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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
Mai10.10 - Juneteenth
Book from the Authors of Color list (Page #3)
Magical Negro by Morgan Parker
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 465
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 34
Golden Oldies: 4
Sarah E30.1 - Amanda A's task: Like Letters
Book 1: Oath of Office
I read the kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) has 234 pages
Book 2: Half Way Home by Hugh Howey
I read an ebook, top paperback (no MMP) has 368 pages
234 + 368 = 602 pages
Total points: 385
Sarah E30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
Option 1
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old
First published in Dutch, my native language is English
Option 4
The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man by Jonas Jonasson
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 415
Sarah E30.8 -TessaVanessa's task: Double Up
Book 1: Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
I read the kindle edition, top MMP is Dragonsong
Book 2: Dragonsong by Michael Forester
I read a kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is Dragonsong
Michael Forester shares a name with Michael Dickman (and also Michael Greer)
Total points: 445
Sarah E20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019
Option 1: Title initials in THE STONEWALL RIOT
Night Train to Lisbon
I read an ebook, MMP is Train de nuit pour Lisbonne - 512 pages
Total points: 465
PegW5.6 - Lisbeth Salander
Read a book set at least 50% in a Nordic Country: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland or the Faroe Islands.
The Redbreast set in Norway
Claiming one Big Book ticket 576 pages
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 19
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book: 8
PegW10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?
Read a book with all of the letters in ROGUE in its title/subtitle.
House of Rougeaux
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 20
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book: 8
Christine V10.4 - Too Busy to Read?
The Awakened Kingdom
MPG "Short Stories" was noted in message 90 of the Summer Genre Verification thread here.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 265
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 19
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=4, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=6)
15.4 - Fourth of July Option 1
Book 1: Title printed in Red/White/Blue Educated
Book 2: Published in July: Spin the Dawn
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 230
5.4 - James Bond7th Book in a series: Dead Beat
Big Book Ticket: 517 pages
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 235
10.6 - Happy 4th of July -Word Red White or Blue in title
White Hot
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 245
15.8 - Rogues GalleryPicture of a Rogue on cover
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 260
Congratulations, TraceyL! Task 25.6 in the Fall Challenge is yours.
25.2 - Road Trip on Rte 66Opt: 1 Cadillac Ranch - Author Initials - cAdIllac ranch -
- Ilona AndrewsOpt: 2: GRAND found in Title -
wheRe the crAwDads siNGPoints this post: 25
Total Points: 285
25.4 - Authors that Work Well Together
- Ilona Andrews and
Kerri Macaluscoword - MAKI - noun
(in Japanese cuisine) a small segment cut from a long roll of cold rice and various other ingredients wrapped in a sheet of seaweed
Points this post: 25
Total POints: 310
30.4 - School's Out! Opt 1: no Summer scHool for me: Sarah Henning Sea Witch Pages: 368
Opt 3: GID - An Unkindness of Magicians - an unkInDness of maGicians - Pages: 352
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 340
30.5 - Summer SwimmingOption 1: MPG Sports and Games: Royal Player
Option 4: Only Black or Red Text Recursion
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 370
Sarah H20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – Tammy AZ's task: Home States - Read a fiction or non-fiction book set at least 50% in either Arizona or Montana.
Hounded - read Kindle edition, linked to MMPB
Points for this task: 20 points
Total points to date: 530 points
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 38
Suzannesea15.8 Rogue's Gallery
by Philip Kerr has Mystery and Thriller listed as MPGs. Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 725
20.10 - Group ReadsSleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
My comments are in message 28
Total points: 320 + 20 = 340
50.1 - Diane Whitney's task: Genre Tic-Tac-ToeTIC: Edge of Sight by Roxanne St. Claire (C)
Contemporary
376 pages
TAC: Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom (C)
Nonfiction
248 pages
TOE: Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich (E)
Mystery
311 pages
Total points: 340 + 50 = 390
30.1 - Amanda A's task: Like LettersBook 1: Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life by Michael Dirda ~ 170 pages
3 word title; all words begin with same letter (BBB); ignore subtitles
Book 2: Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg ~ 480 pages
author initials (FF) same
170 + 480 = 650 pages
Total points: 390 + 30 = 420
M1nks5.1 - A Pocket Full of Rye
Points in this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=)
Sara G30.10 - 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.
The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
This book is on page 1 of the Books With Heroes/Heroines Who Are Assassins list.
The Mirador by Sarah Monette
This book is on page 2 of the Thieves list.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 435
M1nks5.3 - Charity Girl
Points in this Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=)
M1nks5.4 - The Last Hero
Points in this Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=)
M1nks5.5 - #2. Douglas Fairbanks The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Points in this Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=)
M1nks5.7 - Black Sheep #24
Points in this Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=)
M1nks5.8 - Wolf Hall 653 pgs
* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
Points in this Post: 5
Total Points: 30
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=)
M1nks5.9 - The King's General Pub 1946
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie *
(The King's General - for length)
Points in this Post: 5
Total Points: 35
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=)
M1nks10.1 - Mary Tudor: England's First Queen
Points in this Post: 10
Total Points: 45
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=)
M1nks10.4 - The Listerdale Mystery Pub 1934
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie *
Points in this Post: 10
Total Points: 55
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=)
M1nks10.5 - Brother Cadfael's Penance
(Brother Cadfael's Penance for length)
Points in this Post: 10
Total Points: 65
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=)
M1nks10.6 - Blue at the Mizzen
Points in this Post: 10
Total Points: 75
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=)
M1nks10.7 - Japanese Fairy Tales Pub 1903
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points in this Post: 10
Total Points: 85
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=)
M1nks10.9 -
Points in this Post: 10
Total Points: 95
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=)
M1nks15.3 - 2.
Points in this Post: 15
Total Points: 110
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=)
M1nks15.6 - Legend (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_G...)
Points in this Post: 15
Total Points: 125
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=)
M1nks15.8 -
Points in this Post: 15
Total Points: 140
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=)
M1nks15.9 - The Hundred Days - Days
Points in this Post: 15
Total Points: 155
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=)
M1nks15.10 - Don't Know Much About the American Presidents 752 pgs
* I Claim 2 Big Book Tickets *
Points in this Post: 15
Total Points: 170
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets= 3)
M1nks20.1 - 1. Hallowe'en Party - AURIC GOLDFINGER
Points in this Post: 20
Total Points: 190
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets= 3)
Kim O20.2 - 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.
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood - Rembrandt
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks completed: 14
M1nks20.2 - 2. The Acceptance World - PICASSO
Points in this Post: 20
Total Points: 210
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets= 3)
M1nks20.3 - Young and Damned and Fair: The Life and Tragedy of Catherine Howard at the Court of Henry VIII 512 pgs
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points in this Post: 20
Total Points: 230
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=2, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets= 4)
M1nks20.4 - 1. The Egoist 608 pgs, Pub 1879
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
Points in this Post: 20
Total Points: 250
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 500=3, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets= 5)
M1nks20.5 - 2. A Buyer's Market - MARSHA P JOHNSON
Points in this Post: 20
Total Points: 270
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 500=3, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets= 5)
M1nks20.6 - 2. His Last Bow Pub 1913
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie *
Points in this Post: 20
Total Points: 290
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 500=3, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets= 5)
M1nks20.7 - b. The Return of Sherlock Holmes Pub 1905 - Rolled a 5. Title found in MYSTERY, THRILLER & HORROR
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie *
Points in this Post: 20
Total Points: 310
Golden Oldies: 6
Big Books: 500=3, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets= 5)
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Task 20.6 SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Option 1-Read a book first published in 2019
Age of Legend published July 2019
Points this task 20
Total points 445
Total BB's 5