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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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25.3 - Diana K's task: 75th Anniversary of D-DayOption 3:Read a book set at least 50% in one of those other countries (Canada is included in the options)
Swamp Angel set in Canada
Option 4: Read a book with a gravestone on the cover.
I listened to audio book
link to MMPB to establish length is Grave Sight
New Points: 25
Total challenge points: 285
GO's 2
20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller CoastersRead 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.
Book read: Save the Date
How it fits: Letters STD are in the phrase
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Total points: 285
Books read: 22
Tasks completed: 18
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Mary P30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
Option 2:Read a book with a masted sailing ship on the cover.
by Micah PersellOption 4:Read a book written by a single author whose last name ENDS in -sen or -son.
by Ragnar JónassonPoints this post: 30
Total points: 315
Sarah H5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow - book with title that begins with R or C
Come Closer by Sara Gran
I read the Kindle edition. MMPB: Come Closer
Points for this task: 5 points
Total points to date: 95 points
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Cordelia5.1 Hans Solo
84K by Claire North
Author's initials (C N) are in MILLENNIUM FALCON
Points: 5
Total Points: 375
Amy FL5.7 - Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights
A Court of Mist and Fury (top of page 5 - #401)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 95
Amy FL15.2 - Bad Boys and Wicked Women
Book 1: The Lies of Locke Lamora - page 1
Book 2: The Young Elites - page 1
Points this post: 15
Total points: 115
Amy FL25.3 - Diana K's task: 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Option 1: The Lost Girls of Paris (approved in task description)
Option 2: A Cool Breeze on the Underground - GOLD BEACH (A COoL BrEeze on tHe unDerGround)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 140
Bookwrm526Task #15.2 - Bad Boys and Wicked Women
Book 1: Read a book found on The Best Antiheroes list. I read The End of Everything by Megan Abbott, on page two of the list at position 55 at time of posting.
Book 2: Read a book found on Anti-Heroines list. I read Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola, page one of the list, position 40 at time of posting.
Total points so far: 305
5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow Red Rock Stories: Three Generations of Writers Speak on Behalf of Utah's Public Lands
Begins with 'R'
Total points: 70
Amy FL25.7 - Cat's task: Ellan Vannin
Option 1
Book 1: Bury Your Dead - fairY BriDge (371 pages)
Book 2: A Trick of the Light - Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #7 (339 pages)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 165
15.5 - Independence DayThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Set in France
*** One Golden Oldie Ticket claimed - Published in 1831
*** One Big Book Ticket claimed - 512 pages
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 85
Lisa MD20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a Roll
I rolled a 5 - MPG of my book is thriller / mystery - Author's initials (RS) are found in MYSTERY:
5. Your genres are: MYSTERY or THRILLER or HORROR
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager 371 pp
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 20
Total Points: 170 / 1150
Tasks Completed: 9/ 59
Books Read: 9
BB Tickets:
GO:
Task 15.3 - Stonewall 50one book option
read a book with PRIDE in the title and LGBT MPG
Murder at Pride Lodge
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670 points
Task 30.6 - Relatively Obsessedoption 1: read a book first published in a language I don't speak
Celestial Bodies
first published in Arabic
my native language is English
option 4: read a book by an author who's name ends in -SON
Romeo And Juliet by David Hewson
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700 points
10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?Unsolved Australia: Lost Boys, Gone Girls by Justine Ford
ROUGE found in UnsOlvEd GiRls
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 370
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.6 Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
Option 3: Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City's Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation by Brad Ricca.
It has MPG History.
Option 4: Jane: A Murder by Maggie NelSON.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 675
Tasks completed: 43/58
Books read: 54
5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow - Book starts with an R or C Rebel Born
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 190
Diana K.30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Opt 2: Read a book with all of the letters SWIM in the book’s title/subtitle.
The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
Opt 3: Choose a book that you can read FAST, a book between 100 and 150 pages.
The Cook
Total points: 430
Delicious Dee20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a Roll
rolled a 6
Once and For All - Cheryl Etchison - CE found in ROMANCE
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 440
Delicious Dee20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 3: History - The Ex Effect - first published 2018
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 460
Bookwrm526Task #15.5 - Independence Day
Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of these countries that celebrates their Independence Days in July. I chose Argentina and read Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez.
Total points so far: 320
Andy P.Task # 15.7 - 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
Every Secret Thing by Emma Cole
E in Every to begin,
E is first initial of Author's name (Emma)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 320
15.9 - 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.
Book read: How to Save an Undead Life
How it fits: The word Life in the title
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Total points: 300
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 19
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Nick KY15.4 The Fourth I chose the two book option:
1) All title letters are white – I read The Bobcat by Katherine Forbes Riley, approved in the help thread message 32: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..., and
2) 1st pub’d in July – I read On Trails: An Exploration by Robert Moor.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 415
Nick KY15.6 Happy Birthday! I read Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, born in June.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 430
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.6 - Lisbeth Salander
The Darkness by Ragnar Jonasson.
It takes place in Iceland.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 680
Tasks completed: 44/58
Books read: 55
Jen K20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
Option 1: Year One by Nora Roberts
NR initials in AURIC GOLDFINGER
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Points This Task: 20
Total points: 205
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Joanne MITask 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter
Read a book that has one of the MPGs listed beside the number you rolled that ALSO: is written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the genre titles listed for the number you rolled.
I rolled a 1-chose Historical Fiction
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras histoRICal
Points this task 20
Total Points 145
Total BB's 2
Jen K20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller Coasters
Option 3: Disney World
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
TRE in EXPEDITION EVEREST
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Points This Task: 20
Total points: 225
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Sara G10.5 - Family Reunions
Summer is a traditional time for family reunions and family vacations. Read a book with the word "family" or one of the listed family relationship titles in the title/subtitle.
Family relationship titles that can be used: wife, husband, spouse, mother, father, parent, grandmother, grandfather, grandparent, aunt, uncle, sister, brother, sibling, daughter, son, niece, nephew, granddaughter, grandson, grandchild.
The Weaver Takes a Wife by Sheri Cobb South
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
Nick KYForgot to include the cover.
15.4 The Fourth I chose the two book option:
1) All title letters are white – I read The Bobcat by Katherine Forbes Riley,
, approved in the help thread message 32: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..., and 2) 1st pub’d in July – I read On Trails: An Exploration by Robert Moor.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 430
perletwo 5.1 - Han Solo - Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in MILLENNIUM FALCON.
Death of a Trophy Wife by Laura Levine
Points this task: 05
Total points: 510
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 32
Julia10330.7 -Dulcinella's task: Rogues All Over the Place
Option 3: Lent (set in Italy)
Option 5: Sarah's Key (on page 1 of list)
This task: 30 points
Total points: 225
Total BB: 1
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 16
30.6 Relatively ObsessedOption 1: Cockroaches by Jo Nesbø
Written in Norwegian. My first language is English.
Option 4: Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders by Billy Jensen
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 210
Christine V5.10 - Rhett Butler
Artificial Condition
Points this post: 5
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=3, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=5)
Christine V20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Paul's task: Cugel
Rogue Protocol
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=3, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=5)
perletwo 5.2 - Indiana Jones - Read a book with a U.S. state in the title or subtitle. 2-word state names must appear completely.
A History of South Carolina Barbeque
Points this task: 05
Total points: 515
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 41
Tasks completed: 33
5.1 - Han SoloRead a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in MILLENNIUM FALCON.
Firestar by Michael Flynn
Points 5
Total 45
Sara G5.8 - Arya Stark
Arya Stark is a prominent character in the Song of Ice and Fire Series. The House of Stark's coat of arms depicts a running grey direwolf on an ice-white field.
Read a book with "wolf" or "wolves" intact in the title, subtitle, series title or author's name.
Old School by Tobias Wolff
This author's name contains Wolf.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 125
LAUREN JODI 30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
Option #2: Masted Sailing Ship
The Charm School by Susan Wiggs
Option #4: Last name -SON
Cold Light of Day by Toni Anderson
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 255/1050
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 11/59
20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country ShowOption 3: History
The first known Country Show was held in Lancashire in 1768. Read a book with TWO (or more) of those numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published. Ex: 2018, 2017, 2016, 1986, etc.
I read Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II
which was published in 2027.
points: 155
books read: 11
tasks completed: 8
tasks in progress: 1
pages read: 3880
EMurphy25.6 Nick KY's Task: Birthday "One"
Option 1: Title which is two words in length BUT the first word must be the article "The"
The Dinner by Herman Koch
Option 2: Between 260 and 600 pages in length
Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
*304 pages
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 105
Books Read: 7
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
Bookwrm526Task#15.7 - 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. I read Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar (N in one; author's first initial E in one).
Total points so far: 335
Bookwrm526Task #25.3 - 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Option 2: Read a book that includes all the letters of one of the beaches in the title and/or subtitle. I chose SWORD BEACH and read How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (S in feminism, WO in how, R in free, D in and, BE in combahee, A in black, CH in combahee).
Option 4: Read a book with a gravestone on the cover. I read The Riddles of Hillgate by Zoey Kane, approved in task help thread posts 46 and 47.
Total points so far: 360
Bookwrm526Task #15.1 - On the Flip Side
Book 1: Read a book that can be found on a Listopia list with the word "Beach" intact in list's title. I used the list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8... and read The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin, on page 2 of the list at position 111 at time of posting.
Book 2: Read a book that can be found on a Listopia list with the word "Snow" intact in list's title. I used the list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2... and read Night by Elie Wiesel, on page 2 of the list at position 185 at time of posting.
Total points so far; 375
Queen Bee Darlene30.4 ElaineL's task: School's Out!
Option1: author's initials in NO SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ME
Nine Perfect Stranges by Liane Moriarty Nine Perfect Strangers 453 pages
no summer schooL for Me
Option 3: letters G, I, D in title and/or author's name
The Reckoning by Yrsa Siggurdardottir The Reckoning 384 pages
the reckonInG yrsa siggurDardottir
Min 700 pages
453 + 384 = 837 pgs
Points this post: 30
Total points: 320
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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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.
Lipstick in Afghanistan by Roberta Gately
R and G in Goldfinger
New Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 260
GO's: 2