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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Sunshine15.10 - Summer Months
Book: Obsession, Deceit, and Really Dark Chocolate by Kyra Davis 8/24/19
How it Fits: 6 words in the title
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 415
Books Read: 28
Sarah E15.1 - On the Flip Side
Book 1: Found on page 1, #5 of the Lesbian Beach Reads list
Beware the Kitten Holy
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Book 2: Found on page 1, #36 of the Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling list
The Call of the Wild
I read an ebook but have linked to the top MMP
Total points: 490
Sarah E15.3 - Stonewall 50
Option 1: Two books
Book 1: Out of Time - LGBT genre verified here
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Book 2: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
I read an ebook, top MMP is Orgullo y prejuicio y zombis
Total points: 505
Sarah E15.10 - Summer Months
Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max - 7 words in title and subtitle
I read an ebook, top paperback (no MMP) is Friendship to the Max
Total points: 520
LAUREN JODI 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
Option #3: Acronym in title
A SEAL's Secret by Tawny Weber
Confirmed in Post #20
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 745/1050
Total Books Read: 51
Tasks Completed: 32/59
Sarah E20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a Roll
I rolled a 3 - genres are YOUNG ADULT or NEW ADULT
Option a: Author initials in YOUNG ADULT
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
I read an ebook but have linked to the MMP
Total points: 540
Sunshine10.8 - Roll the Dice
Book: Shadows of Asphodel by Karen Kincy 8/21/19
Dice Roll: 1,3,5
How it Fits: 350 Pages
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 425
Books Read: 29
M1nks25.1 - 1. (1. Arya Stark/Pge 1) Monstrous Regiment
2. (Daenerys Targaryen/Pge 1) The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England 534 Pgs
* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
Points in this Post: 25
Total Points: 355
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 500=4, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets= 6)
M1nks25.2 - 3. A Dance with Dragons Pgs 1051
* I Claim 3 x Book Book Tickets *
4.
Points in this Post: 25
Total Points: 380
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 500=4, 750=1, 1000=1 (Total BB tickets= 9)
M1nks25.5 - 3. The Leper of St. Giles
4. The Truth
Points in this Post: 25
Total Points: 405
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 500=4, 750=1, 1000=1 (Total BB tickets= 9)
M1nks25.6 - 1. The Foundling
2. The Provincial Lady in Wartime
Points in this Post: 25
Total Points: 430
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 500=4, 750=1, 1000=1 (Total BB tickets= 9)
Amy FL10.7 - Smile!
The Girl in the Tower (approved in message 2)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 610
Amy FL20.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
Option 1: Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan (auric goLDfinger)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 630
Amy FL30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 1: Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court
Option 3: Manhunt (144 pages)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 660
Flutterby15.2 - Bad Boys and Wicked Women
REQUIRED: State which page of the lists your books can be found on when you post.
Book 1: Read a book found on The Best Antiheroes list.
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
(page 2)
AND
Book 2: Read a book found on Anti-Heroines list.
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
(page 1)
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 350
Total Tasks: 24
Flutterby25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
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.)
Superfan by Sarina Bowen
Paperback (no mass market available) is 312 pages
Option 3. As a birthday present to myself – and to those of you who like classic British mysteries – read a book on this listopia: Classic British Mysteries
Required: State which list you used when you post.
I used the list Classic British Mysteries. This book is #5 on the list.
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 375
Total Tasks: 25
25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”Option 2: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain - 381 pages
Between 260 and 600 pages
Option 3: Murder in Mesopotamia
#13 on page 1 of the Classic British Mysteries list
*** One Golden Oldie ticket claimed - published in 1936
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Total points: 180
Stephanie12715.10 - Summer Months: Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Points this post: 15
Total points: 170/1050
Tasks completed: 13/59
Books read: 15
Stephanie12720.1 - Most Improved Player - Perletwo's task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
1. Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in either GERT FROBE (umlaut not required) or AURIC GOLDFINGER.
Platitudes by Trey Ellis, initials found in GERT FROBE
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190/1050
Tasks completed: 14/59
Books read: 16
Stephanie12720.2 - 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.
Zama by Antonio Di Benedetto, initials found in REMBRANDT
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210/1050
Tasks completed: 15/59
Books read: 17
50.1 - Diane Whitney's task: Genre Tic-Tac-ToeBook 1: Author's last name must begin with T, I or C.
Contemporary - I read The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin. 354 pages.
Book 2: Author's last name must begin with T, A, or C.
Mystery- I read The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo. 384 pages.
Book 3: Author's last name must begin with T, O or E.
Non-Fiction- I read I've Got Some Lovin' to Do: The Diaries of a Roaring Twenties Teen, 1925-1926 by Julia Park Tracey. 217 pages.
955 pages total.
Task Points: 50
Total Points: 490
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 31
APRILLEIGH50.1 - Diane Whitney's task: Genre Tic-Tac-Toe
Book 1: Author's last name must begin with T, I, or C.
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (245 pages)
[Literary Fiction - center]
Book 2: Author's last name must begin with T, A, or C.
The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories by Agatha Christie (288 pages)
[Mystery - left center]
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1948 ***
Book 3: Author's last name must begin with T, O, or E.
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (277 pages)
[Fantasy - right center]
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1937 ***
Genres locked in the help thread here and here.
245 + 288 + 277 = 810 > 750 required pages.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 50 (510)
Golden Oldie: 2 (8)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 3 (33)
Total Tasks: 25
Task 30.8 - Double Upread two books with the same title, with one author having a name on the list
The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
The Raven Tower by Emma Miles - ebook verification https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Ann matches Ann Landers
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1050 points - finished!
Cathy G25.5 - Raynebair's task: My Career in Technology
Combined page total for both books must be at least 550 pages.
Option 3. Read a book where the page count contains the number 19 intact.
Much Ado About Vampires by Katie MacAlister
319pp
Option 4. Read a book first published in 2000
Night Shield by Nora Roberts
244pp
Points this Post: 25
Total points: 540
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 36
Big Books: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Cathy G30.9 - 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 (Good Reads in Leeds) (up until July this year).
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
July 2017
324pp
Required: State the month and year that we read the book in your completion post.
Book 2 – Read a book that you need to read for you IRL book club or the BOTM of one of your other Goodreads Groups.
Required: State whether the book you read was for an IRL book club or for another Goodreads Group. If the book is for another Goodreads Group, state the name of the group and what month the book was their book of the month when you post.
Wolf Rain by Nalini Singh -
SOS: Serious Overload of Series- July 2019
416pp
Points this Post: 30
Total points: 570
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 38
Big Books: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Cathy G30.2 -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, starting with a P and ending with an R.
Prisoner of Night by J.R. Ward
Approved in spreadsheet line 2251
Option 3:Read a book with a one-word title that contains exactly 4 letters.
Tied by Emma Chase
Points this Post: 30
Total points: 600
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 40
Big Books: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
babbling c15.10 - Summer Months
June, July, and August are the 6th, 7th, and 8th months of the year. 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.
How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days -kindle How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days - paperback pgs 396 by Kerrelyn Sparks
8 Words
THIS POST
Points:15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 390/1050
Completed Tasks: 25/59
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season:11,578
Books read this season: 32
Cindy FTask 10.7 Smile!
Main page genre Fairy Tales
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Points this post:10
Total points:290
Tasks completed:20
Books read:21
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:4
Task 30.9 – Mazza1 – JUST READINGREQUIRED: Total pages 600+: 560 + 256 = 816
Book 1: From LIST: Leeds Book Group
Mr. Mercedes
I listened to the audio / MMP: Mr. Mercedes – 560 p
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 560 pages
Book 2 - From my IRL book club: TEMPO Book Club read/ discussed this book in July
In the Distance – 256 p
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 515 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
Task 30.10 – Brooke TX – Spies, Scouts, Detectives, Pirates and Sundry Ne’er-do-wellsALLOWED: BOTH books may come from one list LIST: Thieves
Book 1: LIST: Thieves - Page 1, # 52
The Good Thief
Book 2: LIST: Thieves – Page 3, # 291
Nobody's Perfect
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 545 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
Task 10.1 – Can You Spell ROGUE?All the letters of R-O-G-U-E in sub/title
O in Of
RGUE in hambURGEr
The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin
I listened to the audio / NO MMPB / Paperback: The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin - 256 pg
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 555 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
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Congratulations, Cat! Task 25.7 in the Fall Challenge is yours.
ED30.10 - Brooke TX's task: Spies, Scouts, Detectives, Pirates, and Sundry Ne'er-do-wells
Book 1- From Espionage list page 1- Moonraker by Ian Fleming
Book 2- From Espionage list page 2- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Points this task: 30
Total points: 505
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 35
Tasks completed: 26
(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; 30.10)
ED5.10 - Rhett Butler
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
pub. 1898 *****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points this task: 5
Total points: 510
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 9
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 36
Tasks completed: 27
(5.1; 5.5; 5.9; 5.10; 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; 30.10)
LAVENDER05.02 - Indiana Jones
Read a book with a U.S. state in the title or subtitle.
I read Texas Tragedy by Greg Brown on KINDLE.
The top paperback (No MMPB): Texas Tragedy by Greg Brown has 202 pages.
Texas: state in title
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 720
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 51
Golden Oldie Tickets: 12
Big Book Tickets: 2
LAVENDER15.06 - Happy Birthday, Authors!
Read a book written by an author born in June, July, or August.
I read The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne (288 pages)
July 4 - https://writerswrite.co.za/literary-b...
I am claiming a GOLDEN OLDIE for this book, first published March 1851.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 735
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 52
Golden Oldie Tickets: 13
Big Book Tickets: 2
LAVENDER15.07 - 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.
I read Gantz #18 by Hiroya Oku (224 pages)
title starts with G, Author has O as an initial
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 750
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 53
Golden Oldie Tickets: 13
Big Book Tickets: 2
babbling c10.5 - Family Reunions
Summer is a traditional time for family reunions and family vacations. Read a book with the word "family" or one of the listed family relationship titles in the title/subtitle.
Family relationship titles that can be used: wife, husband, spouse, mother, father, parent, grandmother, grandfather, grandparent, aunt, uncle, sister, brother, sibling, daughter, son, niece, nephew, granddaughter, grandson, grandchild.
The Mermaid's Sister - Audible The Mermaid's Sister - paperback pg 236 by Carrie Anne Noble
SISTER
THIS POST
Points:10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points:400/1050
Completed Tasks: 26/59
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season:11,814
Books read this season: 33
20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The YearOption 1: Read any book that was first published this year (2019)
Link to paperback: Next Victim
Published January 2019
* This book was an ARC
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 295/1050
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 13
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a RollRead a book that has one of the MPGs listed beside the number you rolled that ALSO is written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the genre titles listed for the number you rolled.
I rolled a 5: MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR
Link to paperback: The Line Between
Tosca Lee
T + L can be found in ThriLler
This book has been shelved in this genre by 38 users
* This book was an ARC
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 315/1050
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 14
15.8 - Rogues' GalleryRead a book with the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense that has a portrait on the cover
This book was approved on message 15 of help thread
Shelved as Mystery by 126 users
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 330/1050
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 15
Readerboard Name: List_addict30.5: Susan A’s Task - Summer Swimming
Option 4: A cover with only black and/or red text
The Chalk Man by CJ Tudor *
Option 5: A text containing one of the included ‘swim’ words
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson *
‘Iris Ellingham was a champion swimmer.’
Chapter 5, Page 69 of 332, e-book on Libby
Total this post: 30
Total This Challenge: 85
Sara G15.7 - 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.
Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder by Richard Dawkins
Points this post: 15
Total points: 450
CEELEETask 20.10 GROUP READ: THE WOMAN WHO WOULD BE KING: HATSHEPSUT'S RISE TO POWER IN ANCIENT EGYPT
For the category Non-Fiction: Ancients Civilizations.
Posted twice in the thread. My main discussion of the book comes in post #23
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
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: 170
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
Sarah E5.2 - Indiana Jones
US state in title - Minnesota
Murder on the Minnesota
I read a kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is Murder on the Minnesota
Total points: 545
PAULA S20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season
Sleeping Giants
Link to book discussion post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Sarah E15.7 - Rogue One
Once Bitten by Nick Marsh
I read an ebook, paperback (no MMP) is Once Bitten
Title begins with O - rOgue one
Author name begins with N - rogue oNe
Total points: 560
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10.5 - Family Reunions
The Wisdom of Father Brown
I read a kindle edition, top MMP
Total points: 475