials are found in wRonG
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 265
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
25.1 Andy P’s Task: Remembering Sue GraftonBook 1, a book in which the author's initials can be found in SUEGRAFTON: Clock Dance by Anne Tyler, 304 p.
Book 2, a book whose title does not contain any of the letters in the phrase ONLY NO Z: The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams, 384 p.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 605
15.4. Double TroubleOne book option:
Killer Sweet Tooth: A Daphne Martin Cake Mystery by Gayle Trent
double vowel in sweet
double consonant in killer
Total points: 140
25.4 - Rina's Task: 2018 FIFA World CupOption 2: Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos by Donna Andrews - 24 books in series
293 pages
Option 3: Wicked by Sara Shepard - set in Rosewood
310 pages
293 + 310 pages = 603 pages
Total points: 165
20.2 - A Few of My Favourite ThingsOption 1B. I read Twilight Over Burma: My Life as a Shan Princess by Inge Sargent.
Inge Sargent's initials can be found in VIDEO GAMES.
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 6/57
Task Points: 20
Grand Total: 110
LaureY50.1 - 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. All words count.
Fangirl by Rainbow Powell
Pages: 459
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
Abide with Me by Elizabeth Strout
Pages: 302
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.
Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Keyplas
Liesl (Lisa)
Pages: 376
Points this post: 50
Total points: 550
Total Books: 37
Total Tasks: 28
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 7
Bookwrm526Task #15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Read a book by one of the authors on your Most Read Authors List on Goodreads. I read Smoke and Mirrors by Elly Griffiths, who is number 8 on my list. I had read 12 books by her, this one made 13.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 790
Sara G10.4 - Wonder Woman
June 3 is Wonder Woman day. 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. One author in a book with multiple contributors works.
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
WONDER WOMAN
Points this post: 10
Total points: 750
ED30.8 - Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
Opt. A- Read a book from one of the following lists: Novels About Motherhood #54 on that list:
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 542p.
published 1848 ***I claim 1 GO Ticket***
***I claim 1 BB ticket***
Opt. D- Read a book by a female author whose initials are found in the word WHIMSICAL
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
449 p.
published 1868 ***I claim 1 GO ticket***
LMA found in whiMsicAL
task=30
total=420
tasks completed=19
books completed=27
GO=7
BB=1
Task 10.1 - Summer BlockbustersRead a book related in some way to one of the 15 summer movies on this list: In a Year Full of Blockbusters, Summer 2018 Will Be Especially Huge
Required: Explain the connection between the movie and the book when you post.
Movie: CRAZY RICH ASIANS
Book: Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians #1) (2013) by Kevin Kwan (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 527 pages)
Connection: The movie CRAZY RICH ASIANS was based on the book Crazy Rich Asians
** Crazy Rich Asians is a Big Book, pagecount: 527 pages **
260 + 10 = 270
Tasks Completed: 14
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 260 + 10 = 270
Books read: 20
Pages read: 5,647
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Sarah E10.5 - The Globe
The Case of the Missing Mascot - (Sherlock Shakespeare Mystery #1)
Ebook only, approved for length on line 2700 of the spreadsheet.
Total points: 360
DULCINELLA25.1 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.
One Step Too Far One Step Too Far Tina Seskis 400 p. 26 august 2018 3 stars
The author’s initials are TS
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.
The Water Cure Sophie Mackintosh 250 p. 26 august 2018 4 starsthe title has no letters from onlynoz
Points in this post: 25 points
Total points: 800 points
2 tickets GO
2 tickets BB
Sophie30.2
Now and then - published 100 years apart
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Published 1895
SPQR VI: Nobody Loves a Centurion by John Maddox Roberts
Published 1995
Total 660
Sophie30.4
DNA
Title AT
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Author CG
Her Last Breath by Charlie Gallagher
Total 690
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or lessOption B. Read a book with a beverage in a drinking glass, cup or mug on its cover.
Book read: All-Butter ShortDead
How it fits:
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.
Book read: The Empty Chair
How it fits: 3 words in the title, first letters TEC are found in the phrase
512 pages, claiming 1 BB Ticket
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Total points: 935
Books read: 73
Tasks completed: 55
BB Tickets: 7
GO Tickets: 8
5.10 - Beauty and the Beast Book of choice
Unwelcome Detective by Mark Evans
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 75/995
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Casey W20.1 - Option 3 - Read a book with yellow on the cover.
Background color is yellow
Points the Post: 20
Total Points: 110
Total books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Casey W20.4 - Option 2; Read a book where the initials of the author's name appears in "THE MILLIONS"
Claiming Big Book Ticket for this book.
Print edition has 504 pgs.
Points the Post: 20
Total Points: 130
Total books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Ticket: 1
5.6 - A Chorus LineRead a book with a single word title
Derailed
* This book was an ARC
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5.9 - Mamma Mia!
Read a book where the FIRST word in the title is exactly seven letters.
Thieves On The Fens
Thieves has 7 letters
* This book was an ARC
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5.10 - Beauty and the Beast
Read a book of your choice
* This book was an ARC
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10.7 - The World's Largest
Read a series book that has a number that can be found in 25, 211, and/or 996.
This is book #6 in the DI Nikke Galena series
* This book was an ARC
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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.
Published in 2018
* This book was an ARC
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POINTS
Points This Post: 35
Points Total: 35/995
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!Read a book written by one of your most read authors from your Goodreads "read" shelf.
* Claiming a BB ticket as this book has 560 pages
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websites.
Option 2: Bookish News - Read a book whose author's initials can be found in either BOOK RIOT or THE MILLIONS
Robert Bryndza
R & B can be found in B/b>ook Riot
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
3. Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in the term FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA.
Robert Bryndza
* This book was an ARC
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's Task: I DO have a sense of humor!!
Option 3: Caddyshack. Read a book where the number of pages includes the digits 1 and 8, in any order.
This book has 318 pages
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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.
This book has been shelved as Mystery > Crime by 13 users
* This book was an ARC
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20.10 - Group Reads
Romantic Suspense - My Cousin Rachel
Link to comment in help thread;
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POINTS
Points This Post: 115
Points Total: 150/995
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: √
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
15.3 - MY FEET HURTBOOK 1 - Light Boxes by Shane Jones
BOOK 2 - The Arabian Mistress by Lynne Graham
TOTAL POINTS - 925
25.6 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan! Option 3 - Read a book that is #3 in a series.
Book #3 in the DI Nikki Galena series
302 pages
Option 4 - Read a book whose title begins with any of the letters H, O, M, E or S.
310 pages
Total pages read: 612
* Both books are ARC's
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30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Limited Exposure
Opt. 3: Read a book that is set at least 50% in Africa.
This book is set in Botswana
Opt. 4: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in NUTCRACKER.
Kaira Rouda
* This book is an ARC
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POINTS
Points This Post: 55
Points Total: 205/995
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: √
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Alaina5.10 - Beauty and the Beast
Book of your choice
All Your Perfects-Colleen Hoover
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 165
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 9
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Amber25.5 - Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
Option 2 - Book by a single author whose first and last initials appear in a word from the list - the word used is spike MaRks
The Anomaly by Michael Rutger
Hardcover, 352 pgs
Option 4 - Book set at least 50% in a state that where one of these colleges are located - this book is set in Massachusetts, as stated in the metadata
The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen
Audio, MMPB for length, 502 pgs
**The Bone Garden is a Big Book (502 pgs) - claiming 1 Big Book ticket.**
352 + 502 = 854 pgs > 600 pgs
Points this post: 25
Total points: 405
Big Book Tickets: 4
Erin NY30.1 Limited Exposure
Opt. 3: For this option, read a book that is set at least 50% in Africa.
Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan
* The whole book is a collection of short stories that all take place in various countries in Africa
Opt. 4: For this option, read a book by an author whose initials can be found in NUTCRACKER. All initials need to be present.
The Mermaid's Sister by Carrie Anne Noble
*NutCrAcker
Points this post: 30
Books claimed this post: 2
Total Points: 185
Tasks completed: 9
Tasks in progress: 2
Books read: 17
Big Book tickets: (500+) 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 5,976
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 10.5 - The Globe
Hag-Seed
Hogarth Shakespeare Series
Points this post: 10
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 210
BB:1
GO:0
Total Task completed: 21
Total Books read: 21
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 10.7 - The World's Largest
The Princess and Curdie
Number 2 in series
AR listing
The Princess and Curdie (Unabridged)
MacDonald, George
AR Quiz No. 52305 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 10.0
Claiming one Golden Oldie. Book originally published in 1883
Points this post: 10
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 220
BB:1
GO:1
Total Task completed: 22
Total Books read: 22
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 5.5 - Les Misérables
Original performers
Alun Armstrong
Karen Armstrong
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate LifePoints this post: 5
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 225
BB:1
GO:1
Total Task completed: 23
Total Books read: 23
5.10 - Beauty and the Beast Rilla of Ingleside
*** One Golden Oldie Ticket claimed - published in 1921
Total Golden Oldies: 5
Total points: 215
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of SummerOption 3:
White Tears
Mystery genre
Total points: 235
MIKE DENNIS15.3 My Feet Hurt (OPTION 2: one book meets requirements for BOTH Book 1 & Book 2)
Higher Than the Hills by Bob Jackson
Author shares a first name with famous choreographer Bob Fosse
Author shares a last name with famous dancer Michael Jackson
✂- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Message 2748
Current Post: Points: 15
Total: Points: 495 GO: - BB: 2
Tasks: 5.1,5.5, 10.1,10.3-10.4,10.7-10.8, 15.3,15.4,15.10, all 20s, 25.4,25.6, 30.2,30.6,30.8 and 50.1, using 30 books.
MIKE DENNIS15.8 The Great American Read Fifty Shades of Grey
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Current Post: Points: 15
Total: Points: 510 GO: - BB: 2
Tasks: 5.1,5.5, 10.1,10.3-10.4,10.7-10.8, 15.3,15.4,15.8,15.10, all 20s, 25.4,25.6, 30.2,30.6,30.8 and 50.1, using 31 books.
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websites
Option 1: Literature-Map
I entered Elin Hilderbrand as a favorite author. I chose Beatriz
Williams, the author of The Summer Wives. This is the first book I have read by this author.
The Summer Wives
Points this post: 20
Total points: 235