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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2019
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Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ50 - Genre Tic-Tac-Toe
Book 1 -
TIC - Fantasy (shelved by 933 users), author's last name begins with C
Poison Princess by Kresley Cole
Link to MMP edition: Poison Princess, 498 pages
Book 2 -
TAC - Literary Fiction (shelved by 843 users), author's last name begins with T
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Link to MMP edition: The Goldfinch, 962 pages
Book 3 -
TOE - Mystery (shelved by 1,084 users), author's last name begins with O
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, 370 pages
498 + 962 + 370 = 1,830 pages
This post: 50 points
Total points to date: 390 points
Tasks completed: 22
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
This is my last post for the challenge. Thanks again for a great season!
Alaina15.2 - Bad Boys and Wicked Women
Book 1: Read a book found on The Best Antiheroes list.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest-Ken Kesey (On Page 1)
Book 2: Read a book found on Anti-Heroines list.
A Clash of Kings-George R.R. Martin (On Page 2)
A Clash of Kings is 969 pages. Claiming 2 BB tickets.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 10
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
Readerboard name Kathy P10.1 - Can You Spell Rogue?
What to Do When I'm Gone: A Mother's Wisdom to Her Daughter
R in Mother
O in to
G in Daughter
U in Daughter
E in Daughter
Points this task: 10
Totals
Points: 410
BB: 0
GO:0
Total Tasks completed: 18
Total Books read: 25
Readerboard name Kathy P10.4 - Too Busy to Read?
The Moth Presents Occasional Magic: True Stories about Defying the Impossible
Points this task: 10
Totals
Points: 420
BB: 0
GO:0
Total Tasks completed: 19
Total Books read: 26
Queen Bee Darlene5.10 Rhett Butler - Book of my choice
All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda All the Missing Girls
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 505
Queen Bee Darlene10.8 Roll the Dice - # of pages (+/- 10) includes a variation of the 3 rolled dice
I rolled 4, 1, 5
Hate List by Jennifer Brown Hate List
405 pgs
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 515
5.10 - Rhett ButlerRead a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
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Points this post: 5
Total points: 320
Total BB tickets: 3
Total GO tickets: 1
babbling c10.10 - Juneteenth
Trail of Lightning - Audio Trail of Lightning= paperback pg 287 by Rebecca Roanhorse
pg 1, #71
THIS POST
Points:10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points:430/1050
Completed Tasks: 28/59
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season:12, 469
Books read this season: 35
5.8 - Arya StarkA book with "wolf" intact in the title, subtitle, series title or author's name: Rosie Colored Glasses by Brianna Wolfson
Points this post: 5
Total points: 860
That's it for this season. Thank you so much, Moderators, for your great work to make this challenge so much fun for all!
Kristen IA30.5 -Susan A's task: Summer Swimming
This is a two book task. Please choose two options and read one book for each. Required: State which options you chose when you post.
Option 1: Read a book that features the main page genre Sports or Sports and Games. The genre may be embedded.
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition.
Option 2: Read a book with all of the letters SWIM in the book’s title/subtitle.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 255/1050
Tasks Completed: 12/59
BB: 1
GO: 0
Amy FL50.1 - Diane Whitney's task: Genre Tic-Tac-Toe
Book 1: Fantasy - A Game of Ghosts by John Connolly (tiC)
Book 2: Mystery - Live Bait by P.J. Tracy (Tac)
Book 3: Literary Fiction - The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma (tOe)
Combination approved in message 28 for this task.
Points this post: 50
Final total: 790
Kristen IA20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Megan Rae's task: The Country Show
Choose one option and read a book which fits that option. REQUIRED: State the option when you post.
Option 1: Livestock
At the Country Show, farmers show their most impressive animals to compete for the top prize! Read a book with a farm animal on the cover - Any animal from this list - Farm Animals - will count.
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 275/1050
Tasks Completed: 13/59
BB: 1
GO: 0
The Summer Challenge has ended! Thanks for playing. See you all in the Fall challenge!!
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
The Art of Racing in the Rain (other topics)Live Bait (other topics)
A Game of Ghosts (other topics)
The Fishermen (other topics)
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (other topics)
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Garth Stein (other topics)Chigozie Obioma (other topics)
P.J. Tracy (other topics)
John Connolly (other topics)
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5.4 - 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.
Greed - Ker Dukey (The Elite Seven #7) 8/19
Points this task: 5
Total points: 655
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)