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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of TroubleRead a book by an author whose initials are found in one of the following: MATISSE, PICASSO, or REMBRANDT.
REMBRANDT.
Them or Us by David Moody
Points 20
Total 85
Barbara ★20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Option 1: Read a book with one of the words RACE, CLASS, DICE, or ROLL intact in the title (ignore subtitles).
Bodice of Evidence - Nancy J. Parra (boDICE) 7/25
Points this task: 20
Total points: 370
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively ObsessedOption 1:Read a book written in a language other than your native language. I read Portrait in Sepia. It was originally published in Spanish. My native language is English.
Option 4: Read a book written by a single author whose last name ENDS in -sen or -son. I readThe Girl Before by Rena Olsen.
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 335
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 20
5.5 - Robin HoodThe Coroner (Jenny Cooper #1) by M.R. Hall
author's last name, HALL, matched actor's Jon HALL
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Season Total: 440
Coralie10.4 Too Busy to Read?
Book with main page genre short stories
Notwithstanding
Total to date 400 points
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.7 Cat's task: Ellan Vannin
Option 2: History
Book 1: The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade by Ann Fessler.
MPG: Feminism
362 pages
Book 2: The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman.
lADy isabella
368 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 865
Tasks completed: 50/58
Books read: 68
JEN B.20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a Roll
Read a book that has one of the MPGs listed beside the number you rolled that ALSO:
a.) 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: HISTORICAL FICTION or HISTORY
The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin
This book has an MPG of Historical Fiction; Author initials are in hisToriCal
TOTAL POINTS: 275
Diana K.5.7 - Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights. Read a book from this list So You Love a Bad Boy or Tortured Hero
Fallen Too Far On page 3 of the list.
Total points: 545
Readerboard Name: Absurda25.7 - Cat's task: Ellan Vannin
A two book task, pick one option and read both tasks within it.
Required: State which option you picked when you post.
The page count of each book must include a 3 (in any position).
Option 2: History
Book 1: POLITICS
☛ Read a book with MPG Politics or Feminism
Kushner, Inc.: Greed. Ambition. Corruption. the Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump by Vicky Ward
MPG Politics, 304 pages
Book 2: INDUSTRY
☛ Read a book with author initials found in LADY ISABELLA. Spaces determine names. All initials count.
Murder by the Book by Lauren Elliott
304 pages
Points this task: 25
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 235
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Flutterby15.9 - 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.
The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson
Word – girl
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 75
Total Tasks: 7
Flutterby15.10 - Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title. Subtitles may be used or ignored, as needed. Spaces determine words. All words count.
Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race by Lara Prior-Palmer
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 90
Total Tasks: 8
Flutterby20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
This is a one book task. REQUIRED: Indicate which option you've chosen when you post.
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.
The Dying of the Light by Derek Landy
D & L from AURIC GOLDFINGER
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 110
Total Tasks: 9
Flutterby20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019
Option 2: The Icons
Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in either MARSHA P JOHNSON or SYLVIA RIVERA. All name parts count, including initials.
Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh
Initials found in MARSHA P JOHNSON
(listened to audio – MMP 328 pages)
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 130
Total Tasks: 10
Sara G10.10 - Juneteenth
June 19, or Juneteenth, celebrates the day in 1865 that slaves in Galveston, Texas were told that slavery had ended. It is now more broadly celebrated as the end of slavery generally. Let's expand it a bit more, and read a book by a person of color from this list:
#ReadPOC: List of Books by Authors of Color
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
This book is on page 2 of the list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 175
20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019Read a book with a title of at least three words where all initial letters of the words are found in THe stoneWaLl riot
Kindle edition 384 pages
Link to paperback (400 pages) The Long Way Home
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 60/1050
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 3
10.8 - Roll the DiceRead a book with the number of pages (+/- 10 pages) that you reach by arranging the 3 numbers from the dice
I rolled: 1-4-5 = 514
This book has 512 pages
* Claiming a BB ticket
POINTS
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 70/1050
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 4
15.4 - Fourth of JulyOption 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
Link to paperback: How the Light Gets In
This book was first published July 1, 2013.
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 85/1050
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 5
15.5 - Independence DayRead a book that is set at least 50% in one of the countries that celebrate their Independence Days in July
This book is set in Canada
Link to paperback: Kingdom of the Blind
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 100/1050
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 6
20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country ShowOption 3: History
Read a book with TWO (or more) of those numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published.
Link to MMP: A Letter of Mary
This book was first published in 1996
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 120/1050
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 7
Sunshine5.1 - Han Solo
Books: Faithless by Laura Legend 7/17/19
How it Fits: Author's initials in miLLennium falcon.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 9
Sunshine5.9 - Sir John Falstaff
Books: The Queen's Bastard by C.E. Murphy 7/22/19
How it Fits: MPG of Historical
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 10
Sunshine20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller Coasters
Option 2:
Books: My Life Among the Underdogs: A Memoir by Tia Torres 7/17/19
How it Fits: MPG of Animals
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 145
Books Read: 11
Sunshine20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 3:
Books: Archangel's Viper by Nalini Singh 6/19/19
How it Fits: Published Sep 26, 2017
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 165
Books Read: 12
Sunshine25.7 - Cat's task: Ellan Vannin
Option 3:
Books: Wild Ride by Julie Ann Walker 7/20/19
Pages: 384
How it Fits:
Books: Island Captive by Jane Henry 7/19/19
Pages: 234
How it Fits: 4 in page count
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 14
RAYNEBAIR15.10 - Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title. Subtitles may be used or ignored, as needed. Spaces determine words. All words count.
Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
RAYNEBAIR15.4 - Fourth of July
Option 1
Book 1: entire TITLE is printed in red, white, and/or blue
Thick as Thieves by Tali Spencer
*this cover was approved in the help thread
Book 2: published in July
Saving Sebastian by Luna David
published July 2017
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
RAYNEBAIR30.4 - ElaineL's task: School’s Out!
must have a combined page total of at least 700 pages.
Option 1:
author's initials found in NO SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ME
Gray For You by Spencer Spears
I read the kindle version. Paperback has 612 pages
Claiming 1 BB ticket for this book over 500 pages
Option 3:
letters G-I-D (Get It Done) in the title and/or authors name.
Building Bonds by Morticia Knight
I read the paperback with 220 pages
220+612 = 832 pages combined
Points this post: 30
Total points: 70
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
RAYNEBAIR20.10 - Group Reads
I chose Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
my post in the discussion thread is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
RAYNEBAIR10.3 - Summer Reading
Read one of the books from the Goodreads Staff Summer Reading Lists
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
chosen by Katie Boyer, Marketing Specialist
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
JEN B.10.10 - Juneteenth
Read a book by a person of color from this list: #ReadPOC: List of Books by Authors of Color
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (7/26/19)
This book is on Page 1 of the list
TOTAL POINTS: 285
RAYNEBAIR10.9 - Sing Along!
read a book with 4 or more people on the cover
All or Nothing by Macy Blake
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
Pamela326530.9 - Mazza1's task: JUST READING
Book 1: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Read in August 2015
588 pages - Big Book Ticket
Book 2: To Heaven and Back: The True Story of a Doctor's Extraordinary Walk with God by Mary C. Neal – Read for my IRL book club
236 pages
824 pages total
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 190
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Bookwrm526Task #20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the group reads and participation in the group discussion with at least one comment. I read The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney and commented on the discussion at post 18.
Total points so far: 470
RAYNEBAIR20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 3: History
Read a book with TWO (or more) of those numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published.
Bleu Balls by Tara Lain
first published in 2018
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
RAYNEBAIR20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Option 2: Worth a Thousand Words
Cold as the Clay by Stephen Osborne
author initials S and O found in PICASSO
Points this post: 20
Total points: 150
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
25.4Redeemer of the Dead: A LitRPG Apocalypse by Tao Wong
326 pages
The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales by Angela Slatter
205 pages
"swat"
Task points: 25
Total points: 425
10.5 - Family ReunionsHer Father's Daughter by Alice Pung
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Season Total: 450
30.3 - Ava Catherine's task: Faulkner's ReiversBook 1: The Reivers
I read The Atomic Weight of Love. It has 368 pages.
Book 2: 1962: Publication date
I read We Have Always Lived in the Castle. It was originally published in 1962. 146 pages.
Total pages: 514
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 365
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 22
Mod
For my first book, I read The Song of the Orphans by Daniel Price. I read the kindle edition, linked to the hardcover (no MMPB or PB). 740 pages.
For my second book, I read A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra. I read the kindle edition - the MMPB is Une constellation de phénomènes vitaux and has 550 pages.
DP + AM = DAMP
740 + 550 = 1290, exceeding page requirement.
total points: 655
RAYNEBAIR15.9 - 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.
Embracing Love by M.A. Innes
Lyrics: "Was it love at first sight?"
ebook length approved in msg 7532
Points this post: 15
Total points: 165
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
Christine V10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?
Becoming Queen Victoria: The Tragic Death of Princess Charlotte and the Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=3, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=5)
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)10.4 - Too Busy to Read?
Read a little bit at a time, with a book with a main page genre of short stories, anthologies, or essays.
An Unrestored Woman by Shobha Rao
MPG of Short Stories
This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 555 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 4
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
Mod
I read The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. Initials RB same as Rhett Butler. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top MMPB.
total points: 665
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