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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Readerboard name Kathy P30.7 -Dulcinella's task: Rogues All Over the Place
Book 1:The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Song is Mingulay Boat Song
Book 2:The Challenge of the Disciplined Life: Christian Reflections on Money, Sex, and Power
Author Richard J. Foster
Matching to Richard Thompson
Points this task: 30
Totals
Points: 245
BB: 0
GO:0
Total Tasks completed: 11
Total Books read: 15
Brooke TX5.7 - Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights
Read a book from the list So You Love a Bad Boy or Tortured Hero. Found on page 3:
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 815
Completed Tasks: 46
Books Read: 71
Brooke TX10.6 - Happy 4th of July!
Read a book with the words red, white, or blue in the title/subtitle.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 825
Completed Tasks: 47
Books Read: 71
Elizabeth PTask 30.6 - Relatively Obsessed
Option One - Book originally published in a language other than your native language
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
Originally published in Swedish, my native language is English
Option Four - Single author's last name ends in SEN or SON
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
Rogerson ends in -SON
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 270
Total Tasks: 16
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 20
LaureY30.2 -Schatzie's task: An Ode to Sarabelle!
Option 3 - Read a book with a one-word title that contains exactly 4 letters.
Mort by Terry Pratchett
Option 4 - Read a book by an author with the initials of AC, CA, DC, or CD.
A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
*I claim a Golden Oldie Ticket for this book as it was first published in 1950*
Points this post: 30
Total points: 625 /1050
Total Books: 40
Total Tasks: 32/59
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Delicious Dee15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!
The Three-Body Problem - Liu Cixin - according to Wikipedia, the author was born in June
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 615
Jen K10.5 - Family Reunions
The Orphan Daughter by Cari Noga
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Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 385
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Nick KY30.7 Dulcinella’s Rogues All Over
Opt. 3 Set in France. The Devil's Cave by Martin Walker. 352 pp
Opt. 4. A bio of a rogue on the 25 famous Rogues list. I read Picasso and the Painting That Shocked the World by Miles J. Unger. 480 pp
Both books > 250 pp
Total pp = 832 > required 650
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 810
Mod
I chose option 2 and read Death Of A Fool by Ngaio Marsh. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top MMPB. Author initials, NM, appear in reMbraNdt.
total points: 1025
Mod
For book 1, I read Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb edition. Word "City" ends with "ity", and author is female.
For book 2, I read Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb edition. Male author, with 4 letter first name.
total points: 1050
MEGSCL30.10 - Brooke TX's task: Spies, Scouts, Detectives, Pirates, and Sundry Ne'er-do-wells
Books With Heroes/Heroines Who Are Assassins - page 2 - A Discovery of Witches
**579 pages - 1 big book
Swashbucklers - page 1 - Zorro
TOTAL TO DATE
465 points
4 big books
MEGSCL30.2 -Schatzie's task: An Ode to Sarabelle!
Option 1: Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of science or health, stand alone or embedded. Hidden Figures
Option 4: Read a book by an author with the initials of AC, CA, DC, or CD. The Dream Daughter
TOTAL TO DATE
495 points
4 big books
MEGSCL20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller Coasters
Option 1: Read a book with the number "60" intact in the page count.
West (160pp)
TOTAL TO DATE
515 points
4 big books
Mistaken post
20.4. Roller CoastersOption 3 first letters of title in expedition everest
The Emperor's Railroad
Points 200
Kathy KS15.9 - 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.
Where It May Lead, by Janice Kay Johnson
WHERE it may lead = It turned colder; that's WHERE it ends
*****
Points for this task: 15
Total points : 300
Tasks completed: 18
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 5
Coralie30.6 Relatively Obsessed
Option 1: My native language is English
All You Need Is Kill which was translated from Japanese
Option 4:
The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
Total to date 530 points
Joanne MI25.3 - Diana K's task: 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Book 1: Read a book about D-Day or about the preparations for the invasion
The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach
Book 2: Read a book set at least 50% in one of those other countries OR about someone from one of those countries' experience during WWII.
Shadow on the Mountain -Takes place in Norway
Points this task 25
Total Points 260
BB's 3
20.5. Bigger is BetterOption 2 Author initials in Sylvia Rivers
The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Points 220
15.5 Independence Day[boo[book:Weave a Circle Round|36025813]
Set in Canada
"It was a cool Labour Day but not, unusually for Vancouver, a rainy one" at 37:51 of the audiobook. The travelling to other places and times is less than half the book
Points 235
Diana K.Task 10.10 - Juneteenth. Let's expand it a bit more, and read a book by a person of color from this list: #ReadPOC: List of Books by Authors of Color
A Thousand Splendid Suns On page 1
Total points: 750
Diana K.Task 25.7 - Cat's task: Ellan Vannin Opt 3 Leisure
Book 1 Read a book with a motorbike on the cover
352 pagesBook 2 Read a book with page count including one of 0, 4 or 6
La Passione: How Italy Seduced the World 320 pages
Total points: 775
NickKY15.7 Rogue One
I read Rape: A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates. The title begins with "R" and the author's last name begins with "O," both from Rogue One.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 825
EMurphy30.4 ElaineL's Task: School's Out!
Option 1: Author's initials can be found in "NO SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ME" Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and You Too! by Chelsea Handler (256 pages)
Option 3: Book with the letters G-I-D in the title and/or author's name Voyager by Diana Gabaldon (870 pages)
*Big Book Ticket +750 pages - 870 pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket +750: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 160
Books Read: 11
BB Ticket +500: 1
+750: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 6
SunshineReposting with Corrections
20.6 - 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
Approved SRC ebook Verification @ line #2504
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 310
Books Read: 19
SunshineReposting with Corrections
15.4 - 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
Approved SRC ebook Verification @ line #2853
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 325
Books Read: 21
Chris MD15.10 Summer Months
Book has 6, 7, or 8 words in title
Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
Title has 6 words.
Total points: 275
Chris MD20.1 No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read
Option 1: Author's initials in auric GoLdfinger
Florida by Lauren Groff
Total points: 295
Chris MD20.9 The Country Show
Option 3: Publication year includes two numbers from 1,6,7,8
Death of an Outsider by M.C. Beaton
First published in 1988 - includes 1 & 8
I listened to the audioversion of this book. The MMP has 160 pages.
Total points: 315
20.6 - Seasoned ReaderRead any book that was first published this year (2019).
The Lady and the Highwayman by Sarah M. Eden
Option 1.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 85
Readerboard Name: Absurda5.10 - Rhett Butler
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
1919 by John Dos Passos
Originally published in 1932, claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket
Points this task: 5
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 1
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 320
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Andy P.Task # 30.2 -Schatzie's task: An Ode to Sarabelle!
Option 1. Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of science or health, stand alone or embedded.
The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness byJerome Groopman both science and health are mpg's.
Option 4. Read a book by an author with the initials of , CA,
The Religious Body by Catherine Aird
Points this post: 30
Total points: 740
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)15.2 - Bad Boys and Wicked Women
Book 1: Read a book found on The Best Antiheroes list.
Nutshell by Ian McEwan
Page 2 #182
Book 2: Read a book found on Anti-Heroines list.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Page 1 #10
This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 790 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
Theresa5.6 - Lisbeth Salander
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Set in Sweden
Points this post - 5
Total Points - 30
Theresa5.7 - Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Page 1 of list
points this post - 5
total points - 35
Theresa5.8 - Arya Stark
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
The Wolves of Mercy Falls #2
points this post - 5
total points - 40
LAUREN JODI 30.4 - ElaineL's task: School’s Out!
Option #1 - Author initials in "No Summer School for Me"
Among the Wicked by Linda Castillo
Page #: 320
Option #3 - Get It Done - G-I-D in title
Not the Duke's Darling by Elizabeth Hoyt
Page #: 468
Total pages: 788
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 515/1050
Total Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 21/59
Kim O15.4 - Fourth of July One book option
Book 1 requirement: Title printed in red
Book 2 requirement: First published in July (2018)
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 11
Brooke TX30.8 -TessaVanessa's task: Double Up
Read 2 books with the exact same title. At least one of the books must be written by an author that shares a name with one of these Twin authors and Writers. With contributing author "Andrew Hook" as in "Andrew Sean Greer":
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 825
Completed Tasks: 47
Books Read: 71
FlutterbyThis is a replacement for a previous posting of 15.4 (#1984). I have changed Book 2.
15.4 - Fourth of July
Option 1: Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book where the entire TITLE is printed in red, white, and/or blue. Subtitles should be ignored. REQUIRED: Include the cover when you post.
AND
Book 2: Read a book that was first published in July of any year.
Book 1: The Foxe & the Hound by R.S. Grey
Book 2: The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
first published July 1, 2008
Flutterby5.1 - Han Solo
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in MILLENNIUM FALCON. Letters may only be used as often as they are found in the target phrase.
Wildfire by Ilona Andrews
I and A are included in MILLENNIUM FALCON
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 245
Total Tasks: 19
Mary P5.5 - Robin Hood
Corrupt by Penelope Douglas
Douglas Fairbanks
Points this task: 5
Total points: 380
Bookwrm526Task #30.10 - Spies, Scouts, Detectives, Etc.
Book 1: I chose the list Thieves, and read The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner, which is on page 1 at position 9 at time of posting.
Book 2: I chose the list Jesters, Fools and Tricksters, and read The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner, on page 1 at position 3 at time of posting.
Total points so far: 760
Bookwrm526Task #30.4 - 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” I read Before the Feast by Saša Stanišić. (353p)
Read a book with the letters G-I-D (Get It Done) in the title and/or authors name. I read Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix by Julie C. Dao. (356p)
353+356=709pp
Total points so far: 790
Suzannesea30.6 Dlmrose's Task: Relatively Obsessed
Option 1
Read a book written in a language other than your native language.
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto was written in Japanese. My native language is English.
Option 2
Read a book with a masted sailing ship on the cover.
by Andrea CamilleriPoints this post: 30
Total points to date: 580
Queen Bee Darlene20.5 Bigger is Better - Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE 2019
Option 2) author intials in MARSHA P JOHNSON & over 300 pages
The Island by Ragnar Jonasson The Island
336 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 375
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5.10 - Rhett Butler
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Teen Angst? Naaah . . . by Ned Vizzini
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 7