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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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I loved this task! I play Bookish Bingo every month so it was easy for me to understand and it was fun!
Task 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 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 310 pages TAC
Total Page Count: 1,059 pp
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 TAC
The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy
The Water is Wide
Author name begins with "C"
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
Total Points Earned for Summer Challenge 2019: 150
Total Tasks Completed for Summer Challenge 2019: 7
Total Books read for Summer Challenge 2019: 12
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2019: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2019: 2
Chelsea M.15.1 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.
Rebel Girls by Elizabeth Keenan
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 110
Mary P5.1 - Han Solo
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in MILLENNIUM FALCON.
The River Widow by Ann Howard Creel
Points this post: 5
Total points: 405
LAUREN JODI 15.6 - Happy Birthday, Authors!
Midnight Rainbow by Linda Howard
Author born August 3, 1950 as per her Goodreads page
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 710/1050
Total Books Read: 48
Tasks Completed: 30/59
Jen K25.3 - Diana K's task: 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Option 2: Omaha Beach
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
MOonwAlking witH einstein: tHe Art And sCience of rememBEring everything
Option 3: Canada
Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
Set fully in Canada (Toronto, Ontario)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 455
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies total: 0
Jen K20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 3: History
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Published June 13th 2017 (includes 1 and 7)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 475
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies total: 0
SandyL10.7 - Smile!
Read a book with the main page genre Fairy Tales
To Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt
genre verified msg 88
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 1030
Tasks Completed: 57
Books Read: 81
Big Book Tickets: 7
Golden Oldies: 2
Julia10325.7 - Cat's task: Ellan Vannin
Option 2:
Book 1: Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around: Forty Years of Movement Building with Barbara Smith (MPG Feminism, 354 pages)
Book 2: What Price Honor? by Dave Stern (DS in laDy iSabella, 304 pages)
This task: 25 points
Total points: 610
Total BB: 4
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 41
SandyL10.8 - Roll the Dice
Rolled 5-1-2
Retrieval by Aly Martinez
252 pages
(251 = 241 to 261 page range)
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 1040
Tasks Completed: 58
Books Read: 82
Big Book Tickets: 7
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL10.9 - Sing Along!
Read a book with 4 or more people on the cover
Texas Family by R.J. Scott
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 1050
Tasks Completed: 59
Books Read: 83
Big Book Tickets: 7
Golden Oldies: 2
25.3 - 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAYOPTION 3 - In Too Deep set in New Zealand
OPTION 4 -
TOTAL POINTS - 740
babbling c15.5 - Independence Day
France, Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of these countries.
REQUIRED: If the setting is not obvious on the book’s main GRs page, include a reference when you post.
Meet Me in Monaco: A Novel of Grace Kelly's Wedding - Audible Meet Me in Monaco -paperback pg 384 by Hazel Gaynor
Despite the title, more than half the book is actually set in France. Sophie's shop is in Cannes and her home is in Grasse.
THIS POST
Points:15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 375/1050
Completed Tasks: 24/59
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season:11,182
Books read this season: 31.
25.8 - Coralie's task: Naming the New GenerationBook 1, a book by a female author that has a word in the title or subtitle that ends in -ity: French Heroines, 1940-1945: Courage, Strength and Ingenuity by Monique Saigal
Book 2, a book by a male author who has exactly four letters in his first name: Three Plays: Blithe Spirit / Hay Fever / Private Lives by Noël Coward
I read Blithe Spirit, p. 7-109 in the above collection. The individually published edition of Blithe Spirit is: Blithe Spirit
Points this post: 25
Total points: 805
Task 20.6 - Midway Through The YearOption 1: Read any book that was first published this year (2019).
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion (2019) by Jia Tolentino (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, First Edition, 303 pages)
325 + 20 = 345
Tasks Completed: 19
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 325 + 20 = 345
Books read: 25
Pages read: 8,389
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 14
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Jen K20.10 - Group Reads
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
comment #27 on the discussion thread
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 495
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies total: 0
20.8 Home StatesField of Bones by J.A. Jance
This book is set in Bisbee, Arizona
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 305
25.6 Birthday OneOption 1: The Reckoning by John Grisham
This book has 592 pages. I'd like a BB ticket.
Option 2: Wunderland by Jennifer Cody Epstein
This book has 373 pages
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 330
Big Book Tickets: 4
30.7 Rogues All Over the Place1) The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
Girls is in the first song Cape Cod Girls
3) The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbø
This is set in Norway
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 360
Amy FL20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 3: The First Lady - First published December 13th 2018
Points this post: 20
Total points: 540
Amy FL30.7 -Dulcinella's task: Rogues All Over the Place
Option 1: Long Way Down - Fire "Down" Below
Option 2: Neon Prey by John Sandford - My Son "John" – John C. Reilly
Points this post: 30
Total points: 570
Amy FL25.2 - SandyL's task: Road Trip on Route 66!
Option 1: Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren (CadiLlac) - approved in message 22
Option 3: Wrongful Death (wRoNGful DeAth)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 595
Task 30.3 -: Faulkner's ReiversBook 1: The Reivers
Read a book in which a title word of at least four letters contains the letters “ei” intact, as in the title word “Reivers.” Subtitles do not apply.
revEIlle
The Final Reveille (Living History Museum #1) (2015) by Amanda Flower (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 326 pages)
Book 2: 1962: Publication date
Read a book that was first published in 1962.
The Golden Spur (1962) by Dawn Powell (Paperback, 264 pages)
326 + 264 = 590 > 501
345 + 30 = 375
Tasks Completed: 20
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 345 + 30 = 375
Books read: 27
Pages read: 8,979
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 15
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Kristen IA20.3 - 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".
Reading People: How Seeing the World Through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything by Anne Bogel
I listened to the audiobook version and have linked to the PB edition for page count.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 125/1050
Tasks Completed: 7/59
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
Read two books, one from each of two options below.
Option 1. For this first option read a book with a title which is two words in length -- BUT the first word must be the article “The.”
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith - 672 pages
I listened to the audiobook version and have linked to the MMPB edition for page count.
*******I claim 1 BB Ticket for 672 pages*******
Option 2. Read a book which is between 260 and 600 pages in length. (It may be 260 pp. or 600 pp. exactly or anywhere in between.)
I Shall Not Want by Julia Spencer-Fleming - 416 pages
I listened to the audiobook version and have linked to the PB edition for page count.
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 150/1050
Tasks Completed: 8/59
BB: 1
GO: 0
Kristen IA25.8 - Coralie's task: Naming the New Generation
Read 2 books, one for the girls and one for the boys.
Book 1: the girls
The girls' names are Amity and Verity.
Read a book by a FEMALE author which has a word in the title or subtitle that ends -ITY. The book may have more than one author but all of the authors must be female.
The City Baker's Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller
Book 2: the boys
The boys' names are Troy, Zeke, Arlo and Jack
Read a book by a MALE author who has exactly four letters in his first name as given by Goodreads. Spaces define names. The book may have more than one author but ALL the authors must be male AND ALL the authors must have four letters in their first name.
Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 175/1050
Tasks Completed: 9/59
BB: 1
GO: 0
MEGSCL20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Option 3: History
Read a book with TWO (or more) of those numbers (1,7,6,8) in the year first published (2017) - The Alice Network
** 532 pages, 1 big book
TOTAL TO DATE
640 points
6 big books
MEGSCL25.1 - Sandy's task - Game of Books
Arya, page 2 - Girl at War
Daenerys, page 1 - The Blood of Flowers
TOTAL TO DATE
665 points
6 big books
MEGSCL25.8 - Coralie's task: Naming the New Generation
Book 1: the girls. Read a book by a FEMALE author which has a word in the title or subtitle that ends -ITY.
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
Book 2: the boys. Read a book by a MALE author who has exactly four letters in his first name
Zigzag Street by Nick Earls
TOTAL TO DATE
690 points
6 big books
Diana K.20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Aprilleigh’s task: Staying Out of Trouble
Opt 1 Read a book with one of the words RACE, CLASS, DICE, or ROLL intact in the title (ignore subtitles)
The Race for Paris
Total points: 1050
trishhartuk10.9 Sing Along!
Read a book with 4 or more people on the cover.
(504pg)Golden Oldie: First published in 1868
Big Book: 504pg
AR Quiz No. 211101 EN Fiction. AR Quiz Information IL: MY - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 15.0. AR Quiz Types: RP
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Golden oldie: Yes, Little Women was first published in 1868
Big book: Yes – 504pg
Total points: 560pg
Tasks completed: 31
Golden oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 7
Sarah H30.7 -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.
Red Rising - 382 pages
Matches song: Blood Red Roses
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.
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence - 469 pages
Matches artist: Mark Anthony Thompson
Total pages: 851
Points for this task: 30 points
Total points to date: 485 points
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 35
5.10 - Rhett ButlerMacbeth by Jo Nesbø
506 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 5
Total points: 255
Big book tickets: 6
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 15
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!Option 1: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Points this post: 20
Total points: 275
Big book tickets: 6
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 16
25.2 - SandyL's task: Road Trip on Route 66!Option 3: A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
1184 pages - claiming 3 BB ticket
Option 5: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
#73 on list: Road trip
714 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 25
Total points: 300
Big book tickets: 10
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 17
30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively ObsessedOption 1: Hundene i Riga by Henning Mankell
Original language: Swedish, My native language: Danish
Option 4: Signe by Lars Johansson
593 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 30
Total points: 330
Big book tickets: 11
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 18
30.7 -Dulcinella's task: Rogues All Over the PlaceOption 1: Everybody's Son by Thrity Umrigar
Disc 1, song 2: "My Son John" – John C. Reilly
Option 3: Pigen fra Brooklyn by Guillaume Musso
Points this post: 30
Total points: 360
Big book tickets: 11
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 19
StaceyNC10.8 - Roll the Dice
Read a book with the number of pages (+/- 10 pages) that you reach by arranging the 3 numbers from the dice.
Roll: 4 - 2 - 3
Book: Midnight Bayou
Completed: 8/24/19
Pages: 338 (-4 from 342)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 385
Tasks Completed: 24
StaceyNC5.3 - Captain Jack Sparrow
Read a book where the first letter of the title begins with an R or a C.
Book: Crown of Midnight
Completed: 8/7/19
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 390
Tasks Completed: 25
StaceyNC30.10 - Brooke TX's task: Spies, Scouts, Detectives, Pirates, and Sundry Ne'er-do-wells
This is a two book task. Read two books found on any of the following lists. Your books may be from two different lists or the same list.
Book 1: Fair Game
Completed: 6/6/19
Page 2 of Book with Heroes/Heroines Who Are Assassins
Book 2: Graceling
Completed: 8/26/19
Page 1 of Books with Heroes/Heroines Who Are Assassins
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 420
Tasks Completed: 26
Mai10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?
Book with all of the letters in ROGUE in its title/subtitle.
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing: Life, Death and the Thrill of the Catch by Bob Mortimer
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing: Life, Death and the Thrill of the Catch
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 445
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 32
Golden Oldies: 4
Readerboard Name: Absurda15.4 - 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.
Wild Earth's Nobility: Book 1 Pike'S Peak Trilogy by Frank Waters
Originally published in 1935, claim one Golden Oldies ticket. The GR page does not list original publish date, but it can be found in
Wikipedia
Book 2: Read a book that was first published in July of any year.
by Delilah S. DawsonOriginally published July 17th 2018
Points this task: 15
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 1
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 390
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 6
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Readerboard Name: Absurda15.10 - Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title. Subtitles may be used or ignored, as needed. Spaces determine words. All words count.
by Cynthia Baxter6 words in title
Points this task: 15
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 405
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 6
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Congratulations, SandyL! Task 25.3 in the Fall Challenge is yours.
APRILLEIGH30.6 - DLMrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
Option 1: Read a book written in a language other than your native language.
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (originally in German, my native language is English)
*** Golden Oldie, originally published in 1922 ***
Option 4: Read a book written by a single author whose last name end in -sen or -son.
The Butterfly Garden by Dot HutchiSON
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (460)
Golden Oldie: 1 (6)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 2 (30)
Total Tasks: 24
Andy P.Task # 15.3 - Stonewall 50
Option 2: Read 1 book.
Read a book that has LGBT as a MPG AND has the word "Pride" in its title/subtitle or series title
Texas Pride by Kindle Alexander
Book approved here
Points this post: 15
Total points: 1050
Congratulations, Diana K! Task 25.4 in the Fall Challenge is yours.
15.9 - 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.
Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History by Peter Houlahan
Then we made our TRUE love vow
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 310
Total BB tickets: 3
Total GO tickets: 1
LAUREN JODI 15.1 - On the Flip Side
Book #1: Best Beach Vacation Reads, page 1 book #28
Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? by Kate Pearce
Link to list
Book #2: Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling, page 11 book #1080
This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Link to list
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 725/1050
Total Books Read: 50
Tasks Completed: 31/59
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30.10 - Brooke TX's task: Spies, Scouts, Detectives, Pirates, and Sundry Ne'er-do-wells
Book 1: The Sign of Four: A Sherlock Holmes Novel Found on page 1 of the Thieves list.
The Sign of Four: A Sherlock Holmes Novel was first published in 1890.
***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket***
Book 2: The Kingdom of Gods Found on page 1 of the Jesters, Fools, and Tricksters list.
I read the Kindle edition. The top MMPB, The Kingdom of Gods, has 542 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book ticket***
Points this post: 30
Golden Oldie tickets this post: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 16
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=4, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=6)