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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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Bluegrass Pam15.9 - O Canada
Annabel
Finalist in 2014
Points this post: 15 / Total points: 265
Total BB: 3 / Total GO: 3
Sarah E30.8 - Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
Option C
Princess of Egypt by Nathaniel Burns - #2 in series, 264 pages
I read the kindle edition, but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Option D - Female author initials in WHIMSICAL
Guidebook to Japan: What the Other Guidebooks Won't Tell You by Amy Chavez - 432 pages
I read the kindle edition, but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
264 + 432 = 696 pages
Total points: 595
Sarah E10.8 - The World's Oldest
The Curse of the Mistwraith - first published 1993
I read the kindle edition, top MMP is The Curse of the Mistwraith with 830 pages.
Big Book (830 pages). I claim 2 BB tickets.
Total points: 605
Total BB tickets: 9
Sarah E30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Limited Exposure
Option 3: Set 100% in Africa
Voodoo, Slaves and White Man's Graves: West Africa and the End of Days
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Option 4: Author initials in NUTCRACKER
Legacy Code by Autumn Kalquist
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 635
Amber15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
I have read 2 books by Becky Chambers, she is #38 on my Most Read Authors list.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 420
Big Book Tickets: 4
Queen Bee Darlene5.3 The Lion King - Book received as a gift
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman Us Against You
This was a thank you gift.
5 points
5.5 Les Miserables - Author name shares name with performer's list
Just Between Us by Rebecca Drake Just Between Us
Performer name is Rebecca Caine (Cosette, Original London Cast 1985)
5 points
5.10 Beauty and the Beast - Book of your choice
Strange Shores by Arnaldur Indridason Strange Shores
5 points
10.6 Radio City Music Hall - author's initials found sequentially in Rockettes
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
10 points
15.4 Double Trouble -
Book 1: title/sub contains word with double vowel repeated immediately
ThrEE Junes by Julia Glass Three Junes
Book 2: title/sub contains word with double consonant repeated immediately
WeDDing Night by Sophia Kinsella Wedding Night
15 points
20.9 Moderators' Pet - E. Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer 1) title/sub has 2 words that start with D
Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Page Dorothy Must Die
20 points
30.3 JennRenee's Task: New Discoveries to New Favorites -
1) JennRenee's Shelf
Unbury Carol - page 2 by Josh Malerman Unbury Carol
2a) author initials in COZY MYSTERY
I am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
I Am Legend and Other Stories
30 points
30.6 Ava Catherine's Task: Aida
2) male author initials in GIUSEPPE VERDI
Rod: The Autobiography by Rod Stewart Rod: The Autobiography
5) set at least 50% in Italy
A Room With a View by A Room with a View
30 points
Points this post: 120
Total Points: 360
Queen Bee DarleneNo Backup: My Life as a Female FBI Special Agent20.2 Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
3B) Portrait on cover
No Backup: My Life as a Female FBI Agent by Rosemary Dew
20 points
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 380
Casey W5.9 - Read a book where the first work of the title is exactly seven letters.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Points the Post: 5
Total Points: 140
Total books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Ticket: 1
Task 30.7 -I “knew” you would love this “new” challenge I came up withread a pair of books with homophone pairing in their titles
PAIR: Weight / Wait
book 1: Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles
book 2: Wait for It
670p - claiming BB Ticket
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930 points
FANDURY30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Limited Exposure
Option 3: Read a book that is set at least 50% in Africa.
In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall
The book is set nearly completely in Tanzania, Africa.
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in NUTCRACKER.
After Atlas by Emma Newman
The initials of the author EN can be found in NutcrackEr
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 395
Books Read: 28
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
MIKE DENNIS30.3 [JennRenee] New Discoveries to New Favorites
Book 1: Based on Saga, Vol. 1 (Saga, #1) from JennRenee's Shelf, I read Saga, Vol. 7
Book 2(A): Dial H, Vol. 2: Exchange, where (single) author China Miéville has initials in COZY MYSTERY
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Current Post: Points: 30
Total: Points: 540 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, 30.2,30.3,30.6,30.8 and 50.1, using 33 books.
FANDURY25.6 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan!
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose name contains both the letters U and P.
American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century by Paula Uruburu
I read the Kindle version, but the paperback has 400 pages: American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century
Option 4: Read a book whose title begins with any of the letters H, O, M, E or S.
One Way by S.J. Morden
I read the Kindle version, but the paperback has 304 pages: One Way
400 + 304 = 704 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 420
Books Read: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
FANDURY10.7 - The World's Largest
Read a series book that has a number that can be found in 25, 211, and/or 996.
Head On by John Scalzi
The book is #2 in the Lock In series.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 430
Books Read: 31
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
5.10 Beauty and the BeastJar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier
20.2 My Favorite Things
Option 1 B) Video Games
UNSUB by Meg Gardiner
M& G are in Video Games
30.3 New Discoveries
Book 1: Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman
Book 2: A - Cozy Mystery - Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh
C & M are in Cozy Mystery
30.4 It's in the DNA
Book 1: The Other Mother by Carol Goodman
Author Initials are CG
Book 2: Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
Among the (AT)
Post Total: 85
Grand Total: 290
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's Task: I DO have a sense of humor!!Option 2: read a book set aboard a space ship.
Chasing the Stars by Malorie Blackman
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 11
Season Total: 840
5.6 Chorus Line - book with one word titleBellewether
5.10 Book of Choice
Wicked Rivals
20.5 If Not for Bad Luck - Opt 1 - 1,3,13 in series
Thunder & Roses - Fallen Angels #1
25.3 Hamilton
Opt 3 - set in Carribean
Island Beneath the Sea - set in Saint Domingue (Haiti)
Opt 5 set in London
Devil in Spring
30.3 New Discoveries to New Favorites
Bk 1 - book from list
Starflight
Bk 2C - space opera - star in title
The Silver Star
30.7 I Knew You would like this Challenge - 2 books with homophone pair in title - No/Know
Bk 1 - No One You Know
Bk 2 - The River of No Return
30.9 Summer Reading is Coming >600 pgs
Bk 1 - book from list Beach Reads - pg 1
Big Little Lies - 460 pgs
Bk 2 - book from different list - Contemporary Books - pg 2
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine - 327 pgs
460+327 = 787 pgs
Total points: 145
CathyG 10.4 - Wonder Woman
Read a book written by a female author whose first and last initials can be found in WONDER WOMAN.
Irish Rebel by Nora Roberts
10.6 - Radio City Music Hall
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found sequentially in the word ROCKETTES
Treasure Me by Olivia Cunning
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or less
Option B. Read a book with a beverage in a drinking glass, cup or mug on its cover.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Unfinished Business by Nora Roberts
Option C. I find that the Group Reads categories were amazingly similar to this challenge’s Group Reads Categories. They were: “Science Fiction.”
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
(City of Bones)
Big Book Ticket - 541 pp
25.3 - Diana K’s Task: Hamilton
Option 1: You can see the lyrics here.
Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word of at least four letters from the first six paragraphs of the lyrics
REQUIRED: State the word that you are using ---then
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
Option 5: Hamilton: New York City London and Chicago. Read a book set at least 50% in one of these three cities. REQUIRED: Specify the city in which your book is set.---NYC
Silver-Tongued Devil by Jaye Wells
http://www.rantingdragon.com/silver-t...
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.
REQUIRED: State your word or words. Remember/ to
A Kiss to Remember by Teresa Medeiros
Opt. 4: For this option, read a book by an author whose initials can be found in NUTCRACKER.
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn
Points this post: 100
Total points: 600
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 42
Big Book Ticket: 4
Golden Oldie Ticket:
Shala25.5 - Danibean's Task
Option 1: Read a book with a cover that includes only the colors black, white and/or grey.
Option 2: Choose one of the terms and read a book by a a single author whose first and last initials appear in that word. SPIKE MARKS
Sold on a Monday - by Kristina McMorris
Points this post: 25
Total points: 245
DebraJean15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax
Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery. This is the 8th book I have read by this author.
I am also claiming 1 GO ticket - first published in 1921
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 410
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre Option 3:
There are yellow letters on the cover and yellow light coming from the windows.
Final points total: 270
Total Golden Oldies: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Thank you, mods and task creators. This was my 27th SRC challenge and it's still as fun (and addicting) as ever!
MIKE DENNIS30.9 [Brooke TX] Summer (Reading) is Coming Option C:
Book 1: Divergent, MPG Young Adult, 436 pp. in MMPB
Book 2: Worlds' Finest, Vol. 1: The Lost Daughters of Earth 2, 144 pp. has MPG of Sequential Art
580 pages total
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Current Post: Points: 30
Total: Points: 570 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, 30.2-30.3,30.6,30.8,30.9 and 50.1, using 35 books.
MIKE DENNIS Option 1: Worlds' Finest, Vol. 2: Hunt And Be Hunted, shows Power Girl on the cover. Per Wikipedia, “Power Girl, also known as Kara Zor-L, is …a native of the planet Krypton.”, and therefore an alien.
Option 4: Mirage by Clive Cussler all author initials in NUTCRACKER
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Current Post: Points: 30
Total: Points: 600 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, 30.1,30.2-30.3,30.6,30.8-30.9 and 50.1, using 37 books.
ED25.5 - Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
Book 1- 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.
Rat Bohemia by Sarah Schulman
initials SS found in "croSSover"; 232p.
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 ...
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
(first published October 30th 1811) ***I Claim 1 GO Ticket***
main character is Marianne Dashwood...which matches Marianne on 2nd list (Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play 2015- see Marianne Elliot.)
409 p.
task=25
total=480
tasks completed=22
books completed=32
GO=8
BB=2
Ana15.7 – Beatlemania!
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin.
The book has Please like the Please Please Me album.
Points this Post: 15
Total points: 235
Tasks Completed:11
Total Books Read: 13
Total Pages: 3910
Ana15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Princeps' Fury by Jim Butcher. He is my most read author coming in at 24 books.
Points this Post: 15
Total points: 250
Tasks Completed:12
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages: 4296
Stephanie12720.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websites
Option 2: Bookish News: For this option read a book whose author's initials can be found in either BOOK RIOT or THE MILLIONS
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry author initials found in THE MILLIONS
Points this post: 20
Total points: 235/995
Tasks completed: 14/57
Books read: 16
Ana5.10 - Beauty and the Beast
Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb.
Book of my choice
Points this Post: 5
Total points: 255
Tasks Completed:12
Total Books Read: 15
Total Pages: 4641
Brooke TX25.7 - Meg SCL:My next favourite book
Option 4: Read a book that has won any award in 2013 or later.
Option 5: Read a book that meets SRC requirements with the main page genre of kids or children.
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11.0
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 480
Completed Tasks: 35
Books Read: 68
Brooke TX30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Limited Exposure
Opt. 1: Read a book from one of the following lists: Aliens First Contact or Alien Protagonists. Found on page 1 of Aliens First Contact:
Opt. 4: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in NUTCRACKER.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 510
Completed Tasks: 36
Books Read: 68
Brooke TX30.2 - Booklover's Task: Contrasts
Option 1: Read two books published one hundred years apart.
Published in 1917:
Published in 2017:
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 540
Completed Tasks: 37
Books Read: 68
Brooke TX30.3 - JennRenee's Task: New Discoveries to New Favorites
Book 1: Read a book from this list: JennRenee's Shelf.
Book 2: Read a book with one of these words found in the title, subtitle, or series name: Moon, Space, Star, Ship, Planet, World, Universe.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 570
Completed Tasks: 38
Books Read: 68
Brooke TX30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Spectacular/Vernacular
OPTION 1 – SPECTACULAR
Book 1: Read a book with a fabulous cover from one of these lists: Best Book Covers of 2017, Crazy Beautiful Book Covers, or Beautiful Book Cover Design. Found on page 2 of Beautiful Book Cover Design:
Book 2: Read a book with all the letters of “SPECTACULAR” in the title / subtitle.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 600
Completed Tasks: 39
Books Read: 68
30.1 - LIMITED EXPOSUREOPTION 3 - Chronicler of the Winds
OPTION 4 - Unexpected Gifts by Elena Aitken
TOTAL POINTS - 995
Brooke TX30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Aida
Book 2: Read a book written by a male author whose first and last name initials can be found in the words GIUSEPPE VERDI.
Book 4: Read a book with the main page genre war or historical fiction. MPG War confirmed in Genre Verification thread:
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 630
Completed Tasks: 40
Books Read: 68
Amber10.7 - The World's Largest
A series book that has a number that can be found in 25, 211, and/or 996 - this is #2 in the Wayfarers series
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
Points this post: 10
Total points: 415
Big Book Tickets: 4
15.1 - Which Did You Like Better? Book 1 – read a book from the list The Book Was Better Than the Movie
Page 1 of the list
AND
Book 2 – read a book from the list The Movie was Better Than the Book
Page 1 of the list
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20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
Option 2: London, United Kingdom
Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in THE PLAY THAT WENT WRONG
Alice Hoffman
* This book was an ARC
POINTS
Points This Post: 35
Points Total: 240/995
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total: 1
Brooke TX30.8 - Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
A. Read a book from one of the following lists: Novels About Motherhood or Most Influential Parenting Books. Found on page 1 of Novels About Motherhood:
B. Read a book from the following list: Fantastic Dads and Father Figures. Found on page 6:
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 660
Completed Tasks: 41
Books Read: 68
MIKE DENNIS 30.7 [TessaVanessa] I “knew” you would love this “new” challenge FOWL / FOUL
Book 1: The Atlantis Complex [Artemis Fowl, #7]
Book 2: Foul Play
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Current Post: Points: 30
Total: Points: 600 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, 30.2-30.3,30.6, 30.7,30.8-30.9 and 50.1, using 37 books.
PLEASE CANCEL Message 2977 Task 30.1Mike wrote: "MIKE DENNIS
30.1 [Schatzie] Limited Exposure
Option 1: Worlds' Finest, Vol. 2: Hunt And Be Hunted, shows Power Girl on the cover. Per Wikipedia, “Power Girl, also known as Kara Z..."
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or lessOption A. Other Theaters
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World is a nonfiction book with the MPG “History”
Option D. Summer at the Gulf
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman – first letter of each word begins with a letter from THE GULF OF MEXICO
Points this post: 25
Total points this challenge: 250
JUKKA25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or less
Option A: Book with main page genre Medicine, Health, History, and/or Archaeology.
The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle by Lillian Faderman has History. The paperback is 832 pages, and I thus claim two BB tickets.
Option D: Book whose title's words' initial letters are in THE GULF OF MEXICO.
Less Than One: Selected Essays by Joseph Brodsky.
512 pages, so one more BB ticket.
Total Points: 620/995
Total Books Read: 48
Tasks Completed: 38/57
Big Books Total: 8
Golden Oldies Total: 2
Task 10.2 - Let's Danceread a book with DANCE in the title
Her First Dance: A Billionaire Fake Fiance Romance
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940 points
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or lessOption B. More Summer Refreshment. Read a book with a beverage in a drinking glass, cup or mug on its cover. We must see the beverage, steam rising from it, or a foam on top to insure that the liquid is there. Open bottles with the beverage visible will work, but not unopened ones."
What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast: And Two Other Short Guides to Achieving More at Work and at Home
Laura Vanderkam 192 p. 31 august 2018 2 stars How it fits: cup of coffee on the cover
Option C.
So for this option you may go back and read a winner or nominee from the Spring 2011 Group Reads. You may read any single entry in a series which has one book listed.
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë 360 p. 31 august 2018 5 starsHow it fits: the book was in the category love stories
The book is a golden oldie
Points in this task: 25 points
Total points : 880 points
2 ticket BB
3 tickets GO
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30.3 - JennRenee's Task: New Discoveries to New FavoritesOption 1: Death Perception by Victoria Laurie
This book from the same series is on the shelf.
Option 2b: Some Enchanted Éclair by Bailey Cates - SEE in WESTERN
Total points: 195
Brooklyn25.1 – Remembering Sue Grafton
Book 1: Read a book by an author whose initials are found in SUE GRAFTON
The Power by Naomi Alderman
sue grAfroN
Book 2: Read a book with a title that contains none of the letters ONLY NO Z.
The Daughter by Lucy Dawson
Points this post: 25
Total points: 655/995
Tasks completed: 37/57
Books read: 48
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooklyn30.1 – Limited Exposure
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in Africa.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Set entirely in Botswana and South Africa
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in NUTCRACKER.
Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer
Points this post: 30
Total points: 685/995
Tasks completed: 38/57
Books read: 50
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
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30.7 -TessaVanessa’s Task: I “knew” you would love this “new” challenge I came up with.
Too and Two
Book 1: Rear Garden: The Cat Who Knew Too Much
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is Rear Garden: The Cat Who Knew Too Much
Book 2: On Two Feet and Wings
I listened to the audio, top paperback (no MMP) is On Two Feet and Wings
Total points: 565