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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season: Non Fiction - Ancient Civilizations: The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 450 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
30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer SwimmingOption 3: Book between 100 and 150 pages
Happily Never After by Jeaniene Frost
106 Pages
Option 4: Read a book with ONLY black and/or red letters on the cover.
Kisscut by Karin Slaughter.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 190
Task 25.7 – Cat – Ellan VanninREQUIRED: Both Books From Same Option / EACH book’s total pages must include a ‘3’ (in any position)
Option 3: Leisure
Book 1: Motorcycle on cover
- 368 pgBook 2: Page count includes a 0, 4 or 6 (in addition to 3)
The Devil and Winnie Flynn
I listened to the audio / NO mmp / Paperback: The Devil and Winnie Flynn - 336 pg
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 145 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
10.3 - Summer ReadingRead one of the books from the Goodreads Staff Summer Reading Lists.
Book read: The Lost Man
How it fits: It is one of the picks of Elizabeth Khuri Chandler, Cofounder & Editor in Chief
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Total points: 265
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 17
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
25.7Option 3
Book 1:
by Tao Wong324 pages
Book 2:
Ice by Sarah Beth Durst
336 pages
Task points: 25
Total points: 350
Julia10310.2 - He's a Classic!
F in Exams: The Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers by Richard Benson (author initials in Rhett Butler)
This task: 10 points
Total points: 195
Total BB: 1
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 14
Laurah3025.4 - Andy P.'s task: 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.
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes 450 pages
I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson 368 pages
EHAP - HEAP
total pages - 818
Points this task - 25
Total ponts - 135
Bookwrm526Task #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. I rolled 1, 2, and 6 which I arranged into 216 and read Murder on the Red River by Marcie Rendon, which has 208 pages and is therefore within ten pages of 216.
Total points so far: 280
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie - author initials AC found in CAdillac ranch. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top MMPB.
For my second book, I chose option 3 and read My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry. The top MMPB is Ma grand-mère vous passe le bonjour. All letters of GRAND in "Grandmother".
Total points: 490
Sarah HTask #25.4 - Andy P.'s task: Authors That Work Well Together
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
Author initials make the word DEAL
Total page count: 707 pages
Points for this task: 25
Total points to date: 75
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Pamela32655.2 - Indiana Jones
Beneath Montana Skies by Mia Ross
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 120
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
Janice CA25.2 - Road Trip on Route 66!
Option 2: MPG: western
( Genre was approved in verification thread - post #51.)
Pulling Leather: Being the Early Recollections of a Cowboy on the Wyoming Range, 1884-1889 by Reuben B. Mullins
and
Option 4: beach on cover
Holiday SOS by Ben MacFarlane
+25
total: 60
tasks: 4
books: 5
Joy Marie20.9 Moderator's Pet: Megan Rae's task - The Country Show
Option 2 - CRAFT in title
Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons
This post = 2 Big Book Tickets - 884 pages
Points this post - 20
Total points to date - 80
Elizabeth PTask 5.7 - Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights
Book from list So you Love a Bad Boy or Tortured Hero
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Page 1 of the list (currently 39)
Jane Eyre was originally published in 1847 - good for *1 Golden Oldies Ticket*
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 115
Total Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 8
Sophie25.1 books from Game of Thrones lists
Tyrion p1 Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Claiming BB X3 - p1232
Claiming GO - published 1862
Sansa p1 A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Total 120
BB 4
GO 1
Task 10.7 - Smile!read a book with MPG Fairy Tales
Snow White
ebook verified: row 2698 on sheet
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655 points
EMurphy20.9 Moderator's Pet-Megan Rae's Task: The Country Store
Option 2: Local Crafts - Letters in CRAFT in the title only
Forty Acres by Dwayne Alexander Smith
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 80
Books Read: 5
BB Ticket: +500: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)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.
Numbers Rolled Are 3, 6, 6
Camino Island by John Grisham Audiobook
Camino Island Paperback Page Count 368
This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 460 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
SandyL30.10 - Brooke TX's task: Spies, Scouts, Detectives, Pirates, and Sundry Ne'er-do-wells
Read two books found on any of the following lists. Your books may be from two different lists or the same list.
Burglars Can't Be Choosers by Lawrence Block
Thieves - Pg 1 #67
The Burglar in the Closet by Lawrence Block
Thieves - Pg 2 #126
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 395
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 31
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyLRead a book with a one-word title that contains exactly 4 letters
Erik by Sawyer Bennett
On ebook approved list #1009
Option 4: Read a book by an author with the initials of AC
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
***requesting Golden Oldie ticket - published 1942****
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 425
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 33
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL25.4 - Andy P.'s task: 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.
Golden Trail by Kristen Ashley
662 pgs - ***requesting Big Book Ticket***
If I Only Knew by Corinne Michaels
316 pgs
Initials spell MACK - link to word in dictionary.com
662 + 316 = 967 pgs
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 450
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 35
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller Coasters
Option 3:Read a book with a title of 3 or more words where the initial letter of each word in the title can be found in EXPEDITION EVEREST
Dancing in the Rain by Kelly Jamieson
expeDITion eveRest
ebook approved msg 7484 on 6/10/19
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 470
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 35
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL5.4- James Bond
Read a book identified on Goodreads as a book in a series with a number that includes a 7.
Bounty by Kristen Ashley
Series: Colorado Mountain #7
514 pgs - ****requesting Big Book Ticket****
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 475
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 36
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies: 2
LaureY - Repost of 140515.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!
Celebrate by reading a book written by an author born in June, July, or August.
All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell
Born 9th June 1956
Points this post: 15
Total points: 290 /1050
Total Books: 16
Total Tasks: 14/59
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
LaureY15.4 - Fourth of July
Option 2: 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.
by Ilona AndrewsFirst published in July 2014
Points this post: 15
Total points: 305 /1050
Total Books: 17
Total Tasks: 15/59
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)15.10 - Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title.
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? by Henry Farrell
This Post: 0 points
Total points to date: 475 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
Andy P.Task #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
by Linda HowardFirst published 7/1/01
Title in red
Points this post: 15
Total points: 280
Andy P.Task # 25.8 - Coralie's task: Naming the New Generation<
Book 1. The Girls
Read a book by a FEMALE author which has a word in the title or subtitle that ends -ITY.
Silent City by Carrie Smith
City ends in ity, author is female
o. The Boys
Read a book by a MALE author who has exactly four letters in his first name as given by Goodreads.
The Last Act by Brad Parks
Male author four letters in Brad
Points this post: 25
Total points : 305
30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer SwimmingOption 1: Beartown by Fredrik Backman
MPG Sports and Games > Sports
Option 5: One in a Million by Jill Shalvis ~ "There was a man in the water swimming parallel to the shore." ~ p. 7
Total points: 270 + 30 = 300
10.8 - Roll the DiceI rolled 3, 2, 2
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
322 pages
Total points: 300 + 10 = 310
15.8 Rogues Gallery
by Samantha DowningThis was approved in post 51 in the help thread
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 135
15.10 Summer MonthsThis Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
Title Contains exactly 8 words
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 150
30.2 An Ode to Sarabelle!Option 1: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
Has a MPG Science and is a nonfiction book
Option 4: The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 180
Pamela326520.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – Tammy AZ's task: Home States
Her Cowboy's Twin Blessings by Patricia Johns – Set in Montana
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 140
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
Readerboard name Kathy P20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Option 4
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Points this task: 20
Totals
Points: 165
BB: 0
GO:0
Total Tasks completed: 7
Total Books read: 9
Christine V20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 3: Tombland, first published 2018.
I read the audio edition. The top PB Tombland (no MMPB available) has 866 pages. ***Claiming 2 Big Book Tickets***
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets this post: 2
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=3, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=5)
25.7 - ELLAN VANNIN - OPTION 3TRANSPORT -
- 320 PagesANIMALS - Storming Heaven - 304 Pages
TOTAL POINTS - 405
Coralie15.9 Summer Lovin’
Using the word ‘girl’ from the song
The Girl in the Green Raincoat
Total to date 305 points
Mod
For my first book, I used option 1 and read The Inheritance. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb edition. Two word title, first word "the."
For my second book, I used option 2 and read American Spy - 304 pages, between 260 and 600.
Total points: 515
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.2 He's a Classic!
Saving Bobby: Heroes and Heroin in One Small Community by Renee Hodges.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 590
Tasks completed: 37/58
Books read: 45
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.8 - Rogues' Gallery
by Kara Thomas.MPG mystery
Points this post: 15
Total points: 605
Tasks completed: 38/58
Books read: 46
5.1 Han SoloThe Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Author's initials can be found in MillEnium FAlcon
Points this post 5
Total points 95
15.8 Rogues' Gallery
by Alex MichaelidesThriller genre; portrait on cover (approved in help thread)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
MEGSCL30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 3: a book between 100 and 150 pages.
Ghost Wall
Option 4: Read a book with ONLY black and/or red letters on the cover.
TOTAL TO DATE
230 points
1 big book
MEGSCL30.8 -TessaVanessa's task: Double Up
Book 1: The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble
Book 2: The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
Margaret Drabble shares a name with Margaret Smith
TOTAL TO DATE
260 points
1 big book
MEGSCL30.4 - 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”
The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth Mackenzie (430pp)
Option 3: Read a book with the letters G-I-D (Get It Done) in the title and/or authors name.
Islands by Peggy Frew (320pp)
TOTAL TO DATE
290 points
1 big book
Pamela326520.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a Roll
Roll 6 – ROMANCE or WOMENS FICTION
Book: Her Colorado Cowboy by Mindy Obenhaus –
Author’s initials found in rOMance
Romance MPG
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 160
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
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15.7: Rogue One
A title that starts with one of the letters in ROGUE ONE and an author with at least one initial that can also be found in the same phrase
Grin and Beard It by Penny Reid
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Total This Challenge: 15