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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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25.7 - Cat's task: Ellan Vannin
Option 3:
Book 1:
Book: Wild Ride by Julie Ann Walker 7/20/19
Pages: 384 Pages
How it Fits:
Book 2:
Book: Homeland by R.A. Salvatore 7/29/19
How it Fits: 343 Pages
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 270
Books Read: 17
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.1 - Han Solo
I read When You Read This by Mary Adkins (paperback for length). M in MILLENIUM and A in FALCON.
Previous point total: 85
New points this post: 5
Total points: 90
Total tasks completed: 8
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.5: Robin Hood:
The Defendants by John Ellsworth shares JOHN with #6 John Derek.
Totals this posting:
Points: 5
Summary Totals:
Points: 45
Books Posted: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.10 - Rhett Butler
I read A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian (paperback for length).
Previous point total: 90
New points this post: 5
Total points: 95
Total tasks completed: 9
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.9: Sir John Falstaff:
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code by Margalit Fox has MPG HISTORY.
Totals this posting:
Points: 5
Summary Totals:
Points: 50
Books Posted: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.1: Han Solo:
Oath of Fealty by Elizabeth Moon - author initials in MillEnium falcon.
Totals this posting:
Points: 5
Summary Totals:
Points: 55
Books Posted: 8
Tasks Completed: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.8 - Roll the Dice
I rolled a 0-1-3. I read Act Like It by Lucy Parker (mass market paperback for length). The paperback edition is 295p, which is within 10p of 301p.
Previous point total: 95
New points this post: 10
Total points: 105
Total tasks completed: 10
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 1
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM15.10 - Summer Months
I read Austentatious: The Evolving World of Jane Austen Fans by Holly Luetkenhaus and Zoe Weinstein. There are EIGHT words in the title when you include the subtitle.
Previous point total: 105
New points this post: 15
Total points: 120
Total tasks completed: 11
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 1
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019
I chose Option 2. I read Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg. J in JOHNSON and R in MARSHA.
Previous point total: 120
New points this post: 20
Total points: 140
Total tasks completed: 12
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 1
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
I chose Option 2. I read Pretty Face by Lucy Parker (mass market paperback for length). RT in PRETTY and CAF in FACE.
Previous point total: 140
New points this post: 20
Total points: 160
Total tasks completed: 13
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 1
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
I chose Options 1 and 2.
Option 1: I read The Vexations by Caitlin Horrocks. ("THE" plus 1 word title)
Option 2: I read City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris by Holly Tucker. I listened to the audiobook - the paperback is 336p, within the page range.
Previous point total: 160
New points this post: 25
Total points: 185
Total tasks completed: 14
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 1
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
I chose Options 2 and 4.
Option 2: I read The White Man's Guide to White Male Writers of the Western Canon by Dana Schwartz (I read an advance copy). S and M in MAN'S, WI in WHITE.
Option 4: I read
by Julia Blackburn. All letters on the cover are black.Previous point total: 185
New points this post: 30
Total points: 215
Total tasks completed: 15
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 1
Mai20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019
Option 2: The Icons
Book by a single author whose initials can be found in MARSHA P JOHNSON
Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
(336 pages)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 320
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 22
Golden Oldies: 3
Christine V5.1 - Han Solo
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss
Points this post: 5
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=3, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=5)
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.6 Lisabeth Salandar
Read a book set in Norway, Finland or Seden
A Man Called Oveby Fredrik Backman
set in Sweden
Task +5
Grand Total: 30
5.8 - Arya StarkThe Sea Wolf by Jack London
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub. 1904)
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 3
Season Total: 545
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.3 - Ava Catherine's task: Faulkner's Reivers
Book 1: The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus: A Novel About Marriage, Motherhood, and Mayhem by Sonya Sones.
421 pages
Book 2: The Affair: A Play from the Novel by C. P. Snow by Ronald Millar.
187 p.
421+187=608 pages
And another challenge is done!!
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1050
Tasks completed: 59/59
Books read: 83
Julia10320.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller Coasters
Option 3: The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality (TIO in expediTIOn)
This task: 20 points
Total points: 425
Total BB: 2
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 29
Lisa MD10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?
Read a book with all of the letters in ROGUE in its title/subtitle. - ROU in "Your", G in "Strong" and E in "Mentally"
13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success by Amy Morin 288pp
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 10
Total Points: 295 / 1050
Tasks Completed: 15/ 59
Books Read: 18
BB Tickets:
GO:
Sara G20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in either MARSHA P JOHNSON or SYLVIA RIVERA. All name parts count, including initials.
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
MARSHA P JOHNSON
Points this post: 20
Total points: 255
Coralie50.1 Tic-Tac-Toe
TIC – Fantasy The True Queen by Zen Cho
TAC – Historical Fiction Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
TOE – Science Fiction Null States: Book Two of the Centenal Cycle by Malka Ann Older
Total to date 500 points
LAUREN JODI 10.8 - Roll the Dice
Numbers rolled: 2 / 5 / 6
Did You Miss Me? by Karen Rose
Page #: 523
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 380/1050
Total Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 17/59
LAUREN JODI 25.7 - Cat's task: Ellan Vannin
Option 1 - Myths and Legends
Book #1 - Fairy Bridge
Risking It All by Stephanie Tyler
Page #: 243
Book #2 - Snaefell
Summer Days by Susan Mallery
Book #7 in the Fool's Gold series
Page #: 384
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 405/1050
Total Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 18/59
Elizabeth PTask 25.4 - Authors that Work Well Together
Two books by two authors whose initials make english word together
Book 1: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Paperback: 339 pages The Silent Patient
Book 2: The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas
Paperback: 329 pages The Hollow of Fear
Initials AM and ST make english word MAST
339+329 = 668>500
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 240
Total Tasks: 15
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 18
Task 25.3 - 75th Anniversary of D-DayOption 2: Read a book that includes all the letters of one of the beaches in the title and/or subtitle.
The Brave Bostonians: Hutchinson, Quincy, Franklin, and the Coming of the American Revolution (1998) by Philip McFarland (Hardcover, 304 pages) [973.311]
UTAH BEACH
the BrAvE bostonians: HUTCHinson, quincy, frAnklin, and the coming of the american revolution
Option 4: Read a book with a gravestone on the cover.
Required: Include the cover when you post.
Specifically approved in help thread.
Ruined (Ruined #1) (Young Adult) (2009) by Paula Morris (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 309 pages)
140 + 25 = 165
Tasks Completed: 09
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 140 + 25 = 165
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3,952
Read but not claimed: 07
Goodreads Authors: 06
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – Tammy AZ's task: Home StatesA book set in Montana: Come Sundown by Nora Roberts
Points this post: 20
Total points: 505
LaureY25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
Option 2 - Read a book which is between 260 and 600 pages in length.
Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
Pages:300
Option 3 - read a book on this listopia: Classic British Mysteries
The Body in the Library by Agatha Chritie
Page 1 on the list.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 540 /1050
Total Books: 34
Total Tasks: 29/59
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Nick KY20.5Balletbookworm’s Pride
Opt. 3. I read The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan, winner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT SF/Horror in 2016. (p. 4 on list)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 730
Sunshine15.4 - Fourth of July
Option 1:
Book 1:
Book: Island Captive by Jane Henry 7/19/19
How it Fits: Title is Red
Book 2:
Book: Terror at the Turtle Sanctuary by Mary Jane Hathaway 8/1/19
How it Fits: Published Jul 23, 2019
(ebook approved)
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 285
Books Read: 18
Sunshine20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Option 1:
Book: Shackles & Redemption by J.S. Striker 8/2/19
How it Fits: Published Mar 12, 2019
(ebook approved)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 305
Books Read: 20
Sunshine20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – Tammy AZ's task: Home States
Book: Accidental Hero by Nicole Snow 7/26/19
How it Fits: Takes place more than 50% in Arizona
~"These Arizona nights get darker quicker, and cold in a few more months." Loc 895
~"I've lived in Arizona for ages, but the constant need to guzzle water never ends." Loc 1105
(approved in Task Help)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 325
Books Read: 21
Sarah H20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller Coasters
Option 3: Disney World - 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'm Thinking of Ending Things
Points for this task: 20 points
Total points to date: 275 points
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 21
Joanne MITask 15.8 Rouge One.
Read a book with the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense that has a portrait on the cover.
The Honest Spy
- approved in Help Thread post #68Points this task 15
Total points 235
Total BB's 3
Sarah H20.1 - 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.
Animals Eat Each Other: A Novel by Elle Nash
I read the kindle edition. Link to paperback: Animals Eat Each Other
Points for this task: 20 points
Total points to date: 295 points
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 22
Diana K.30.10 - Brooke TX's task: Spies, Scouts, Detectives, Pirates, and Sundry Ne'er-do-wells. Read two books found on any of the following lists. Your books may be from two different lists or the same list.
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
You Only Live Twice
both are on the first page of the Espionage list
Total points: 655
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a RollRoll 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:
b. has a 3+ word title where the initial letter of each word can be found in the genre titles for the number you rolled. All title words count. Subtitles should be ignored. An ampersand (&) counts as the letter A.
If you rolled a:
1. Your genres are: HISTORICAL FICTION or HISTORY
Required: State the number you rolled when you post.
I rolled a 1.
City of Thieves by David Benioff
Has a MPG of Historical Fiction.
City of Thieves --> COT --> hisTOriCal fiction
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 265
Total BB tickets: 2
Total GO tickets: 1
Brooke TX25.5 - Raynebair's task: My Career in Technology
Option 2. Read a book with one of following "computerized" items on the cover: mobile phone, tablet, desktop or laptop computer, digital camera or video camera.
Option 3. Read a book where the page count contains the number 19 intact.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 655
Completed Tasks: 38
Books Read: 62
PegW5.9 - Sir John Falstaff
Read a Fiction book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical.
What the Wind Knows
Points this post: 5
Total points: 120
Tasks Completed: 15
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book: 6
PegW5.10 - Rhett Butler
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Alice Isn’t Dead
Points this post: 5
Total points: 125
Tasks Completed: 16
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book: 6
Nick KY25.3 DianeK’s D-Day
Opt. 2. I read a book with the letters JUNO BEACH in the title/subtitle, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides.
J in Jeanette
U in USS
N in graNd
O in vOyage
BE in terriBlE
A in grAnd
C in iCe
H in tHe
Opt. 3. I read a book which takes place in France, I read The Courtesan and the Gigolo: The Murders in the Rue Montaigne and the Dark Side of Empire in Nineteenth-Century Paris by Aaron Freundschuh.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 755
Brooke TX30.7 -Dulcinella's task: 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. With "High" as in "Coast of High Barbary":
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. By Kate as in Kate McGarrigle:
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15.0
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 685
Completed Tasks: 39
Books Read: 62
Teddie15.1 On the Flip Side
book 1 from Beach Reads - Mysteries & Thrillers list
book: The Surgeon #56
book 2 from Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
book:
#245points this post: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 170
Teddie20.6 Seasoned Reader
option 1: read any book that was first published this year (2019)
book:
points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 190
trishhartuk25.8 Coralie’s Task: Naming the New Generation
Book 1: The girls. Read a book by a FEMALE author which has a word in the title or subtitle that ends -ITY.
The City of Brass, S.A. Chakraborty
Read the kindle edition. Top PB here (576pg)
Big Book: 500+ x 1
Book 2: The boys. Read a book by a MALE author who has exactly four letters in his first name as given by Goodreads.
Old Man's War, John Scalzi
Read the kindle edition. Top MM PB here (351pg)
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie: No
Big Book: Yes – City of Brass is 576pg – 500+ x 1
Total Points: 475
Tasks Completed: 28
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 6
Sarah H30.4 - ElaineL's task: School’s Out!
This is a two book task; books must be selected from two different options. 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”
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater - 409 pages
Option 3: Read a book with the letters G-I-D (Get It Done) in the title and/or authors name.
The Girls in the Garden - 320 pages
Page total: 729
Points for this task: 30 points
Total points to date: 325 points
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 24
Andy P.Task # 20.3 - 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".
Learning Curve: Sloan and Crosby by Catherine Aird
LEARNING CURVE
Points this post: 20
Total points : 585
Mod
I used the middle horizontal row.
TIC - The Long Call by Ann Cleeves. The Long Call. Mystery is the top genre, author's surname begins with C. I read a kindle ARC, linked to the paperback edition - 400 pages.
TAC - And the Rest is History by Jodi Taylor. Fantasy is the second listed mpg, author's surname begins with T. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb. 376 pages.
TOE - My Life as a Rat by Joyce Carol Oates. Literary Fiction was noted in post 19 of the help thread. Author's surname begins with O. 416 pages.
400 + 376 + 416 = 1192 total pages
total points: 905
Brooke TX30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
Option 2: Read a book with a masted sailing ship on the cover.
Option 4: Read a book written by a single author whose last name ENDS in -sen or -son.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 715
Completed Tasks: 40
Books Read: 63
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Option 2:
Book: Vampire's Kiss by Ella Summers 8/4/19
How it Fits: Author's initials found in MATISSE
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 245
Books Read: 17