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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Barbara ★20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Sara G's task: Roller Coasters
Option 1: Read a book with the number "60" intact in the page count.
Wicked Flames - Sharon Kay (460 pages) 8/23
(I read the kindle version which has 460 pages; there is a print edition as well)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 610
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★I've already posted this task but would like to switch out the book and use Trojan Odyssey for task 30.6 in next post.
5.10 - Rhett Butler
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Wandering Star - Romina Russell 8/3
Points this task: 0
Total points: 610
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
Option 1: Read a book written in a language other than your native language. The edition you read may be in any language, as long as the first published edition of the book was not in your native language.
The Scarred Woman - Jussi Adler-Olsen 6/28
(written in Danish, my native language is English)
Option 2: Read a book with a masted sailing ship on the cover.
Trojan Odyssey - Clive Cussler 7/28
Approval: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 30
Total points: 640
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Readerboard Name: Absurda5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow
Read a book where the first letter of the title begins with an R or a C.
Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump by Rick Reilly
Points this task: 5
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 375
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Pamela326510.4 - Too Busy to Read?
An Evening at Almack's - MPG anthologies
Approved for length at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 300
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
Kathy KS15.5 - Independence Day
Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of these countries... Belgium
Enticing the Spymaster, by Julia Rowe
I read this as an ebook; no print copies listed. [ebook length verification OK message 7558: by Dlmrose]
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 420
Tasks completed: 20
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 5
Task 30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively ObsessedOption 1: Read a book written in a language other than your native language.
Required:State your native language.
Native Language: English
This book was first written in Hebrew
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011) by Yuval Noah Harari (translated from Hebrew) (Hardcover, 443 pages) [909]
Royal Society of Biology General Book Prize Nominee (2015)
Option 3:Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre that includes History
American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race (2019) by Douglas Brinkley [629.409] (Hardcover, 576 pages)
** American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race is a Big Book, pagecount: 576 pages **
255 + 30 = 285
Tasks Completed: 16
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 255 + 30 = 285
Books read: 21
Pages read: 7,120
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 11
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Brooklyn15.1 – On the Flip Side
Book 1: Read a book that can be found on a Listopia with the word “beach” intact in the list’s title.
Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrews
Found on pg. 2 of “Summer Beach Reads (all stories set in beach towns)” listopia.
Book 2: Read a book that can be found on a Listopia with the word “snow” intact in the list’s title.
Night Road by Kristin Hannah
Found on pg. 1 of “Best books to read when the snow is falling” listopia.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 350/1050
Tasks completed: 28/59
Books read: 29
Big Book Tickets: 2
MELLY20.9 option 1: farm animal on the cover
There is a dog in the background, as well as a horse.
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 20
Brooklyn25.2 – Road Trip on Route 66!
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose initials are found in CADILLAC RANCH.
Run Away by Harlan Coben
Option 4: Read a book with a sandy beach on the cover.
by Elin HilderbrandPoints this post: 25
Total points: 375/1050
Tasks completed: 29/59
Books read: 31
Big Book Tickets: 2
MELLY 20.6 option 2: book published before 1923
This book was first published in 1896.
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 40
Brooklyn25.3 – 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in one of the listed countries.
The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion
Set almost entirely in Australia
Option 4: Read a book with a gravestone on the cover.
by Agatha ChristieFirst published in 1930 **claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket**
Points this post: 25
Total points: 400/1050
Tasks completed: 30/59
Books read: 33
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn25.4 – Authors That Work Well Together
Read 2 books by 2 different authors, whose combined initials can be put together to form a single word in English.
Under My Skin by Lisa Unger - 361 pages
The Retreat by Mark Edwards - 335 pages
LU + ME = MULE
361 + 335 = 696 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 425/1050
Tasks completed: 31/59
Books read: 35
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
MELLY 20.2 option 2: book by author whose initials are found in PICASSO
Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 60
Brooklyn25.5 – My Career in Technology
Option 2: Read a book with one of the listed “computerized” items on the cover
by Gaby Dunn - 344 pagesmobile phone on the cover
Option 4: Read a book first published in 2000.
Witness in Death by J.D. Robb - 339 pages
First published January 2000.
344 + 339 = 683 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 450/1050
Tasks completed: 32/59
Books read: 37
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
MELLY 20.1 option 1: author's initials found in GERT FROBE
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 80
Brooklyn25.6 – Birthday “One”
Option 2: Read a book between 260 and 600 pages in length.
I Found You by Lisa Jewell – 448 pages
Option 3: Read a book from the “classic British mysteries” listopia.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Found on pg. 1
Points this post: 25
Total points: 475/1050
Tasks completed: 33/59
Books read: 39
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
MELLY20.5 option 2: author's initials found in MARSHA P. JOHNSON (at least 300 pages)
Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy
404 pages
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 100
Brooklyn30.4 – School’s Out!
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in NO SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ME.
Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren – 432 pages
Option 3: Read a book with the letters G, I, D in the title or author’s name.
The Last Original Wife by Dorothea Benton Frank – 352 pages
G, I in original
D in Dorothea
432 + 352 = 784
Points this post: 30
Total points: 505/1050
Tasks completed: 34/59
Books read: 41
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
MELLY15.10 title has exactly 6,7, or 8 words
A People's History of the United States
Claiming 1 Big Book ticket: 729 pages
Points this post: 15
Points to date: 115
BB: 1
Brooklyn30.5 – Summer Swimming
Option 1: Read a book with a MPG of sports.
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
verified in help thread (message #26)
Option 4: Read a book with only black and/or red letters on the cover
by Tayari JonesPoints this post: 30
Total points: 535/1050
Tasks completed: 35/59
Books read: 43
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
MELLYThis post is to claim Golden Oldie ticket only. No new points.
Points originally claimed in post #3184.
20.6 option 2: book published before 1923
The Island of Doctor Moreau
**The Island of Doctor Moreau is a GO. It was originally published 1893.**
GOs this post: 1
GOs to date: 1
BB to date: 1
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 115
30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively ObsessedOption 1, a book written in a language other than my native language (English): The People in the Photo by Hélène Gestern, originally published in French
Option 4, a book by an author whose last name ends in -son: Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
Points this post: 30
Total points: 770
Brooklyn30.7 – 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 listed album.
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green – 304 pages
Down matches “Fire Down Below” on disc 1, song 4.
Option 5: Read a book from the “lock and key” listopia.
Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella – 374 pages
Found on page 1.
304 + 374 = 678 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 565/1050
Tasks completed: 36/59
Books read: 45
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn30.9 – Just Reading
Book 1: Read a book that was read in her Leeds book club.
Girl at War by Sara Nović – 320 pages
Read in January 2016
Book 2: Read a book from my IRL book club.
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren – 400 pages
This was my IRL book club’s selection for August.
320 + 400 = 620 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 595/1050
Tasks completed: 37/59
Books read: 47
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn50.1 – Genre Tic-Tac-Toe
Book 1: Author’s last name must begin with T, I, C
How to Walk Away by Katherine Center – 320 pages
MPG of contemporary, verified in help thread (message #39)
Book 2: Author’s last name must begin with T, A, C
Good Intentions by J.D. Trafford – 288 pages
MPG of mystery
Book 3: Author’s last name must begin with T, O, E
The Library Book by Susan Orlean – 336 pages
MPG of non-fiction
320 + 288 + 336 = 944 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 645/1050
Tasks completed: 38/59
Books read: 50
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
LAUREN JODI 25.1 - Sandy's task - Game of Books
Book #1: Daenerys Targaryen Page 2, #98
Casey's Warriors by Ann Mayburn
Page #: 280
Book #2: Tyrion Lannister Page 2, #105
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Page #: 486
Total pages: 766
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 655/1050
Total Books Read: 45
Tasks Completed: 27/59
Task 10.8 - Roll the DiceRead a book with the number of pages (+/- 10 pages) that you reach by arranging the 3 numbers from the dice. You may only roll once!
REQUIRED: State in your post the 3 numbers you rolled
Rolled: 2 6 2
If, Then (2019) by Kate Hope Day (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 260 pages)
285 + 10 = 295
Tasks Completed: 17
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 285 + 10 = 295
Books read: 22
Pages read: 7,380
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 12
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Sarah H10.8 - Roll the Dice
Read a book with the number of pages (+/- 10 pages) that you reach by arranging the 3 numbers from the dice.
I rolled: 1 5 6
Wanted, A Gentleman - 155 pages
Read kindle edition, linked to paperback
Points for this task: 10 points
Total points to date: 455 points
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 33
Diana K.30.3 - 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, as in the title word “Reivers.”
Walk in Their Shoes: Can One Person Change the World?
Book 2 Read a book that was first published in 1962.
The Night in Lisbon
Total points: 1030
Alaina30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
Option 3: I try very hard not to be just a collector of names and dates, but to put my family history in context to understand how my ancestors lived.
Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre that includes History
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon-Rosa Brooks
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 95
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country ShowOption 3: History
Read a book with TWO (or more) of (1,7,6,8) in the year first published.
Arhipelagul altei vieţi by Andreï Makine
first published in 2016
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 10
LAUREN JODI 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sara G's task: Roller Coasters
Option 3: Disney World
Title initials in EVEREST EXPEDITION
Return to Tradd Street by Karen White
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 675/1050
Total Books Read: 46
Tasks Completed: 28/59
LaureY30.3 - Ava Catherine's task: Faulkner's Reivers
Book 1: The Reivers
Read a book in which a title word of at least four letters contains the letters “ei” intact.
The Dark Days Deceit by Alison Goodman
*I claim a Big Book ticket for this book as it is 545 pages long.*
Book 2: 1962: Publication date
Read a book that was first published in 1962.
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick
Points this post: 30
Total points: 685 /1050
Total Books: 45
Total Tasks: 36/59
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 6
Mary P5.7 - Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights
Read a book from this list So You Love a Bad Boy or Tortured Hero
Mercy by Lucian Bane
Found on page 3 of list.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 400
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.7: Heathcliff:
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness is on page 2 (#165) on the list.
Claim 1 Big Book ticket for 579 pages.
Totals this posting:
Points: 5
Summary Totals:
Points: 85
Books Posted: 13
Tasks Completed: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.1: Can you spell ROGUE?:
The Voyage: A Historical Novel set during the Holocaust, Inspired by real events by Roberta Kagan has all the letters of ROGUE in the title/subtitle the vOyaGE: a histoRical novel set dUring the holocaust, inspired by real events.
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Summary Totals:
Points: 95
Books Posted: 14
Tasks Completed: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.2: He's a Classic!:
The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff has author initials TH in rHeTt butler.
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Summary Totals:
Points: 105
Books Posted: 15
Tasks Completed: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.4: Too busy to read?:
Echoes from the Macabre: Selected Stories by Daphne du Maurier is a collection of 9 stories, with MPG short stories.
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Summary Totals:
Points: 115
Books Posted: 16
Tasks Completed: 16
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.7: Smile!:
Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip has MPG Fairy Tales (embedded).
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Summary Totals:
Points: 125
Books Posted: 17
Tasks Completed: 17
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
LAUREN JODI 20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Option 1: Published in 2019
Son of Scandal by Dani Wade
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 695/1050
Total Books Read: 47
Tasks Completed: 29/59
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.8: Roll the dice:
In a Small Town: A Small Town Series: Book One by Marc A. DiGiacomo has 208 pages. The numbers I rolled are 1, 2, 3. Arranged as 213, this allows pages in the range 203 - 223.
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Summary Totals:
Points: 135
Books Posted: 18
Tasks Completed: 18
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Barbara ★30.7 - 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. You may choose song titles from Disc One or Disc Two. Words must match exactly.
A Little Mischief - Amelia Grey (309 pages) 6/7
("Little Boy Billy" – Ralph Steadman – 5:33)
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.
Paranoia - Joseph Finder (432 pages) 8/24
("Coast of High Barbary" – Joseph Arthur – 4:02)
TOTAL: Book 1 (309 pages) + Book 2 (432 pages) = 741 pages > 650 pages
Points this task: 30
Total points: 670
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
JUKKA10.8 - Roll the Dice
A book whose page count is ±10 of the numbers you rolled.
I rolled the numbers 2-3-4.
Mister Miracle by Tom King has 320 pages (3-2-4, 314-334).
Total Points: 320/1050
Total Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 28/59
Big Books Total: 5
Golden Oldies Total: 2
MELLY15.6: read an author born in June, July, or August
We Were the Mulvaneys
Joyce Carol Oates was born June 16.
Points this post: 15
Points to date: 130
GOs to date: 1
BB to date: 1
MELLY 15.8: cover has a person's portrait
Points this post: 15
Points to date: 145
GOs to date: 1
BBs to date: 1
MELLY15.9: word in title matches lyric from Summer Lovin'
When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II
matching word is "went"
Points this post: 15
Points to date: 160
GOs to date: 1
BBs to date: 1
Julia10325.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
Option 1: The Thief
Option 2: Beyond the Gates (352 pages)
This task: 25 points
Total points: 585
Total BB: 4
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 39
MELLY10.1: all the letters of ROGUE in title
Proper Gauge
Points this post: 10
Points to date: 170
GOs to date: 1
BBs to date: 1
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30.9 - Mazza1's task: JUST READING
This is a two book task with a page count of at least 600 Pages.
Book 1 - Read any book that fits SRC rules that we have read in our Leeds Book group.
Flowers for Algernon Audiobook
Flowers for Algernon MMPB 311 Pages
October 2018
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 Paper Menagerie and Other Stories Audiobook
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories Paperback 450 Pages
Spells, Space & Screams August Book Club Pick
Read August 23rd
311+450=761 Pages
This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 975 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 7
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1