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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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perletwo 25.2 - SandyL's task: Road Trip on Route 66! - Option 1: Read a book by an author whose initials are found in CADILLAC RANCH. All initials count.
Crashing Heat by Richard Castle
Option 3: Read a book that contains all the letters of GRAND in the title (no subtitles).
The Godwulf Manuscript
Points this task: 25
Total points: 275
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 22
Tasks completed: 17
loafer10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?
Read a book with all of the letters in ROGUE in its title/subtitle.
Notes From The Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
notes from the undERGrOUnd
claiming "golden oldie" as first published in 1864
points: 10
total: 75
GO: 2
BB: 1
15.7= Rouge one-Read a book which one of the author intials can be found in Rouge one=Mint Juleps, Mayhem, and Murder
PTS-15 total pts to date 5 Total-20
Cindy Frepost for Task 10.8 Roll the dice
Not sure how I messed that up!! So I just rolled again and luckily can use the same book. My bookkeeping was sure off. Rolled 6,5,2
Page count (256) 246-266
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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I read When Will There Be Good News? I listened to the audiobook - the MMPB is A quand les bonnes nouvelles ?
The word "good" appears in the line "Well, she was good, you know what I mean"
Total points 135
Teddie25.4 - Andy P.'s task: Authors That Work Well Together
Choose two books, written by two different authors, whose combined initials can be put together to make a single word in English.
book 1: Speak No Evil (432 pages) by Allison Brennan
book 2: What You Want To See (294 pages) by Kristen Lepionka
word: BALK
points this post: 25
TOTAL POINTS: 65
PegW5.1 - Han Solo
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in MILLENNIUM FALCON.
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Claiming one Big Book Ticket - 552 pages
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 7
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 6
Mary P10.4 - Too Busy to Read?
Read a little bit at a time, with a book with a main page genre of short stories, anthologies, or essays.
Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin
Points this post: 10
Total points: 150
Diana K.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".
An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago
Total points: 180
Suzannesea25.3 Diana K's task
Option 2
Read a book that includes all the letters of GOLD BEACH in the title/subtitle.
The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden by Rick Darke
tHE LivinG lAnDsCape: designing fOr Beauty. . .
Option 3
Read a book set at least 50% in France.
The Little French Bistro by Nina George is set in France.
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 110
trishhartuk25.2 SandyL's task: Road Trip on Route 66!
Option 1: Cadillac Ranch - Amarillo, TX. Read a book by an author whose initials are found in CADILLAC RANCH.
Shadow Scale, Rachel Hartman
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Read the kindle edition. Top PB (Spanish?): here (686pg). Top English PB: here (624pg)
Big book: 500+ x 1 ticket
Option 2: Wigwam Motel - Holbrook, AZ. Read a book with an MPG of Western (stand alone or embedded).
The Western Star, Craig Johnson
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (320pg)
Westerns 71 users
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie: No
Big Book: Yes – Shadow Scale – 500+ x1 ticket
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 3
15.9 - Summer Lovin'Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
word in title that matches a word in lyric: GIRL
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 95
MAZZA115.8 - Rogues' Gallery
reading a book with the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense that has a portrait on the cover.
REQUIRED: Include the cover when you post. Ex:
Points this post = 15
Points to date 280
MAZZA125.3 - Diana K's task: 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Choose 2 tasks from the list below and read one book for each task.
Required: State which options you chose when you post.
Option 2: Landings were made at five beaches: OMAHA BEACH . Read a book that includes all the letters of one of the beaches in the title and/or subtitle.
How to Be a Heroine: Or, What I've Learned from Reading Too Much
HOw to BE A : or whAt i've learned froM reAding too muCH
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.
Set in Canada
The Cruellest Month
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 305
MAZZA125.5 - Raynebair's task: My Career in Technology
This is a two book task. Choose two different options and read one book for each option. Combined page total for both books must be at least 550 pages.
REQUIRED: State which options you used when posting.
Option 2. Read a book with one of following "computerized" items on the cover: mobile phone, tablet, desktop or laptop computer, digital camera or video camera. Ex:
There Goes Sunday School 398 pages
Option 4. Read a book first published in 2000, the year I started my first programming job.
The Devil and Miss Prym 205 pages
Page total = 603
points this post = 25
points to date = 330
MAZZA130.3 - Ava Catherine's task: Faulkner's Reivers
Read two books, one from Book 1 and one from Book 2.
The page number total for both books must exceed 500 (i.e. must be 501 or greater).
No books with the genre Childrens or Kids may be used for this task.
Book 1: The Reivers
Read a book in which a title word of at least four letters contains the letters “ei” intact, as in the title word “Reivers.”
The Three Weissmanns of Westport 295 pages
Book 2: 1962: Publication date
The Reivers was first published in 1962 and was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer in 1963. Read a book that was first published in 1962.
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side 351 pages
total pages = 646
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 360
perletwo 15.10 - Summer Months - Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title. Subtitles may be used or ignored, as needed.
The Supernatural Book of Monsters, Spirits, Demons, and Ghouls
Points this task: 15
Total points: 290
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 18
Janice CA20.1 - Most Improved Player - No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
Option: 1
Author's initials found in AUrIc GOLDFINGER.
The Light Years: A Memoir by Chris Rush
+20
total: 20
tasks: 1
books: 1
Marina H10.5 - Family Reunions
To brødre by Ben Elton
Brødre is the Danish word for brothers (English version: Two Brothers)
609 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Marina H20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller Coasters
Option 3: Toner i natten by Jojo Moyes
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 3
Marina H20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019
Option 2: Det dybe vand by Paula Hawkins
author initials found in MARSHA P JOHNSON
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 4
Marina H20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Option 2: Et studie i rødt by Arthur Conan Doyle
First published 1887 - claiming 1 GO ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 5
MAZZA1 Reposting 640 above i forgot to include cover25.5 - Raynebair's task: My Career in Technology
This is a two book task. Choose two different options and read one book for each option. Combined page total for both books must be at least 550 pages.
REQUIRED: State which options you used when posting.
Option 2. Read a book with one of following "computerized" items on the cover: mobile phone, tablet, desktop or laptop computer, digital camera or video camera. Ex:
There Goes Sunday School
Option 4. Read a book first published in 2000, the year I started my first programming job.
The Devil and Miss Prym 205 pages
Page total = 603
points this post = 25
points to date = 330
SarahBR10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green An Absolutely Remarkable thing has all the letters of Rogue in the title
Points this post: 10
total points: 10
5.9 - Sir John FalstaffRead a Fiction book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical.
Book read: The Cellist of Sarajevo
How it fits: Fiction, MPG Historical
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Total points: 100
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 8
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Delicious Dee5.1 - Han Solo
Becoming - Michelle Obama - M, O in MILLENNIUM FALCON
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 190
Mai20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 2: Read a book with the letters CRAFT in the TITLE only.
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
CAsTle oF otRanto
*Golden Oldie ticket: Book first published in 1764
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country ShowOption 3: History:. Read a book with TWO (or more) of those numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published.
I read Left: A Love Story. It was published in 2018.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
LAVENDER5.10 - Rhett Butler
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
I read The Sorority: Eve (Sorority Trilogy, #1) by Tamara Thorne (254 pages)
has children in MPG, but it's not on AR bookfinder
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
Mai10.8 - Roll the Dice
Book with the number of pages (+/- 10 pages) that you reach by arranging the 3 numbers from the dice.
I rolled 3, 6, 1 --> 136
Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo
(128 pages)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 11
Golden Oldies: 1
LAVENDER30.08 - TessaVanessa's task: Double Up
Read 2 books with the exact same title.
At least one of the books must be written by an author that shares a name with one of the Twin authors and Writers listed.
Book 1
I read Broken by Matthew Storm on Kindle
The Top paperback (No MMPB): Broken by Matthew Storm has 218 pages
Book 2
I read Broken by S.J. West on Kindle
The Top paperback (No MMPB): Broken by S.J. West has 350 pages
The 2 books share a name.
Matthew Storm shares a name with Matthew Dickman from the list.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
SarahBR20.10 Group reads
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
My Post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
total points: 30
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Ava Cathering20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Non Fiction - Ancient Civilizations:
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney
participated in discussion thread post #11
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
total=600
Readerboard Name: Absurda5.9 - Sir John Falstaff
Read a Fiction book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical
The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos.
MPG includes
Historical > Historical Fiction
Originally published in 1930, claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket.
Points this task: 5
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 1
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 60
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Ava Catherine10.4 - Too Busy to Read?
Read a little bit at a time, with a book with a main page genre of short stories, anthologies, or essays.
Who Do You Think You Are? by Alice Munro mpg short stories
total=610
Ava Catherine15.5 - Independence Day:
Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of the stated countries.
(France)
Eiffel's Tower and the World's Fair where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count by Jill Jonnes set in Paris, France
total=625
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of TroubleOption 2 : Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
Author initials found in REMBRANDT
Total points: 20
25.2 - SandyL's task: Road Trip on Route 66!Option 3: The Parking Lot Attendant
All letters of GRAND in title: The Parking Lot Attendant
Option 5: A Study in Scarlet
#79 on page 1 of the Road Trip list
*** One Golden Oldie ticket claimed - published in 1887
Total points: 45
Mod
10.7 - Smile!
Fairy Tales genre: Peppermint and Pentacles by Melanie Karsak
I read the kindlePeppermint and Pentacles
genre verified post 32
total = 255
Mod
15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!
Author birthday July 8: Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting by Anna Quindlen
total = 270
Mod
15.7 - Rogue One
Title begins O, author name begins R:
Onion Street by Reed Farrel Coleman
total = 285
5.9 Sir John Falstaff The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Historical genre
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
10.1 Can You Spell Rogue? Designing Your Life: Build a Life that Works for You by Bill Burnett
ROGUE can be found in DEsiGning yOUR
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
20.5 PRIDE2019Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon (464 pages)
Option 1
Title`s initials TTAE are found in The STonEwAll Riot
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Andy P.Task # 10.7 - Smile!
Read a book with the main page genre Fairy Tales,
The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley
Fantasy>Fairy Tales (175 users)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!Option 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."
Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux
author's initials G and L in Auric Goldfinger
Le Fantôme de l'Opéra is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1910). I claim one GO ticket.
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GO tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 1
Total Points: 20
KATRINAT30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 3: Summer swimming is all about sprinting. Choose a book that you can read FAST, a book between 100 and 150 pages.
The End We Start From, Megan Hunter 129 PAGES
Option 4: The summer swim team colors are red and black. Read a book with ONLY black and/or red letters on the cover. All letters count.
There There, Tommy Orange
Points this post: 30
Total points: 110
G.O: 0
B.B: 0
Books read: 6
Tasks no. completed:
5: 10
10:
15: 10
20: 1, 2, 9
25:
30:5
50:
LaureY20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
Option 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.
Beautiful Secret by Christina Lauren
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60 /1050
Total Books: 3
Total Tasks: 3/59
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
LaureY20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller Coasters
Option 3: Disney World - Read a book with a 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.
Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop
*I claim a Big Book Ticket as this book has 511 pages.*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80 /1050
Total Books: 4
Total Tasks: 4/59
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
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Task 5.9 Read a Fiction book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky Claiming 1 BB at 513 pages
Points this task 5
Total Points 45
BB's this post 1
Total BB's 2