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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Lisa MD25.6 - 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 Cactus by Sarah Haywood 384 pp
Option 2. Read a book which is between 260 and 600 pages in length.
Need to Know by Karen Cleveland 336 pp
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 25
Total Points: 330 / 1050
Tasks Completed: 17/ 59
Books Read: 21
BB Tickets:
GO
Sara G20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 2: Local Crafts
Local crafters use the Country Show as an opportunity to display and sell their creations and wares, which are usually lovingly handmade. Read a book with the letters CRAFT (in any order) in the TITLE only. Letters found in the subtitle do not count.
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
Points this post: 20
Total points: 275
Task 25.3 - 75th Anniversary of D-Dayoption 3: read a book set in New Zealand
Just for Now
option 4: read a book with a gravestone on the cover
Undead and Unwed
(she's sitting on a big gravestone)======
825 points
5.9 - Sir John FalstaffRead a Fiction book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical.
I read A Forgotten Place, which has a MPG of Historical Fiction.
points: 215
books read: 18
tasks completed: 13
pages read: 6650
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.9 - The Country Show
An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena
Option 3 - The first published date (2018) contains two of the numbers found in 1768 - a 1 and an 8.
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 280 points
Tasks completed: 18
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
15.5 - Independence DayA book set at least 50% in a country that celebrates Independence Day in July (Bahamas): The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams
Points this post: 15
Total points: 570
10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?Read a book with all of the letters in ROGUE in its title/subtitle.
I read The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland, which has the word rogue its title and subtitle
the day the wORld camE to town: 9/11 in Gander NewfoUndland.
points: 225
books read: 18
tasks completed: 14
pages read: 6650
Julia10320.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a Roll
I rolled 3: YOUNG ADULT or NEW ADULT
The Spellkey by Ann Downer-Hazell (MPG Young Adult was verified in post 72 of genre verification thread) (AD is in ADULT)
Claiming one BB ticket - this book is 630 pages.
This task: 20 points, 1 BB
Total points: 445
Total BB: 3
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 30
Task 30.1 - Like Letterstotal page count 500+
book 1: read a book with a three word title, all words starting with the same letter
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
DDD
341 pages
book 2: read a book with author having same initials
The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell
CC
IL: MY - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 9.0
455 pages
341+455 >>500 pages
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855 pages
Stephanie12720.4 - 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.
Record of a Night Too Brief, has 160 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70/1050
Tasks completed: 8/59
Books read: 8
Task 10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?read a book with R-O-G-U-E in the title
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe
R in univeRse
O in Of
G in biG
UE in UnivErse
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865 points
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.3 - Stonewall 50
Book 1 - To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan
This book has a MPG of LGBT (shelved by 63 users).
AR BookFinder data: IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9.0
Book 2 - Finding Pride by Jill Sanders
The word "Pride" is in the title.
Link to PB edition: Finding Pride
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 295 points
Tasks completed: 19
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Andy P.Task # 15.5 - Independence Day
Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of these countries.. I chose Canada
Vices of My Blood by Maureen Jennings set entirely in Toronto, Canada
Points this post: 15
Total points: 655
Andy P.Task # 25.5 - Raynebair's task: My Career in Technology
Option 1. Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre of Technology or Computer Science
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson 528 p.
nonfiction science>Technology on mp.
Option 3. Read a book where the page count contains the number 19 intact. The Stately Home Murder by Catherine Aird 197 p.
Page count: 528 + 197 = 725 p.>550 requirement
Points this post: 25
Total points: 680
Lisa MD10.6 - Happy 4th of July!
Read a book with the words red, white, or blue in the title/subtitle.
The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne 225 pp
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 10
Total Points: 340 / 1050
Tasks Completed: 18/ 59
Books Read: 22
BB Tickets:
GO:
Cordelia30.8 Double up
Twin author name: PETER
Book 1: Permafrost by Peter Robertson
Book 2: Permafrost by Alastair Reynolds
Points: 30
Total Points: 580
BREANNA15.4 - Fourth of July
Option 2: Read 1 book.
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.
Silencing Political Dissent: How Post#september 11 Anti-Terrorism Measures Threaten Our Civil Liberties by Nancy Chang
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 6
Mary P10.10 - Juneteenth
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Found on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 385
Task 30.4 – Elaine L – School’s Out!REQUIRED: Total pages 700+: 366+ 480 = 846 p
Option 1 – Single author initials in NO SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ME - L.M..
Liane Moriarty / Three Wishes
I listened to the audio / MMP: Tre önskningar - 366 p
Option 3 – Letters G-I-D in author name: D. paIGe
Danielle Paige / Dorothy Must Die
I listened to the audio / NO MMP / Most popular paperback: Dorothy Must Die - 480 pg
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 340 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!Option 1: So Lucky by Nicola Griffith
Author initials found in AURIC GOLDFINGER
Total points: 135
Diana K.Task 15.2 - Bad Boys and Wicked Women
Book 1: Read a book found on The Best Antiheroes list.
The Talented Mr. Ripley On page 1
Book 2: Read a book found on Anti-Heroines list.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle On page 1
Total points: 740
Cordelia50.1 Tic Tac Toe
TIC: Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey Author's name begins with C.
Science Fiction
561 pages
TAC: Bring Me Home for Christmas by Robyn Carr Author's name begins with C
Romance
330 pages
TOE: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo Author's name begins with E.
Contemporary
464 pages
Points: 50
Total points: 630
DeborahPost #9
30.4 - ElaineL's task: School’s Out!
1) Be Safe I Love You by Cara Hoffman
CH in SCHOOL
289/700
3) Middlegame GID found in title
528/700 pages
289+528=817/700 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 155
Books read: 11
Tasks Done: 9
LaureY25.4 - Andy P.'s task: Authors That Work Well Together
Choose two books, written by two different authors, whose combined initials can be put together to make a single word in English.
Book 1
Predator's Gold by Philip Reeve
Pages: 316
Book 2
Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews
Pages: 375
The word is PAIR.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 595 /1050
Total Books: 38
Total Tasks: 31/59
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Mod
For book 1, I read On the Road. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top MMPB. This book is found on page 4 of The Best Antiheroes List, currently #304..
For book 2, I read Fledgling. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top PB edition. The book is found on page 3 of the Anti Heroines list, currently #262.
Total points: 1000
StaceyNC15.1 - On the Flip Side
Book 1: Read a book that can be found on a Listopia list with the word "Beach" intact in list's title.
Book: Rock Hard
Completed: 6/29/19
List: Best Beach Reads 2015 Page 16 #1568
AND
Book 2: Read a book that can be found on a Listopia list with the word "Snow" intact in list's title.
Book: Déjà Dead
Completed: 8/11/19
List: Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling Page 3, #280
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 330
Tasks Completed: 20
StaceyNC20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 3: History
The first known Country Show was held in Lancashire in 1768. Read a book with TWO (or more) of those numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published. Ex: 2018, 2017, 2016, 1986, etc.
Book: Strawberries & Crème Murder
Completed: 6/18/19
Published: 4/16/2018
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 350
Tasks Completed: 21
Task 5.7 - Heathcliff from Wuthering Heightsread a book on the list
A Quick Bite
p6, #514 on list
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870 points
Changing a book25.6 - Birthday "One"
Removing The Darkness
BOOK 1 - The Lesson
BOOK 2 - The Madonna of the Mountains
TOTAL POINTS - 590
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)10.3 - Summer Reading
Read one of the books from the Goodreads Staff Summer Reading Lists.
Sand by Hugh Howey
Lauren Deyce, Experts Learning Coordinator
This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 745 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
Task 15.2 - Bad Boys and Wicked Womenbook 1: read a book from the Anti Heroes list
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
p4, #337 on the list
book2 : read a book from the Anti Heroines list
Nimona
p2, #137 on list
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885 points
Julia10320.10 - Group Reads
Non-Fiction: The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
My comments are in post #21 of the discussion thread.
This task: 20 points
Total points: 465
Total BB: 3
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 31
SandyL15.5 - Independence Day
Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of these countries.
Patchwork Paradise by Indra Vaughn
Set in Belgium
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 690
Tasks Completed: 39
Books Read: 55
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies: 2
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)30.7 -Dulcinella's task: Rogues All Over the Place
Choose 2 of the following tasks and read two books, EACH book at least 250 pages and with a TOTAL of at least 650 pages.
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.
Hazards of Time Travel Audiobook
Hazards of Time Travel Paperback 432 Pages
Disc 2, Song 3, "Long TIME Ago"
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.
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain Audiobook
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook Paperback 320 Pages
Author name ANTHONY appears on Disc 1, Song 11, Mark ANTHONY Thompson
432+320=752 Pages
This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 775 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
SandyL15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!
Read a book written by an author born in June, July, or August.
The Marriage Merger by Jennifer Probst
Birthday 7/24/1969
https://www.google.com/search?q=jenni...
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 705
Tasks Completed: 40
Books Read: 56
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL20.1 - 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
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
auric goLdFinger
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 725
Tasks Completed: 41
Books Read: 57
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL30.3 - Ava Catherine's task: Faulkner's Reivers
Book 1: Read a book in which a title word of at least four letters contains the letters “ei” intact,
Seized By Love by Melissa Foster
sEIzed by love
346 pages
Book 2: Read a book that was first published in 1962.
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie
First published in 1962
351 pages
Total pages - 346 + 351 = 697
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 755
Tasks Completed: 42
Books Read: 59
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL30.9 - Mazza1's task: JUST READING
Book 1 - Read any book that we have read in our Leeds Book group
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Book was read by the Leeds Group in October of 2018
311 Pages
Book 2 – Read a book that you need to read for the BOTM of one of your other Goodreads Groups.
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
BOTM in NBRC in June - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
336 Pages
Total pages - 311 + 336 = 647
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 785
Tasks Completed: 43
Books Read: 61
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies: 2
PAULA S5.1 - Han Solo
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in MILLENNIUM FALCON
Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower, AF in millennium FAlcon
I read the kindle edition, MMP link for reference: Crime and Poetry
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Brooke TX20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – Tammy AZ's task: Home States
Read a fiction or non-fiction book set at least 50% in either Arizona or Montana. Set in Montana:
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 810
Completed Tasks: 45
Books Read: 69
Suzannesea5.10 Rhett Butler
Book of your choice
Untangled: A step-by-step guide to joy and success for the modern yarn lover by Shelley Brander
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 550
Andy P.Task # 30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 2: Read a book with all of the letters SWIM in the book’s title
The Swimmer by Zsuzsa Bánk
Option 3: Choose a book that you can read FAST, a book between 100 and 150 pagesThe Stranger by Albert Camus 123 p.
Points this post: 30
Total points:710
PAULA S5.5 - 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.The name may be in any name position, names must match exactly.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams - shares a name with Douglas Fairbanks
I read the ebook, MMPB for reference: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
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25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
Option 1: The Luckless
Option 2: An Unsafe Haven - 280 pages
Total points: 245