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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Bookwrm526Task #30.7 - 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. I used the song Cape Cod Girls, by Baby Gramps, and read Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea (320p).
Option 3: Read a book set in France, Italy or Norway. I read Blind Goddess by Anne Holt, set in Norway (343p).
320+343=663p
Total points so far: 635
Sarah E15.5 - Independence Day
The Reader on the 6.27 - 100% set in France
It's not completely obvious on the main page that it is set in France, but it does have a main page genre of France.
"Contrary to his promise to Guiseppe, Guylain did not go into Paris that Saturday to see the famous Albert. ... He remembered the glorious days when copies of Gardens and Kitchen Gardens of Bygone Days had come flooding in from all four corners of France." Page 59
Total points: 155
Diana K.15.5 - Independence Day. Algeria, Argentina, the Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Burundi, Canada, Cape Verde, Colombia, Comoros, France, Kiribati, Liberia, Malawi, Maldives, the Netherlands, Peru, Rwanda, Slovakia, the Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Vanuatu, and Venezuela also celebrate their Independence Days in July. Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of these countries.
Death in Provence
Total points: 620
Mod
For my first book, I used option 2 and read Big Sky by Kate Atkinson. Author's first name, Kate, matches Kate McGarrigle, artist #15 on disc 1. 400 pages.
For my second book, I used option 4 and read The King's Bed: Ambition and Intimacy in the Court of Charles II -Charles II is one of the "bad boys" on the provided list. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top paperback. 368 pages.
Each book has more than 250 pages, and the combined total is 768 pages, greater than 650 pages.
total points: 825
Task 25.2 – SandyL – Road Trip on Route 66Option 3 – All letters GRAND in title (any order)
KniGht mRs AND
Mrs. Jeffries and the Silent Knight
Option 5 – From LIST “Road Trip” - Pg 2, # 101
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
I listened to the audio / MMP: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West – 519 p
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 519 pages
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 300 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Task 10.8 – Roll the DiceI rolled: 3 - 4 - 6 Arranged as: 436 (+/- 10 gives range of 426 to 446 pgs)
Second Honeymoon - 432 pages
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 310 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Cindy FTask 5.10 Rhett Butler
Book of Choice
The Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters
Points this post:5
Total points:195
Tasks completed:14
Books read:16
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:3
LAVENDER15.09 - 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.
I read Chancer: How One Good Boy Saved Another by Donnie Kanter Winokur on KINDLE
The top paperback (No MMPB): Chancer: How One Good Boy Saved Another by Donnie Kanter Winokur has 284 pages.
SAVED in subtitle and song lyrics
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 510
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 34
Golden Oldie Tickets: 9
Big Book Tickets: 1
LAVENDER15.10 - Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title. Subtitles may be used or ignored, as needed.
I read By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Tommy and Tuppence, #4) by Agatha Christie (255 pages)
6 words in title
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 525
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 35
Golden Oldie Tickets: 9
Big Book Tickets: 1
Christine V20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Option 4: The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World
This is a non-fiction book with the MPG Biology. The MPG was verified in msg 38 of this season's genre verification thread.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=3, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=5)
Mod
I read Archie Meets Nero Wolfe: A Prequel to Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries - I read the kindle edition, linked to the top paperback.
"wolf" found intact in "Wolfe."
total points: 830
25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”Option 1. I read The Wife.
Option 2. I read A Piece of the World. It has 352 pages.
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 400
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 25
Sarah H20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019
Option 1: STONEWALL - 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 Last Sun - 363 pages
Points for this task: 20 points
Total points to date: 255 points
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 20
15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!I read The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell. Her birthday is 7/19/68 per this website:
https://writerswrite.co.za/literary-b...
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 415
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 26
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.3: Summer Time Reading:
Circe by Madeline Miller, pick by William Siu
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Summary Totals:
Points: 10
Books Posted: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
25.7 - Cat's task: Ellan VanninOption 2-book 1, a book with MPG Politics: First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and the Pursuit of Power by Kate Andersen Brower
paperback edition First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and the Pursuit of Power 352 p.
Option 2-book 2, a book whose author's initials are found in LADY ISABELLA: Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
340 p.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 485
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.10: Juneteenth:
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin, author listed on page 1 of the list #23
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Summary Totals:
Points: 20
Books Posted: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.2: Indiana Jones:
Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon has a U.S. state name Louisiana in the title.
Totals this posting:
Points: 5
Summary Totals:
Points: 25
Books Posted: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
DeborahPost #8
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Paul's task: Cugel
Inconvenient People: Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victorian England
CU: lunacy
GEL: England
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 125
Books read: 9
Tasks Done: 8
MEGSCL25.2 - SandyL's task: Road Trip on Route 66!
Option 4 - Santa Monica, CA
Read a book featuring a sandy beach on the cover.
**561 pages - 1 big bookOption 5 - Road Trip Books
Read a book from Road Trip (page 1) https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
**505 pages - 1 big bookTOTAL TO DATE
435 points
3 big books
Barbara ★25.8 - Coralie's task: Naming the New Generation
Book 1: the girls - The girls' names are Amity and Verity.
Read a book by a FEMALE author which has a word in the title or subtitle that ends -ITY. The book may have more than one author but all of the authors must be female.
Aunt Dimity and the Lost Prince - Nancy Atherton 8/5
(female author AND dimITY ends in ITY)
Book 2: the boys - The boys' names are Troy, Zeke, Arlo and Jack
Read a book by a MALE author who has exactly four letters in his first name as given by Goodreads. The book may have more than one author but ALL the authors must be male AND ALL the authors must have four letters in their first name
A Cold Day in Hell - Mark Cain 6/30
(male author AND first name has exactly 4 letters)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 455
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.3: Captain Jack Sparrow:
Cosega Search by Brandt Legg starts with the letter C.
Totals this posting:
Points: 5
Summary Totals:
Points: 30
Books Posted: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Diana K.Task 5.4- 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 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Total points: 625
APRILLEIGH20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's Task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in AURIC GOLDFINGER.
Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (335)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (22)
Total Tasks: 17
Marina H10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?
Mordere uden ansigt by Henning Mankell
Points this post: 10
Total points: 250
Big book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 14
JUKKA5.8 - Arya Stark
Book with "wolf" or "wolves" intact in title, subtitle, or author's name.
Marvel Knights 4 Vol. 1: Wolf At The Door by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.
Total Points: 280/1050
Total Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 25/59
Big Books Total: 4
Golden Oldies Total: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.4 James Bond
The Number 7 by Jessica Lidh.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 1010
Tasks completed: 57/59
Books read: 80
trishhartuk15.10 Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title.
So You Want to Be a Wizard, Diane Duane
Just in case: US AR Quiz No. 14491 , IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11.0. Quiz Types: RP
Seven words
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 450
Tasks Completed: 27
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 5
FANDURY20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller Coasters
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.
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
The inital letters of the words in the title NID can be found in expeDItioN everest
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Mod
My first book comes from page 1 of the book recommendations for Daenerys Targaryen - The Princess Saves Herself in this One (currently #43) - 199 pages.
My second book comes from page 1 of the book recommendations for Sansa Stark - The Lady of the Rivers (currently #47). I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top MMPB - 533 pages.
total pages 199 + 533 = 732
total points: 855
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.7 - Smile!
UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 1020
Tasks completed: 58/59
Books read: 81
Joanne MITask 15.1 Beach Reads-2 books/2 Lists
Book 1: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... Beach Reads - Mysteries & Thrillers
Walk on Earth a Stranger page 10 # 937 of list.
Book 2:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4... Books With Snow, Ice or Frost on the Cover or in the Title
First Frost page 1, # 19 on list
Points this task 15
Total Points 200
Total BB's 2
Sara G20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
1. The title of the post is a play on the famous exchange "Do you expect me to talk?" "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" - fun on the page, but immortalized by the merrily ringing line delivery of Gert Fröbe as the title character in the movie Goldfinger. 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.
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
GERT FROBE
Points this post: 20
Total points: 235
loafer15.9 - 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.
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by Kathleen Collins
word = happened
points: 15
total: 340
GO: 7
BB: 4
tasks completed: 23
Shawn H.10.8 - Roll the Dice
***I rolled 5-2-1***
Within + / - 10 of 215 (205 - 225)
From Slaves to Soldiers: The 1st Rhode Island Regiment in the American Revolution by Robert Geake
****Book is 224 pages w/in the range of 205-225 (or 9 pages from 215) ****
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 100
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 1
Bookwrm526Task #30.9 - Just Reading
Book 1: Read any book that fits SRC rules that we have read in our Leeds Book group. I read Girl at War by Sara Nović, which the book club read in January 2016 (320p).
Book 2: Read a book that you need to read for your IRL book club. My IRL book club is reading this one for our meeting in September, so I read Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy. We don't have a goodreads page to link to, just a private facebook group (384p).
320+384=704pp
Total points so far: 665
loafer5.6 - Lisbeth Salander
Read a book set at least 50% in a Nordic Country: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland or the Faroe Islands.
The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living by Meik Wiking
points: 5
total: 345
GO: 7
BB: 4
tasks completed: 24
Sarah E5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow
Crewel World
I listened to the audio, MMP is Crewel World
Total points: 160
Sarah E30.2 -Schatzie's task: An Ode to Sarabelle!
Option 1: Non-fiction with MPG Science
Science
Option 3: One word, four letter title
Thud!
I read an ebook, top paperback (no MMP) is Thud!
Total points: 190
Brooke TX5.2 - Indiana Jones
Read a book with a U.S. state in the title or subtitle.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 610
Completed Tasks: 35
Books Read: 62
Brooke TX5.4- 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.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 615
Completed Tasks: 36
Books Read: 62
Brooke TX15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!
Celebrate by reading a book written by an author born in June, July, or August. Brian K. Vaughan was born July 17, 1976:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 630
Completed Tasks: 37
Books Read: 62
Andy P.Task # 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 one of the following: REMBRANDT
Fogland Point by Doug Burgess REMBRANDT
Points this post: 20
Total points: 565
Joanne MITask 20.2 Rookie at the Top. Read a book by an author whose initials are found in one of the following: MATISSE, PICASSO, or REMBRANDT.
Option 2-Worth a Thousand Words
The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks initals TB in REMBRANDT
Claiming 1 BB 726 pages
Points this task 20
Total points 220
BB's this post 1
Total BB's 3
Sunshine10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?
Books: Diamonds in the Rough by Portia Da Costa 7/26/19
How it Fits: "ROGU" in Rough, "E" in The
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 195
Books Read: 14
Sunshine10.10 - Juneteenth
Books: The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin 8/1/19
How it Fits: Page 2 - #142
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 15
Sunshine20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
Option 1:
Books: Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds 7/13/19
How it Fits: Author's initials found in AURIC GOLDFINGER.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 225
Books Read: 16
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.6: Happy 4th July:
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan has the word RED in the title.
Claim Big Book ticket: 516 pages
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1
Summary Totals:
Points: 40
Books Posted: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
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Task 50.1 Genre TIC -TAC- TOE
TIC Historical FictionMPG Authors last name starts with T.
Book 1 The Harlot's Tale: A Midwife Mystery by Sam Thomas
TAC Science Fiction MPG Authors last name starts with A.
Book 2 Company Town by Madeline Ashby
TOE Fantasy MPG Authors last name starts with T.
Book 3 Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor
All 3 books at least 750 pages 336+288+461=1085
Points this post:50
Total points:190
Tasks completed:13
Books read:15
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:3