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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Ava Catherine15.1 - On the Flip Side
Book 1: Read a book that can be found on a Listopia list with the word "Beach" intact in list's title.
Listopia: Best Beach Reads 2015https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8... page 1; #57
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
Book 2: Read a book that can be found on a Listopia list with the word "Snow" intact in list's title.
Listopia: Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2... ; page 1; #53
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
total=515
Ava Catherine15.2 - Bad Boys and Wicked Women
Book 1: Read a book found on The Best Antiheroes list.
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
page 1; #45
Book 2: Read a book found on Anti-Heroines list.
Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue
page 1; #51
total=530
Readerboard name Kathy P30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 2: Something Other than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidentally Found It
S in Something
W in How
I in Something
M in Something
Option 3: The Great Questions of Tomorrow
128 Pages
Points this task: 30
Totals
Points: 30
BB: 0
GO:0
Total Tasks completed: 1
Total Books read: 2
15.7 - Rogue OneRead a book with a title that begins with one of the letters in R OGUE ONE and that is written by an author with at least one initial that can be found in ROGU E ONE.
Redemption by Anna Edwards
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1/58
Books read: 1
10.8 - Roll the DiceRead a book with the number of pages (+/- 10 pages) that you reach by arranging the 3 numbers from the dice.
Roll - 423
Delinquent by Ally Vance
248 pages = 243 + 5
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2/58
Books read: 2
15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!a book written by an author born in June, July, or August
The Two Week Arrangement by Kendall Ryan
Birthday August 15, 1981
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 3/58
Books read: 3
MEGSCL 20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Paul's task: Cugel
Read a book with a title/sub-title that contains ALL of the letters in the name "CUGEL".
Rogue Protocol
TOTAL TO DATE
50 points
MEGSCL 25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
Option 1. read a book with a title which is two words in length -- BUT the first word must be the article “The.” The Erratics
Option 2. Read a book which is between 260 and 600 pages in length. Parenting From the Inside Out (272pp)
TOTAL TO DATE
75 points
20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTEROption 2: Author initials in SYLVIA RIVERA
Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers
Paperback version has 385 pages. (No MMP version)
20 Points (Total: 110)
0 Big Book Tickets (Total: 1)
0 Golden Oldies Tickets (Total: 1)
Cindy FTask 5.3 Captain Jack Sparrow
First letter of title C or R
Cane River by Lalita Tademy
Claim 1 BB ticket 522 pages
Points this post:5
Total points:5
Tasks completed:1
Books read:1
Golden Oldies:0
Big Book:1
Cindy FTask 5.9 Sir John Falstaff
Genre: Historical
The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley
Points this post:5
Total points:10
Tasks completed:2
Books read:2
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:1
Cindy FTask 20.5 Pride 2019
Option 3: The Lammy's Found on page #6 >300 pages Fever of the Bone 432 pages by Val McDermid
Points this post:20
Total points:30
Tasks completed:3
Books read:3
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
Option 1. The Unexpected Guest by Agatha Christie
AC in AURIC GOLDFINGER
Points this post: 20
Total Points to Date: 20
BB Tickets:
GO Tickets:
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – Tammy AZ's task: Home States
set in Arizona - claiming 1 BB ticket, 585 pagesPoints this task: 20
Total Points to Date: 40
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Queen Bee Darlene15.9 Summer Lovin'
Word of at least 4 ltrs in title/sub that matches a word in lyrics from Summer Nights
Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid Maybe in Another Life
Life is in 3rd paragraph, 3rd line: "Saved her life...
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 65
Readerboard Name: Jammin Jenny25.4 - Andy P.'s task: Authors That Work Well Together
This is a two book task.
No book with children or kids as a main page genre may be used for this task.
The combined page count for both books must be 501 or greater.
Book 1: Zombie, Ohio by Scott Kenemore - 240 pages
Book 2: The Hollow by Agatha Christie - 320 pages claiming 1 GO ticket, initially published in 1946
Initials SK + AC make SACK
Total pages=240+320=560
Points this post: 25
Total Points to Date: 65
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 15.7 - Rogue One
G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton
Points this post: 15
Total Points to Date: 80
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 15.8 - Rogues' Gallery
Points in this post: 15
Total Points to Date: 95
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a Roll
I rolled a 2
2. Your genres are: SCIENCE FICTION or FANTASY
The Infinite Sea MPG Science Fiction, Initial Letters, TIS found in SCIENCE FICTION
Points this post: 20
Total Points to Date: 115
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 2: Local Crafts
Decaffeinated Corpse
decAFfeinaTed CoRpse
Points this post: 20
Total Points to Date: 125
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
perletwo 5.9 - Sir John Falstaff - Read a Fiction book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical.
Death at Wentwater Court - genre verified
Points this task: 05
Total points: 205
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 17
Tasks completed: 14
Coralie10.8 Roll the Dice
Numbers rolled 3, 6, 1
Here and Now and Then 352 pages (361-9)
Total to date 40 points
perletwo 20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Paul's task: Cugel - Read a book with a title/sub-title that contains ALL of the letters in the name "CUGEL".
Cult Sci-Fi Movies: Discover the 10 Best Intergalactic, Astonishing, Far-Out, and Epic Cinema Classics
ebook approved for length
Points this task: 20
Total points: 225
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 15
Mod
For book 1, I used the list Beach Reads - Mysteries and Thrillers and read Dark Sacred Night, found on page 9 of the list.
For book 2, I used the list Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling and read Death by Water, found on page 22 of the list. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
Total points: 105
Mai25.2 - SandyL's task: Road Trip on Route 66!
Option 1: Cadillac Ranch - Amarillo, TX
Book by an author whose initials are found in CADILLAC RANCH
Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism by Naoki Higashida
Option 3: Grand Canyon - Arizona
Read a book that contains all the letters of GRAND in the title.
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
trishhartuk20.1 Most Improved Player - Perletwo's Task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
1. Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in either GERT FROBE (umlaut not required) or AURIC GOLDFINGER.
Assaulted Caramel, Amanda Flower
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB here.
Auric goldFinger
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 2
Nick KY5.6 Lisbeth Salander I read
Ice Land by Betsy Tobin, set in Iceland. Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 120
Nick KY30.2 Schatzie’s Ode to Sarabelle...
Opt. 1. “Science” as GR genre. Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert Elizabeth Kolbert. I listened to the unabridged audiobook. The mainpage paperback ed. is 225 pp.
Opt. 3. I read a book with a 4-letter word title:
Kept by D.J. Taylor.Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 150
LAVENDER25.06 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
Book 1 Option 1
Read a book with a title which is two words in length, but the first word must be the article “The.”
I read The Rescue by Elizabeth Faucher (140 pages)
Book 2 Option 2
Read a book which is between 260 and 600 pages in length.
I read A City Dreaming by Daniel Polansky
The book has 304 pages and 304 is between 260 and 600.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 6
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of TroubleOption 2: Worth a Thousand Words
Read a book by an author whose initials are found in one of the following: MATISSE, PICASSO, or REMBRANDT. All initials count (defined by spaces), and you can only use a letter as often as it appears in the name.
Required: State the name chosen when you post.
The Last Stone by Mark Bowden
reMBrandt
--
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Total GO tickets: 1
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a RollI rolled a 2: my genres are: SCIENCE FICTION or FANTASY
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Fantasy is top MPG at posting time, not expecting it to change any time soon :)
+
b. TNC is in sCieNce ficTion
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
loafer5.5 - Robin Hood
Read a book written by an author who shares a name with one of the 24 actors from this list that have played Robin Hood.
Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid
actor: Don Taylor
points: 5
total: 45
GO: 1
BB: 1
loafer20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Option 2: Worth a Thousand Words
Read a book by an author whose initials are found in one of the following: MATISSE, PICASSO, or REMBRANDT.
The Oracle Year by Charles Soule
piCaSso
points: 20
total: 65
GO:1
BB: 1
Andy P.Task # 5.7 - Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights
Read a book from this list So You Love a Bad Boy or Tortured Hero
Wild Card by Lora Leigh
page 1 # 98 on list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 75
babbling c30.10 - Brooke TX's task: Spies, Scouts, Detectives, Pirates, and Sundry Ne'er-do-wells
Required: State the list(s) and page(s) on which your books were found.
Books With Heroes/Heroines Who Are Assassins:
Hounded- Audible Hounded paperback pgs 304 by Kevin Hearne
Pg3 #182
Espionage:
Airs Above the Ground kindle Airs Above the Ground - paperback pgs 255 by Mary Stewart
Pg 3 #279
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points: 30/1050
Completed Tasks: 1/59
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 559
Books read this season: 2
Suzannesea20.4 Golden Oldies
Option 3. Disney World
Read a book with a title of three or more words where the initial letter of each word can be found in EXPEDITION EVEREST.
The Vanishing Point by Val McDermid
exPediTion eVerest
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 60
babbling c5.10 - Rhett Butler
As Gone with the Wind's Rhett Butler might have said: Frankly, my dear, we don't give a damn what you read... Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules. For this task, a book with the main page genre childrens or kids may be used if it is not found in AR Bookfinder.
Kitty Raises Hell - Audible Kitty Raises Hell - paperback pgs. 311 by Carrie Vaughn
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points: 35/1050
Completed Tasks: 2/59
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 870
Books read this season: 3
Casey W10.3 - Summer Reading
Read a book from the GoodReads Staff Summer Reading List.
Staff: Katie Boyer, Marketing Specialist
Book: Daisy Jones & The Six By Taylor Jenkins Reid
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #20.9 - The Country Show
Option 3: Read a book with TWO (or more) of those numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published. I read In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard, first published in 2018.
Total points so far: 130
KATRINAT20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Read a book by an author whose initials are found in one of the following: MATISSE, PICASSO, or REMBRANDT.
The Unlikely Heroics of Sam Holloway, Rhys Thomas
RembrandT
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
G.O: 0
B.B: 0
Books read: 4
Tasks no. completed:
5: 10
10:
15: 10
20: 1, 2
25:
30:
50:
KATRINA T20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country
Option 3: History
The first known Country Show was held in Lancashire in 1768. Read a book with TWO (or more) of those numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published. Ex: 2018, 2017, 2016, 1986, etc.
Goodbye, Perfect, Sara Barnard
Published 20-1-8
IL: UY - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11.0
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
G.O: 0
B.B: 0
Books read: 6
Tasks no. completed:
5: 10
10:
15: 10
20: 1, 2, 9
25:
30:
50:
Delicious Dee10.2 - He's a Classic!
Kodiak's Claim- Eve Langlais - EL in RHETT BUTLER
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 155
Readerboard Name: Absurda20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney
Comment in post 10 of discussion thread
Points this task: 20
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 35
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Bookwrm526Task #10.2 - He's a Classic
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in RHETT BUTLER. I read The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard.
Total points so far: 140
Cordelia25.2 Road trip on route 66
Option 1: Feebleminded by Ariana Harwicz
Author's initials (A H) in CADILLAC RANCH
Option 3: The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra
Maas by Daniel James
Letters of GRAND in title
Points 25
Total points 130
Brooke TX20.10 - Group Reads
My post in the discussion thread can be found here.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 85
Completed Tasks: 5
Books Read: 10
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This task: 10 points
Total points: 35
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3