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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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For book 1, I read Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe - "ei" in "Neither." I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top paperback edition (no MMPB). 254 pages.
For my second book, I read Hand In Glove, first published in 1962. 256 pages.
total pages 254+256 - 510, exceeding required 501 pages.
total points: 795
LaureY15.9 - 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.
Under the Knife by Tess Gerritsen
The word is: UNDER
Points this post: 15
Total points: 485 /1050
Total Books: 30
Total Tasks: 26/59
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Cordelia15.3 LGBT
Book 1: Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson
Book 2: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Points 15
Total points: 530
Mcquaid5.3: Captain Jack Sparrow:Read a book where the first letter of the title begins with an R or a C.
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 120
Mcquaid5.4: James Bond: Read a book with seven, seventh, 7, or 7th INTACT in the title or subtitle or a book identified on Goodreads as a book in a series with a number that includes a 7.
The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 125
Mcquaid5.5: 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.
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Actor's Name: Patrick Troughton
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 130
Mcquaid5.6: Lisbeth Salander: Read a book set at least 50% in a Nordic Country: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland or the Faroe Islands.
The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 135
Mcquaid5.7: Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights: Read a book from this list So You Love a Bad Boy or Tortured Hero
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
It can be found on the first page of this list.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 140
Mcquaid10.3: Summer Reading: Read one of the books from the Goodreads Staff Summer Reading Lists.
The staff member's name: Dany Avila
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 150
Mcquaid10.5: Family Reunions: Read a book with the word "family" or one of the listed family relationship titles in the title/subtitle.
The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit
Mother was one of the approved words.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 160
Mcquaid10.6: Happy Fourth of July: Read a book with the words red, white, or blue in the title/subtitle.
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 170
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)25.2 - SandyL's task: Road Trip on Route 66!
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose initials are found in CADILLAC RANCH.
The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
Initials RD found in caDillac Ranch
Option 3: Read a book that contains all the letters of GRAND in the title (no subtitles).
Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay
GRowing things AND..."
This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 695 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
Mcquaid15.3: 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.
The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 185
Mcquaid15.4: Fourth of July
Option Two: 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.
First published on July 7, 2015.
Speak by Louisa Hall
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 200
Mcquaid20.1: Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
Option 1: In his honor, 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.
I used Gert Frobe.
The Trespasser by Tana French
Points this post: 20
Total poinst: 220
Mcquaid20.2: Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Option 2: 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.
I used Picasso.
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 240
Mcquaid20.4: GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller Coasters
Option 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.
Sing to It: New Stories by Amy Hempel
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 260
Mcquaid20.5: 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.
The Stonewall Reader: Edited by The New York Public Library by New York Public Library
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 280
Mcquaid20.5: 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.
The Stonewall Reader: Edited by The New York Public Library by New York Public Library
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 280
Mcquaid20.6: SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Option 1: For this option, read any book that was first published this year (2019).
Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 300
Mcquaid20.7: 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 three: Young Adult or New Adult
I went with Young Adult.
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 320
Mcquaid20.9: MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 3: Read a book with TWO (or more) of those numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published.
I read a book first published in 1981.
Paragon Walk by Anne Perry
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 340
Task 10.5 - Family ReunionsRead a book with the word "family" or one of the listed family relationship titles in the title/subtitle.
Family of Origin (2019) by C.J. Hauser (female) (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 287 pages)
130 + 10 = 140
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 130 + 10 = 140
Books read: 10
Pages read: 3,339
Read but not claimed: 07
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Alaina5.10 - Rhett Butler
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Uzumaki-Junji Ito
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
MEGSCL25.3 - Diana K's task: 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Option 2: JUNO BEACH in the title and/or subtitle.
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Option 3: Set in australia.
The Lost Girls
TOTAL TO DATE
380 points
1 big book
MEGSCL30.9 - Mazza1's task: JUST READING
Book 1 - Read in Jan 2019. Still Alice
Book 2 – Read for my IRL book club in August. The Toymakers
TOTAL TO DATE
410 points
1 big book
Nick KY10.7 Smile! GR genre of “Fairy Tales”—I read White as Snow by Tanith Lee.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 710
JEN B.15.9 - 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.
An Anonymous Girl by Sarah Pekkanen and Greer Hendricks (8/4/19)
“Met a girl crazy for me....”
TOTAL POINTS: 305
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.4 Andy P.'s task: Authors That Work Well Together
Book 1: Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan.
185 pages
Book 2: One of Those Malibu Nights by Elizabeth Adler.
390 pages
185+390=575 total pages
David Levithan=DL Elizabeth Adler=EA Word is DEAL
Points this post: 25
Total points: 1005
Tasks completed: 56/58
Books read: 79
Brooklyn5.2 – Indiana Jones
Read a book with a U.S. state in the title/subtitle.
Dispatches from Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta by Richard Grant
State 'Mississippi' is found in the subtitle.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 260/1050
Tasks completed: 21/59
Books read: 21
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn5.5 – Robin Hood
Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of the 24 listed actors who have played Robin Hood.
Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb
Robb shared with David Robb, #18 on the list.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 265/1050
Tasks completed: 22/59
Books read: 22
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn10.3 – Summer Reading
Read a book from one of the Goodreads Staff Summer Reading Lists.
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
On Cybil Wallace’s list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 275/1050
Tasks completed: 23/59
Books read: 23
Big Book Tickets: 2
Mai30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
Option 1: Book written in a language other than my native language.
Make It Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten
My native language is Vietnamese
Option 4: Book written by a single author whose last name ENDS in -sen or -son
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Golden oldie ticket: book first published in 1886
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 21
Golden Oldies: 3
Brooklyn10.6 – Happy 4th of July!
Read a book with the word red, white or blue in the title/subtitle.
The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand
Points this post: 10
Total points: 285/1050
Tasks completed: 24/59
Books read: 24
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn10.8 – Roll the Dice
Read a book with the number of pages (+/- 10) that you reach by rearranging the 3 numbers from your dice roll.
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward – 320 pgs
I rolled a 3-1-4.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 295/1050
Tasks completed: 25/59
Books read: 25
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn20.1 – No Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first & last initials can be found in GERT FROBE.
Into the Jungle by Erica Ferencik
gErt Frobe
Points this post: 20
Total points: 315/1050
Tasks completed: 26/59
Books read: 26
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn20.8 – Home States
Read a book set at least 50% in Arizona or Montana.
The Perfect Husband by Lisa Gardner
Set over 50% in Arizona
Points this post: 20
Total points: 335/1050
Tasks completed: 27/59
Books read: 27
Big Book Tickets: 2
trishhartuk10.6 Happy 4th of July!
Read a book with the words red, white, or blue in the title/subtitle.
Highlander: White Silence, Ginjer Buchanan
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 435
Tasks Completed: 26
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 5
Diana K.Task 5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow
Read a book where the first letter of the title begins with an R or a C.
Caribbean Cruises for 1st Timers: Expert Tips on Ports of Call, Best Excursions, When to Go and More
Total points: 605
Readerboard Name: Absurda50.1 - Diane Whitney's task: Genre Tic-Tac-Toe
For this task, you will make Tic-Tac-Toe from three of the genres listed below by reading 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 (MPGs) that match three squares in a row. Rows may be formed horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The page count of your three books must total at least 750 pages.
In addition to the MPGs, your books must meet the following criteria:
Book 1: Author's last name must begin with T, I or C.
Book 2: Author's last name must begin with T, A, or C.
Book 3: Author's last name must begin with T, O or E.
All books must be written by a single author. The genres in your row may be used in any order.
Book 1: A Murder at Rosamund's Gate by Susanna Calkins
MPG: Historical Fiction, page count 352. Author's name begins in C from TIC
Book 2: Queen of the Dark Things: A Novel by C. Robert Cargill
MPG: Horror, page count 448. Author's name begins with C from TAC
Book 3: Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger by Rebecca Traister
MPG: Non Fiction, page count 320. Author's name begins in T for TOE.
Total page count: 1120
Points this task: 50
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 310
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Jackie O. 25.4 - Andy P.'s task: Authors That Work Well Together
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
and
Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of the Sea Witch by Serena Valentino.
Angie Thomas (AT) + Serena Valentino (SV) = VAST
Points this post: 25
Total points: 265
20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The YearOption 1: Read any book that was first published this year (2019).
The Killer Across the Table by John Edward Douglas.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 245
Total BB tickets: 2
Total GO tickets: 1
LaureY10.2 - He's a Classic!
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in RHETT BUTLER.
Vanilla Clouds by Roe Horvat
Points this post: 10
Total points: 495 /1050
Total Books: 31
Total Tasks: 27/59
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Cindy FTask 20.6 Midway Through the Year
Option 1: Book first published this year 2019
Annelies by David R. Gillham
Published January 15 2019
Points this post:20
Total points:120
Tasks completed:11
Books read:11
Golden Oldies:0
Big books:3
LaureY20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Read a book that has one or many books on the cover.
by John WilliamsPoints this post: 20
Total points: 515 /1050
Total Books: 32
Total Tasks: 28/59
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Cindy FTask 20.7 On A Roll
Roll=1 Historical Fiction
A Casualty of War
MPG Historical Fiction by Charles Todd (C,T) whose initials can be found in Historical Fiction
Points this post:20
Total points:140
Tasks completed:12
Books read:12
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:3
Sarah E10.4 - Too Busy to Read?
The Unreal and the Real Volume 1: Where on Earth
I read an ebook but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 140
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