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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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LAUREN JODI 25.3 - Diana K's task: 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Option #2: GOLD BEACH in title
Bending to the Bachelor's Will by Emilie Rose
Bending to the Bachelor's Will
Option #3: Set in France
The Shattered Tree by Charles Todd
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 180/1050
Total Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 8/59
MAZZA 115.5 - Independence Day
France, also celebrates their Independence Days in July. Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of these countries.
REQUIRED: If the setting is not obvious on the book’s main GRs page, include a reference when you post.
Mr. Finchley Goes to Paris
MR finchley is sent to Paris by his firm over 50% of the narrative takes place there
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 520
MAZZA125.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
Read two books, one from each of two options below.
Option 1. For this first option read a book with a title which is two words in length -- BUT the first word must be the article “The.”
The Bat
Option 2. My birthday is on the 26th of the 6th month. Read a book which is between 260 and 600 pages in length.
All Among The Barley 352 pages
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 545
LAUREN JODI 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Option #1: Roll for Initiative (RACE)
Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 200/1050
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 9/59
25.7 - Cat's task: Ellan VanninA two book task, pick one option and read both tasks within it.
Required: State which option you picked when you post.
As the Manx flag is the triskelion - a three-legged symbol ("whichever way you throw, it'll stand"), the page count of each book must include a 3 (in any position).
Option 1: Myths and Legends
Book 1: FAIRY BRIDGE
☛ Read a book with a TITLE of at least three words, with title initials found in the phrase FAIRY BRIDGE. Subtitles should be ignored.
Aunt Bessie Decides 236 pages
Book 2: SNAEFELL
☛ Read a book that is #7 in a series
7th Heaven 376 pages
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 570
MAZZA1 30.9 - Mazza1's task: JUST READING
This is a two book task with a page count of at least 600 Pages.
Book 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.
The Kind Worth Killing July 2019 Page count 311
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.
Read for another IRL book group https://www.meetup.com/Oakwood-Book-C...
The Overstory pages 512
I am claiming a BB ticket for this book
512 +311 = 823 page total
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 600
BB tickets this post = 1
BB tickets to date = 4
5.5 - Robin HoodRead a book written by an author who shares a name with one of the 24 actors from this list that have played Robin Hood.
Book read: Three Soldiers
How it fits: Author (John Dos Passos) shares his first name with John Derek
First published in 1921 - claiming 1 GO Ticket
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Total points: 255
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 16
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.3 Captain Jack Sparrow
Read a book with the title beginning with R or C
Chocolate Cream Pie Murderby Joanne Fluke
Task +5
Total Points: 25
AlisonBigs (readerboard name)Task 5.2 - Indiana Jones
Read a book with a U.S. state in the title or subtitle. 2-word state names must appear completely. State names must match exactly.
The Spell of New Mexico
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Points this Task: 5
Total Points to Date: 355
Tasks Completed: 16
BB Tickets Claimed: 1
GO Tickets Claimed: 2
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15.4 - Fourth of July
option 2, red title, first published July
The Chain by Adrian McKinty, first published July 9, 2019total = 505
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Option 2, initials DR in REMBRANDT: From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan
total = 525
AlisonBigs (readerboard name)Task 10.8 - Roll The Dice!
Read a book with the number of pages (+/- 10 pages) that you reach by arranging the 3 numbers from the dice.
Dice Roll = 3 2 5
Foundation...244 pages which is =/- 10 pages if you rearrange the dice to 2 3 5
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Points the Task: 10
Total Points to Date: 365
Tasks Completed: 17
BB Tickets Claimed: 1
GO Tickets Claimed: 2
5.1 - Han SoloThe Battling Prophet (Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte #20) by Arthur W. Upfield
author's first & last initials, AU, found in millenniUm fAlcon
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 300
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25.8 - Coralie's task: Naming the New Generation
Book 1, -ity title, female author: City of Ink by Elsa Hart
Book 2, 4-letter male author: Cheatgrass by Bart Paul
total = 550
AlisonBigs (readerboard name)Task 20.9 - The Country Show
Option 3: History..Read a book with TWO (or more) of those numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published.
Love and Other Words...published April 10, 2018
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Points this Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 385
Tasks Completed: 18
BB Tickets Claimed: 1
GO Tickets Claimed: 2
AlisonBigs (readerboard name)Task 25.2 - Road Trip on Route 66!
Two Book Task..please state which option you chose
Option 3: Read a book that contains all the letters of GRAND in the title (no subtitles)
The Bear and the Nightingale
the beaR AND the niGhtingale
Option 4: Read a book featuring a sandy beach on the cover
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Points this Task: 25
Total Points to Date: 410
Tasks Completed: 19
BB Tickets Claimed: 1
GO Tickets Claimed: 2
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30.2 -Schatzie's task: An Ode to Sarabelle!
option 1, science genre: The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation by Peter Wohlleben
option 3, 4-letter word title: Fury by G.M. Ford
total = 580
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30.3 - Ava Catherine's task: Faulkner's Reivers
Book 1, ei title: In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen, 379 pages
Book 2, 1962: The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart, 320 pages
379 + 320 = 699
total = 610
AlisonBigs (readerboard name)Task 25.3 - 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Option 1: Read a book about D-Day or about the preparations for the invasion
Option 2: Landings were made at five beaches: SWORD BEACH, JUNO BEACH, GOLD BEACH, OMAHA BEACH and UTAH BEACH. Read a book that includes all the letters of one of the beaches in the title and/or subtitle
the BritisH ArE COMing: tHe wAr for America...OMAHA BEACH
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Points this Task: 25
Total Points to Date: 435
Tasks Completed: 20
BB Tickets Claimed: 1
GO Tickets Claimed: 2
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30.10 - Brooke TX's task: Spies, Scouts, Detectives, Pirates, and Sundry Ne'er-do-wells
Book 1, Books with Heroes/heroines Who Are Assassins page 1, #26: One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Book 2, Espionage page 1 #66: The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
total = 640
AlisonBigs (readerboard name)Task 25.4 - 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 combined page count for both books must be 501 or greater
Book 1:
...323 pagesBook 2:
...I read the Kindle edition. There are no MMP editions but the Paperback edition is here:
...400 pages323 + 400 pages = 723 pages
The word spelled using the authors combined initials is:
RAMP
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Points this Task: 25
Total Points to Date: 460
Tasks Completed: 21
BB Tickets Claimed: 1
GO Tickets Claimed: 2
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30.8 -TessaVanessa's task: Double Up
Book 1: twin Ann from Ann Landers: Dead Water by Ann Cleeves
Book 2: Dead Water by Ngaio Marsh
total = 670
Elizabeth PTask 20.4 - Roller Coaster
Option 3 - Title of 3+ words, initial letters in EXPEDITION EVEREST
The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn
ExpeDiTion everest
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 90
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 5
Cordelia5,5 Robin Hood
Villa Triste by Patrick Modiano
Actor: Patrick Troughton
Points: 5
Total Points: 310
Pamela326510.2 - He's a Classic!
Slave Stealers: True Accounts of Slave Rescues: Then and Now by Timothy Ballard - Author's initials can be found in rhett BuTler
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 100
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
perletwo 20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller Coasters - Option 2: read a book with the main page genre (MPG) Animals.
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
Points this task: 20
Total points: 450
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 35
Tasks completed: 28
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.1 Amanda A's task: Like Letters
Book 1: The Third Twin by Ken Follett.
640 p.
Book 2: What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones.
261 p.
640+261=901 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 520
Tasks completed: 33/58
Books read: 40
JEN B.20.2 - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Option 2: Read a book by an author whose initials are found in REMBRANDT
Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl (7/09/19)
RembRandt
TOTAL POINTS: 155
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For my first book, I used option 1 and read The Hills Have Spies: by Mercedes Lackey. Author initials, ML, found in target phrase - M in suMmer, L in schooL.
I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB) - 400 pages.
For my second book, I used option 3 and read The Flight of the Silvers by Daniel Price. 608 pages. Letters GID found in title/author - GI in flIGht, D in Daniel.
Total pages 1008, exceeding task minimum of 700.
total points: 445
The House on Mango Street10.1 Can You Spell Rogue?Read a book with all of the letters in ROGUE in its title/subtitle.
Book: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 15 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
15.1 - On the Flip SideBook 1:
Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrewshttps://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8... - Page 1
and
Book 2:
Then Came You by Jennifer Weinerhttps://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2... - Page 1
140 Points
15.2 - Bad Boys and Wicked WomenBook 1:
The Fever by Megan AbbottPage 3
and
Book 2:
The Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve Hamiltonpage 4
155 Points
15.4 - Fourth of July Option 2: Read 1 book.
Blame by Jeff Abbott(first published July 18th 2017)
170 Points
Bookwrm526Task #10.4 - 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. I read Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper.
Total points so far: 260
Sue T10.9 - Sing Along
book with 4 or more people on the cover
Overcoming Mediocrity: Influential Women
by Christie RuffinoPoints this post: 10
Total Points: 25/1050
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Marina H15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!
Nålens øje by Ken Follett
Born June 5th according to GR profile
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 6
trishhartuk5.9 Sir John Falstaff
Read a Fiction book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical.
The Black God's Drums, P. Djèlí Clark
Read the kindle edition. PB link here (111pg)
Shelved as Historical > Historical Fiction by 82 users
Genre locked in help thread message #19: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 18
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 4
Marina H20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Option 2: Det syvende mord by Paul Cleave
Author's initials found in PICASSO
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 7
15.8 - ROGUES' GALLERY -
TOTAL POINTS 345
Diana K.Task 20.4
Opt 1 Read a book with the number "60" intact in the page count.
West 160 pages
Total points: 350
Task 10.4 - Too Busy to Read?Read a book with a main page genre of short stories, anthologies, or essays.
Exhalation (2019) by Ted Chiang (Hardcover, 351 pages)
95 + 10 = 105
Tasks Completed: 05
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 95 + 10 = 105
Books read: 07
Pages read: 2,501
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 03
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.6 - Happy 4th of July!
White Houses by Amy Bloom
Points this post: 10
Total points: 530
Tasks completed: 34/58
Books read: 41
Jen K15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
birthday is in August according to GR profile
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Points this Task: 15
Total Points to Date: 170
BB Tickets Claimed: 1
GO Tickets Claimed: 0
5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow Read a book where the first letter of the title begins with an R or a C.
Crêpe Expectations
Reposting with the correct book
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 195
Total Tasks: 16
Golden Oldies:
Big Book: 1
15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!Celebrate by reading a book written by an author born in June, July, or August. One qualifying author in a work by multiple contributors works.
Still Life by Louise Penny
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 210
Total Tasks: 17
Golden Oldies:
Big Book: 1
25.1 - Sandy's task - Game of BooksRead two books from the following lists. You may use 2 different lists, or read 2 books from one list.
Both my books come from 5. Book Recommendations for Sansa Stark
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine 325 pages found on the first page at spot #58
Wide Sargasso Sea 190 pages found on page 2 at position #143
New Points: 25
Total Challenge points: 210
GO's:1
Queen Bee Darlene30.9 Mazza1's task: JUST READING
Book 1) From Leeds Book Group list
Still Alice by Lisa Genova Still Alice
Jan 2019 Leeds Book Group
336 pages
Book 2) The Windfall by Diksha Basu The Windfall
June selection for my IRL book club
295 pages
Total 600 pages for task: 336 + 295 = 631
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 255
30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer SwimmingOption 2: Read a book with all of the letters SWIM in the book’s title/subtitle.
The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners that Shook the World in the Summer of 1900 by Diana Preston
SWIM found in draMatIc Story War
Option 4: The summer swim team colors are red and black. Read a book with ONLY black and/or red letters on the cover. All letters count.
American Pastoral (The American Trilogy #1) by Philip Roth
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 330
Lisa MD15.9 - 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. - Word = Summer
Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand 432 pp
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 15
Total Points: 130 / 1150
Tasks Completed: 7/ 59
Books Read: 7
BB Tickets:
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Task 5.1 HAN SOLO
Read a book whose author's first and last name initials can be found in MILLENNIUM FALCON
I read ONE HUNDRED NAMES by Cecelia Ahern
One Hundred Names
"C" for Cecelia can be found in falCon
"A" for Ahern can be found in fAlcon
FANTASTIC BOOK that was created based on a misheard movie title by the author. Sometimes mistakes can be a good thing!
Total Points for Task: 5
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points for Summer Challenge 2019: 35
Total Tasks Completed for Summer Challenge 2019: 2
Total Books Read for Summer Challenge 2019: 3
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2019: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2019:1