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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Sarah E15.4 - Fourth of July
Option 2
Published July 13th 2011, and no edition has an earlier published date.
I read the kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is Moon Child
Total points: 50
Sarah E20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller Coasters
Option 1: number "60" intact in the page count
The Ultimate Gift - 160 pages
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 70
Sarah E25.5 - Raynebair's task: My Career in Technology
Option 3: page count contains the number 19 intact
Beasts In My Bed - 191 pages
Option 4: first published in 2000
The Truth - 444 pages
I read an ebook but have linked to the top MMP
191 + 444 = 635 pages
Total points: 95
Andy P.Task # 25.1 - Sandy's task - Game of Books
You may use 2 different lists, or read 2 books from one list..
Book 1. From book recommendations for Jon Snow:
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury# 22 on list 293 pages
Book 2. From book recommendations for Jon Snow::
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens # 37 on list 506 p.
page count: 223 + 506=799>500 page requirement.
Points this post 25
Total points: 345
LAUREN JODI 25.2 - SandyL's task: Road Trip on Route 66!
Option #1: Cadillac Ranch - Amarillo, TX
Author's initials in CADILLAC RANCH
Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr
Option #4: Santa Monica, CA
Sandy beach on cover
Fear No Evil by Allison Brennan
Confirmed in Post 17 of the help thread
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 280/1050
Total Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 12/59
Task 25.4 – Andy P – Authors That Work Well TogetherREQUIRED: 501+ pages: 307 + 314 = 621 p
REQUIRED: Word made up of two authors’ initials: E M & B A = Beam
Book 1: Any book by a single author
Emily March / A Stardance Summer – 307 pg
Book 2: Book by a single author, whose initials in combination with above form a word (can anagram the initials)
Bruce Alexander / Blind Justice - 314 pg
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 170 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Jackie O.10.7 - Smile!
Read a book with the main page genre Fairy Tales, standalone or embedded.
Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen by Serena Valentino
Points this post: 10
Total points: 200
30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively ObsessedChoose two different options and read a book for each.
Required: Identify the options.
Option 1: Read a book written in a language other than your native language. The edition you read may be in any language, as long as the first published edition of the book was not in your native language.
Required:State your native language.
The Bat by Jo Nesbø
Originally published in Norwegian. My native language is English.
Option 2: Read a book with a masted sailing ship on the cover. The sails do not need to be raised. Visible sail rigging does qualify.
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 185
Total BB tickets: 1
Total GO tickets: 1
Coralie15.2 Bad Boys and Wicked Women
Book 1. #589 from page 6 of the best antiheroes
Mother Night
Book 2. #259 from page 3 of the anti-heroines list
Quartet
Total to date 320 points
Lisa MD10.8 - Roll the Dice
I rolled a 2, 3, 4 / -10 pp
Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World by Bob Goff 224 pp
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 10
Total Points: 180 / 1150
Tasks Completed: 10/ 59
Books Read: 10
BB Tickets:
GO:
Sara G10.2 - He's a Classic!
Rhett Butler is one of the classic rogues in literature. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in RHETT BUTLER. All initials count, and letters can be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
RHETT BUTLER
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135
PegW10.9 - Sing Along! Read a book with 4 or more people on the cover.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 12
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book: 6
25.6Option 1
The Woodcutter by Kate Danley
Option 2
Five Enchanted Roses by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
494 pages
Task points: 25
Total points: 375
LaureY10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?
Read a book with all of the letters in ROGUE in its title/subtitle.
Strangers and Cousins by Leah Hager Cohen
Points this post: 10
Total points: 365 /1050
Total Books: 21
Total Tasks: 18/59
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Coralie25.6 Birthday “One”
Option 1: Book with a title which is two words in length, the first word ‘the’
The Sojourn
Option 2. Book which is between 260 and 600 pages in length
Space Opera 304 pages
Total to date 345 points
JEN B.15.10 - Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title.
The Key to Happily Ever After by Tif Marcelo (7/19/19)
There are six words in the title
TOTAL POINTS: 225
Jasmiina F20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble:
Option 2: Read a book by an author whose initials are found in one of the following: MATISSE, PICASSO, or REMBRANDT:
The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Jasmiina F20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show:
Option 3: Read a book with TWO (or more) of those numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.
Published in 1847.
*Big Book Ticket with 512 pages*
*a Golden Oldie because published in 1847*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (500+)
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Shawn H.20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
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
Thunderball by Ian Fleming
IF in Goldfinger
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 50
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 1
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StaceyNC30.4- ElaineL's task: School’s Out!
This is a two book task; books must be selected from two different options. Your books must have a combined page total of at least 700 pages.
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.
Book: Archangel's Prophecy
Author: Nalini Singh
Completed: 6/9/19
Pages: 372
Option 3: Read a book with the letters G-I-D (Get It Done) in the title and/or authors name.
Book: A Curious Beginning
Author: Deanna Raybourn
How it Fits: G, I in title, D in author's first name
Completed: 7/19/19
Pages: 337
Total Pages: 709
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 13
Julia10330.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
Option 2:
(approved in post #28 of task help thread)Option 4: Shapechangers by Jennifer Roberson
Claiming one BB ticket - Stand We at Last has 609 pages
This task: 30 points
Total points: 255
Total BB: 2
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 18
Lisa MD15.7 - 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.
Girl / Rachel- ROGUE
Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals by Rachel Hollis 240 pp
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 15
Total Points: 195 / 1050
Tasks Completed: 11/ 59
Books Read: 11
BB Tickets:
GO:
LAUREN JODI 15.4 - Fourth of July
Option #2: Published July 19, 2016 & Title in white letters
Stockyard Snatching by Barb Han
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 295/1050
Total Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 13/59
Nick KY20.7 Kristina Simon’s On a Roll
I rolled a 3: “Young Adult” and “New Adult”
I read Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira with a GR genre of “Young Adult.”
I used option a) as the author’s initials are in “young ADult.”
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 450
Nick KY10.5 Family Relations I read Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, family relation word “Uncle” in the title.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 460
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)25.2 - SandyL's task: Road Trip on Route 66!
Option 1: Cadillac Ranch - Amarillo, TX
Read a book by an author whose initials are found in CADILLAC RANCH.
The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
Initials RD found in caDillac Ranch
Option 4 - Santa Monica, CA
Read a book featuring a sandy beach on the cover.
Zero Cool by John Lange
This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 525 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
25.5Option 3
by Alexander C. Eberhart398 pages
Option 4
La Cucina by Lily Prior
263 pages
Task points: 25
Total points: 400
VAL TX5.1 - Han Solo - Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in MILLENNIUM FALCON.
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
This post:
Points - 5
Total:
Points - 70
perletwo 15.5 - Independence Day - Algeria, Argentina, the Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Burundi, Canada, Cape Verde, Colombia, Comoros, France, Kiribati, Liberia, Malawi, Maldives, the Netherlands, Peru, Rwanda, Slovakia, the Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Vanuatu, and Venezuela also celebrate their Independence Days in July. Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of these countries.
Murder in Provence
Points this task: 15
Total points: 530
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 42
Tasks completed: 34
~ STORMIE ~ Correcting post #1776✔ 5.2 Indiana Jones: Book with U.S. State in title Ghost Towns of California: Your Guide to the Hidden History and Old West Haunts of California by Philip Varney finished 07/09/19
State: California
Total points this task: 5
Total points thus far: 5
✔ 5.3 Captain Jack Sparrow : first letter of title "R" or "C" Red Queen by Christina Henry finished 07/08/19 the first letter of title "R"
Total points this task: 5
Total points thus far: 10
✔ 5.4 James Bond: A book with a "7" in the title The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton finished 07/05/19"7" in title
Total points this post: 5
Total points thus far: 15
Cordelia30.9 Book Groups
Book 1: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer Read May 2019
Book 2: Semiosis by Sue Burke
Reading in my IRL book group - July group read
Points: 30
Total Points: 405
Kristi CO15.10 - Summer Months
8 word title
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Points this post: 15
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)30.1 - Amanda A's task: Like Letters
Read two books, one from Book 1 and one from Book 2.
The books must have a combined page total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1: Read a book where every word in the title begins with the same letter.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter Audiobook
Darkly Dreaming Dexter Mass Market Paperback 275 Pages
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials are the same letter.
Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin Audiobook
Mouthful of Birds Paperback 228 Pages
275+228=503 Pages
This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 555 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
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)5.1 - Han Solo
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in MILLENNIUM FALCON.
The Flood by Michael McDowell
Initials MM are in MillenniuM falcon
This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 560 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
25.4 - Andy P.'s task: Authors That Work Well TogetherChoose two books, written by two different authors, whose combined initials can be put together to make a single word in English.
My authors initials combine to make the word MOAT
Inside by Alix Ohlin (272 pages)
The Book of Salt by Monique Truong (261 pages)
Total New Points: 25
Total Challenge Points: 310
GO's: 2
perletwo 20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – Tammy AZ's task: Home States - In honor of my two home states read a fiction or non-fiction book set at least 50% in either Arizona or Montana.
Desert Heat
Points this task: 20
Total points: 520
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 43
Tasks completed: 35
Barbara ★10.6 - Happy 4th of July!
Read a book with the words red, white, or blue in the title/subtitle.
White Lies - Jeremy Bates 10/20
Points this task: 10
Total points: 295
Lisa MD25.4 - Andy P.'s task: Authors That Work Well Together
The combined page count for both books must be 501 or greater.
Choose two books, written by two different authors, whose combined initials can be put together to make a single word in English.
Book 1: We Carry Kevan: Six Friends. Three Countries. No Wheelchair. by Kevan Chandler 304 pp
Book 2: The Girls of August by Anne Rivers Siddons 223 pp
KC + ARS = RACKS
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 25
Total Points: 220 / 1050
Tasks Completed: 11/ 59
Books Read: 13
BB Tickets:
GO:
20.10 - Group ReadsI read Sleeping Giants, and posted on the discussion thread (post #16).
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 14
Coralie5.3 Captain Jack Sparrow
Book with title beginning with R
Revenant Gun
Total to date 350 points
30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively ObsessedOption 1: a book not written in my native language
my native language is Romanian
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Option 4: author's last name ENDS in -sen or -son
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
Points this post: 30
Total points: 140
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 7
Bookwrm526Task #15.8 - Rogues' Gallery
Read a book with the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense that has a portrait on the cover. I read The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman.
Total points so far: 390
5.3 Captain Jack SparrowCarnegie's Maid by Marie Benedict
Book Title first letter C
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
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✔ 5.2 Indiana Jones: Book with U.S. State in title Ghost Towns of California: Your Guide to the Hidden History and Old West Haunts of California by Philip Varney finished 07/09/19
State: California
✔ 5.3 Captain Jack Sparrow : first letter of title "R" or "C" Red Queen by Christina Henryfinished 07/08/19
Title begins with "R"
✔ 5.4 James Bond: A book with a "7" in the title The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton finished 07/05/19
"7" in title
Points this post: 15
Total points:15