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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Readerboard Name: Mcquaid10.9: 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 Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 75
Suzannesea20.9 Moderator's Pet
Option 3
Read a book with two of 1,7,6,8 in the year first published.
The Dry by Jane Harper was first published in 2016.
Points this past: 20
Totalpoints to date: 215
Readerboard Name: Mcquaid10.10: Juneteenth: June 19, or Juneteenth, celebrates the day in 1865 that slaves in Galveston, Texas were told that slavery had ended. It is now more broadly celebrated as the end of slavery generally. Let's expand it a bit more, and read a book by a person of color from this list:
#ReadPOC: List of Books by Authors of Color
The book I picked is found on page 5 of the list.
Queenie by Candice Carty - Williams
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 85
Readerboard Name: Mcquaid15.7: Rogue One: Read a book with a title that begins with one of the letters in ROGUE ONE and that is written by an author with at least one initial that can be found in ROGUE ONE.
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 100
Readerboard Name: Mcquaid15.9: 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 word I am matching is first.
First Test by Tamora Pierce
Points this post: 15
Total points: 115
Delicious Dee15.10 - Summer Months
Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 335
10.3 - Summer ReadingRead one of the books from the Goodreads Staff Summer Reading Lists
Emily Fortner, Community Manager
Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 10/58
Books read: 10
10.9 - Sing Along!Read a book with 4 or more people on the cover.
by Ker DukeyPoints this post: 10
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 11/58
Books read: 11
APRILLEIGH30.8 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Double Up
Read two books with the exact same title. At least one of the books must be written by an author that shares a name with a twin author/writer.
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1912 ***
The Lost World by Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton shares a name with both Michael Dickman and Michael Greer
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (190)
Golden Oldie: 1 (3)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 2 (12)
Total Tasks: 10
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Paul's task: Cugeltitle contains all letters in CUGEL
Alergînd ca apucații by Augusten Burroughs
Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 6
Christine V20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Option 1: Children of Ruin, first published May 14, 2019.
I read the Kindle edition. The top PB, Children of Ruin, has 565 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=3)
Julia10330.9 - Mazza1's task: JUST READING
Book 1: The Dispossessed (Leeds book club read in March 2017)
Book 2: Witchmark. This was a BOTM for Goodreads SciFi and Fantasy Book Club in June 2019.
This task: 30 points
Total points: 150
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 11
30.3 Faulkner's Reivers >500 pgsBk 1: title has 5 letter word that contains "ei" Being
Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution- 384 pgs
Bk 2: published in 1962
The Mirror Crack'd - 212 pgs - published 1962
384+212=596
Total: 30
Total pts/challenge: 60
30.4 School's Out >700 pgsOpt 1 - author's initials in nosuMmerscHoolforme
Ravishing in Red by Madeline Hunter - 341 pgs
Opt 3 Read a book with the letters G-I-D (Get It Done) in the title and/or authors name.
The Fortune Hunter by Daisy Goodwin - 473 pgs G,I D in GooDwIn
341+473=814 pgs
Total: 30
Total pt/challenge: 90
Teddie5.1 - Han Solo
task: Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in MILLENNIUM FALCON
book: Never Let Me Go
author: A.M. Myers
MillenniuM fAlcon
points: 5
TOTAL POINTS: 70
Teddie10.2 - He's a Classic!
task: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in RHETT BUTLER.
book: Following Atticus: Forty-Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship
author: Tom Ryan
RheTt butler
points: 10
TOTAL POINTS: 80
30.7 Rogues All Over the Place Each>250 pgs and total >600Opt 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.
Songs of the Humpback Whale - 346 pgs
Word: whale matches the song Greenland WHALE Fisheries #15 Disc 2
Opt 3: Read a book set in France, Italy or Norway
Mademoiselle Chanel - set in France - 406 pgs
346+406=752 pgs
Total: 30
Total pts/Challenge: 120
Teddie15.4 - 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.
book: A Duke by Default
pub: 7.31.2018
title color: white
points: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 95
30.9 Just Reading >600 pgsBk 1: Read any book that fits SRC rules that we have read in our Leeds Book group
- Flowers for Algernon 311 pgs
Group read October 2018
Bk 2: Read a book that you need to read for your IRL book club or the BOTM of one of your other Goodreads Groups
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend- 394 pgs
Read for IRL reading group June 2019
216+394=610 pgs
Total: 30
Total pts/challenge: 150
Amy MK25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
Option 1: 2 word book title with The
The Unhoneymooners
Option 2: Between 260 and 600 pages
One Day in December
400 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 205
Amy MK20.1 - 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
Murder on the Mauretania by Conrad Allen
Initials CA found in AURIC GOLDFINGER
Points this task: 20
Total points: 225
Mod
10.2 - He's a Classic!
initials RB in Rhett Butler: The Watch: Stories by Rick Bass
total = 400
Mod
15.9 - Summer Lovin'
Summer from "Summer lovin', had me a blast": Wild Horses of the Summer Sun: A Memoir of Iceland by Tory Bilski
total = 415
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.4 - James Bond
Even If It Kills Her by Kate White
This book is #7 in the Bailey Weggins Mystery series.
Link to PB edition: Even If It Kills Her
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 30 points
Tasks completed: 3
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Mod
10.8 - Roll the Dice
I rolled a 3-4-5, 335-355 pages: The Mask Collectors by Ruvanee Pietersz Vilhauer, 352 pages
total = 425
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.3 - Summer Reading
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This book was found on Katie Boyer, Marketing Specialist's list.
Link to PB edition: Daisy Jones & The Six
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 40 points
Tasks completed: 4
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Mod
15.1 - On the Flip Side
Book 1, Best Beach Reads 2013 pg 1 #46:
The Bungalow by Sarah Jio
Book 2, Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling pg 2, #189
The Snowman by Jo Nesbø
total = 440
Mod
25.2 - SandyL's task: Road Trip on Route 66!
option 1, initials AA in cAdillAc: A Town Called Malice by Adam Abramowitz
option 2, Western genre: Under Tower Peak by Bart Paul
total = 465
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.8 - Roll the Dice
The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney
I rolled 3-2-3. Using 332, this book has 341 pages which is with 9 pages.
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Tasks completed: 5
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Mod
25.3 - Diana K's task: 75th Anniversary of D-Day
option 1, D-Day: D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose
option 3, Set in Poland: The Fourth Courier by Timothy Jay Smith
total = 490
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.4 - Roller Coasters
The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
Option 3 - The initial letter of each word in the title can be found in ExpediTiOn everest.
Link to MMP edition: Madame Einstein
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 70 points
Tasks completed: 6
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.6 - Midway Through The Year
Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones
Option 1 - This book was first published in 2019 (January 15, 2019)
Link to MMP edition: Treize tombes de malheur
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 90 points
Tasks completed: 7
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.2 - Road Trip on Route 66!
Book 1
Slightly South of Simple by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Option 4 - Beach on cover
Link to PB edition: Slightly South of Simple
Book 2
Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins
Option 5 - On Page 1, Book #27 of the Young Adult Road Trip Novels list
Link to PB edition: Sweet Evil
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 115 points
Tasks completed: 8
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
10.9 - SING ALONG -
TOTAL POINTS - 325
Andy P.Task # 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 GERT FROBE
The Trick byEmanuel Bergmann
GERTFROBE
Points this post: 20
Total points: 265
30.2Option 2:
Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy by Ekaterina Sedia
Option 4:
The Decoy Princess by Dawn Cook
Task points: 30
Total points: 270
Mod
I chose option 2.
For my first book, I read Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland. Politics is the 2d MPG - book has 341 pages.
For my second book, I read Murder in the Museum by Simon Brett. Author initials, SB, found in lady iSaBella. 352 pages.
total points: 395
Lisa MDThis is my first post in several years. Excited to get back in the game!
15.10 - Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6 words in the title.
The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick 352 pp
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 15
Total Points: 15 / 1150
Tasks Completed: 1 / 59
Books Read: 1
BB Tickets:
GO:
PegW10.10 - Juneteenth
read a book by a person of color from this list:
#ReadPOC: List of Books by Authors of Color
From the first page of the list, A Thousand Splendid Suns
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 6
Lisa MD20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Option 2: Read a book by an author whose initials are found in REMBRANDT. - Initials AD - RembrAnDt
Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World by Anthony Doerr 211 pp
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 20
Total Points: 35 / 1150
Tasks Completed: 2 / 59
Books Read: 2
BB Tickets:
GO:
Lisa MD20.3 - 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".
CUGEL = WoLfpack: How to ComE ToG Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game
WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach 112 pp
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 20
Total Points: 55 / 1150
Tasks Completed: 3 / 59
Books Read: 3
BB Tickets:
GO:
Lisa MD20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in MARSHA P JOHNSON - Initials - AH - MArsha JoHnson
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 498 pp
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 20
Total Points: 75 / 1150
Tasks Completed: 4/ 59
Books Read: 4
BB Tickets:
GO:
Lisa MD20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Option 1: Read any book that was first published this year (2019).
Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey 320 pp
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 20
Total Points: 95 / 1150
Tasks Completed: 5/ 59
Books Read: 5
BB Tickets:
GO:
Lisa MD20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 3: Read a book with TWO (or more) of those numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published. - Published 2017
Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly 402 pp
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 20
Total Points: 1155 / 1150
Tasks Completed: 6/ 59
Books Read: 6
BB Tickets:
GO:
Sara G5.6 - Lisbeth Salander
The gifted, but deeply troubled computer hacker in the Millennium series has been called one of literature's most compelling characters, and the series have become classics of Nordic Noir. Read a book set at least 50% in a Nordic Country: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland or the Faroe Islands.
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
This book is set entirely in Iceland.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 90
Coralie25.2 Road Trip on Route 66
Option 1: book by an author whose initials are in cadillac RancH
Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman
Option 3: book that contains all the letters of GRAND in the title
On a Red Station, Drifting
G & R in drifting, A & N in station, D in red
Total to date 230 points
Delicious Dee20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
Option 3 - Bollywood Fiancé For A Day - Portmanteau - Bollywood, from Bombay and Hollywood
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 355
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10.8: Roll the Dice: Go to Dice Roller and reset the number of dice to 3. Read a book with the number of pages (+/- 10 pages) that you reach by arranging the 3 numbers from the dice. You may only roll once!
I rolled 135.
The Apology by Eve Easter. The book has 128 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 65