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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Stephanie12730.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 2: Read a book with all of the letters SWIM in the book’s title/subtitle.
Summer House with Swimming Pool
Option 3: Summer swimming is all about sprinting. Choose a book that you can read FAST, a book between 100 and 150 pages.
The Storm, has 120 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 100/1050
Tasks completed: 9/59
Books read: 10
Task 25.4 - Authors That Work Well TogetherChoose two books, written by two different authors, whose combined initials can be put together to make a single word in English.
Alana Massey (AM) + Robin Hobb (HR) = HARM
All the Lives I Want: Essays About My Best Friends Who Happen to Be Famous Strangers (2017) by Alana Massey (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 244 pages) [305.42]
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy #1) (1995) by Robin Hobb (female) (Goodreads Author) (Mass Market Paperback, 435 pages)
British Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1997)
Pagecount: 244 + 435 = 679 > 501
205 + 25 = 230
Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 205 + 25 = 230
Books read: 17
Pages read: 5,338
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 09
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The YearOption 1: Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham
Total: 95
50.1 - Diane Whitney's task: Genre Tic-Tac-ToeBook 1, Contemporary genre, author's last name begins with C: The View from Alameda Island by Robyn Carr 320 p.
Book 2, Mystery genre, author's last name begins with C: A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
mass market paperback Um Estudo Em Charlotte 384 p.
Book 3, Non-Fiction, author's last name begins with O: And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready by Meaghan O'Connell
paperback And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready 240 p.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 655
Task 10.3 - Summer Readingread a book recommended by staff member
Spinning Silver
Staffer Lauren Deyce
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930 points
Task 20.8 - Home Statesread a book set in Arizona
Rage Against the Dying
metadata confirms Arizona setting
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950 points
JEN B.20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a Roll
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.
1. Your genres are: HISTORICAL FICTION or HISTORY
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (8/12/19)
This book has an MPG of Historical Fiction; Author initials are in hisToricAl
TOTAL POINTS: 325
Task 20.10 - Group Readsread a comment on one of the books
Sleeping Giants
comment: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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970 points
Mai10.9 - Sing Along!
Book with 4 or more people on the cover
Running Randomized Evaluations: A Practical Guide by Rachel GlennersterPoints this post: 10
Total Points: 350
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 24
Golden Oldies: 3
CEELEETask 50.1 Genre Tic-Tac-Toe
This is a three book task. Make Tic-Tac-Toe by matching the genre squares with MPG category that matches each tile. The books should also must have an author who last name begins with a TTT letter in the name. . Page count must be 750+ pages.
Page count Book 1 Contemporary: 344 pp TIC
Page count Book 2 Mystery: 405 pages TOE
Page count Book 3 Nonfiction 386 pages TAC
Total Page Count: 1,135
BOOK 1 MPG Contemporary: TIC
As Husbands Go by Susan Isacs
As Husbands Go
Author's last name begins with "I"
Book 2: MPG Mystery TOE
The Girl In The Woods by Gregg Olsen
The Girl in the Woods
Author name begins with "O"
Book 3: MPG Nonfiction y TAC
Happy Days: My My Mother, My Father, My Sister and Me by Shana Alexander
Happy Days: My Mother, My Father, My Sister & Me
Author name begins with "A"
Total Points for task: 50
Total Books read for tasks: 3
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
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Total Points Earned for Summer Challenge 2019: 115
Total Tasks Completed for Summer Challenge 2019: 5
Total Books read for Summer Challenge 2019: 9
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2019: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2019: 2
15.7 - Rogue OneRead a book with a title that begins with one of the letters in ROGUE ONE and that is written by an author with at least one initial that can be found in ROGUE ONE
I listened to the audio version of Normal People by Sally Rooney
New Points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 485
GO's: 3
Mai30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 3: Book between 100 and 150 pages.
Oculus: Poems by Sally Wen Mao
(119p)
Option 5: Book with the word "swim" in the text.
Brown: Poems by Kevin Young
From the sentence, "Teach yourself to swim." Found on page 58.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 26
Golden Oldies: 3
Bookwrm526Task #10.9 - Sing Along!
Read a book with 4 or more people on the cover. I read A Study in Honor by Claire O'Dell.
Total points so far: 860
JEN B.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".
Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff by Dana K. White (8/15/19)
deCLUttErinG
TOTAL POINTS: 345
Nick KY25.7 Cat’s Isle of Man I chose Option 2. History.
Book 1. I read Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever, with “Politics” as an MPG. 327 pp – pagination contains the numeral 3.
Book 2. I read Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, inits in “LaDy iSabella.” 336 pp – pagination contains the numeral 3.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 915
Bookwrm526Task #30.2 - An Ode to Sarabelle!
Option 1: Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of science or health, stand alone or embedded. I read Lab Girl by Hope Jahren, MPG Science.
Option 4: Read a book by an author with the initials of AC, CA, DC, or CD. Middle initials should be ignored. I read The Snack Thief by Andrea Camilleri.
Total points so far: 890
Sara G20.4 - 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. Subtitles should be ignored.
Every Secret Thing by Emma Cole
EXPEDITION EVEREST
Points this post: 20
Total points: 315
30.4 - ElaineL's task: School’s Out!Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming.
Winter's Bone (224 pages)
Option 3: Read a book with the letters G-I-D (Get It Done) in the title and/or authors name.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers (485 pages)
GI in Genius, D in Dave
New Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 515
GO's 3
LAUREN JODI 20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Cugel
Midnight Pleasures with a Scoundrel by Lorraine Heath
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 535/1050
Total Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 22/59
Mai5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow
Book where the first letter of the title begins with a C.
Combined poetry books to meet the 100+ pages requirement
Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day by Nikki Giovanni
Citizen Illegal by José Olivarez
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 385
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 28
Golden Oldies: 3
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30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
Opt.1- Morituri by Yasmina Khadra
Originally written in French. My native language is English
Opt.4-
Savage Island; An Account of a Sojourn in Niu� and Tonga by Basil Thomson
Pub. 1902
*****Requesting 1 GO Ticket*****
Points this task: 30
Total points: 30
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 1
(30.6)
ED30.4 - ElaineL's task: School’s Out!
Opt.1- The Black Joke by Farley Mowat
"FM" found in no school For Me
218p.
Opt.3- In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower by Marcel Proust
"G-I-D" found in "In the shaDow of younG girls in flower"
576p. *****I CLAIM 1 BB TICKET"
pub. 1913-*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
218 + 576= 794meeting the 700 page minimum
Points this task: 30
Total points: 90
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 3
(30.4; 30.5; 30.6)
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of TroubleOption 2, a book by an author whose initials are found in PICASSO: You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
Points this post: 20
Total points: 675
CEELEETask 15.1 ON THE FLIP SIDE
Two book task. One book from Book 1 and one book from Book 2.
Book One
Read a book from a Listopia list that contains the word "Beach" in the title. State the list and the page where it can be found.
SULLIVAN'S ISLAND by Doretha Benton Frank. that appears on the Listopia list SUMMER BEACH READS (Each book is set in a beach town) It is #56 on Page 1.
Sullivan's Island
Book 2
Read a book that appears on a Listopia list with the word "Snow" in the title.
COLD COLD HEART by Tami Hoag that appears on the Listopia list Snow. It is #178 on Page 2
.Cold Cold Heart
Total Points for task: 15
Total Books read for task: 2
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
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Total Points for Summer Challenge 2019: 130
Total Tasks Completed for Summer Challenge 6
Total Books Read for Summer Challenge 2019: 11
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2019: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2019: 2
ED30.2 -Schatzie's task: An Ode to Sarabelle!
Opt.2- The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
"Professor" starts with a P and end with an R.
Opt. 4- Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
pub. 1930 *****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points this task: 30
Total points: 120
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 4
(30.2; 30.4; 30.5; 30.6)
CEELEETask 20.9 THE COUNTRY SHOW
This task is all about the country fairs that happen in rural areas and small towns every summer.
Choose a book from the list of options and read one book that fits that option. State the option you chose.
Option 3 History
To celebrate the first known country fair held in Lancashire in 1768, read a book with two or more of the numbers 1, 7, 6, 8 found in the year the book was originally published.
I read THE OTHER by Thomas Tryon. It was first published in 1971 so the numbers 1 and 7 are a part of the date mentioned in the task. I read this book in high school and it freaked me out in a creepy' good way! Even years later it still freaks me out! A classic horror story! The original movie is pretty creepy too.
Total Points for Task: 20
Total Books read for task: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points for Summer Challenge 2019: 150
Total Tasks Completed for Summer Challenge 2019: 7
Total Books Read for Summer Challenge 2019: 12
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2019: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2019: 2
The Other
Mary P5.2 - Indiana Jones
Read a book with a U.S. state in the title or subtitle.
Zoo Nebraska: The Fight for the Biggest Little Zoo in America by Carson Vaughan
Points this post: 5
Total points: 395
Brooke TXMoving Thick & Thin: Includes Gummy Bears & Grenades from Task 20.3 (which has already been re-posted with another book).
25.3 - Diana K's task: 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Option 2: Read a book that includes all the letters of one of these beaches in the title and/or subtitle: SWORD BEACH, JUNO BEACH, GOLD BEACH, OMAHA BEACH and UTAH BEACH. With all the letters of UTAH BEACH:
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in Canada, Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, or Poland. Set in Canada:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 900
Completed Tasks: 50
Books Read: 77
StaceyNC15.9 - Summer Lovin'
Help Thread
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.
Book: Planning for Love
Completed: 8/15/19
Line: "Was it Love at first Sight?"
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 365
Tasks Completed: 22
Brooke TX25.8 - Coralie's task: Naming the New Generation
Book 1: Read a book by a FEMALE author which has a word in the title or subtitle that ends -ITY. Summer Wigmore's gender isn't indicated on her GR page, but here's an interview with her.
Book 2: Read a book by a MALE author who has exactly four letters in his first name as given by Goodreads.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 925
Completed Tasks: 51
Books Read: 77
Cordelia10.6 Happy 4th of July
Cities of the Red Night by William S. Burroughs
Points: 10
Total Points: 680
Jen K5.9 - Sir John Falstaff
The Huntress
MPG Historical
******** Claiming at Big Book at 551 pages ********
Points this task: 5
Total points: 400
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Stephanie12720.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Option 2: Read a book first published in 1923 or before.
Frankenstein, first published in 1818
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120/1050
Tasks completed: 10/59
Books read: 11
ED25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
Opt.2- Balthazar by Lawrence Durrell-280p.
Opt.3- The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
Points this task: 25
Total points: 145
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 5
(25.6; 30.2; 30.4; 30.5; 30.6)
APRILLEIGH15.8 - Rogue’s Gallery
Read a book with the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense that has a portrait on the cover.
by Daphne du MaurierCover and genre approved in the help thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (365)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (24)
Total Tasks: 19
APRILLEIGH20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah G’s Task: Roller Coasters
Option 1: Busch Gardens Tampa
Read a book with the number "60" intact in the page count.
Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly by Agatha Christie (160 pages)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (385)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (25)
Total Tasks: 20
Barbara ★Reposting...
30.2 - Schatzie's task: An Ode to Sarabelle!
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that is at least 5 letters long, and it must start with a P and end with an R.
Prisoner of Night - J.R. Ward 8/12
Ebook Approval: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 3: Read a book with a one-word title that contains exactly 4 letters.
Envy - M.N. Forgy 8/15
Points this task: 30
Total points: 560
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
10.10 - JuneteenthBabel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
page 6
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 630
15.10 - Summer MonthsRead a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title.
I read This Is How It Always Is. It has 6 words in the title.
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 430
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 27
Janice CA10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?
Letters from ROGUE found in the title.
Title: jOURnEy for marGaret
Journey for Margaret by William Lindsay White
***GOLDEN OLDIE, first published in 1941***
+10
total: 110
tasks: 7
books: 8
LaureY20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a Roll
I rolled 3 - YOUNG ALDULT or NEW ADULT
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
Option a - both L and T are in ADULT.
*I claim a Big Book Ticket for this book as it is 514 pages long.*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 645 /1050
Total Books: 41
Total Tasks: 33/59
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 6
Diana K.Task 25.2 - SandyL's task: Road Trip on Route 66!
Opt 1. Read a book by an author whose initials are found in CADILLAC RANCH. All initials count.
Golden Child by Claire Adam
Opt 3 Read a book that contains all the letters of GRAND in the title (no subtitles).
The Heart of the Garden
Total points: 840
Diana K.Task 25.8 - Coralie's task: Naming the New Generation
Book 1 - Read a book by a FEMALE author which has a word in the title or subtitle that ends -ITY.
City of Flickering Light
Book 2 - Read a book by a MALE author who has exactly four letters in his first name as given by Goodreads.
The Nile: A Journey Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present by Toby Wilkinson
Total points: 865
ED25.5 - Raynebair's task: My Career in Technology
Opt. 3- The Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton 198p.
Opt. 4- In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
355p.
198+355= 553 meets the 550 page minimum requirement
Points this task: 25
Total points: 170
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 12
Tasks completed: 6
(25.5; 25.6; 30.2; 30.4; 30.5; 30.6)
ED20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Opt. 3- The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida
pub. 1988
Points this task: 20
Total points: 190
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 7
(20.9; 25.5; 25.6; 30.2; 30.4; 30.5; 30.6)
ED20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Opt. 2- Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf
pub.1922 *****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points this task: 20
Total points: 210
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 8
(20.6; 20.9; 25.5; 25.6; 30.2; 30.4; 30.5; 30.6)
Bookwrrm526Task #30.6 - Relatively Obsessed
Option 1: Read a book written in a language other than your native language. My native language is English, so I read Voice of the Violin by Andrea Camilleri, which was originally published in Italian.
Option 3: Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre that includes History. I read Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates Jr..
Total points so far: 920
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15.9 - Summer Lovin'
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King
Word: Good
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 265
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