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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Brooke TX10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?
Read a book with all of the letters in ROGUE in its title/subtitle.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 95
Completed Tasks: 6
Books Read: 18
Brooke TX10.4 - 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.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 105
Completed Tasks: 7
Books Read: 18
Brooke TX10.8 - Roll the Dice
Read a book with the number of pages (+/- 10 pages) that you reach by arranging the 3 numbers from the dice. I rolled 1-5-6:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 115
Completed Tasks: 8
Books Read: 18
Brooke TX10.9 - Sing Along!
Read a book with 4 or more people on the cover.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 125
Completed Tasks: 9
Books Read: 18
Brooke TX15.10 - Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 140
Completed Tasks: 10
Books Read: 18
Brooke TX30.4 - ElaineL's task: School’s Out!
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase NO SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ME.
Option 3: Read a book with the letters G-I-D in the title and/or authors name.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 170
Completed Tasks: 11
Books Read: 18
Readerboard name Kathy P20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Paul's task: Cugel
The Wrong End of the Table: A Mostly Comic Memoir of a Muslim Arab American Woman Just Trying to Fit in
C in Comic
U in Muslim
G in Wrong
E in End
L in Muslim
Points this task: 20
Totals
Points: 50
BB: 0
GO:0
Total Tasks completed: 2
Total Books read: 3
Megan Rae30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 2: Read a book with all of the letters SWIM in the book’s title/subtitle.
- Completed 23rd JuneHow it fits: Title Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch contains letters SWIM
Option 5: Read a book with the word swimmer(s), swimming, swim, swam or swum found in the text
- Completed 16th JuneHow it fits: "she was truly swimming" - pg 58
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
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For my first book, I read Anansi Boys. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top MMPB. Book is found on p.1 of the Jesters, Fools, and Tricksters list.
For my second book, I read Stardust. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top MMPB. Book is found on p. 1 of the Swashbucklers list.
Total points: 165
5.8 - Arya StarkRead a book with "wolf" or "wolves" intact in the title, subtitle, series title or author's name.
The Ballad of Danny Wolfe: Life and Death in the Indian Posse
New points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 95
GO: 1
15.8 - Rogues' GalleryRead a book with the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense that has a portrait on the cover.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
New Points: 15
Total Points: 110
GO:1
JUKKA20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 3: Book with two of the numbers 1, 7, 6, and 8 in the year of publication.
Spire: The City Must Fall by Grant Howitt and Christopher Taylor was first published in 2018.
Total Points: 130/1050
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 12/59
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0
30.4 - ElaineL's task: School’s Out!Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase, “NO SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ME”
The Three Secret Cities (Jack West Jr #5) by Matthew Reilly
author's initials, MR, found in suMmeR
445 pages
Option 3: Read a book with the letters G-I-D (Get It Done) in the title and/or authors name.
Death of a River Guide by Richard Flanagan
G-I-D found in GuIDe
326 pages
Total pages read: 771
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 125
Delicious Dee25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
option 1 - The Conquest
Option 2 - Him - 360pgs
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 235
Pamela326515.8 - Rogues' Gallery
by Jennifer Moore - Portrait on coverPoints this post: 15
Total Points: 35
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books:
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Alaina5.7 - Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights
Read a book from this list So You Love a Bad Boy or Tortured Hero
Jane Eyre-Charlotte Brontë
This book was on page one of the list.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Barbara ★25.1 - Sandy's task - Game of Books
Book Recommendations for Arya Stark.
Sabriel - Garth Nix (#24 on list) 6/11
(IL: MG+ - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 16.0)
Book Recommendations for Sansa Stark
This Savage Song - Victoria Schwab (#120 on list) 6/23
TOTAL: Book 1 (491 pages) + Book 2 (427 pages) = 918 pages > 500 pages.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 120
DeborahPost 4
5.4- James Bond
Seventh Heaven
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 15
Books read: 3
Tasks Done: 3
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20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
1) Storm Cursed First published 2019
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 35
Books read: 4
Tasks Done: 4
trishhartuk20.5 Bigger Is Better – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019
Option 2: The Icons. Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in either MARSHA P JOHNSON or SYLVIA RIVERA.
An Unkindness of Ghosts, Rivers Solomon
Read the kindle edition. Top PB here (351pg)
maRSha
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 3
30.9 - Mazza1's task: JUST READINGBook 1 - Read any book that fits SRC rules that we have read in our Leeds Book group (Good Reads in Leeds) (up until July this year).
Required: State the month and year that we read the book in your completion post.
I read How to Stop Time, which was from February 2019. This book is 353 pp.
Book 2 – Read a book that you need to read for your IRL book club or the BOTM of one of your other Goodreads Groups. For the purposes of this task, a Goodreads Group book of the month (BOTM) must be shown on the group's homepage under Currently Reading for the month of June, July, or August. If you do not have an in-real-life (IRL) book club or belong to another Goodreads Group that has a BOTM listed under Currently Reading on the group's homepage, choose a group from the Groups page and read a book they are currently reading.
I read Where the Crawdads Sing which was the book pick for June from my IRL book club. This books has 384 pp.
352+384 = 736
points: 75
books read:5
tasks completed: 4
pages read: 1675
Required: State whether the book you read was for an IRL book club or for another Goodreads Group. If the book is for another Goodreads Group, state the name of the group and what month the book was their book of the month when you post.
trishhartuk15.6 Happy Birthday, Authors!
Celebrate by reading a book written by an author born in June, July, or August.
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (French) here.
Kindle equivalent PB (English): here
Goodreads specifies Norton Juster’s birthday as 2 June 1929, as does Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_...)
UK AR Quiz No. 200026 EN Fiction: AR Quiz Info IL: MY - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 7.0, AR Quiz Types: RP, LS
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 3
delicious dee15.3 - Stonewall 50
book 1 - If You Could Be Mine - shelved as LGBT by 393ppl
book 2 - Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 250
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
Option 1: Forget Me Not by Carolee Dean.
CD is found in auriC golDfinger
Points this post: 20
Total points: 350
Tasks completed: 21/58
Books read: 25
Diana K.15.10 - Summer Months. Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title.
The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae
Total points: 195
Diana K.10.3 - Summer Reading. Read one of the books from the Goodreads Staff Summer Reading Lists.
The Heart's Invisible Furies Danny Feekes
Total points: 205
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TraceyL (Readerboard Name)10.6 - Happy 4th of July!
Read a book with the words red, white, or blue in the title/subtitle.
The Girl in Red by Christina Henry
Red in the title.
Read June 24 2019
This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 270 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
Ava Catherine15.3 - Stonewall 50
Option 1:
Book 1: This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel mpg LGBT 224 users
Book 2: When Pride Still Mattered : A Life of Vince Lombardi by David Maraniss
total=640
Ava Catherine15.10 - Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title.
The Lost Book of the Grail by Charlie Lovett
total=655
Ava Catherine20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a Roll
dice roll=1
1. Your genres are: HISTORICAL FICTION or HISTORY
The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton mpg historical fiction
author's initials AS are found in hiStoricAl fiction
total=675
Ava Catherine25.8 - Coralie's task: Naming the New Generation
Book 1: the girls
Read a book by a FEMALE author which has a word in the title or subtitle that ends -ITY.
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan
Book 2: the boys
Read a book by a MALE author who has exactly four letters in his first name as given by Goodreads.
The Master by Colm Tóibín
total=700
Ava Catherine30.1 - Amanda A's task: Like Letters
Book 1: Read a book where every word in the title begins with the same letter.
One of Ours by Willa Cather 371 pages
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials are the same letter.
Our Man In Havana by Graham Greene 225 pages
371+225=596 total pages
total=730
AlisonBigs (readerboard name)**repost since I did this one incorrectly the first time**
Task 30.8 - 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 these 'Twin authors and Writers'. The spelling of the name must be the same but the name may be in any position.
Book 1: The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
ABBY shares a name with Ann A and Abigail Van Buren/Dear ABBY
Book 2: The Friend Zone by Sariah Wilson
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Points this post: 30
Total Points to Date: 200
Tasks Completed: 10
BB Tickets Claimed: 1
GO Tickets Claimed: 1
Ava Catherine30.3 - Ava Catherine's task: Faulkner's Reivers
Book 1: The Reivers
Read a book in which a title word of at least four letters contains the letters “ei” intact.
Foreign Correspondence byGeraldine Brooks 224 pages
ei=foreign
Book 2: 1962: Publication date
Read a book that was first published in 1962.
Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter first published 1962; 497 pages
224+497=921 total pages
total=760
AlisonBigs (readerboard name)Task 15.1 - 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.
Crown of Midnight...From "Best Beach Reads of 2015" - #463 on page 5
Book 2: Read a book that can be found on a Listopia list with the word "Snow" intact in list's title.
Pride and Prejudice...From "Listopia Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling" - #14 on page 1
First Published in 1813, this book qualifies for a Golden Oldies ticket.
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points to Date: 215
Tasks Completed: 11
BB Tickets Claimed: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets requested this task: 1
GO Tickets Claimed (including this task): 2
AlisonBigs (readerboard name)Task 20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter
This is a one book task. Roll one die (one time!). Find the number you rolled on the list below. Read a book that has one of the MPGs listed beside the number you rolled that ALSO:
b. has a 3+ word title where the initial letter of each word can be found in the genre titles for the number you rolled. All title words count.
**My Dice Roll was a 6... Your genres are: ROMANCE or WOMENS FICTION
When August Ends...a 3 word title in which W A E is in romAnce or WomEns fiction
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Points this Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 235
Tasks Completed: 12
BB Tickets Claimed: 1
GO Tickets Claimed: 2
Mary P15.10 - Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title.
Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
Points this post: 15
Total points: 195
Ava Catherine25.3 - Diana K's task: 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Option 3:
Read a book set at least 50% in one of those other countries (Canada).
No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod
set in Canada
Option 4: Read a book with a gravestone on the cover.
Cold Is The Grave
Peter Robinsontotal=785
Brooklyn5.1 – Han Solo
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MILLENNIUM FALCON.
What Have You Done by Matthew Farrell
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5/1050
Tasks completed: 1/59
Books read: 1
Brooklyn5.4 – James Bond
Read a book with seven, seventh, 7 or 7th intact in the title/subtitle or the 7th in a series.
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10/1050
Tasks completed: 2/59
Books read: 2
Brooklyn5.8 – Arya Stark
Read a book with WOLF or WOLVES intact in the title/subtitle/series title/author’s name.
Wolfhunter River by Rachel Caine
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15/1050
Tasks completed: 3/59
Books read: 3
Ava Catherine30.10 - Brooke TX's task: Spies, Scouts, Detectives, Pirates, and Sundry Ne'er-do-wells
Both books from the list Espionage https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Book 1: espionage list page 1, #5
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
Book 2: espionage list page 1, #21
Six Days of the Condor by James Grady
total= 815
Brooklyn5.9 – Sir John Falstaff
Read a fiction book with a MPG that includes history or historical.
The Ocean Liner by Marius Gabriel
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20/1050
Tasks completed: 4/59
Books read: 4
Brooklyn10.5 – Family Reunion
Read a book with one of the family relationship titles in the title/subtitle.
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30/1050
Tasks completed: 5/59
Books read: 5
Brooklyn10.9 – Sing Along!
Read a book with 4 or more people on the cover.
by Elin HilderbrandPoints this post: 10
Total points: 40/1050
Tasks completed: 6/59
Books read: 6
Brooklyn10.10 – Juneteenth
Read a book by a person of color from the list.
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Found on pg. 2 of the list.
502 pgs **claiming one Big Book ticket**
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50/1050
Tasks completed: 7/59
Books read: 7
Big Book Tickets: 1
SandyL30.4 - ElaineL's task: School’s Out!
Option 1:Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in “NO SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ME”
Travis by Nicole Edwards
No summEr school for me
686 pgs - **Requesting Big Book Ticket***
Option 3:Read a book with the letters G-I-D in the title
Gilding the Lily-Pad by Elle Lothlorien
GIlDing the lily-pad
500 pgs
Total pages 686+500 = 1,186
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Brooklyn15.5 – Independence Day
Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of the listed countries.
On the Island by Tracey Garvis Graves
Takes place approx. 75% in The Maldives.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65/1050
Tasks completed: 8/59
Books read: 8
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooklyn15.6 – Happy Birthday, Authors!
Read a book by an author born in June, July or August.
The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
McMahon was born on June 5, 1968. (https://g.co/kgs/aymZuX)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 80/1050
Tasks completed: 9/59
Books read: 9
Big Book Tickets: 1
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30.2 -Schatzie's task: An Ode to Sarabelle!
Option 2:Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that is at least 5 letters long, and it must start with a P and end with an R.
Prisoner of Night by J.R. Ward Approved for length: message #7498
Option 3:Read a book with a one-word title that contains exactly 4 letters.
Iced by Karen Marie Moning
Points this task: 30
Total points: 180