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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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TraceyL (Readerboard Name)10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?
Read a book with all of the letters in ROGUE in its title/subtitle.
Summer Crossing by Truman Capote
sUmmER crOssinG
This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 735 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
Lisa MD10.4 - Too Busy to Read?
Read a book with a main page genre of short stories, anthologies, or essays. - MPG Short Stories & Essays
The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan 208 pp
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 10
Total Points: 305 / 1050
Tasks Completed: 16/ 59
Books Read: 19
BB Tickets:
GO:
20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller CoastersOption 1, a book with the number 60 intact in the page count: The Au Pair by Emma Rous
paperback edition The Au Pair 360 p.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 555
Pamela326520.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller Coasters
Option 3: “The Rancher’s Surprise Daughter”The Rancher's Surprise Daughter by Jill Lynn – Book initials found in expeDiTion eveReSt
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 250
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
30.4 School's OutOption 1: Redemption Point by Candice Fox
Page Count: 398
Option 3: The Escape Room by Megan Goldin
megan GolDIn
Page Count: 368
Total Page count greater than 700
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 255
Suzannesea15.10 Summer Months
Read a book that has 6, 7, or 8 words in its title.
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 545
Task 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Option 2: Rea 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.
Required: State the name chosen when you post.
MatiSse
Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children #3) (2018) by Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 174 pages)
Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novella (2019)
World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novella (2019)
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2018)
165 + 20 = 185
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 165 + 20 = 185
Books read: 13
Pages read: 4,126
Read but not claimed: 07
Goodreads Authors: 07
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Mod
I chose option 1, book first published this year, and read Redemption. This was the audiobook - top MMPB is Verlossing. First published 4/16/19.
total points: 955
Nick KY25.4 AndyP’s
Book 1. Sorcerer's Legacy by Janny Wurts 303 pp
Book 2. Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali 200 pp
JW and SA combine to form the word JAWS. Total pp = 503 > required 501
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 780
5.6 - Lisbeth Salander - Book takes place in a Nordic Country Sea Witch - DenmarkPoints this post: 5
Total Points: 215
Diana K.Task 25.5 - Raynebair's task: My Career in Technology
Option 3. Read a book where the page count contains the number 19 intact. (example: 319, 196).
Patsy 419 pages
Option 4. Read a book first published in 2000
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
Total points: 685
Teddie15.5 - Independence Day
book: The Cruelest Month
book set in Canada
points this task: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 205
Teddie30.4 - ElaineL's task: School’s Out!
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase, “NO SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ME”
book: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August p.417
Option 3: Read a book with the letters G-I-D (Get It Done) in the title and/or authors name.
book: Wilder Girls p. 353
total pages: 770
points this task: 30
TOTAL POINTS: 235
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.10 - Rhett Butler
Sweet Temptation by Wendy Higgins
Link to PB edition: Sweet Temptation
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 220 points
Tasks completed: 14
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?
Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer
All of the letters in ROGUE are in the title: ROE (in before), G (in go), U (in you).
Link to PB edition: Before I Let You Go
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 230 points
Tasks completed: 15
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.2 - He's a Classic!
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
The author's initials can be found in rHett butLer
Link to PB edition: Evvie Drake Starts Over
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 240 points
Tasks completed: 16
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.7 - On a Roll
I rolled a 5 (MYSTERY or THRILLER or HORROR)
For Better and Worse by Margot Hunt
Option A - Book has MPG of Thriller (shelved by 79 users) and author's initials can be found in Mystery and tHriller.
Link to PB edition: For Better and Worse
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 260 points
Tasks completed: 17
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
LAUREN JODI 30.1 - Amanda A's task: Like Letters
Book #1 - Title
Tough to Tame by Diana Palmer
Page #: 192
Book #2 - Author
Eye of the Storm by Dee Davis
Page #: 379
Total pages: 571
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 435/1050
Total Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 19/59
Laurah3020.8 - 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.
Fourth of July Creek
This book is set in Montana.
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 185 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 3
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
loafer5.8 - Arya Stark
Read a book with "wolf" or "wolves" intact in the title, subtitle, series title or author's name.
Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekbäck
points: 5
total: 360
GO: 7
BB: 4
tasks completed: 26
Andy P.Task # 25.6 - 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 Shelf: From LEQ to LES: Adventures in Extreme Reading by Phyllis Rose
Option 3. Read a book on this listopia: Classic British Mysteries
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier # 71 on list as of 8/9/19
Points this post: 25
Total points: 640
Bookwrm526Task #15.3 - 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. I read Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation and Eli Clare.
Total points so far: 730
Mary P15.2 - Bad Boys and Wicked Women
Book 1: Pestilence by Laura Thalassa
Found on page 3 of list.
Book 2: The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Found on page 2 of list.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 375
Cordelia15.2 Bad boys and Wicked women
Book 1: No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
p 1 "The Best Antiheroes list"
Book 2: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
p 1 "Antiheroines" list
Points: 15
Total Points: 550
20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country ShowOption 3: Read a book with TWO (or more) of those numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published
I read an ebook version of French Exit which was first published in 2018
New Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 470
GO's: 3
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 3 and read Lent - a one word title with 4 letters.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie. I read the kindle edition, linked to the MMPB. Author initials are AC.
total points: 985
Congratulations, TessaVanessa! Task 30.3 in the Fall Challenge is yours.
Sarah H20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year - Option 1: read any book that was first published this year (2019)
Heated Rivalry - ebook only, approved for length here in post 7541
Points for this task: 20 points
Total points to date: 350 points
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 26
30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer SwimmingOption 2: Read a book with all of the letters SWIM in the book’s title/subtitle.
Tiamat's Wrath by James S.A. Corey
tIaMatS Wrath
Option 3: Summer swimming is all about sprinting. Choose a book that you can read FAST, a book between 100 and 150 pages.
Elevation by Stephen King.
Elevation had 146 pages.
Tiamat's Wrath had 534 pages. I claim one Big Book ticket.
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 295
Total BB tickets: 3
Total GO tickets: 1
Diana K.Task 10.6 - Happy 4th of July! Read a book with the words red, white, or blue in the title/subtitle.
Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
Total points: 695
Diana K.Task 30.9 - Mazza1's task: JUST READING
Book 1 - Read any book that fits SRC rules that we have read in our Leeds Book group
The Solitude of Prime Numbers 271 pages August 2017
Book 2 – Read a book that you need to read for your IRL book club or the BOTM of one of your other Goodreads Groups.
The Bridge On The Drina 473 pages This was the July selection for the Around the World in 80 Books group
Total points: 725
LAUREN JODI 50.1 - Diane Whitney's task: Genre Tic-Tac-Toe
Book #1 - TIC
After Dark by Jayne Castle
Genre: Science Fiction confirmed in Post #50
Author surname: C
Page #: 352
Book #2 - TAC
One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews
Genre: Fantasy confirmed in Post #73
Author surname: A
Page #: 332
Book 3 - TOE
A Casualty of War by Charles Todd
Genre: Historial fiction confirmed in Post #73
Author surname: T
Page #: 400
Total pages: 1084
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 485/1050
Total Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 20/59
Amy MK5.1 - Han Solo
Author first and last initials in Millennium Falcon
Murder on the Marmora by Conrad Allen
Initials C and A are in Falcon
Points this task: 5
Total points: 240
Amy MK5.2 - Indiana Jones
US State in title
Murder on the Minnesota by Conrad Allen
Points this post: 5
Total points: 245
MAZZA15.2 - Indiana Jones
Read a book with a U.S. state in the title or subtitle.
Maine
points this post = 5
Points to date = 915
MAZZA1 10.3 - Summer Reading
Read one of the books from the Goodreads Staff Summer Reading Lists. Goodreads Staffers Summer Reading Picks. REQUIRED: Specify the name of the staffer whose pick you used.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind chosen by Yash Sinha, Software Development Engineer
Points this post =10
Points to date = 925
Amy MK5.9 - Sir John Falstaff
Fiction book with MPG of history or historical
An Act of Villainy by Ashley Weaver
MPG of historical
Points this post: 5
Total points: 250
MAZZA110.10 - Juneteenth
read a book by a person of color from this list:
#ReadPOC: List of Books by Authors of Color
The Kiss Quotient is on page 1 of list
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 935
MAZZA15.3 - 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.
Gay Pride and Prejudice
points this post = 15
Points to date = 950
Amy MK15.5 - Independence Day
50% set in country in list
Death in Provence by Serena Kent
set in the Provence region of France
Points this task: 15
Total points: 265
MAZZA120.7 - 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.
5. Your genres are: MYSTERY or THRILLER or HORROR
I rolled a 5 and read
Lock Every Door by author Riley Sager whose initials appear in the word MYSTERY
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 970
MAZZA120.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – Tammy AZ's task: Home States
Read a fiction or non-fiction book set at least 50% in either Arizona or Montana.
Required: If the setting is not obvious from the book's description or metadata, include a reference that establishes setting when you post.
600 Hours of Edward
GR description identifies setting as Montana completely set in that area
points this post = 20
Points to date = 990
Amy MK20.4 - 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.
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
E, D, S, O are all found in Expedition Everest
Points this task: 20
Total points: 285
Amy MK30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 3: Book between 100 and 150 pages.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
146 pages
Option 4: Only black and/or red letters on cover
A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley
Points this post: 30
Total points: 315
Sarah E10.3 - Summer Reading
This One Summer - Sam Julian, UX Designer
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 200
Sarah E20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – Tammy AZ's task: Home States
The Moonglow Cafe - over 50% set in Montana
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 220
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30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 4: Read a book with ONLY black and/or red letters on the cover.
Option 5: Read a book with the word swimmer(s), swimming, swim, swam or swum found in the text.
Bowlaway
"Bertha knew how to swim in water." page 77
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 375
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:1