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Congratulations, Ava Catherine! Task 30.1 in the Fall Challenge is yours.
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Bookwrm526Task #15.4 - Fourth of July
Option 2, one book option: 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 Diary of a Murderer: And Other Stories by Young-Ha Kim, first published July 25, 2013, and with the title completely in white.
Total points so far: 430
Readerboard Name: Absurda30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
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 Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Originally published in Italian, my native language is English.
Option 4: Read a book written by a single author whose last name ENDS in -sen or -son
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Points this task: 30
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 210
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Shawn H.20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Option 2: Worth a Thousand Words - Read a book by an author whose initials are found in one of the following: MATISSE, PICASSO, or REMBRANDT
Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption by Ben Mezrich
**BM found in reMBrandt**
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 1
Delicious Dee10.10 - Juneteenth
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer - found on pg5, position 413 on the list; big book ticket - 500+pgs, i listened to audiobook, but most popular paperback is 608pgs
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 470
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I read Cinder & the Prince of Midnight. Fantasy>Fairy Tales is the 4th MPG. Ebook approved in message 7471 of the ebook verification thread.
total points: 630
JUKKA10.6 - Happy 4th of July!
Book with the words red, white, or blue in title/subtitle.
The Punisher, Volume 1: Black and White by Nathan Edmondson.
Total Points: 255/1050
Total Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 23/59
Big Books Total: 4
Golden Oldies Total: 0
StaceyNC20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die.
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.
Book: Under Currents
Author: Nora Roberts (auric goldfiNgeR
Completed: 7/24/19
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 14
StaceyNC25.4 - 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: Singe
Author: Aly Martinez
Pages: 338p.
Book 2: Leviathan
Author: Scott Westerfield
Pages: 438p.
Total Pages: 776
Word: SWAM
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 15
Bookwrm526Task #20.5 - Pride2019
Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in either MARSHA P JOHNSON or SYLVIA RIVERA. I chose SYLVIARIVERA and read Black Wings Beating by Alex London (432p).
Total points so far: 450
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10.6 - Happy 4th of July!
blue in title: The Blue Between Sky and Water by Susan Abulhawa
total = 810
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20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
option 3, first published in 2018: Almost Everything: Notes on Hope by Anne Lamott
total = 830
Jackie 0. 20.5 Bigger is Better
Option 2
The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince by Serena Valentino
Points this post: 20
Total points: 220
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25.1 - Sandy's task - Game of Books
Book 1, Sansa Stark list page 1, #70: The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker, 334 pages
Book 2, Petyr Baelish list page 1, #46: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, 592 pages
total pages = 926
total = 855
Suzannesea15.6 Happy Birthday, Authors
Read a book written by an author born in June, July, or August.
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain's Goodreads profile states that he was born June 25,1956.
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 360
Suzannesea30.4 ElaineL's Task
Option 1
Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in NO SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ME.
Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo
321 pages
no summer sChooL for me
Option 2
Read a book set at least 50% in Missouri. . .
A Good American by Alex George
381 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points to date:390
Coralie15.4 Fourth of July
One book that has the entire title in white and was first published in July
Total to date 390 points
Cordelia10.3 Summer Reading
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
on Katie Boyer's list
Points: 10
Total points: 385
Kathy KS20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Option 3: Read a book that has one or many books on the cover.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II, by Molly Guptill Manning.I listened to the audiobook; pb=267 p.
*****
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 240
Tasks completed: 14
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 4
Sophie15.6 Author birthday June/July/August
Trace by Patricia Cornwell
Birthday June (on GR profile)
Total 135
perletwo 25.7 - Cat's task: Ellan Vannin - Option 1: Myths and Legends - Book 1: FAIRY BRIDGE ☛ Read a book with a TITLE of at least three words, with title initials found in the phrase FAIRY BRIDGE.
After I'm Gone
Book 2: SNAEFELL ☛ Read a book that is #7 in a series
A Finer End - (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James #7)
the page count of each book must include a 3 (in any position).
I read the kindle editions of both, but: book 1 top pb ed. 352 pgs; book 2 top pb ed. 368 pgs.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 545
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 45
Tasks completed: 36
5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow Read a book where the first letter of the title begins with an R or a C.
Book read: Cry Down Dark
How it fits: Title starts with C
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Total points: 335
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 22
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.8 -TessaVanessa's task: Double Up
Book 1: The Bodyguard by Sean Rodman.
Shares a name with Andrew SEAN
Book 2: The Bodyguard by Lena Diaz.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 840
Tasks completed: 49/58
Books read: 66
EMurphy25.8 Coralie's Task: Naming the New Generation
Option 1: Book by a female author which has a word in the title that ends in -ITY
Security by Gina Wohlsdorf
Option 2: Male author who has exactly 4 letters in his first name
State of the Union: A Marriage in Ten Parts by Nick Hornby
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 130
Books Read: 9
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
Tasks Completed: 5
30.4 - SCHOOL'S OUTOPTION 1 - The Flight Girls: A Novel by Noelle Salazar with 384 pages.
OPTION 2 - At Love's Bidding set in Missouri with 352 pages.
384 + 352 = 736
TOTAL POINTS - 440
Joy Marie5.3 Captain Jack Sparrow (Title begins with "R" or "C")
Read: Covet by J.R. Ward
Points this task: 5
Total points: 85
Big Book Ticket: 2
Books read: 8
Jen K15.5 - Independence Day
Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
Set in Canada: Noted in GR synopsis (Ontario)
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Points This Task: 15
Total points: 265
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Joy Marie20.2 Rookie at the Top: Aprilleigh's task - Staying out of Trouble
Option 2 - author's initials in REMBRANDT
Read - A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena de Blasi
Points this task: 20
Total point: 105
Big Book Tickets: 2 (none this task)
Total Books Read: 9
Jasmiina F20.1 - 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:
Sunnuntai ja muita novelleja by Irène Némirovsky.
*a Golden Oldie because published in 1941*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (500+)
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Jasmiina F20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019:
Option 1: Read a book with a title of at least three words where all initial letters of the words are found in THE STONEWALL RIOT:
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian.
413 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Diana K.Task 5.6 - Lisbeth Salander. Read a book set at least 50% in a Nordic Country: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland or the Faroe Islands.
Italian Shoes Set in Sweden
Total points: 520
Diana K.Task 20.10 Group Read
I read The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt My comments are in post 17.
Total points: 540
15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!Read a book written by an author born in June, July, or August.
Link to paperback: Bury Your Dead
Author Louise Penny was born July 1, 1958
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 15/1050
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 1
25.7 - Cat's task: Ellan VanninOption 1: Myths and Legends
Book 1: FAIRY BRIDGE
Read a book with a TITLE of at least three words, with title initials found in the phrase
fAiry bRidGe
389 pages
Book 2: SNAEFELL
Read a book that is #7 in a series
A Trick of the Light
Link to paperback: A Trick of the Light
Kindle edition has 339 pages and paperback 351 pages
GOODREADS
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 40/1050
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 2
30.3 - Ava Catherine's task: Faulkner's ReiversBook 1, a book in which a title word of at least four letters contains the letters "ei" intact: Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over by Geraldine Brooks
240 p.
Book 2, a book first published in 1962: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
first published January 1, 1962
272 p.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 385
10.8 - Roll the DiceGo 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. You may only roll once!
I rolled 4-1-2
The Pearl 128 pages which is within 10 pages of 124
***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket, first published in 1945***
New Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 340
GO's: 3
30.7 -Dulcinella's task: Rogues All Over the PlaceOption 1:1. Read a book with a word(*) in the title that is also in the title of one of the songs on the album Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys.
Lives of Girls and Women 277 pages
Using the word GIRLS from the song Cape Cod Girls
Option 2: Read a book of which the author has the same first, last, or middle name as one of the artists on the album Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys.
I listened to an audio version of The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly470 pages
The author shares a first name with John C. Reilly
New Points: 30
Total Challenge points: 370
GO's: 3
Readerboard Name: List_addict15.8: Rogue’s Gallery
A MPG of ‘mystery’, ‘thriller’ or ‘suspense’ that has a cover featuring a portrait
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendriks & Sarah Pekkanen
Total This Post: 15
Total This Challenge: 55
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. All initials count.
The Antique House Murders by Leslie Nagel
eBook verification post # 7450
Option 4 - Santa Monica, CA
Read a book featuring a sandy beach on the cover. The cover must clearly show a body of water and a sandy beach, not just water or sand.
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 265
Total Tasks: 20
Golden Oldies:
Big Book: 1
Readerboard Name: Flutterby5.8 - Arya Stark
Read a book with "wolf" or "wolves" intact in the title, subtitle, series title or author's name.
The Bombshell Effect (Washington Wolves #1) by Karla Sorensen
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
Readerboard Name: Flutterby10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?
Read a book with all of the letters in ROGUE in its title/subtitle
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
(listened to audio - no MMPB or PB listed, hardcover is linked)
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
Julia10330.3 - Ava Catherine's task: Faulkner's Reivers
Book 1: Web Of Deceit (ei in Deceit)
Book 2: The China Governess (first published 1962)
This task: 30 points
Total points: 305
Total BB: 2
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 21
Cordelia30.9 Book Groups
Book 1: On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Read May 2017 281 pages
Book 2: Semiosis by Sue Burke
Reading IRL book club July 2019 336 pages
Total pages: 617
Points: 30
Total points: 415
Flutterby10.2 - He's a Classic!
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.
The Wicked King by Holly Black
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 3
Flutterby10.3 - Summer Reading
Read one of the books from the Goodreads Staff Summer Reading Lists.
REQUIRED: Specify the name of the staffer whose pick you used.
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
Staffer: Dana Epstein
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks: 4
Flutterby10.8 - 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. You may only roll once!
Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell by M.C. Beaton
Numbers rolled: 5, 4, 2 (yes, I really did roll the numbers used in the example)
(listened to audio – no mmpb, paperback is 256 pgs)
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 45
Total Tasks: 5
30.10 - Brooke TX's task: Spies, Scouts, Detectives, Pirates, and Sundry Ne'er-do-wellsBook 1: Espionage (page 3)
A Most Wanted Man by John le Carré
Book 2: Pirates! (page 3)
The House of the Four Winds (One Dozen Daughters #1) by Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 435
Queen Bee Darlene10.9 Sing Along! 4 or more people on cover
Old School: Life in the Sane Lane by Bill O'Reilly and Bruce Feirstein Old School: Life in the Sane Lane
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 340
Flutterby15.4 - Fourth of July
Option 1: Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book where the entire TITLE is printed in red, white, and/or blue. Subtitles should be ignored. REQUIRED: Include the cover when you post.
AND
Book 2: Read a book that was first published in July of any year.
Book 1: The Foxe & the Hound by R.S. Grey
Book 2: The Assassins of Altis by Jack Campbell
First published July 14, 2015
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks: 6
Barbara ★30.1 - Amanda A's task: Like Letters
Book 1: Read a book where every word in the title begins with the same letter. The title must contain at least three words.
Fighting for Forever - JD Salsbury 6/30
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials are the same letter. All initials count.
Highland Devil - Hannah Howell /25
TOTAL: Book 1 (362 pages) + Book 2 (297 pages) = 659 pages > 500 pages
Points this task: 30
Total points: 350
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
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