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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!Option 1: The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
author initials (ACD) found in AuriC golDfinger
Total points: 70 + 20 = 90
20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller CoastersOption 3: No Darker Place by Debra Webb
initial letter of each title word (NDP) can be found in exPeDitioN
Total points: 90 + 20 = 110
25.4 - Andy P.'s task: Authors That Work Well TogetherAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (NG) ~ 336 pages
The Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley (AB) ~ 365 pages
NGAB = BANG
336 pages + 365 pages = 701 pages
Total points: 110 + 25 = 135
10.4 - Too Busy to Read?MPG: Short Stories
Deceit and Other Possibilities by Vanessa Hua
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 225
15.9 - Summer Lovin'My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
using "friend" from the lyric: "Could she get me a friend?"
Total points: 135 + 15 = 150
15.10 - Summer MonthsHunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
exactly 6 words in the title and subtitle
Total points: 150 + 15 = 165
20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country ShowOption 1: Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
black & white dog on left-hand side of cover
Total points: 165 + 20 = 185
Diana K.15.3 - Stonewall 50
Opt 2 Read a book that has LGBT as a MPG AND has the word "Pride" in its title/subtitle or series title.
The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World
Total points: 240
Diana K.I would like to switch Portrait of a Turkish Family from 25.6 Opt 2 and replace it with
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention 368 pages
Diana K. 10.5 - Family Reunions. Read a book with the word "family" or one of the listed family relationship titles in the title/subtitle.
Portrait of a Turkish Family
Total points: 250
Pamela32655.1 - Han Solo
Becomingby Michelle Obama - Author's initials found in Millenium falcOn
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 25
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
Elizabeth PTask 15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!
Book by author who was born in June, July, or August
Silent on the Moor by Deanna Raybourn
Deanna Raybourn was born in June of 1968 per Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deanna_...
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 55
Total Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 3
Elizabeth PTask 15.9 - Summer Lovin'
Book with 4+ word in title that's in lyrics for Summer Nights
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
The word "good" appears in both the title and the lyrics
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 4
Mod
I rolled 5 3 6. I arranged them as 365 and read an ARC of The Spies of Shilling Lane - I read the kindle edition, but linked to the hardback (no MMPB or pb edition). 368 pages (365 +3).
Total points: 285
Coralie30.5 Summer Swimming
Option 3: A book between 100 and 150 pages
The Search Warrant: Dora Bruder 137 pages
Option 5 – book with the word ‘swim’ in it
Surface Detail
towards the bottom of p106 He’d ordered the gondola containing the pool to be kept at the summit of the great vehicle while he had his early morning swim.
Total to date 200 points
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.8 - Arya Stark
Forever by Maggie Stiefvater.
#3 in The WOLVES of Mercy Falls.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 430
Tasks completed: 28/58
Books read: 33
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.10 Summer Months
The Sky Between You and Me by Catherine Alene.
6 words in the title
Points this post: 15
Total points: 445
Tasks completed: 29/58
Books read: 34
15.5 - Independence DayAnne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables #2) by L.M. Montgomery
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 16.0
Set 100% in Prince Edward Island, Canada
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub. 1909)
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 240
Nick KYRepost for Big Book purposes
This is weird. My listing says that the edition ofThe Guns of August I read is the most common ppb edition and has 606 pages. I had notated that in my post, but then linked to the wrong edition ( kindle edition which I did not read). So I truly need to repost. Your comment, though, states that the most common ppb edition has less than 500 pp. I am confused -- but This is the edition I read.
Nick KY
30.3 Ava Catherine’s Faulkner’s Reivers
Book 1. “EI” found intact in the title, I read Four Weird Tales by Algernon Blackwood. 188 pp.
Book 2. First pub’d in 1962, I read The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman. 606 pp.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Guns Of August, 100 pp read before the challenge began.
Total pp = 794 > required 501.
Points This Post: 30
Big Books So Far: 500+ (1)
At present my Total Points = 255
Task 20.2 - Staying Out of Troubleoption 2: read a book with author initials in MATISSE
Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews
IA initials
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375 points
Nick KY25.6 Nick KY’s Birthday One.
I read the following:
Opt. 1. The book has a two word title, the first word being "The": The Accidental by Ali Smith -- I listened to the audiobook. The most common ppb edition is The Accidental .
Opt. 3. The Crossing Places, # 68 on the Classic British Mysteries list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 280
Sara G5.4- James Bond
Read a book with seven, seventh, 7, or 7th INTACT in the title or subtitle or a book identified on Goodreads as a book in a series with a number that includes a 7.
The Seven Rules of Elvira Carr by Frances Maynard
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80
Mai30.10 - Brooke TX's task: Spies, Scouts, Detectives, Pirates, and Sundry Ne'er-do-wells
I read two books from the list: Espionage
N or M? by Agatha Christie
(page 1)
Golden Oldie ticket: book first published 1941
The Clocks by Agatha Christie
(page 2)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 15
Golden Oldies: 2
Chris MD20.7 On a Roll
I rolled a 1: Historical Fiction
A Casualty of War by Charles Todd
The author's initials match the CT in fiCTion
Total points: 130
25.4 Authors That Work Well TogetherSalt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
393 pages
Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger
384 pages
RSLU spell SLUR
Total Pages: 777
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 105
babbling c20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
1. AURIC GOLDFINGER.
Happy Ever After - Audible Rêves dorés -paperback pgs 381 by Nora Roberts
Gold Finger
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points: 95/1050
Completed Tasks: 6/59
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 2,780
Books read this season: 8
10.9 - Sing Along!
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.
The Murder on the Links - Kindle Le Crime du golf paperback pgs 252 by Agatha Christie
This is a Golden Oldie pub 1923
there are more than 4 people standing on the golf course.
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 1
Total This Season
Points: 105/1050
Completed Tasks: 7/59
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 3,032
Books read this season: 9
babbling c10.6 - Happy 4th of July!
Read a book with the words red, white, or blue in the title/subtitle. Words must match exactly - no variations allowed.
Ravishing in Red - Audible Ravishing in Red - paperback pg 341by Madeline Hunter
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 115/1050
Completed Tasks: 8/59
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 3,373
Books read this season: 10
SandyL5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow
Read a book where the first letter of the title begins with an R or a C
Rescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis
Title beings with R
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 15
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL5.7 - Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights
Read a book from this list So You Love a Bad Boy or Tortured Hero
Rock Chick Reckoning by Kristen Ashley
Pg 5, #419 on list
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 230
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 16
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL5.9 - Sir John Falstaff
Read a Fiction book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical
Good-Bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton
MPG Historical Fiction
First published in 1934 -***requesting Golden Oldie ticket***
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 235
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 17
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL15.1 - 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
The Pirate by Jayne Ann Krentz
Pg 4, #308 on Summer Beach Reads
Book 2: Read a book that can be found on a Listopia list with the word "Snow" intact in list's title.
Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
Pg 1, #4 on Books With Snow, Ice or Frost on the Cover or in the Title
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 19
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Suzannesea30.9 Mazza1's Task
Book 1.
Read a Leeds Book Group book.
The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson is the July 2019 selection.
311 pages
Book 2.
Read a BOTM of another of your Goodreads groups.
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz was the June 2019 selection for Leander Reads, another of my Goodreads groups.
498 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 195
SandyL15.4 - Fourth of July
Option 1
Book 1: Read a book where the entire TITLE is printed in red, white, and/or blue.
On a Night Like This by Barbara Freethy
Title in Red
Book 2: Read a book that was first published in July of any year.
Kiss Me If You Can by Carly Phillips
First published in July 2010
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 21
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Andy P.Task 3 20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 2.
Read a book with the letters CRAFT (in any order) in the TITLE only
The Craftsman by Sharon J. Bolton
The CRAFTsman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
LAVENDER20.09 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 3
Read a book with TWO of these numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published.
I listened to Barsoom Series Collection by Edgar Rice Burroughs on AUDIBLE, which contains the book The Master Mind of Mars.
There are 160 pages in the Top MMPB: The Master Mind of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
the book was first published in 1927 which contains 1 and 7.
I am claiming a Golden Oldie for this book, first published 1927
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 13
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
LAVENDER30.05 - Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
book 1, Option 2
Read a book with all of the letters SWIM in the book’s title/subtitle.
I read Whisper of the Moon Moth by Lindsay Jayne Ashford on Kindle
The Top paperback (No MMPB): Whisper of the Moon Moth by Lindsay Jayne Ashford has 352 pages.
All the letters of SWIM are in WhISper of the Moon moth
Book 2, Option 3
Read a book between 100 and 150 pages.
I read Nostalgia from: A City Set Upon a Hill by Garfield Whyte on KINDLE
The Top paperback (No MMPB): Nostalgia from: A City Set Upon a Hill by Garfield Whyte has 138 pages
138 is between 100 and 150
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 235
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 15
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
10.5 - Family ReunionsRead a book with the word "family" or one of the listed family relationship titles in the title/subtitle.
Book read: Brides for Brothers
How it fits: Brothers in the title
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Total points: 230
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 14
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
perletwo 5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow - Read a book where the first letter of the title begins with an R or a C.
Cover Her Face
Points this task: 05
Total points: 405
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 31
Tasks completed: 24
Mod
I read My Life as a Rat by Joyce Carol Oates. According to her GR bio, her birthday is June 16.
Total points: 300
Susan W.10.6 Happy 4th of July: Read a book with the words red, white, or blue in the title/subtitle. Words must match exactly - no variations allowed.
I read Blue Exorcist, Vol. 2 by Kazue Kato
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 15
Susan W.10.9 Sing Along: 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
by J.K. RowlingThis book was on the approved list in the help thread,
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 25
JEN B.15.8 - Rogues' Gallery
A book with the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense that has a portrait on the cover.
by Riley Sager (7/1/19)TOTAL POINTS: 80
Kelly L.10.5 - Family Reunions
Summer is a traditional time for family reunions and family vacations. Read a book with the word "family" or one of the listed family relationship titles in the title/subtitle.
The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth.
Points = 10
Total points = 90
Mod
For my first book, I used option 3 and read Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top paperback. 2d MPG is Nonfiction, 3d is History.
For my second book, I used option 4 and read the audiobook of Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson. MMPB is Parti tôt, pris mon
chien
single author, surname ends in "son."
total points: 330
Task 20.7 – Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon – On a RollI rolled a ‘3’
Option 3: YOUNG ADULT or NEW ADULT
Author initials D.N. in youNg aDult
Donna Jo Napoli / Bound
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 65 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Kathy KS15.4 - Fourth of July
Choose one option.
Option 2: Read 1 book where the entire TITLE is printed in red, white, and/or blue AND that was first published in July of any year. REQUIRED: Include the cover when you post.
No Rest for the DeadFirst published July 5, 2011
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 100
Tasks completed: 6
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
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30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
Option 3: Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre that includes History
What Happened
**560pp - 1 big book
Option 4: Read a book written by a single author whose last name ENDS in -sen or -son.
So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
TOTAL TO DATE
125 points
1 big book