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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.9: Sing along!:
Legionary by Gordon Doherty has more than 7 people on the cover, 7 identifiable helmeted heads, some arms here and there behind shields, easier to see on the Amazon image. The number of people was approved in the task help thread #31.Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Summary Totals:
Points: 145
Books Posted: 19
Tasks Completed: 19
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.10: Rhett Butler:
Dead Men Don't Lye by Tim Myers
Totals this posting:
Points: 5
Summary Totals:
Points: 150
Books Posted: 20
Tasks Completed: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Lisa MD30.9 - Mazza1's task: JUST READING
This is a two book task with a page count of at least 600 Pages.
311 + 352 = 663
Book 1 - Read any book we have read in our Leeds Book group (Good Reads in Leeds) (up until July this year). - July 2019 group read
The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson 311 pp
Book 2 –IRL Book Club - August book club pick for my In Real Life Book Club (The Pageturners) and the July pick for my IRL Book Club (The Globe Book Club)
Educated by Tara Westover 352 pp
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 30
Total Points: 420 / 1050
Tasks Completed: 22/ 59
Books Read: 27
BB Tickets: 1
GO:
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.5: Independence Dat:
De Atomium Tapes by Woody Dubois. The entire book is set in Belgium in the Brussels area. The Atomium monument in the title was built in Brussels for the 1958 world expo (see Wikipedia). The entire book is set in Belgium, more than 90% in Brussels itself. The book is only available in dutch.
The setting was approved in the Help Thread #12.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Summary Totals:
Points: 165
Books Posted: 21
Tasks Completed: 21
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.2: Independence Day, Option 2:
Sweet Masterpiece by Connie Shelton. The author's initials CS are in piCaSso.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals:
Points: 185
Books Posted: 22
Tasks Completed: 22
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.5: Pride2019, Option 1:
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code by Margalit Fox. The first letters of the words in the 5-word title TROTL are in sTOnewaLl RioT. There are 384 pages in the book, >300 pages required.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals:
Points: 205
Books Posted: 23
Tasks Completed: 23
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
ED25.2 - SandyL's task: Road Trip on Route 66!
Option 1: Cadillac Ranch
Toubab by Rob Coughlin
approved for length at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
"RC" found in "Cadillac Ranch"
Option 4 - Santa Monica, CA
A Chagos Story by Vinod T. Fullee
Points this task: 25
Total points: 475
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 33
Tasks completed: 25
(5.1; 5.5; 5.9; 10.2; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; 10.8; 10.9; 15.6;15.7; 15.9; 15.10; 20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.6; 20.9; 25.2; 25.5; 25.6; 30.2; 30.4; 30.5; 30.6)
Reader name: Marie-Anne***REPOST of post #2418 ***
Task 10:10: Juneteenth: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. The book is listed #25 on page 1.
My original post was The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin, but was listed as part of the entire trilogy. I understand now that one can not read just one book in a bundle. I reread Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel instead.
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Summary Totals:
Points: 205
Books Posted: 23
Tasks Completed: 23
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
babbling c10.2 - He's a Classic!
Rhett Butler is one of the classic rogues in literature. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in RHETT BUTLER. All initials count, and letters can be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
Spellbinder -kindle Spellbinder paperback pgs. 512 by Thea Harrison
RHETT BUTLER
THIS POST
Points:10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 360/1050
Completed Tasks: 23/59
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season:10,798
Books read this season: 30.
JUKKA15.8 - Rogues' Gallery
Book with main page genre Mystery, Thriller or Suspense, with a portrait on the cover.
Southern Cross, Vol. 1 by Becky Cloonan, approved in the task help thread.
Total Points: 335/1050
Total Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 29/59
Big Books Total: 5
Golden Oldies Total: 2
Flutterby15.5 - Independence Day
A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
- takes place in Canada
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 310
Total Tasks: 22
Andy P.Task # 10.3 - Summer Reading
Read one of the books from the Goodreads Staff Summer Reading Lists Staffer member is Elizabeth Khuri Chandler
Book I chose from her picks: The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Points this post: 10
Total points: 1030
Flutterby25.4 - Andy P.'s task: Authors That Work Well Together
Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop
Paperback – 528 page
Angelfall by Susan Ee
Paperback – 326 page
Anne Bishop (AB) + Susan Ee (SE) = BASE
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 335
Total Tasks: 23
Andy P.Task # 5.10 - Rhett Butler
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder
Points this post: 5
Total points: 1035
10.8 - Roll the DiceNumbers rolled: 1, 6, 3
A Thousand Pieces of You, by Claudia Gray. Page count for top paperback is 360 pages.
Total points: 35
15.6 - Happy Birthday AuthorsWool (Omnibus edition), by Hugh Howey. See wikipedia page for birth date.
Total points: 65
30.4 - School's OutOption 1:
Everless, by Sara Holland.
Option 3:
Into the Drowning Deep, by Mira Grant (in title)
Total Points: 185
Task 5.9 – Sir John FalstaffFICTION, with m.p.g. of “Historical” or “History”
The Flight of the Maidens
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 470 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
MELLY25.6 option 1: two word title beginning with "the"
The Stranded
25.6 option 2: page count between 260-600
Men at Arms page count 377
Points this post: 25
Points to date: 205
GOs to date: 1
BBs to date: 2
Kathy KSThis book was originally used for task 15.7; it is being replaced.
10.7 - Smile!
Read a book with the main page genre Fairy Tales, standalone or embedded.
Once Upon a Tower, by Eloisa James.
Genre locked in help thread, message 25: by Sandy.
I listened to the audiobook; mmpb=404 p.
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 420 - 15 +10 = 415
Tasks completed: 20
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 5
***Repost - First post did not have acceptable book for FantasyTraceyL (Readerboard Name)
50.1 - Diane Whitney's task: Genre Tic-Tac-Toe
For this task, you will make Tic-Tac-Toe from three of the genres listed below by reading three books--a Book 1, a Book 2, and a Book 3.
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Audiobook
Jurassic Park MMP 480 Pages
Science Fiction - Top Right
Initial in tiC
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay Audiobook
A Head Full of Ghosts Paperback 284 Pages
Fantasy - Middle Right
Initial in Toe
Wise Children by Angela Carter Audiobook
Wise Children Paperback 240 Pages
Historical Fiction - Bottom Right
Initial in taC
480+204+240=924 Pages
This Post: 50 points
Total points to date: 1025 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
MELLY30.5 option 3: page count 100-150
is 104 pages. **I am claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket for Oedipus Rex. It was first published 429 BCE.**
30.5 option 4: only red or black letters on cover
Points this post: 30
Points to date: 235
GOs this post: 1
GOs to date: 2
BBs to date: 2
Stephanie12715.3 - Stonewall 50
Help Thread-Option 1: Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with the MPG LGBT. Reasonable variations will be accepted: Ex: M/M Romance, Transgender, Trans, Queer, etc.
La Bastarda: A Novel
Book 2: Read a book with the word "Pride" in the title/subtitle or series title. Plurals and possessive are allowed but no other variations.
Runaways: Pride & Joy
Points this post: 15
Total points: 155/1050
Tasks completed: 12/59
Books read: 14
Kathy KSReplacing original title used in message 3149 because it was moved; all numbers adjusted
15.7 - Rogue One
Read 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.
Generations and Change: genealogical perspectives in social history, edited by Robert M. Taylor, Jr.
R = Robert
o
G = Generations
u
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 430
Tasks completed: 21
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 5
10.4 - Too Busy to Read?A book with a main page genre of short, stories, anthologies, or essays: Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault: Essays from the Grown-up Years by Cathy Guisewite
Points this post: 10
Total points: 780
Kristi CO15.4 - Fourth of July
Option 1: red/white/blue title
by Renée NaultOption 2: published July 16, 2019
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Points this post: 15
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 15
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Elizabeth PTask 20.6 - Midway Through the Year
Option One - First published 2019
Life and Other Inconveniences by Kristan Higgins
Published August 2019
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 420
Total Tasks: 22
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 3
Total Books: 28
Readerboard name Kathy P30.2 -Schatzie's task: An Ode to Sarabelle!
Option 1:Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
Option 4: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
Author: Caitlin Doughty
Points this task: 30
Totals
Points: 315
BB: 0
GO:0
Total Tasks completed: 14
Total Books read: 19
Amy FL5.5 - Robin Hood
Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly (Jon Hall)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 475
Amy FL15.9 - Summer Lovin'
Meet the Sky (summer heat, boy and girl MEET…)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 490
Amy FL30.1 - Amanda A's task: Like Letters
Book 1: One of Ours
Book 2: The First Time She Drowned by Kerry Kletter
Points this post: 30
Total points: 520
Pamela326525.3 - Diana K's task: 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Option 1: The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
Option 3:Instant Fatherby Donna Gartshore – Set in Saskatchewan, Canada
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 325
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
Books to Fit In:
Alaina20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Option 2: Worth a Thousand Words - Read a book by an author whose initials are found in one of the following: MATISSE, PICASSO, or REMBRANDT
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon-Rosa Brooks
ROSA BROOKS - REMBRANDT
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 85
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Suzannesea30.8 TessaVanessa's Task: Double Up
Read two books with the same title.
Book 1: The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams
Book 2: The Golden Hour by Margaret Wurtele
Margaret Wurtele shares a name with Margaret Smith.
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 710
DeborahPost #12
15.8 - Rogues' Gallery
My Sister, the Serial KillerPoints this post: 15
Total Points: 205
Books read: 15
Tasks Done: 12
Task 30.4 - 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” All initials count.
Million Mile Road Trip (2019) by Rudy Rucker (Paperback, 476 pages)
no summeR school foR me
Option 3: Read a book with the letters G-I-D (Get It Done) in the title and/or authors name.
Flirting with Pride and Prejudice: Fresh Perspectives on the Original Chick-Lit Masterpiece (2005) edited by Jennifer Crusie (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 230 pages) [823.7]
G: flirtinG
I: flIrting
D: priDe
Your books must have a combined page total of at least 700 pages.
476 + 230 = 706 > 700 PAGES
295 + 30 =325
Tasks Completed: 18
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 295 + 30 =325
Books read: 24
Pages read: 8,086
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 13
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Coralie20.4 Roller Coasters
Option 3 Disney World
Book with a title of 3 words where the initial letter of each word in the title can be found in expediTiOn eveRest
Radiance of Tomorrow
Total to date 620 points
delicious dee20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019
Option 2: The Icons - Bitsy's Bait & BBQ
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 700
Christine V15.4 - Fourth of July
Option 1 - Book 1: Exit Strategy
Book 2: Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
Points this post: 15
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=3, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=5)
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10.8: roll dice for page count
The Bone Clocks
I rolled 6-3-1. The Bone Clocks is 624 pages long.
**I am claiming 1 Big Book ticket. This book is 624 pages.**
Points this post: 10
Points to date: 180
GOs to date: 1
BBs this post: 1
BBs to date: 2