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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller CoastersOption 3: Read a book with a title of 3 or more words where the initial letter of each word in the title can be found in EXPEDITION EVEREST
I listened to an audio version of Someone Named Eva
In case children's shows up as genre the AR information is:
MG:BL 5.1, AR 7.0
New Points: 20
Total Challenge points: 430
GO's: 3
JEN B.25.2 - SandyL's task: Road Trip on Route 66!
Option 3: Grand Canyon - Arizona
Read a book that contains all the letters of GRAND in the title (no subtitles).
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See (8/3/19)
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
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.
The Friends We Keep by Jane Green (7/31/19)
TOTAL POINTS: 290
Shawn H.20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller Coasters
Option 1: Busch Gardens Tampa - Read a book with the number "60" intact in the page count
Dispatches by Michael Herr
***260 pages; contains "60"***
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 90
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 1
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I chose option 2 and read
. The title is written in white, and the book was first published in July 2019. I listened to and linked to the audiobook - here's the link to the paperback (no MMPB)
.total points: 765
This is a Re-Post of 212515.10 - Summer Months
June, July, and August are the 6th, 7th, and 8th months of the year. 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.
I read Last Victim of the Monsoon Express This book has a title of 6 words. It was verified for length on the e-book verification thread.
points: 225
books read: 15
tasks completed: 12
pages read: 4983
Cordelia30.6 Relatively obsessed
Option 1: An Armenian Sketchbook by Vasily Grossman
Originally published in Russian. I live in NZ. My nativenlanguage is English.
Option 4: The Bed-Making Competition by Anna Jackson
Points: 30
Total points: 515
25.1Book Recommendations for Arya Stark
Page 1
After Life Lessons: Book One by Laila Blake
320 pages
Book Recommendations for Daenerys Targaryen
Page 1
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
423 pages
Task points: 25
Total points: 500
15.7 - Rogue OneA book with a title that begins with one of the letters in ROGUE ONE and that is by an author with at least one initial that can be found in ROGUE ONE: Normal People by Sally Rooney
Points this post: 15
Total points: 400
30.2 -Schatzie's task: An Ode to Sarabelle!Option 3, book with a one-word title that contains 4 letters: Taft by Ann Patchett
Option 4, a book by an author with the initials of DC: Secret Lives by Diane Chamberlain
Points this post: 30
Total points: 430
30.4 - ElaineL's task: School’s Out!Option 1, a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase NO SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ME: Don't Go by Lisa Scottoline
paperback edition Don't Go 416 p.
Option 3, a book with the letters G I D in the title and/or author's name: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
mass market paperback edition Where the Crawdads Sing 370 p.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 460
Julia10325.3 - Diana K's task: 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Option 2: After the Miracle: The Lasting Brotherhood of the '69 Mets has all the letters in GOLD BEACH
Option 3: The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow (Poland)
This task: 25 points
Total points: 405
Total BB: 2
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 28
Janice CA20.2 - Staying Out of Trouble
Option 2: Author's initials found in "rembraNdT".
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
+20
total: 100
tasks: 6
books: 7
Jackie O. 20.1 - 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.
Under Currents by Nora Roberts(auric goldfiNgeR)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 240
20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019Option 2: House Rules by Jodi Picoult
Total: 70
***REPOST due to book change***TraceyL (Readerboard Name)
25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
Option 1. For this first option read a book with a title which is two words in length -- BUT the first word must be the article “The.”
The Mermaid by Christina Henry
Option 2. Read a book which is between 260 and 600 pages in length.
The Gunners Audiobook
The Gunners Paperback 272 Pages
This Post: 0 points ***Points already awarded in original post
Total points to date: 650 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)20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a Roll
This is a one book task. Roll one die (one time!). Find the number you rolled on the list below. 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 5.
5. Your genres are: MYSTERY or THRILLER or HORROR
Cari Mora by Thomas Harris
MPG of Thriller
Author initials TH found in THriller
This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 670 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
Kim O30.9 - Mazza1's task: JUST READING
Book 1 - Read any book that fits SRC rules that we have read in our Leeds Book group (Good Reads in Leeds) (up until July this year).
The Solitude of Prime Numbers August of 2017
This book has 271 pages
Book 2 – Read a book that you need to read for you IRL book club or the BOTM of one of your other Goodreads Groups
This book has 368 pages
Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions This book was the July selection for my IRL book club, The Lunch Break Book Group.
Total page count (271 + 368 = 639) > 600 pages.
Points this task: 30
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 10
Pamela326520.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Option 1: Unlikely Spy Catchers by Carla Kelly – Published in May 2019
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 230
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
CoralieI would like to replace a book
20.5 PRIDE 2019
Option 2: The icons = book by an author whose initials can be found in Sylvia Rivera
Lords of Misrule by Stella Riley
Total to date 450 points
Sara G20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Paul's task: Cugel
Read a book with a title/sub-title that contains ALL of the letters in the name "CUGEL".
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
RAYNEBAIR5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow
Read a book where the first letter of the title begins with an R or a C.
Chasing Fate by Jacki James
ebook approved for length in msg 7444
points this post: 5
total points: 235
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
RAYNEBAIR15.3 - Stonewall 50
Option 2: Read 1 book.
Read a book that has LGBT as a MPG AND has the word "Pride" in its title/subtitle or series title.
Pride by Jonathan Hill
MPG - LGBT
points this post: 15
total points: 250
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
Mai20.10 - Group Reads
Robot Fiction: Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 270
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 19
Golden Oldies: 2
MAZZA1 10.5 - Family Reunions
Read a book with the word "family" or one of the listed family relationship titles in the title/subtitle.
The Family Upstairs
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 825
MAZZA110.7 - Smile!
Read a book with the main page genre Fairy Tales, standalone or embedded.
Once Upon a Curse: 17 Dark Faerie Tales
Points this post = 10
points to date = 835
MAZZA120.5 - 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
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche Haruki Murakami
309 pages
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 855
Julia10320.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019
Option 3: The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality (on page 4 of list, won Lammy Award for LGBT Non-fiction 2014)
This task: 20 points
Total points: 425
Total BB: 2
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 29
MAZZA125.1 - Sandy's task - Game of Books
While you're waiting, continue with Game of Books, reading two books from the following lists. You may use 2 different lists, or read 2 books from one list..
Book 1
From the Jon Snow list on Page 1
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
The Death of Caesar: The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination 323 pages
Book 2
From the Anya Stark List Page 2
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Murder Is Easy 288 pages
323 + 288 = 611 pages
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 880
MAZZA130.10 - Brooke TX's task: Spies, Scouts, Detectives, Pirates, and Sundry Ne'er-do-wells
This is a two book task. Read two books found on any of the following lists. Your books may be from two different lists or the same list.
Book 1 from the espionage list Page 1
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
The 39 Steps
Book 2 from the swashbuckling list Page 1
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
Zorro
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 910
LAUREN JODI 30.5 - Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 1 - Sports and Games
Dream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Confirmed in Post #75
Option 5 - Swimming in Text
Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb
"Even for a veteran murder cop swimming in the bubbling stew of New York in the last quarter of 2060, there was always something worse." ~ Page 6
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 370/1050
Total Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 16/59
5.4 James BondThe 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
7 in the title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 13
5.10 Rhett ButlerMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
CLAIMING GO TICKET first published 1946
Points this post: 5
Total points: 145
GO Tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 14
Kathy KS20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – Tammy AZ's task: Home States
Read a fiction or non-fiction book set at least 50% in either Arizona or Montana.
Blood Lure, by Nevada Barr
Book takes place completely in Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, on the Montana side.
*****
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 270
Tasks completed: 16
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 5
Elizabeth PTask 5.10 - Rhett Butler
Book of my choice
Finale by Stephanie Garber
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 200
Total Tasks: 13
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 15
Elizabeth PTask 15.7 - Rogue One
Title begins with letter in ROGUE ONE and author has 1+ initial in the phrase
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Title begins with E, author has a G initial: roGuE one
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 215
Total Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 16
loafer10.5 - Family Reunions
Read a book with the word "family" or one of the listed family relationship titles in the title/subtitle.
The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy
points: 10
total: 210
GO: 3
BB: 1
tasks completed: 15
loafer10.10 - Juneteenth
read a book by a person of color from this list:
#ReadPOC: List of Books by Authors of Color
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
found on page 2
claiming "golden oldie" as first published in 1903
points: 10
total: 220
GO: 4
BB: 1
tasks completed: 16
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
Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje 311 pages
New points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 450
GO's:3
loafer30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
Option 1: Read a book written in a language other than your native language.
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Translated from Russian. My native language is English.
claiming "big book" x3 --> mmpb: L'Idiot 1010 pp.
claiming "golden oldie" as first published in 1869
Option 4: Read a book written by a single author whose last name ENDS in -sen or -son
Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson
points: 30
total: 250
GO: 5
BB: 4
tasks completed: 17
loafer10.3 - Summer Reading
Read one of the books from the Goodreads Staff Summer Reading Lists. Goodreads Staffers Summer Reading Picks.
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
chosen by Jaclyn Woods
points: 10
total: 260
GO: 5
BB: 4
tasks completed: 18
loafer10.4 - 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.
Southern Lady Code by Helen Ellis
points: 10
total: 270
GO: 5
BB: 4
tasks completed: 19
loafer10.8 - 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.
Rolled: 2 4 5
The Victim by Saul Bellow
pp. 238 is within range 235-255
claiming "golden oldie" as published in 1947
points: 10
total: 280
GO: 6
BB: 4
tasks completed: 20
SandyL10.5 - Family Reunions
Read a book with the word "family" or one of the listed family relationship titles in the title/subtitle
The Unwanted Wife by Natasha Anders
'Wife' in title
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 610
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 50
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL15.7 - 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
Up by Five by Erin Nicholas
Title - U in rogUe
Author - e in roguE
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 625
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 51
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies: 2
15.4 - Fourth of JulyOption 1 book 1
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. REQUIRED: Include the cover when you post.
I read A Forgotten Place
The title is in red.Book 2: Read a book that was first published in July of any year
I read The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland which was published in July 2011.
points: 250
books read: 17
tasks completed: 13
tasks in progress: 1
pages read: 5846
loafer25.6 - Nick KY's task: 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.”
The Trial by Franz Kafka
claiming "golden oldie" as published in 1925
Option 2. Read a book which is between 260 and 600 pages in length.
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
no mmpb, pb not released yet, hardcover: Miracle Creek 355 pp.
points: 25
total: 305
GO: 7
BB: 4
tasks completed: 21
SandyL20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – Tammy AZ's task: Home States
Read a fiction or non-fiction book set at least 50% in either Arizona or Montana.
Take Me, Cowboy by Jane Porter
Set in Montana (noted in metadata)
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 645
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 52
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL30.1 - Amanda A's task: Like Letters
Book 1: Read a book where every word in the title begins with the same letter.
Big Bad Beast by Shelly Laurenston
Big Bad Beast
307 pgs
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials are the same letter. All initials count
No More Mr. Nice Guy by Amy Andrews
Amy Andrews
222 pgs
Total pages - 529
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 675
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 54
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies: 2
loafer20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
1. read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in either GERT FROBE or AURIC GOLDFINGER.
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
auric GoLdfinger
points: 20
total: 325
GO: 7
BB: 4
tasks completed: 22
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There's Something About Sweetie R in There's, O in Something, U in About, G in Something, E in There's
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 600