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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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EMurphy20.5 Bigger is Better-Balletbookworm's Task: PRIDE2019
Option 2: The Icons-Author's initials can be found in either MARSHA P JOHNSON or SYLVIA RIVERA
Picture Perfect by Jodi Picot
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 215
Books Read: 14
BB Ticket +500: 1
+750: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 9
Kristen IA20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
To share in my excitement, choose one of the following options and read one book that fits the task. Required: State which option you used when you post.
No books with the main page genre children or kids are allowed for this task.
Option 1: For this option, read any book that was first published this year (2019).
Someone Knows by Lisa Scottoline - first published 4/9/19
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 225/1050
Tasks Completed: 11/59
BB: 1
GO: 0
Chris MD30.1 Like Letters
Option 1: Title of at least three words that all begin with the same letter
Murder Most Malicious by Allyssa Maxwell
Book 2: Single author whose initials are the same letter
The Art of Explanation - Making Your Ideas, Products and Services Easier to Understand by Lee LeFever
Murder Most Malicious = 304 pages
Art of Explanation = 256
Total pages = 560
Total points: 345
10.5 - Family ReunionsA book with the word "family" in the title: Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses by Paula McLain
Points this post: 10
Total points: 835
Readerboard name Kathy P20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter – Kristina Simon's task: On a Roll
Rolled a 1
A Gentleman in Moscow
Author name: Amor Towles - initials found in HISTORICAL FICTION
Points this task: 20
Totals
Points: 335
BB: 0
GO:0
Total Tasks completed: 15
Total Books read: 20
30.4 - ElaineL's task: School’s Out!Option 1: Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
author's initials (RS) in SUMMER ~ 371 pages
Option 3: Body Double by Tess Gerritsen
G, I in GerrItsen; D in Double ~ 432 pages
371 + 432 = 803 pages
Total points: 420 + 30 = 450
25.7 - Cat's task: Ellan VanninOption 3: Leisure
Book 1: Diners, Drive-Ins, and Death by Christine Wenger ~ 304 pages
motorcycle on cover
Book 2: Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke ~320 pages
0 in page count
Total points: 450 + 25 = 475
Readerboard name Kathy P50.1 - Diane Whitney's task: Genre Tic-Tac-Toe
Book 1 - T - Non-fiction A Three Dog Life
Author: Abigail Thomas 197 pages
Book 2 - C - Mystery
The Trouble with Goats and SheepAuthor: Joanna Cannon 369 pages
Book 3 - E - Contemporary I Am Not Sidney Poitier
Author: Percival Everett 272 pages
Points this task: 50
Totals
Points: 385
BB: 0
GO:0
Total Tasks completed: 16
Total Books read: 23
MELLY (edit)50.1 Tic Tac Toe
1. TIC, Romance, author's last name begins with I
You Me Everything byCatherine Isaac (384 pages)
2. TAC, Literary Fiction, author's last name begins with T
Women Talking by Miriam Toews (216 pages)
3. TOE, Horror, author's last name begins with O
Revenge by Yōko Ogawa (162 pages)
Total pages: 762
Points this post: 50
Points to date: 315
GOs: 2
BBs: 4
MELLY5.10 free space
Three Lives
**I am claiming one Golden Oldie ticket for Three Lives. It was first published in 1909.**
Points this post: 5
Points to date: 320
GOs this post: 1
GOs total: 3
BBs total: 4
LAVENDER05.03 - Captain Jack Sparrow
Read a book where the first letter of the title begins with an R or a C.
Comic Party: Party Time! by Central park media (164 pages)
title starts with C
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 755
Tasks Completed: 39
Books Read: 54
Golden Oldie Tickets: 13
Big Book Tickets: 2
LAVENDER05.09 - Sir John Falstaff
Read a book with a main page genre of Historical Fiction.
Chicot the Jester (The Last valois #2) by Alexandre Dumas
Historical Fiction MPG
I am claiming a GOLDEN OLDIE for this book, first published February 28th 1847.
I am claiming a BIG BOOK for this book at 596 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 760
Tasks Completed: 40
Books Read: 55
Golden Oldie Tickets: 14
Big Book Tickets: 3
LAVENDER10.07 - Smile!
Read a book with the main page genre Fairy Tales, standalone or embedded.
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture by Jack D. Zipes
fairy tales MPG
I am claiming (2) BIG BOOKS for this book at 814 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 770
Tasks Completed: 41
Books Read: 56
Golden Oldie Tickets: 14
Big Book Tickets: 5
LAVENDER10.09 - Sing Along!
Read a book with 4 or more people on the cover.
Heroes: Volume Two by Mirta Ines Trupp (240 pages)Cover has multiple people on it.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 780
Tasks Completed: 42
Books Read: 57
Golden Oldie Tickets: 14
Big Book Tickets: 4
LAVENDER15.01 - On the Flip Side
Book 1
Read a book that can be found on a Listopia list with the word "Beach" intact in list's title.
I read Dangled Carat by Hilary Grossman (190 pages)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8... (found on page 2)
Book 2
Read a book that can be found on a Listopia list with the word "Snow" intact in list's title.
The Call of the Wild by Jack London (172 pages)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2... (found on page 1)
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 8.0 - AR Pts: 7.0
I am claiming a GOLDEN OLDIE for this book, first published 1903.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 795
Tasks Completed: 43
Books Read: 59
Golden Oldie Tickets: 15
Big Book Tickets: 5
StaceyNCTic, Tac, Toe, three in a row.
To make Tic-Tac-Toe, your three books must have main page genres (MPGs) that match three squares in a row. Rows may be formed horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The page count of your three books must total at least 750 pages.
Book 1: Author's last name must begin with T, I or C.
Book 2: Author's last name must begin with T, A, or C.
Book 3: Author's last name must begin with T, O or E.
TIC
Book 1: Dirty Money (Approved for length)
Completed: 8/10/19
Author: Jessica Clare
MPG Contemporary
Pages: 198p.
TAC
Book 2: Steel's Edge
Completed: 8/4/19
Author: Ilona Andrews
MPG Romance
Pages: 407
TOE
Book 3: The Price of Time
Completed: 8/30/19
Author: Tim Tigner
MPG Science Fiction
Pages: 335
Horizontal Tic Tac Toe across Top row
Total Pages: 940
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 490
Tasks Completed: 28
StaceyNC5.10 - Rhett Butler
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Book: Beyond the Darkness
Completed: 8/18/19
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 495
Tasks Completed: 29
30.3 - Ava Catherine's task: Faulkner's ReiversBook 1: Read a book in which a title word of at least four letters contains the letters “ei” intact,
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 304 pages
Book 2: 1962: Publication date
Read a book that was first published in 1962.
A Clockwork Orange 240 pages
New Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 590
GO's: 3
Jen K5.10 - Rhett Butler
The Line Becomes A River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú
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Points this post: 5
Total Points: 530
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 2
Jen K20.6 - SEASONED READER – Mai's task: Midway Through The Year
Option 1: Published in 2019
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
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Points this post: 20
Total Points: 550
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 2
Jen K10.10 - Juneteenth
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Page 1, #64 on #ReadPOC List
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Points this post: 10
Total Points: 560
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 2
DPATRISE15.9 - Summer Lovin'
Task: Read a book with 4 letters in its title/subtitle that matches a word in the lyrics from Summer Nights.
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens - “where”
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
Task 5.9 - Sir John FalstaffRead a book with a main page genre of Historical Fiction.
The Botticelli Secret (2010) by Marina Fiorato (Paperback, 514 pages)
** The Botticelli Secret is a Big Book, pagecount: 514 pages **
375 + 05 = 380
Tasks Completed: 21
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 375 + 05 = 380
Books read: 28
Pages read: 9,493
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 15
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(3) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Mary P5.4- James Bond
Read a book with seven, seventh, 7, or 7th INTACT in the title or subtitle or a book identified on Goodreads as a book in a series with a number that includes a 7.
Burned by Karen Marie Moning
Points this post: 5
Total points: 410
Amy FL25.4 - Andy P.'s task: Authors That Work Well Together
Book 1: Good Kings Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum
Book 2: The Middleman by Olen Steinhauer
SN + OS = SONS
Points this post: 25
Total points: 685
Brooklyn15.3 – Stonewall 50
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG of LGBT and with “pride” in the title/subtitle/series name.
Pride by Jonathan Hill
Approved in help thread (message #8)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 660/1050
Tasks completed: 39/59
Books read: 51
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Amy FL25.8 - Coralie's task: Naming the New Generation
Book 1: Center of Gravity by Laura McNeill
Book 2: A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
Points this post: 25
Total points: 710
Brooklyn20.2 – Staying Out of Trouble
Option 2: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MATISSE, PICASSO or REMBRANDT.
The Sleeper by Emily Barr
EB found in rEmBrandt
Points this post: 20
Total points: 680/1050
Tasks completed: 40/59
Books read: 52
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn20.3 – Cugel
Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains all of the letters CUGEL.
Girl Logic: The Genius and the Absurdity by Iliza Shlesinger
C in Logic
U in Genius
G in Girl
E in in The
L in in Girl
Points this post: 20
Total points: 700/1050
Tasks completed: 41/59
Books read: 53
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Amy FL30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
Option 1: Things My Son Needs to Know about the World (Originally written in Swedish, I speak English)
Option 4: A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen (IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11.0)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 740
Brooklyn20.9 – The Country Show
Option 3: Read a book with 2 of the numbers 1, 7, 6, 8 in the year it was first published.
The Red Hunter by Lisa Unger
First published in 2018
Points this post: 20
Total points: 720/1050
Tasks completed: 42/59
Books read: 54
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn30.3 – Faulkner’s Reivers
Book 1: Read a book with a 4+ letter word in its title that contains the letters “ei” intact.
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich – 305 pages
Book 2: Read a book first published in 1962.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey – 281 pages
305 + 281 = 586 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 750/1050
Tasks completed: 43/59
Books read: 56
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn30.6 – Relatively Obsessed
Option 3: Read a nonfiction book with a MPG that includes history.
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World by Tom Wright
MPG of history; approved in help thread (message #30)
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose last name ends in -sen or -son.
A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson
Points this post: 30
Total points: 780/1050
Tasks completed: 44/59
Books read: 58
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Elizabeth PTask 5.9 - Sir John Falstaff
Book with MPG historical/history
Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 425
Total Tasks: 23
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 3
Total Books: 29
Kathy KSI am removing my book at task 15.10 and using it as a replacement here. The earlier title will be moved.
Totals adjusted, as necessary.
20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019
... read one book with a page count greater than 300
Required: State the option you chose when you post.
Option 1: Read a book with a title of at least three words where all initial letters of the words are found in THE STONEWALL RIOT.
The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows
page count = 530 (>300) (BB already claimed)
The Starry Rift = The Stonewall Riot
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Points for this task: 20 (replacement)
Total points : 445-15=430
Tasks completed: 22-1=21
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 5
50.1 - Diane Whitney's task: Genre Tic-Tac-ToeBook 1: Author's last name must begin with T, I or C.
The Red Chief by Ion L. Idriess
author's last name begins with I, Idriess
MPG: Historical Fiction
179 pages
Book 2: Author's last name must begin with T, A, or C.
Mechanica (Mechanica #1) by Betsy Cornwell
author's last name begins with C, Cornwell
MPG: Fantasy
307 pages
Book 3: Author's last name must begin with T, O or E.
The Book of Phoenix (Who Fears Death 0.1) by Nnedi Okorafor
author's last name begins with O, Okorafor
MPG: Science Fiction
232 pages
Total pages read: 765
Total this Post: 50
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 710
Kathy KSBook 2 was originally used for task 20.5. It has been replaced
30.1 - Amanda A's task: Like Letters
Read two books, one from Book 1 and one from Book 2.
The books must have a combined page total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1: Read a book where every word in the title begins with the same letter.
The Time Traders, by Andre Norton.
The Time Traders
I read an ebook; mmpb=191 p.
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials are the same letter.
Time After Time, by Allen Appel. (372 p.)
191 + 372 = 563 pages (>500)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 460
Tasks completed: 22
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 5
Kathy KSReplacing title used in message 3257 with title originally used for task 10.7. Numbers adjusted, as needed
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.
Once Upon a Tower, by Eloisa James.
r
O = Once
g
u
e = Eloisa
Listened to the audiobook; mmpb=404 p.
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Points for this task: 15 (replacement)
Total points : 460-10=450
Tasks completed: 22-1=21
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 5
Kathy KSThis book was originally used for task 15.7. It has been replaced
5.10 - Rhett Butler
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Generations and Change: genealogical perspectives in social history
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 455
Tasks completed: 22
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 5
LAUREN JODI 15.7 - Rogue One
Good Girls Don't by Victoria Dahl
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 760/1050
Total Books Read: 52
Tasks Completed: 33/59
PAULA S30.1 - Amanda A's task: Like Letters
Book 1: Read a book where every word in the title begins with the same letter. The title must contain at least three words.
Tightening the Threads - all three words starts with a T
I read the ebook, PB for reference (no MMPB): Tightening the Threads. The PB has 304p
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials are the same letter. All initials count.
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer - author initials MM
I read the ebook, PB for reference (no MMPB): Scarlet. The PB has 454p
The books must have a combined page total of at least 500 pages. 304 + 454 = 758p > 500p
Points this post: 30
Total points: 100
PAULA S25.6 - Nick KY's task: Birthday “One”
Option 1. Read a book with a title which is two words in length -- BUT the first word must be the article “The.”
The Belles
I read the ebook, PB link for reference (no MMPB): The Belles
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
Den flygande döden
I read the Swedish translation of #39 on the list: Death in the Clouds
Points this post: 25
Total points: 125
JUKKA30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
Option 2: Book with the letters SWIM in the title/subtitle.
Lost Omens World Guide by Tanya DePass et al.
Option 3: Book with 100-150 pages.
100 klassikkoa tunnissa by Vesa Sisättö. The book's title means "100 Classics in an Hour", and it has 120 pages.
Total Points: 365/1050
Total Books Read: 33
Tasks Completed: 30/59
Big Books Total: 5
Golden Oldies Total: 2
Task 5.10 – Rhett ButlerReader’s choice
The Marseille Caper
I listened to the audio / MMP: Embrouille en Provence - 240 p
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This Post: 05 points
Total points to date: 585 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
10.10 - Juneteenthread a book by a person of color from this list:
#ReadPOC: List of Books by Authors of Color
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang > book is on the 1st page of the list
Total points; 125
Total big book tickets: 2
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20.1 Most Improved Player-Perletwo's Task: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Read!
Option 1: Author's initials can be found in either GERT FROBE or AURIC GOLDFINGER
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 195
Books Read: 13
BB Ticket: +500: 1
+750: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 8