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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Nick KY10.10 Juneteenth. I read Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin, # 238, p. 3 on the ReadPOC list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 60
Julia10325.4 - Andy P.'s task: Authors That Work Well Together
Book 1: Moon Flights by Elizabeth Moon (I read ebook, top paperback edition Moon Flights has 401 pages.)
Book 2: White Houses by Amy Bloom (240 pages)
EM + AB = BEAM
This task: 25 points
Total points: 25
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
Mary P30.4 - ElaineL's task: School’s Out!
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.
Templar Silks by Elizabeth Chadwick ( 496 pgs )
Option 3:Read a book with the letters G-I-D (Get It Done) in the title and/or authors name.
The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred ( 314 pgs )
Points this post: 30
Total points: 105
Cait S30.7- Rogues All Over The Place
Option 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.
Shadow Man by Cody McFadyen
Matches "The Cry of Man".
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.
The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley by Shaun David Hutchinson
Matches David Thomas.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Andy P.Task # 5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow
Read a book where the first letter of the title begins with a C.
Come Death And High Water by Ann Cleeves
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.10 - Juneteenth
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
This book is #12 on page 1 of the #ReadPOC: List of Books by Authors of Color list.
Link to HB edition: The Hate U Give
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 10 points
Tasks completed: 1
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Paul's task: CugelRead a book with a title/sub-title that contains ALL of the letters in the name "CUGEL".
I read The Homecoming of Samuel Lake.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.9 - Summer Lovin'
My Squirrel Days by Ellie Kemper
Title contains the word "days" from the 5th line of the song - Summer days drifting away
Link to HB edition: My Squirrel Days
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 25 points
Tasks completed: 2
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
loafer10.2 - He's a Classic!
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in RHETT BUTLER.
10:04 by Ben Lerner
rhett ButLer
points: 10
total: 20
Bluegrass Pam10.9 Sing Along!
4 or more people on the cover
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
JUKKA10.4 - Too Busy to Read?
Book with main page genre Anthologies, Essays, or Short Stories.
An Informal History of the Hugos by Jo Walton has Essays. Also, at 576 pages, it's a Big Book.
Total Points: 50/1050
Total Books Read:5
Tasks Completed: 5/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Sara G20.2 - 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. All initials count (defined by spaces), and you can only use a letter as often as it appears in the name.
The Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak
MATISSE
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 700 pages.
**The Architect's Apprentice is a Big Book (700 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
JUKKA5.10 - Rhett Butler
Any book.
Paper Girls, Vol. 4 by Brian K. Vaughan.
Total Points: 55/1050
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
DeborahPost 2
5.9 - Sir John Falstaff
Incantation MPG Historical > Historical Fiction
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10
Books read: 2
Tasks Done: 2
#5.1 Han SoloTask: Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials start with a letter found in MILLENIUM FALCON.
Book: Chaos Theory by Merry Farmer
Points to this Post: 5pts
Total: 5pts
BB Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
Sophie20.10 SRC Group read
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
discussion thread
p576 - claiming BB
Total 20
BB 1
30.9Book 1:
Leeds Book Group
March, 2017 311 pages
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Book 2:
Castle Dracula
June 391 pages
The Traveling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon
Task points: 30
Total points: 60
JUKKA5.2 - Indiana Jones
Book with the name of a U.S. state in its title or subtitle.
Spider-Man: New York Stories by Karl Kesel et al.
Total Points: 60/1050
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
trishhartuk15.9 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.
CRAZY Rich Asians, Kevin Kwan
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB here
Summer Nights, line 3: "Met a girl CRAZY for me"
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in either MARSHA P JOHNSON or SYLVIA RIVERA.
Book read: Bellamy and the Brute
How it fits: Author's (Alicia Michaels) initials are AM
Pages: 344 (PB Edition: Bellamy and the Brute)
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Total points: 60
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
20.9 - THE COUNTRY SHOWOPTION 1 - DOG -
TOTAL POINTS - 30
Task 20.9 – Moderator’s Pet – Megan Rae – The Country Show Option 3: 1st published in a year with TWO of these numbers: 1, 7, 6, 8
First published 1964
The Two Faces of January
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 20 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Katrina H5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow
Read a book where the first letter of the title begins with an R or a C.
Conqueror by Conn Iggulden.
Big Book Ticket claimed: 500+ pages
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Points this task = 5
Total points = 5
Big Book tickets = 1
Barbara ★20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 3: Read a book with TWO of those numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published.
Awaken the Darkness - Dianne Duvall (published 2018) 6/3
Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!Task: Read a book who's author has a birthday in June, July or August.
Book: After You by Jojo Moyes
Jojo Moyes birthday is August 4.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4424713/bio
Points this task: 15
Total points: 35
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
AlisonBigs (readerboard name)Task 15.4 - Fourth of July
Option 2: Read 1 book where the entire TITLE is printed in red, white, and/or blue AND that was first published in July of any year.
First published July 26, 2011
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Points for this task: 15
Total points: 90
Tasks Completed: 5
BB tickets claimed: 1
Golden Oldies tickets claimed: 0
Andy P.Task # 5.5 - 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
# 18 David Robb
Confessions of an Innocent Man by David R. Dow
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Jen K5.7 - Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights
Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas
Page 1, #84 on the list "So you love a Bad Boy or Tortured Hero"
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Points for this task: 5
Total points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
BB tickets claimed: 0
Golden Oldies tickets claimed: 0
APRILLEIGH20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tammy AZ’s Task: Home States
Read a fiction or non-fiction book set at least 50% in either Arizona or Montana.
Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay
The book is set entirely in and around Old Town Scottsdale, and is listed in the metadata as Scottsdale, AZ.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (65)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (4)
Total Tasks: 4
CordeliaTask 10.8
Odyssey by Jack McDevitt
I rolled dice: 4, 1, 6. (416) page range 406-426.
Odyssey has 410 pages.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 10
Cordelia15.5 Independence Day
The Fortune of the Rougons by Émile Zola
Set in France
Points this task: 15
Total points 25
Cordelia15.10 Summer months
The Old Slave and the Mastiff by Patrick Chamoiseau
6 words in title
Points this task: 15
Total points: 40
10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?Read a book with all of the letters in ROGUE in its title/subtitle.
George And Rue
Point this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Cordelia20.5 Bigger is Better
Memories of the Future by Siri Hustvedt
author's initials S H in MARSHA P JOHNSON
Points this task: 20
Total points: 60
15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!Celebrate by reading a book written by an author born in June, July, or August.
Black Dogs by Ian McEwan who was born June 21st, 1948
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 25
20.10 - Group ReadsI listened to the audio version of Sleeping Giants
My comments about the book are in the discussion thread at post #6
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
perletwo 15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors! - Celebrate by reading a book written by an author born in June, July, or August.
A Measure of Darkness by Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman
Jonathan Kellerman was born 8/9/49.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 160
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 11
5.1 - Han SoloRead a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in MILLENNIUM FALCON. Letters may only be used as often as they are found in the target phrase.
Toxic Toffee - Amanda Flower
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
Cordelia20.6 Seasoned Reader Option 1
Lanny by Max Porter
First published March 2019
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 80
Jackie O. 10.4. Too Busy To Read
You Know You Want This by Kristen Roupenian
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 75
perletwo 10.3 - Summer Reading - Read one of the books from the Goodreads Staff Summer Reading Lists.
And Then There Were None - selected by staffer Monica Meng Guerrero
First printed in 1939, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 170
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 12
trishhartuk30.1 Amanda A's task: Like Letters
Book 1: Read a book where every word in the title begins with the same letter.
Sit, Stay, Slay, Linda O Johnson (295pg)
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials are the same letter. All initials count.
Six and a Half Deadly Sins, Colin Cotterill (272pg)
Total pages: 259 + 272 = 531
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.1 Han Solo
The Way Back by Carrie Mac
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1/58
Books read: 1
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