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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Jen K25.8 - Coralie's task: Naming the New Generation
Book 1: Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro
Female Author, "Paternity" ends in -ity
Book 2: Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
Male Author, 4 letter name
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 150
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
LaureY20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019
Option 2 - Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in either MARSHA P JOHNSON or SYLVIA RIVERA.
Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
Pages: 346
Points this post: 20
Total points: 200 /1050
Total Books: 10
Total Tasks: 10/59
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Nick KY5.4 James Bond I read Terminal by Andrew Vachss, # 17 in the Burke series.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 315
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
Book read: You've Got Tail
How it fits: Author's (Renee George) initials are RG
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Total points: 250
Books read: 19
Tasks completed: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
ElaineL25.5 Raynebair's task: My Career in Technology
Required: State which options you used when posting.
Option 3. Read a book where the page count contains the number 19 intact.
My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places (191 pages)
Option 4. Read a book first published in 2000, the year I started my first programming job.
High Intensity (Pub. August 1, 2000)
Minimum 550 pages: Book 1, 191 p. + Book 2, 395 p. = 586 p.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 575
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM(whew, finally got some books finished and matched up with tasks!)
5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow
I read Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture by Ellen Ruppel Shell, paperback for length.
Previous point total: 0
New points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Total tasks completed: 1
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
30.7 -Dulcinella's task: Rogues All Over the PlaceChoose 2 of the following tasks and read two books, EACH book at least 250 pages and with a TOTAL of at least 650 pages.
Required: State which options you chose when you post.
Option 1. 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. You may choose song titles from Disc One or Disc Two. Words must match exactly. No variations.
(*) These words may NOT be used: "a," "the," "in," "of," "on," "to," "and"
Required: State which song you are using when you post.
Final Girls by Riley Sager
Final GIRLS shares a word with Disc One, Song One, Cape Cod GIRLS.
The edition I read has 342 pages (>250).
Option 2. Read a book of which the author has the same first, last, or middle name as one of the artists on the album Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys. You may choose artists from Disc One or Disc Two. Names may be used in any position.
Required: State which artist you are using when you post.
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
DAVID Simon shares a first name with Disc One, Song Twelve's artist, DAVID Thomas.
The edition I read has 599 pages (>250).
The total pages I read for this task are 342+599=941 (>650)
As Homicide has 599 pages, I claim one Big Book ticket.
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 115
Total BB tickets: 1
Total GO tickets: 1
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.9 - Sir John Falstaff
I read Hither, Page by Cat Sebastian, paperback for length. "Historical" and "Historical > Historical Fiction" are MPGs. Hither, Page is an M/M historical romance.
Previous point total: 5
New points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Total tasks completed: 2
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?
I read Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell. RO in Wordslut, GUE in Guide.
Previous point total: 10
New points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Total tasks completed: 3
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.3 - Summer Reading
I read On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. Staff pick of Suzanne Skyvara, VP Communications.
Previous point total: 20
New points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Total tasks completed: 4
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Cindy FTask 20.2 Staying Out of Trouble
Option 2: Authors initials in PICASSO (A,P) Read by Anne Perry Paragon Walk
Points this post:20
Total points:85
Tasks completed:7
Books read:7
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:1
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.4 - Too Busy to Read?
I read Home Remedies by Xuan Juliana Wang, "Short Stories" is an MPG.
Previous point total: 30
New points this post: 10
Total points: 40
Total tasks completed: 5
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Paul's task: Cugel
I read The Minimalist Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life by Joshua Becker. CU in Decluttered, GE in Guide, and L in Minimalist.
Previous point total: 40
New points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Total tasks completed: 6
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.2 - SandyL's task: Road Trip on Route 66!
I chose Options 1 and 4.
Option 1: I read Knitting the Fog by Claudia D. Hernández. C and D in Cadillac and H in Ranch.
Option 4: I read
by Sarah Blake (approved here).** The Guest Book is 501 pages long, I would like to claim ONE Big Book Ticket**
Previous point total: 60
New points this post: 25
Total points: 85
Total tasks completed: 7
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Total Big Books: 1
Andy P.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.
From Best Beach Reads 2015 page 1 # 49
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Book 2: Read a book that can be found on a Listopia list with the word "Snow" intact in list's title. Reference
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey page 1 #9
Points this post: 15
Total point: 225
READ 60 25.5 Two Books Option 1 a book with two words in the title the first word THEThe River by Peter Heller
Option 2 between 260-600 pages Early Riser
by Jasper Fforde 400 pages.
Points 25
total points 75
LAUREN JODI 30.9 - Schatzie's task: An Ode to Sarabelle!
Option #2: Five letters beginning with P and ending with R
Power Play by Nancy Warren
Option #4: AC/DC
Hot Ice by Cherry Adair
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 155/1050
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 7/59
perletwo 5.6 - Lisbeth Salander - Read a book set at least 50% in a Nordic Country: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland or the Faroe Islands.
Guiltless - Sweden
Points this task: 05
Total points: 415
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 33
Tasks completed: 26
PegW5.4- 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 House of the Seven Gables
Claiming one Golden Oldie for this post - published in 1851
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 9
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 6
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I chose option 2 and read Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top PB edition (only MMPB listed doesn't have page info). 322 pages (>300).
Author initials, SN, found in marSha p johNson.
total points: 390
5.1 Hans SoloTask: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are found in MILLENNIUM FALCON.
Book: In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5/1050
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
BB tickets requested this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
Golden Oldies requested this post: 0
Golden Oldies to date: 0
Cordelia20.7 On a Roll
Option a: Rolled a "3"
Ordinary People by Diana Evans
Author's initials DE in NEW ADULT.
Points: 20
Total points: 270
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 30.2 -Schatzie's task: An Ode to Sarabelle!
Option 3:
Game, claiming one BB ticket, 528 pages
Option 4:
The Hollow by Agatha Christie, claiming one GO ticket, initially published in 1946
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 165
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
25.5 - Raynebair's task: My Career in TechnologyOption 3. Read a book where the page count contains the number 19 intact.
Surfacing (192 pages)
Option 4. Read a book first published in 2000
White Teeth (448 pages)
New Points: 25
Total Challenge Points:155
GO's: 1
Janice CA10.6 - Happy 4th of July!
Book title contains the word "red".
Red Clay Girl by Emilie Spaulding
+10
total: 35
tasks: 3
books: 3
StaceyNC20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Option 1: For this option, read any book that was first published this year (2019).
Book: The Mother-in-Law
Completed: 7/3/19
Published: 4/23/19
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 8
ElaineL15.8 Rogue's Gallery
Required: Include the cover when you post.
Read a book with the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense that has a portrait on the cover.
(genre noted and cover approved herePoints this post: 15
Total Points: 590
ElaineL15.6 Happy Birthday, Authors!
Read a book written by an author born in June, July, or August.
A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn June 17, 1968 (Wikipedia)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 605
Pamela32655.9 - Sir John Falstaff
My Dearest Enemy by Jennifer Moore - Historical fiction genre
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 30
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
20.1 - NO MR. BOND I EXPECT YOU TO READOPTION 1 - Honestly, We Meant Well by Grant Ginder
TOTAL POINTS - 315
perletwo 15.4 - Fourth of July - Option 2: Read 1 book.
Read a book where the entire TITLE is printed in red, white, and/or blue AND that was first published in July of any year.
The Painted Queen - first printed 7/25/17I read the kindle edition, but the top pb ed. is 544 pages, qualifying for a Big Book ticket.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 430
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 34
Tasks completed: 27
10.8 - Roll the DiceI rolled a 1-3-2 Arranged to be 3-2-1.
I read Born with Teeth. It has 320 pages.
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 12
Task 15.7 - Rogue Oneread a book with title first initial, and an author initial in ROGUE
East of Hounslow by Khurrum Rahman
author R
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440 points
Task 20.3 - Cugelread a book with CUGEL in the title
The Culling Trials
CUGL in CULlinG
E in thE
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460 points
Task 5.9 - Sir John Falstaffread a book with MPG Historical Fiction
Shades of Milk and Honey
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465 points
JEN B.15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal (7/3/19)
According to her GR profile, the author’s birthday is July 20
TOTAL POINTS: 95
Cordelia10.2 Here's a classic
Rosewater by Tade Thompson
Author's initials TT in RHETT BUTLER.
Points: 10
Total points: 280
LaureY30.7 -Dulcinella's task: Rogues All Over the Place
Option 1 - Song: 'A Drop of Nelson's Blood' by Jarvis Cocker, the word is BLOOD
Saint's Blood by Sebastien de Castell
*I claim a big book ticket for this book as it is 587 pages long.*
Option 5 - Read a book from the list: Lock and Key/ Page 1 (44)
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
pages: 299
* I claim a Golden Oldie ticket for this book as it was first published in 1942.*
Points this post: 30
Total points: 230 /1050
Total Books: 12
Total Tasks: 11/59
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Laurah3030.2 -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.
Absolute Power "power" 550 pages claiming 1 BB ticket
Option 4: She loved the music of AC/DC (who doesn’t?). Read a book by an author with the initials of AC, CA, DC, or CD. Middle initials should be ignored.
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (AC) published 1930. Claiming 1 GO ticket
points for this task - 30
Total points: 50
1 BB ticket claimed
3 BB tickets in total
1 GO ticket claimed
2 GO tickets in total
25.4 - Andy P.'s task: Authors That Work Well TogetherUnder My Skin by Lisa Unger 364 pages
The Rose Society by Marie Lu 398 pages
My word is MULL- what a great underused word. I think I will mull over why! (ha)
Points this post: 25
TOTAL POINTS: 185
Queen Bee Darlene10.2 He's a Classic! - author's initials in RHETT BUTLER
Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language From Anywhere in the World by Benny Lewis Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World
rhett ButLer
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 160
Joanne MITask 10.2 He's A Classic Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in RHETT BUTLER.
Ruin and Rising Leigh Bardugo
L and B in Butler
Points this task 10
Total Points 90
Total BB's 2
SandyL25.2 - SandyL's task: Road Trip on Route 66!
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose initials are found in CADILLAC RANCH
The Homecoming by Robyn Carr
Cadillac Ranch
Option 4: Read a book featuring a sandy beach on the cover.
A New Hope by Robyn Carr
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 23
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
Option 1: read a book with a title which is two words in length -- BUT the first word must be the article “The.”
The Outpost by Devney Perry
Option 2: Read a book which is between 260 and 600 pages in length.
Goodbye Paradise by Nealy Wagner
266 Pages
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 315
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 25
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL25.7 - Cat's task: Ellan Vannin
Option 1
Book 1: Read a book with a TITLE of at least three words, with title initials found in the phrase FAIRY BRIDGE
Brave for You by Crystal Lacy
FairY Bridge
306 Pages
Book 2: Read a book that is #7 in a series
One Wish by Robyn Carr
Thunder Point #7
366 Pages
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 340
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 27
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL25.8 - Coralie's task: Naming the New Generation
Book 1: Read a book by a FEMALE author which has a word in the title or subtitle that ends -ITY.
Aunt Dimity Digs In by Nancy Atherton
aunt dimITY digs in ; author is female
Book 2: Read a book by a MALE author who has exactly four letters in his first name
Rules of Prey by John Sandford
author is male - four letters in 'JOHN'
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 365
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 29
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
5.1 -Han Solo - Author Initials in "millenium FAlcon" - Amanda Foody Ace of ShadesPoints this post: 5
Total Points; 125
Ava Catherine25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
Option 1.
Read a book with a title which is two words in length -- BUT the first word must be the article “The.”
The Lie by Helen Dunmore
Option 3:
Read a book on this listopia: Classic British Mysteries
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
The Third Man by Graham Greene
page 1, #66
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I read The Friend by Sigrid Nunez.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 11