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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Brooklyn10.2 – He’s a Classsic!
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in RHETT BUTLER.
Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbrand
Points this post: 10
Total points: 150/1050
Tasks completed: 14/59
Books read: 14
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn15.4 – Fourth of July
Option 2: Read a book where the entire title is red, white and blue AND that was first published in July of any year.
by Chandler BakerFirst published July 2019
Points this post: 15
Total points: 165/1050
Tasks completed: 15/59
Books read: 15
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn15.9 – Summer Lovin’
Read a book with a 4+ letter word in its title/subtitle that matches a word from the lyrics of “Summer Nights”
Girl Last Seen by Nina Laurin
Word is “girl”
Points this post: 15
Total points: 180/1050
Tasks completed: 16/59
Books read: 16
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn15.10 – Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7 or 8 words in its title.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Points this post: 15
Total points: 195/1050
Tasks completed: 17/59
Books read: 17
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn20.5 – PRIDE2019
Option 2: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MARSHA P JOHNSON
Succubus Heat by Richelle Mead
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215/1050
Tasks completed: 18/59
Books read: 18
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn20.6 – Midway Through the Year
Option 1: Read a book first published in 2019.
Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
Points this post: 20
Total points: 235/1050
Tasks completed: 19/59
Books read: 19
Big Book Tickets: 2
Jen K5.5 - Robin Hood
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
shares a name with Douglas Fairbanks, Robin Hood #2
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Points this Task: 5
Total Points to Date: 175
BB Tickets Claimed: 1
GO Tickets Claimed: 0
Jen K30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 1: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
MPG: Sports and Games/ Sports
Option 5: Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken
Page 77 of hardcover, "Bertha knew how to SWIM in water."
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Points this Task: 30
Total Points to Date: 205
BB Tickets Claimed: 1
GO Tickets Claimed: 0
25.8Book 1:
A Brazen Curiosity: A Regency Cozy by Lynn Messina
Book 2:
Sefira and Other Betrayals by John Langan
Task points: 25
Total points: 325
Sarah HTask #5.9 - Sir John Falstaff - book with main page genre Historical
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
Points for this task: 5 points
Total points to date: 5 points
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Sarah HTask #20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 1: Livestock
Flame of Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
Points for this task: 20 points
Total points to date: 25 points
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Sarah HTask #5.6 - Lisbeth Salander
The Ice Beneath Her by Camilla Grebe - Set in Sweden: "Winter’s chill has descended on Stockholm..."
Points for this task: 5
Total points to date: 30
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
StaceyNC30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
Choose two different options and read a book for each.
Option 1: Read a book written in a language other than your native language.
Required:State your native language.
Book: The Absent One
Completed: 7/12/19
Published: Danish
My Language: English
Option 4: Read a book written by a single author whose last name ENDS in -sen or -son, such as Jussi Adler-Olsen, Clara Bensen, Sheila A. Nielson
Book: Lionheart
Completed: 7/11/19
Author: Thea Harrison
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 11
Julia10315.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!
Here's the Catch: A Memoir of the Miracle Mets and More by Ron Swoboda
According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Swo...) his birthday is June 30th, 1944
This task: 15 points
Total points: 185
Total BB: 1
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 13
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)30.10 - Brooke TX's task: Spies, Scouts, Detectives, Pirates, and Sundry Ne'er-do-wells
Read two books found on any of the following lists.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Audiobook
Treasure Island Mass Market Paperback for AR IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 12.0
Pirates! Page 1 #1
Request 1 Golden Oldie Ticket - First Published 1882)
Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry
Pirates! Page 5 #472
This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 420 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
Elizabeth PTask 10.10 - Juneteenth
Book on #POC list
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
On Page 2 of the list
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 110
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 7
Suzannesea30.10 Brooke TX's Task
Book 1
Thieves List
Burglars Can't Be Choosers by Lawrence Block
Page 1, #67
Book 2
Espionage List
Shibumi by Trevanian
Page 1, #55
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 295
Mary P5.6 - Lisbeth Salander
Read a book set at least 50% in a Nordic Country: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland or the Faroe Islands.
Snowblind by Ragnar Jónasson
( Iceland )
Points this post: 5
Total points: 285
Coralie5.1 Han Solo
Book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in millennium fAlCon
The Story of a Nobody by Anton Chekhov
This is my one 5-point task of 80-100 pages.
Total to date 280 points
Sarah HTask #15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Points for this task: 15
Total points to date: 45
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Coralie10.9 Sing Along
Book with 4 or more people on the cover
Total to date 290 points
Sarah HTask #5.10 - Rhett Butler
The Last Days of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp
Points for this task: 5
Total points to date: 50
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Barbara ★30.4 - ElaineL's task: School’s Out!
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase, “NO SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ME” All initials count.
The Hollow Hills - Mary Stewart 6/1
(NO SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ME)
Option 3: Read a book with the letters G-I-D (Get It Done) in the title and/or authors name.
The Highland Dragon's Lady - Isabel Cooper 7/12
(hIGhlanD)
TOTAL: Book 1 (475 pages) + Book 2 (352 pages) = 827 pages > 700
Points this task: 30
Total points: 250
Task 15.1 - On the Flip Sidebook 1: read a book from a list with Beach in the name
Casino Royale
p1, #84 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
List: Beach Reads Mysteries & Thrillers
book 2: read a book from a list with Snow in the name
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf
#62, p1 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
List: Books with Snow, Ice or Frost on the Cover or in the Title
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600 points
Task 30.3 - Faulkner's Reivers501+ total page count
book 1: read a book with EI in the title
Forfeit
282 pages
book 2: read a book first published in 1962
Dead Cert
310 pages
282+310 = 592pages
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630 points
5.4- James BondPinball, 1973 (The Rat #2) by Haruki Murakami
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 340
15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield who was born in August according to her wikipedia page
I read the kindle edition. The most popular mass market paperback edition has 608 pages.
I'd like to claim one Big Book ticket, please.
Total points: 30
Big Book tickets: 1
15.7 - Rogue OneGrave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
- first letter of title "G" and author's first initial "R" can both be found in "Rogue One"
I read the kindle edition. The most popular paperback edition has 576 pages.
I'd like to claim 1 Big Book ticket, please
Total points: 45
Big Book tickets: 2
Marina H15.7 - Rogue One
Gravkammeret by Tess Gerritsen
Points this post: 15
Total points: 140
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 8
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!Option 1: Emilia und das Flüstern von Liebe: Roman by Angelika Lauriel - author initials A, L can be found in "AURIC GOLDFINGER"
Total points: 65
Big Book tickets: 2
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of TroubleOption 2: Die Zarin und der Philosoph by Martina Sahler - author initials M, S can be found in "Matisse"
There is only a hardcover and a kindle edition. I've read the hardcover edition which has 528 pages.
I'd like to claim 1 Big Book ticket, please.
Total points: 85
Big Book tickets: 3
Marina H15.9 - Summer Lovin'
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Tell found in title and lyrics
Points this post: 15
Total points: 155
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 9
20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller CoastersOption 2: All Things Bright and Beautiful - MPG animals
I read the kindle edition. The most popular mass market paperback edition has 448 pages.
Total points: 105
Big Book tickets: 3
20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019Option 2: Kinder verstehen: Born to be wild: Wie die Evolution unsere Kinder prägt - Mit einem Vorwort von Remo Largo by Herbert Renz-Polster - author's initials can be found in "MARSHA P JOHNSON"
I read the kindle edition. The hardcover edition has 512 pages.
I'd like to claim 1 Big Book ticket, please.
Total points: 125
Big Book tickets: 4
20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The YearOption 1: Red, White & Royal Blue - first published May 2019
Total points: 145
Big Book tickets: 4
Marina H15.10 - Summer Months
A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold by George R.R. Martin
607 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 15
Total points: 170
Big book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 10
20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – Tammy AZ's task: Home StatesWilling to Die - mostly set in Montana
references:
"...a million stars were flung across the wide Montana sky." loc. 291
"She lives in Montana." loc. 593
"...Ivy had arrived at her home in Montana." loc. 3118
"They were in Montana now..." loc. 3335
I read the kindle edition. The most popular paperback edition has 464 pages.
Total points: 165
Big Book tickets: 4
20.10 - Group ReadsI listened to The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt. My participation in the discussion thread can be found here
Total points: 185
Big Book tickets: 4
30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer SwimmingOption 3: The October Man
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 128 pages.
Option 5: Daisy Jones & The Six
"swim" in the text: '...we were drinking pink champagne and about to go for a swim..." p. 138
Total points: 215
Big Book tickets: 4
Amy MK10.3 - Summer Reading
Book from Goodreads staff summer reading lists
The Bride Test
On list of Dana Epstein, Ad Sales Executive
Points this task: 10
Total points: 235
Brooklyn20.10 – Group Reads
Read one of the books selected by the group.
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney
My comment is #13, found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 255/1050
Tasks completed: 20/59
Books read: 20
Big Book Tickets: 2
Task 10.2 - He's a Classic!read a book with author initials in RHETT
One Night for Seduction by Erica Ridley
initials ER
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640 points
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)10.7 - Smile!
Read a book with the main page genre Fairy Tales, standalone or embedded.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 430 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
Task 5.1 - Han Soloread a book with author initials in MILLENNIUM FALCON
Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming
IF initials
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645 points
Mod
25.7 - Cat's task: Ellan Vannin
Option 2
Book 1, Feminism genre, 3 in 273 pages: The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates
Book 2, initials AA in isAbellA, 3 in 320 pages: Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn by Ace Atkins
total = 700
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30.1 - Amanda A's task: Like Letters
Book 1, AAA title: Alphas and Airships by Melanie Karsak
PB: Alphas and Airships 148 pages
Book 2, AA author: The Shameless by Ace Atkins, 464 pages
148 + 464 = 612 pages
total = 730
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5.7 – Heathcliff From Wuthering Heights
Read a book from the “so you love a bad boy or tortured hero” listopia.
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer – 563 pgs
Found on pg. 2
**Requesting 1 Big Book ticket**
Points this post: 5
Total points: 140/1050
Tasks completed: 13/59
Books read: 13
Big Book Tickets: 2