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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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APRILLEIGH20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Megan Rae’s Task: The Country Store
Option 3: History
Read a book with TWO of those numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published.
The Ghosts of Centre St. by Michelle Dorey (published in 2016)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (270)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (18)
Total Tasks: 14
Bookwrm526Task #15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!
Read a book written by an author born in June, July, or August. I read The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks by Gwendolyn Brooks, born in June according to her Goodreads author page.
Total points so far: 550
10.7 - Smile!The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Season Total: 490
Chris MDCorrection for 2069 with link
20.5 PRIDE 2019
Option 1: Title initial letters found in The SToneWall riot
The Trouble With Scotland by Patience Griffin
Total points: 260
Sarah H15.5 - Independence Day
Us - set in Canada.
Points for this task: 15 points
Total points to date: 190 points
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 16
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!
REQUIRED: State in your post the 3 numbers you rolled
Shadow Prey by John Sandford
I rolled 4, 5, 2. Shadow Prey has 449 pages.
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 200
Total BB tickets: 1
Total GO tickets: 1
25.5 - Raynebair's task: My Career in TechnologyThis is a two book task. Choose two different options and read one book for each option. Combined page total for both books must be at least 550 pages.
REQUIRED: State which options you used when posting.
Option 3. Read a book where the page count contains the number 19 intact. (example: 319, 196).
Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane
Since we fell has 419 pages.
Option 4. Read a book first published in 2000, the year I started my first programming job.
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø
The version of The Redbreast I read has 519 pages. I claim one Big Book ticket.
Total pages - 419+519 = 938 pages > 550 combined pages.
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 225
Total BB tickets: 2
Total GO tickets: 1
Zach15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!
I read Y: The Last Man, Vol. 5: Ring of Truth by Brian K. Vaughan who was born in July (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_K...)
Points this post: 15
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Totals
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Points: 35
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 0
Repost - LaureY50.1 - Diane Whitney's task: Genre Tic-Tac-Toe
Book 1 - Science-Fiction - TIC
Leviathan Wakes by James A. Corey
*I claim a Big Book Ticket as this book is 561 pages long.*
Book 2 - Fantasy - TAC
Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
Book 3 - Historical Fiction - TOE
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Points this post: 50
Total points: 415 /1050
Total Books: 24
Total Tasks: 19/59
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
LaureY15.8 - Rogues' Gallery
Help create an SRC rogues' gallery by reading a book with the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense that has a portrait on the cover.
by Liz MoorePoints this post: 15
Total points: 430 /1050
Total Books: 25
Total Tasks: 20/59
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.7 Dulcinella's task: Rogues All Over the Place
Option 1: Dating Down by Stefanie Lyons.
DOWN is in the song title: Fire DOWN below
312 pages
Option 5: Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella.
374 pages
Found on pg 1 of list.
312+374=686 total pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 945
Tasks completed: 54/58
Books read: 74
LaureY15.5 - Independence Day
Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of these countries:
Algeria, Argentina, the Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Burundi, Canada, Cape Verde, Colombia, Comoros, France, etc.
The Forbidden Rose by Joanna Bourne
Points this post: 15
Total points: 445 /1050
Total Books: 26
Total Tasks: 21/59
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
25.4 - Andy P.'s task: Authors That Work Well TogetherBook 1: The Yearbook Committee by Sarah Ayoub
330 pages
Book 2: Fallen Too Far (Rosemary Beach #1) by Abbi Glines
247 pages
Total pages read: 577
Authors' initials, SA & AG, can be put together to form SAGA
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 515
Nick KY15.2 Bad Boys, Wicked Women
Book 1. From the Best Antiheroes List, # 123, p. 2, I read The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Book 2. From the Antiheroines list, # 3, p. 1, I read Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 610
Diana K.20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Opt 1 For this option, read any book that was first published this year (2019).
The Stationery Shop
Total points: 565
Sophie10.8
Dice roll rearranged to make page number (+/- 10)
I rolled 624
Holy Island by L.J. Ross
p421 (dice rearranged to 426)
Total 160
babbling c15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!
Celebrate by reading a book written by an author born in June, July, or August. One qualifying author in a work by multiple contributors works.
Venetia - Audible Venetia - paperback pg 324 by Georgette Heyer
Birthday August 16, 1902
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 200/1050
Completed Tasks: 15/59
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season: 6,268
Books read this season: 18
LAUREN JODI 15.3 - Stonewall 50
Book 1 - MM Genre
Two Man Advantage by Samantha Wayland
Confirmed in Post #18
Book 2 - Pride in Title
Pride and Pregnancy by Sarah M. Anderson
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 340/1050
Total Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 15/59
Andy P.Task # 25.7 - Cat's task: Ellan Vannin<
Option 1. Myths and Legends
Book 1.
☛ Read a book with a TITLE of at least three words, with title initials found in the phrase FAIRY BRIDGE
A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George( 413 p.)
A in Fairy
G in Bridge
D in Bridge
3 in 413 pages
Book 2.
☛ Read a book that is #7 in a series
Third Strike by Zoë Sharp(327 p.)
## 7 in Charlie Fox Series,, 3 in 327 p.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 500
Kathy KS10.4 - Too Busy to Read?
Read a book with a main page genre of... anthologies
Warriors
Anthologies 88 users
I read an ARC of this title.
Requesting 1 (one) Big Book ticket for 736 pages (>500 p.)
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 250
Tasks completed: 15
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 5
***REPOST DUE TO BOOK CHANGE***TraceyL (Readerboard Names)
30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 3: Choose a book that you can read FAST, a book between 100 and 150 pages.
The Woman in Black Audiobook
The Woman in Black Paperback 138 Pages
Option 4: Read a book with ONLY black and/or red letters on the cover.
If, Then
This Post: 0 points ***Points awarded in previous post***
Total points to date: 605 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 6
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)30.4 - ElaineL's task: School’s Out!
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”
Severance by Ling Ma Audiobook
Severance Paperback 293 Pages
Initials LM found in "no suMmer schooL for me"
Option 3: Read a book with the letters G-I-D (Get It Done) in the title and/or authors name.
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things Audiobook
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things Paperback 432 Pages
GID in the title "wonDerful thInGs"
293 + 432 = 725 Pages
This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 635 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 6
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
Sarah E5.5 - Robin Hood
Introducing Postmodernism by Richard Appignanesi - matches Richard Todd
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 125
Sarah E5.8 - Arya Stark
Wolf Hall
I read an ebook, top MMP is Wolf Hall - 524 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total points: 130
Total BB tickets: 1
LAVENDER50.01 - Genre Tic-Tac-Toe
Read three books--a Book 1, a Book 2, and a Book 3.
To make Tic-Tac-Toe, your three books must have main page genres that match three squares in a row.
The author last initial must be included in TIC, TAC, TOE.
Total must be over 750 pages.
Book 1 - TIC
I read Kingdom of Embers (Kingdom Journals #1) by Tricia Copeland on KINDLE.
The top paperback (No MMPB): Kingdom of Embers (Kingdom Journals #1) by Tricia Copeland has 332 pages.
Author last name starts in C, C also in TIC.
MPG Fantasy
Book 2 - TAC
I read Daughter of a Thousand Years by Amalia Carosella on KINDLE
The top paperback (No MMPB): Daughter of a Thousand Years by Amalia Carosella has 442 pages.
Author last name starts in C, C also in TAC.
MPG Historical Fiction.
Book 3 - TOE
I read 1984 by George Orwell (326 pages)
Author last name starts in O. O also in TOE.
MPG Science Fiction
I am claiming a GOLDEN OLDIE for this book, first published June 8th 1949.
332+442+326 = 1100 > 750 pages.
Three in a row according to the genre grid. (right hand vertical)
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 495
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 33
Golden Oldie Tickets: 9
Big Book Tickets: 1
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!
Read a book written by an author born in June, July, or August.
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (288 p.) (August)
*I would like to claim a GO ticket for this book, please.
➸ Points: 15
➸ Total Pages: 288
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in AURIC GOLDFINGER.
Night Game by Christine Feehan (496 p.)
➸ Points: 35
➸ Total Pages: 784
Sarah H15.8 - Rogues' Gallery - Help create an SRC rogues' gallery by reading a book with the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense that has a portrait on the cover.
Everything You Want Me to Be
Points for this task: 15 points
Total points to date: 205 points
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 17
Bookwrm526Task #25.6 - Birthday "One"
Option 1: Read a book with a title which is two words in length -- BUT the first word must be the article “The.” I read The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner.
Option 2: Read a book which is between 260 and 600 pages in length. I read Marriage of a Thousand Lies by S.J. Sindu (288p).
Total points so far: 575
Mod
I read
- portrait on cover, mystery is top genre listed. I read the kindle edition - the paperback edition is
.total points: 705
Cordelia30.5 Summer Swimming
Option 3: Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
114 pages
Option 5: Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
"The Major General thinks they may have gone swimming in the bay and drowned." P 122, line 25.
Points: 30
Total points: 480
Barbara ★10.5 - Family Reunions
Read a book with the word "family" or one of the listed family relationship titles in the title/subtitle.
Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende 7/31
Points this task: 10
Total points: 390
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
5.10I read The History of Living Forever.
points: 210
books read: 16
tasks completed: 12
tasks in progress: 2
pages read: 5491
APRILLEIGH15.5 - Independence Day
Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of these countries (in this case, Canada).
The Haunting of Larkspur Farm by Michelle Dorey
The book is set entirely in Ontario, Canada, starting briefly in Toronto for a couple chapters then switching to Kingston for the remainder of the book. This is stated explicitly in the book’s description, as well as in the book’s data.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (285)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (19)
Total Tasks: 15
30.2 - AN ODE TO SARABELLEOPTION 2 - PAPER - One Thousand Paper Cranes: The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue
OPTION 4 - Golden Child
TOTAL POINTS - 500
perletwo 20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show - Read a book with a farm animal on the cover - Any animal from this list - Farm Animals - will count.
Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and KnowPoints this task: 20
Total points: 590
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 48
Tasks completed: 38
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.1 On the Flip Side
Book 1: Austenland by Shannon Hale.
Found on Chick Lit for the Beach on page 1
Book 2: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware.
Found on Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling on page 5
Points this post: 15
Total points: 960
Tasks completed: 54/58
Books read: 76
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.10 Group Reads
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers.
Discussion post: 19
Points this post: 20
Total points: 980
Tasks completed: 55/58
Books read: 77
Sunshine20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019
Option 2:
Books: Killing Moon by Rebecca York 7/23/19
How it Fits: RY in SYLVIA RIVERA
Approval post: Here
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 185
Books Read: 13
Diana K.Task 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.
Sprinkle with Murder
Total points: 585
Nick KY30.6 DlmRose’s Relatively Obsessed
Opt. 3 “History” as GR genre. I read Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation by Elaine Pagels.
Opt. 4 name ends in –son. I read Voices by Arnaldur Indriðason.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 640
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.10 - Summer Months.
Read a book with exactly 6, 7 or 8 words in the title.
I'm Fine and Neither Are You by Camille Pagan (266 p.)
➸ Points: 50
➸ Total Pages: 1,050
5.9 Sir John FalstaffThe Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Historical is a Main Page genre
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 215
10.1 Can You Spell Rogue?The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America
Flyover - OER
Country - U
Forgotten - G
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 225
Andy P.Task # 20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Option 1. Read any book that was first published this year (2019).
Open Carry by Marc Cameron
First published 2/26/19
Points this post: 20
Total points: 520
Jen K15.4 - Fourth of July
Option 2: The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.
Published July 2013 and all white title:
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 280
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
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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 REMBRANDT.
Haunted Inn by Michelle Dorey (reMbranDt)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (250)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (17)
Total Tasks: 13