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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Kathy KS5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow
First letter of the title begins with an R or a C...
Cold Feet: A Stella Lavender Mystery, by Karen Pullen
I read the large print version; pb=272 p. (no mmpb)
C= Cold feet
*****
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 5
Tasks completed: 1
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Kathy KS20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Paul's task: Cugel
Title/sub-title that contains ALL of the letters in the name "CUGEL".
What's the Least I Can Believe and Still Be a Christian?: A Guide to What Matters Most, by Martin Thielen
CUGEL = what's thE Least i Can believe and still be a christian?: a GUide to what matters most
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 25
Tasks completed: 2
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
SCHATZIE15.4 - Fourth of July
Opt. 2: 1 book option
--Blue title and pub. in July
Chill of Fear
Challenge Total: 170
Kathy KS20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller Coasters
Option 3: Disney World
Title of 3 or more words where the initial letter of each word in the title can be found in EXPEDITION EVEREST. Subtitles should be ignored.
Scent of Evil, by Archer Mayor
Read audiobook; pb=416 p. (no mmpb)
Scent Of Evil = ExpeditiOn evereSt
*****
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 45
Tasks completed: 3
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
SCHATZIE15.5 - Independence Day
--50% set in Canada
Indian Horse
(Middle of the second paragraph of the book blip states that it takes place in Canada.)
Challenge Total: 185
Kathy KS20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a Roll
One book task. Roll one die... Read a book that has one of the MPGs listed beside the number you rolled that ALSO:
a. is written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the genre titles listed for the number you rolled.
Roll=4 ; NONFICTION or TRUE STORY
Read Pacing Dakota, by Thomas D. Isern
MPG= Nonfiction
Initials "TI" found in nonficTIon
*****
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 65
Tasks completed: 4
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Kathy KS20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Choose one option and read a book which fits that option.
Option 3: History
Read a book with TWO (or more) of those numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published.
This Alien Shore, by C.S. Friedman
First published: 1998 (includes numbers 1 and 8)
Claiming 1 BB ticket. (565 pages in hb)
*****
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 85
Tasks completed: 5
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
perletwo 25.3 - Diana K's task: 75th Anniversary of D-Day - Option 2: Landings were made at five beaches: SWORD BEACH, JUNO BEACH, GOLD BEACH, OMAHA BEACH and UTAH BEACH. Read a book that includes all the letters of one of the beaches in the title and/or subtitle.
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology = GOLD BEACH
Option 3: While most everyone knows that the United States and Great Britain supplied many of the soldiers in the invasion, there were also troops from Canada, Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and Poland. Read a book set at least 50% in one of those other countries OR about someone from one of those countries' experience during WWII.
Queen Of The Flowers = Australia
Points this task: 25
Total points: 250
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 16
10.4 - Too Busy to Read?I read Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting. It has the MPG of Essays.
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
Stephanie1275.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow: Read a book where the first letter of the title begins with an R or a C.
Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10/1050
Tasks completed: 2/59
Books read: 2
LAVENDER20.02 - Rookie at the Top, Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Option 2
Read a book by an author whose initials are found in one of the following: MATISSE, PICASSO, or REMBRANDT.
I listened to Barsoom Series Collection by Edgar Rice Burroughs on AUDIBLE, which contains the book Thuvia, Maid of Mars.
There are 158 pages in the Top MMPB: Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
ERB found in REMBRANDT
I am claiming a Golden Oldie for this book first published in 1916
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
Option 1: The Widow by Fiona Barton.
Option 2: Look at Me by Jennifer Egan.
417 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 12/58
Books read: 15
Nick KY5.1 Han Solo I read The Poisoned House by Michael Ford, inits in Millenium Falcon.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 155
Nick KY5.8 Arya Stark I read Solar Labyrinth: Exploring Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun by Robert Borski with the letters “WOLF” intact in the subtitle.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 160
Joanne MITask 10.9 Sing Along! Read a book with 4 or more people on the cover.
Claiming 1 BB ticket at 527 pages Points this task 10
Total points 30
BB's 1
25.4 - AUTHORS THAT WORK WELL TOGETHERBOOK 1 - The Song of the Jade Lily by Kirsty Manning
BOOK 2 - Chasing the Dollar by Ellie Ashe
KM + EA = MAKE
TOTAL POINTS - 180
trishhartuk10.10 Juneteenth
Read a book by a person of color from this list: #ReadPOC: List of Books by Authors of Color.
Dread Nation, Justina Ireland
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here
Page 3, joint #257 (1 vote, score 100)
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 2
Delicious Dee30.9 - Mazza1's task: JUST READING
Book 1 - Swing Time - read in Feb 18
Book 2 - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - book of the month for my local library Adult Book Discussion group for July
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 185
Christine V20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a Roll
I rolled 2: SCIENCE FICTION or FANTASY
I read Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
I read the indicated Kindle edition. The top PB (no MMPB available) has 600 pages. ***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
Readerboard Name: Absurda20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
Option 3: Read a book with either an acronym or a portmanteau in the title/subtitle.
The Last Bookaneer by Matthew Pearl
Bookaneer approved in post 15 of the help thread as a portmanteau.
Points this task: 20
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 55
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Repost: post 435Ava Catherine
5.9 - Sir John Falstaff
Read a Fiction book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical.
approved in help thread post #17
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Fallen Land by Taylor Brown
mpg historical>historical fiction 174 users; historical 30 users
total=530
20.2 - Staying out of troubleOption 2:
I read The Killer Collective by Barry Eisler. (The B and E can be found in Rembrandt).
Points: 20
Total points: 60
20.5 - Bigger is BetterOption 2 -
I read Don't Close Your Eyes by Holly Seddon. (The H and S can be found in Marsha)
Points: 20
Total points: 80
Ava Catherine10.10 - Juneteenth
read a book by a person of color from this list:
#ReadPOC: List of Books by Authors of Color
page 1; #23
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
total=540
Ava Catherine15.4 - Fourth of July
Option 1:
Book 1: Read a book where the entire TITLE is printed in red, white, and/or blue.
The Trespasser
by Tana FrenchBook 2: Read a book that was first published in July of any year.
How to Be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway first published July 23, 2010
total=555
Ava Catherine10.6 - Happy 4th of July!
Read a book with the words red, white, or blue in the title/subtitle.
The Red, White, and Blue by John Gregory Dunne
total=565
Ava Catherine15.8 - Rogues' Gallery
Read a book with the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense that has a portrait on the cover.
The Night Before
by Wendy Walkermpg thriller 158 users, mystery 105 users, thriller>mystery thriller 78 users
total=580
Mod
I read White Queen, with Historical>Historical Fiction as the top MPG. This was an audiobook - the top MMPB is Bijela kraljica.
Total points: 110
Kristi CO20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Option 1: 2019
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 3: 1, 7, 6, 8
The Dry by Jane Harper (2016)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
>Andy P.Task ## 10.5 - Family Reunions
. Read a book with the word "family" in the title
The First Family: A Novel by Michael Palmer
Points this post: 10
Total points: 85
Mod
I read Magic for Liars, a Summer Reading pick for Emily Fortner.
Total points: 120
PegW15.9 - Summer Lovin'
Read a book that has a word of at least 4 letters in its title/subtitle that matches a word in the lyrics from Summer Nights.
American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food
The word AWAY in the first verse
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 6
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 5
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Paul's task: CugelHemingway's Cats: An Illustrated Biography by Carlene Brennen
C in Cats; U in Illustrated; GE in Hemingway; L in Illustrated
Total points: 50 + 20 = 70
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 3: Choose a book that you can read FAST, a book between 100 and 150 pages
The Woman in Black Audiobook
The Woman in Black Paperback 138 Pages
Option 4: Read a book with ONLY black and/or red letters on the cover. All letters count.
Severance
This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 245 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
StaceyNC5.1 - Han Solo
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in MILLENNIUM FALCON.
Book: Midnight Untamed
Author: Lara Adrian
Completed: 6/3/19
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 3
StaceyNC5.9 - Sir John Falstaff
Read a Fiction book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical.
Book: Never Seduce a Scot
Completed: 6/18/19
MPG Historical
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 4
StaceyNC10.7 - Smile!
August 22 is Tooth Fairy Day! Read a book with the main page genre Fairy Tales, standalone or embedded.
Book: When Beauty Tamed the Beast
Completed: 6/9/18
MPG Fantasy>Fairy Tales
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 5
StaceyNC15.10 - Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title.
Book: Servant of the Forest: A fairy tale retelling
Completed: 6/14/19
8 word title
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 6
Suzannesea25.2 Sandy's Task
Option 1. Cadillac Ranch - Amarillo, TX
Read a book by an author whose initials are found in CADILLAC RANCH.
The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton
cadiLlac rancH
Option 3. Grand Canyon - AZ
Read a book that contains all the letters of GRAND in the title.
We Made a Garden by Margery Fish
we mADe a GaRdeN
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 85
20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYEROption 1: Author initials found in GERT FROBE or AURIC GOLDFINGER
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
20 Points (Total: 130)
0 Big Book Tickets (Total: 1)
0 Golden Oldies Tickets (Total: 1)
Cindy FTask 20.3 CUGEL
Book contains all letters CUGEL in title/sub-title
The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine by Justin McElroy
Points this post:20
Total points:50
Tasks completed:4
Books read:4
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:1
30.7 -Dulcinella's task: Rogues All Over the Place1. Read a book with a word(*) in the title that is also in the title of one of the songs on the album Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys.
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
a word in title, VENUS, matched a song title from disc 2: Good Ship to VENUS by Loudon Wainwright III
352 pages
2. Read a book of which the author has the same name as one of the artists on the album Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys.
Scarecrow Returns (Shane Schofield #4) by Matthew Reilly
author's last name, REILLY, matched an artist from disc 1: John C. REILLY
471 pages
Total pages read: 823
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 65
Cindy FTask 10.8 Roll the Dice
Rolled 2,5,0
Page count 240-260
Tyrant of the Mind by Priscilla Royal 252 pages
Points this post:10
Total points:60
Tasks completed:5
Books read:5
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:1
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Task 30.4 ElaineLs Task
Option 1 - Tears of the Moon by Nora Roberts (346 pgs) "NO SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ME" (NR)
Option 3 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (370 pgs) "G-I-D"
Total pgs - 716
Points this post - 30
Total Points - 30
Books Read - 3
Completed Tasks - 1