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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Kristi CO20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019
Option 2: MARSHA P JOHNSON
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO30.7 -Dulcinella's task: Rogues All Over the Place
Option 1: song "Cape Cod Girls"
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert (470 pgs)
Option 2: artist Mary Margaret O’Hara
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane (400 pgs)
870 pgs total
Points this post: 30
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
JUKKA20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Option 1: Book that was published this year.
Fall, or Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson. As it clocks in at 896 pages, I'm claiming two Big Book tickets.
Total Points: 195/1050
Total Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 18/59
Big Books Total: 4
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Jackie O. 30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 3:
Happily Never After by Jeaniene Frost
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.
Kisscut by Karin Slaughter
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 190
LAVENDERTHIS IS A REPOST IN ORDER TO SWITCH BOOKS IN THIS TASK. NO POINT CHANGE.
Book 1 is the same.
Book 2 "Oblivion" replaces "A City Dreaming" for this task.
"A City Dreaming" will be used in a different task later.
Original post was message 492 for reference.
25.06 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
Book 1 Option 1
Read a book with a title which is two words in length, but the first word must be the article “The.”
I read The Rescue by Elizabeth Faucher (140 pages)
Title starts with "The" and is 2 words in length.
Book 2 Option 2
Read a book which is between 260 and 600 pages in length.
I read The Watcher Chronicles Boxed Set: Books 1 - 4 by S.J. West on KINDLE, which contains the book Oblivion.
The top paperback (No MMPB): Oblivion (The Watcher Chronicles, #3) by S.J. West has 316 pages.
316 is between 260 and 600
Points this post: No new points
Total Points: 270
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 18
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 1
LAVENDER15.04 - 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.
I read
One Night in November by Amélie Antoine on KINDLE.The Top paperback (No MMPB): One Night in November by Amélie Antoine has 188 pages.
First published July 18th 2017
Cover title is all white.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 19
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 1
LAVENDER20.03 - 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".
I read Souls in the Great Machine (Greatwinter #1) by Sean McMullen (448 pages).
CUGEL appears in title: soULs in thE Great maChine
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 20
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 1
LAVENDER30.06 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
Book 1 Option 3
Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre that includes History.
I read Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Giles Milton on KINDLE.
The top paperback (No MMPB): Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Giles Milton has 356 pages.
This is non fiction book with a main page genre of History.
Book 2 Option 4
Read a book written by a single author whose last name ENDS in -sen or -son.
I read The Last Thing She Ever Did by Gregg Olsen on KINDLE.
The top paperback (No MMPB): The Last Thing She Ever Did by Gregg Olsen has 380 pages.
Author last name ends in SEN.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 335
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 22
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 1
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25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
option 1, 2 word The title: The Dramatist by Ken Bruen
option 2, 260-600 pg: The Magician's Accomplice by Michael Genelin, 336 pages
total = 770
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30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
option 1, Sports and Games genre: A Course Called Scotland: Searching the Home of Golf for the Secret to Its Game by Tom Coyne
option 3, 100-150 pages: Bitches and Brawlers by Melanie Karsak
PB: Bitches and Brawlers, 138 pages
total = 800
10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue? Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide
stay sExy and dOn't Get mURdered
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 185
Cindy FTask 5.2 Indiana Jones
US state name in title
New York by Edward Rutherfurd
Claim 2 BB tickets 862 pages
Points this post:5
Total points:90
Tasks completed:8
Books read:8
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:3
Cindy FTask 5.4 James Bond
#7 in a series Stalemate by Iris Johansen
Points this post:5
Total points:95
Tasks completed:9
Books read:9
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:3
Cindy FTask 5.1 Han Solo
Authors first and last initials in Millenium Falcon M,M
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
Points this post:5
Total points:100
Tasks completed:10
Books read:10
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:3
Queen Bee DarleneRepost - originally linked to wrong edition
30.9 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: 285
perletwo 20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year - Option 1: For this option, read any book that was first published this year (2019).
A Grand Success!: The Aardman Journey, One Frame at a Time - first printed 1/15/19
Points this task: 20
Total points: 500
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 38
Tasks completed: 30
Queen Bee Darlene5.4 James Bond
Seven, Seventh, 7 or 7th intact in title/sub
The Girl With Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story by Hyeonseo Lee The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 290
perletwo 5.10 - Rhett Butler - Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Lock Every Door
Points this task: 05
Total points: 505
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 39
Tasks completed: 31
Suzannesea30.7 Dulcinella's Task
Option 1
Read a book with a word in the title of one of the songs in the album Rogue's Gallery. . .
Verses for the Dead by Douglas Preston
339 pages
The word is Dead. It is also found in the song "Dead Horse",song #8 on disc 1.
Option 2
Read a book whose author has the same first, middle, or last name as one of the artists on the album.
Burning Bright by Nick Petrie
421 pages
The author shares a first name with Nick Cave who sings "Fire Down Below", the fourth song on disc 1.
Points this post: 30
Total points date: 325
Sarah HTask #15.10 - Summer Months - book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title
After the People Lights Have Gone Off by Stephen Graham Jones
I read the Kindle edition. No MMPB, link to PB: After the People Lights Have Gone Off
Points for this task: 15 points
Total points to date: 90 points
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
10.8 Roll the DiceI rolled a 4, 4, and 6. I read Dread Nation by Justina Ireland - 455 pages (9 away from 446)
New Total: 115
15.3 Stonewall 50 I chose option 2 and read Pride by Jonathan Hill -- LGBT as main genre, "pride" in title
New Total: 130
15.6 Happy Birthday, Authors! I read The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid - author born June 4 according to her GR profile.
New Total: 145
20.6 Midway Through the Year I chose option 1 and read The Paris Diversion by Chris Pavone - published in 2019
New Total: 180
Task 20.4 - Roller CoastersOption 2: Universal Studios Orlando
Read a book with the main page genre (MPG) Animals.
**specifically approved in the help thread**
How to Moon a Cat (The Cats and Curios Mystery #3) (2011) by Rebecca M. Hale (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 297 pages)
105 + 20 = 125
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 105 + 20 = 125
Books read: 08
Pages read: 2,798
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
trishhartuk10.7 Smile!
August 22 is Tooth Fairy Day! Read a book with the main page genre Fairy Tales, standalone or embedded.
The Bear and the Nightingale, Katherine Arden
Read the kindle edition. PB link here
Genre noted for Fantasy > Fairy tales in help thread message #12: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 22
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 5
LaureY30.10 - Brooke TX's task: Spies, Scouts, Detectives, Pirates, and Sundry Ne'er-do-wells
Book 1 - List:Espionage /Page 1
The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre
*I claim a Big Book Ticket for this book as it has 589 pages*
Book 2- List:Jesters, Fools and Tricksters/Page 1
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
Points this post: 30
Total points: 355 /1050
Total Books: 20
Total Tasks: 17/59
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Mod
I read Britt-Marie Was Here, set in Sweden.
The MMPB is Britt-Marie var här
total points: 535
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.7 Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights
Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles.
Found on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 630
Tasks completed: 41/58
Books read: 50
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.3 Stonewall 50
Option 1:
Book 1: What If It's Us by Becky Alberalli.
MPG of LGBT
Book 2: Regan's Pride by Diana Palmer.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 645
Tasks completed: 42/58
Books read: 52
Cordelia20.2 Staying out of trouble
Option 2
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Author's initials B E are in REMBRANDT
Points: 20
Total points: 370
Nick KY30.4 ElaineL’s School’s Out
Option 2. Author's inits in NO SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ME. I read Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami 436 pp.
Option 3. G – I – D in author’s name. The Religion of Java by Clifford Geertz 412 pp – G in Geertz, ID in clIfforD
Total pp = 848 > required 700
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 400
trishhartuk5.1 Han Solo
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in MILLENNIUM FALCON.
Aunt Dimity and the Lost Prince, Nancy Atherton
Read the kindle edition. PB link here
fAlcoN
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 385
Tasks Completed: 23
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 5
JEN B.30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
Option 1: Read a book written in a language other than your native language.
Waiting for Bojangles by Olivier Bordeaut (6/20/19)
This book was originally written in French. My native language is English.
Option 4: Read a book written by a single author whose last name ENDS in -sen or -son
The Silent Wife by ASA HarriSON(7/17/19)
TOTAL POINTS: 210
Diana K.Task 5.1 - Han Solo Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in MILLENNIUM FALCON.
My Journey To Kilis by Abdullah Firoze (approved for length in post 7500
Total points: 375
Delicious Dee25.4 - Andy P.'s task: Authors That Work Well Together
Book 1 - On the Come Up - Angie Thomas (AT)
Book 2 - The Bombshell Effect - Karla Sorensen (KS)
Work: TASK
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 420
Diana K.Task 25.4 - 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.
Educated by Tara Westover
Relativity by Antonia Hayes
THAW
Total points: 400
Mod
I read Eye Spy by Mercedes Lackey - author initials ML in MiLlennium falcon.
total points: 540
Sara G10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?
Read a book with all of the letters in ROGUE in its title/subtitle.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
The Unlikely PilgRimaGE of HarOld Fry
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
Jen K10.3 - Summer Reading
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
Recommended by Dana Epstein, Ad Sales Executive
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 185
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
PegW10.6 Happy 4th of July
Read a book with the words red, white, or blue in the title/subtitle.
The Devil in the White City Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 11
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book: 6
SandyL5.5 - Robin Hood
Read a book written by an author who shares a name with one of the 24 actors from this list that have played Robin Hood.
The Beach Wedding by Lucy Kevin
Actor: Kevin Costner
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 480
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 38
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL5.8 - Arya Stark
Read a book with "wolf" or "wolves" intact in the title,
Wolf's Capture by Eve Langlais
WOLF's capture
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 485
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 39
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL5.10 - Rhett Butler
Read a book of your choice
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
672 pgs -- *****Requesting Big Book Ticket*****
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 490
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 40
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL10.3 - Summer Reading
Read one of the books from the Goodreads Staff Summer Reading Lists
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
Staffer - Dana Epstein
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 500
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 41
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL10.6 - Happy 4th of July!
Read a book with the words red, white, or blue in the title
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
RED, WHITE & royal BLUE
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 510
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 42
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL15.3 - Stonewall 50
Option 1
Book 1: Read a book with the MPG LGBT. Reasonable variations will be accepted: Ex: M/M Romance
Change for You by Crystal Lacy
MPG: M/M Romance
Book 2: Read a book with the word "Pride" in the title
Discovering Pride
discovering PRIDE
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 525
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 44
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
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25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
Option #1: "The" in title
The Crossing by Michael Connelly
Option #2: 260 to 600
Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones
288 Pages
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 225/1050
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 10/59