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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Ava Catherine25.4 - 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.
The Choke by Sofie Laguna 392 pages
If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir by Ilana Kurshan 320 pages
712 total pages
Ilana Kurshan (IK) + Sofie Laguna (SL) =SILK
total=25
Ava Catherine5.2 - Indiana Jones
Read a book with a U.S. state in the title or subtitle.
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
total=30
Ava Catherine5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow
Read a book where the first letter of the title begins with an R or a C.
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
total=35
Ava Catherine5.1 - Han Solo
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in MILLENNIUM FALCON.
Circe by Madeline Miller
total=40
APRILLEIGH15.3 - Stonewall 50
Option 2: Read 1 book.
Read a book that has LGBT as a MPG AND has the word "Pride" in its title/subtitle or series title.
Pride by Jonathan Hill
Title was approved for the one-book option here.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (15)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (1)
Total Tasks: 1
Nick KY15.9 Summer Lovin’. I read The Small Hand by Susan Hill. Song lyric: “He got friendly holdin’ my hand.” The word is "hand."
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 20
Nick KY5.10 Rhett Butler's "I Don't Give a Damn" What you Read I read The Mist in the Mirror by Susan Hill.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 25
Mod
10.4 - Too Busy to Read?
short stories genre: Love and Other Wounds: Stories by Jordan Harper
total = 35
Mod
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
option 1, initials EF in FROBE: Into the Jungle by Erica Ferencik
total = 70
15.9 - Summer Lovin'+4 letters title word in Summer Nights lyrics - Lovin'
Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
10.6 - Happy 4th of July!red, white, or blue in the title/subtitle
A Deeper Blue I listened to audiobook
Points: 10 + 25 = 35
perletwo 25.8 - 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.
Celebrity in Death - J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts)
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 Con Artist: A Novel - Fred Van Lente
Points this task: 25
Total points: 60
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 6
Mod
I read Sleeping Giants - I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB). My comments are in post 2 of the discussion thread.
total points: 20
Suzannesea20.1 Most Improved Player
Option 1
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in AURIC GOLDFINGER.
Deep-Rooted Wisdom: Skills and Stories from Generations of Gardeners by Augustus Jenkins Farmer
Auric goldFinger
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 20
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)5.2 - Indiana Jones
Read a book with a U.S. state in the title or subtitle.
Florida by Lauren Groff
This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
AlisonBigs (readerboard name)Task 10.4 - Too Busy To Read
book with MPG of short stories: Norse Mythology
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Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 45
Tasks completed: 3
BB tickets requested this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
Golden Oldies requested this post: 0
Golden Oldies to date: 0
Mary P20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a Roll
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:
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.
I rolled a 4 : Nonfiction or True Story
The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology Tried to Destroy Paulette Cooper by Tony Ortega Nonfiction , Authors initials in True Story
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
perletwo 20.1 - 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.
Death of an Art Collector - Robert Goldsborough
Points this task: 20
Total points: 80
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 7
Delicious Dee30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 1 - Brooklynaire - shelved as sports by 183ppl
Option 5 - Theirs to Protect(which was in the The Complete Marriage Raffle Series Boxset - Quote: She put a hand to her swimming head as she looked around. Found at location 4229
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Susan W.** DELETED**
Sorry, I goofed big time :(
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!Task: Read a book in which the main character faces an ongoing personal nemesis or recurring villain.
Book: Hunger by Michael Grant
In the book the main character, Sam, must fight against his nemesis, Caine. This is the second book in the series and the rivalry has occurred in both books and I am expecting it to continue. Since it is not obvious from the Goodreads description, here is a link with a more detailed plot summary:
https://www.pluggedin.com/book-review...
Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Mary P20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – Tammy AZ's task: Home States
Read a fiction or non-fiction book set at least 50% in either Arizona or Montana.
Sweet Surrender by Evelyn MacQuaid
Points this post: 25
Total points: 75
Kim O20.10 - Group Reads - Non Fiction - Ancient Civilizations
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
Discussion post 5
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 2
20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country ShowOption 3: Read a book with TWO of those numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published
Count All Her Bones (Girl, Stolen #2) by April Henry
First published 2017
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 20
JUKKA5.9 - Sir John Falstaff
Book with main page genre Historical Fiction.
Abbott by Saladin Ahmed.
Total Points: 25/1050
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Delicious Dee10.9 - Sing Along!
- included in The Complete Marriage Raffle Series BoxsetPoints This Post: 10
Total Points: 40
Nick KY10.5 Happy 4th! I read The White Devil by John Webster, with “White” in the title.
Points This Post: 10
Total points So Far: 35
Bluegrass Pam10.3 - Summer Reading
From the Goodreads Staff Summer Reading Lists. Goodreads Staffers Summer Reading Picks
Katie Boyer’s Pick: Daisy Jones & The Six
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Queen Bee Darlene5.6 Lisbeth Salander - Read book set 50% in Nordic Country
Rupture (Dark Iceland #4) by Ragnar Jonasson Rupture
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Casey WTask 20.1 -No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read.
Read a book by a single author who's initials appear in AURIC GOLDFINGER.
A Gift of Grace By Amy Clipston
Total Points: 20
Points This Post: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Marina H20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 3: Kvinden i kahyt nr. 10 by Ruth Ware
First published 2016
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 1
MEGAN RAE20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Option 2: Worth a Thousand Words
Task: 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.
- Completed 5th JuneHow it fits: Author Agatha Christie initials AC found in PICASSO
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
10.9 - Sing Along!Help Thread
July 13 is Barbershop Music Appreciation Day. Read a book with 4 or more people on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
I read
, which has more than 4 people on the cover.points: 10
books read: 1
tasks completed: 1
task in progress: 1
pages read: 336
Ava Catherine30.9 - Mazza1's task: JUST READING
Book 1 - Read any book that we have read in our Leeds Book group (up until July this year).
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 311 pages
October 2018
Book 2 – Read a book that you need to read for the BOTM of one of your other Goodreads Groups.
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
June BOTM: On the Southern Literary Trail (GR group)
The Missing by Tim Gautreaux 375 pages
311+375=686 total pages
total=70
Ava Catherine30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 2: Read a book with all of the letters SWIM in the book’s title/subtitle.
Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller
Option 3: Summer swimming is all about sprinting. Choose a book that you can read FAST, a book between 100 and 150 pages.
Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood 128 pages
total=100
Ava Catherine25.7 - Cat's task: Ellan Vannin
Option 3: Leisure
Book 1: TRANSPORT
Read a book with a motorbike on the cover.
Long Way Down
byEwan McGregor 320 pagesBook 2: ANIMALS
Read a book with page count including one of 0, 4 or 6**.
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 433 pages
total=125
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow
Read a book where the first letter of the title begins with an R or a C.
Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King
Title starts with a "C"
Read June 5 2019
This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 55 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
Discussion Post
Points: 20 + 45 = 65
perletwo 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a Roll - 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: 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.
I rolled a 1. Your genres are: HISTORICAL FICTION or HISTORY
A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch
genre verified
Points this task: 20
Total points: 100
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 8
Jackie O.30:10 - Spies, Scouts, Detectives, Pirates, and Sundry Ne'er-do-wells
Book 1: Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers
On list "Books With Heroes/Heroines Who Are Assassins" on page 1, entry 31.
Book 2: Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers
On list "Books With Heroes/Heroines Who Are Assassins" on page 2, entry 171.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 50
Sara G15.9 - 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. The words "loving," "because," and "doing" may be used for lovin', 'cause, and doin', respectively. Other than those exceptions, words must match exactly.
Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford
The word "love" is in the song lyrics: "Was it love at first sight?"
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – Tammy AZ's task: Home StatesI read a book that was set in Montana, and approved in message 6 of the help thread.
I read The Home Place.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Nick KY15.3 Stonewall 50. I chose the 2 book option.
Book 1. I read The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai with “LGBT” as a GR genre.
Book 2. I read The Pride of the Yankees: Lou Gehrig, Gary Cooper, and the Making of a Classic by Richard Sandomir with “Pride” in the title.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 40
Nick KYREPOST
10.6 Happy 4th! I read The White Devil by John Webster, with “White” in the title.
Points This Post: 10
Total points So Far: 50
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5.3- Captain Jack Sparrow -
Read a book where the first letter of the title begins with an R or a C.
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