Lost in Space reporting thread

[Theo]

Planet or the Sun: Earth
Task: 4. As of April 2018, there are 1,886 operational, human-made satellites orbiting Earth. Read a book that has more than 1,886 ratings.
Book: Bloody Jack
Author: L.A. Meyer
Date Read: 5/16/20
How My Book Fit the Task: 23,636 ratings
Next Planet or the Sun (if applicable): Saturn

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[Celia]

Lanelle wrote: "Celia wrote: "I'm officially finished with this round, but can I go again starting with Pluto?"

Absolutely. Do you need my help in any way?"

Should I just copy paste the Pluto again? I want to do them in reverse order this time

[Celia]

Reverse trip:

completion post: pluto
Task: 1. Read a science fiction book.
Book: by Romina Russell
Date: 5/19
How it fits: MPG science fiction, set on a Pluto-like planet.
Next: Neptune
(please don't post the tasks, I already have them. Thanks.)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[Paula]

My Thread

Planet or the Sun: Mars
Task: Read a book with a scarred main character.
Book: A Song Below Water
Author: Bethany C. Morrow
Date Read: May 20
How My Book Fit the Task: MC has a scarr in her neck
Next Planet or the Sun: Neptune

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[Shelley]

Completion Report:
Planet: Mercury

Task: The planet has no known natural satellites. Read a standalone book
Book: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Author: Holly Jackson
Date Read: 5/22/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: It's a standalone book.



Next Planet or the Sun: Venus

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[Vicki]

Completion Report:
Vicki on Spacecraft Betty Thread


Planet or the Sun: Pluto
Task: 1. Read a science fiction book.
Book: Delirium
Author: Lauren Oliver
Date Read: 5/16/20
How My Book Fit the Task: MPG Sci-fi
Next Planet or the Sun: Mercury

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[Mike]

Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun: Mercury
Task: Read a standalone book
Book: A Perfect Spy
Author: John le Carré
Date Read: 25 May
How My Book Fit the Task: This book is not part of the Smiley series but a standalone.
Next Planet or the Sun: Venus

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[Agnieszka]

Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun: the Sun
Task: 2. Read a book with a person on the cover that you consider hot.
Book: Love Sincerely Yours
Author: Sara Ney & Meghan Quinn
Date Read: 5/26
How My Book Fits the Task: hot guy on cover
Next Planet: Venus

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[D.L.]

Completion Report:

Planet or the Sun: Pluto
Task: 3. Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. Read a book with an author's name starts with 'C' or 'T'.
Book: Mia's Baker's Dozen
Author: Coco Simon
Date Read: 6/3/20
How My Book Fit the Task: Author's first name starts with a 'C' - Coco
Next Planet or the Sun: Jupiter

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Rissa]

Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun: Pluto
Task: "1. Read a science fiction book."
Book: That Alien Feeling
Author: Alessandra Hazard
Date Read: finished 6/2/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: science fiction book (specifically, science fiction romance)
Next Planet or the Sun: Neptune

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[Shelley]

Completion Report:
Planet: Venus

Task: Read a science fiction book.
Book: Recursion
Author: Blake Crouch
Date Read: 5/31/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: Using a "memory chair" the main characters travel back in time.



Next Planet: Earth (home)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[Shelley]

Completion Report
Planet: Earth

Task: As of April 2018, there are 1,886 operational, human-made satellites orbiting Earth. Read a book that has more than 1,886 ratings.
Book: Monster
Author: Walter Dean Myers
Date Read: 6/5/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: Monster has 58,421 ratings.



All planets/task completed!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Congratulations, Shelley!

[LittleRedRidingHood]

Completion Report: #3

Planet or the Sun: Uranus
Task: 1, 3,
Book: Semiosis
Author: Sue Burke
Date Read: June 5th
How My Book Fit the Task: science fiction (people land on a different planet and try to survive), no person on the cover
Next Planet or the Sun: Pluto
-----------------------------------

Star rating: 4

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[D.L.]

Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun: Jupiter
Task: 3. The best known feature of Jupiter is the Great Red Spot, a persistent storm. It rotates counterclockwise, with a period of about six days. Read a book from start to finish within 6 days.
Book: Marni: My True Story of Stress, Hair-Pulling, and Other Obsessions
Author: Marni Bates
Date Read: 6/8/20
How My Book Fit the Task: I read this book in one day.
Next Planet or the Sun: Mercury

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[Rissa]

Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun: Neptune
Task: "3. There was a heated nationalistic rivalry between the French and the British over who deserved credit for the discovery. Read a book set in France or Great Britain."
Book: The Masterpiece
Author: Bonnie Dee
Date Read: finished 6/9/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: book is set in Great Britain (specifically, London in 1909)
Next Planet or the Sun: Uranus

[Mike]

Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun: Venus
Task: Read a book set during a battle or war
Book: Brideshead Revisited
Author: Evelyn Waugh
Date Read: 6 June
How My Book Fit the Task: This book starts and ends during WWII. Additionally, the author took a leave of absence from the Army during WWII to write the book!
Next Planet or the Sun: Mars

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[Theo]

Planet or the Sun: Saturn
Task: 5. Saturn is the 6th planet from the Sun. Read the 6th book in a series.
Book: The Girl Who Lived Twice
Author: David Lagercrantz
Date Read: 6/7/20
How My Book Fit the Task: #6 in Millennium series
Next Planet or the Sun (if applicable): Pluto

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[[deleted user]]

Planet or the Sun: The Sun
Task: Read a book whose title begins with a 'G' (ignoring 'a', 'an' and 'the').
Book: Grave Peril
Author: Jim Butcher
Date Read: 6/13/20
How My Book Fit the Task: Starts with an G
Next Planet or the Sun: Finish

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[Paula]

Paula in the Hypatia

Planet or the Sun: Neptune
Task: Read a book set in France or Great Britain.
Book: The Dead World of Lanthorne Ghules
Author: Gerald Killingworth
Date Read: June 13
How My Book Fit the Task: Set in London
Next Planet or the Sun: End of the voyage =)

[D.L.]

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Planet or the Sun: Mercury
Task: 3. The planet has no known natural satellites. Read a standalone book.
Book: The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli: As Told To Diane Miller
Author: Carolyn Hennesy
Date Read: 6/14/20
How My Book Fit the Task: It's a standalone novel.
Next Planet or the Sun: the Sun

[Rissa]

Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun: Uranus
Task: "2. Uranus is called the "ice giant". Read a book set during the wintertime."
Book: The Gentleman and the Rogue
Author: Bonnie Dee and Summer Devon
Date Read: finished 6/13/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: book set during wintertime (specifically on p72, "Now Alan glanced at the papers on his desk, wiped the quill, covered the inkpot, and rose. “I suppose it would be good to get out of the house for a while. This winter has been confining, and my physician suggests it's time I exercise my leg more.”")
Next Planet or the Sun: Saturn

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[D.L.]

Completion Report:

Planet or the Sun: the Sun
Task: 3. The Sun is a G-type main-sequence star. Read a book whose title begins with a 'G' (ignoring 'a', 'an' and 'the').
Book: The Great Gilly Hopkins
Author: Katherine Paterson
Date Read: 6/15/20
How My Book Fit the Task: Title starts with a "G" - The Great...
Next Planet or the Sun: Uranus

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Vicki]

Completion Report:
Vicki on Spacecraft Betty Thread



Planet or the Sun: Mercury
Task: 5. Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun. Read the 1st book in a series.
Book: Wilder
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Date Read: 6/05/20
How My Book Fit the Task: 1st book in the Renegades series

Next Planet or the Sun: the Sun

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[Rissa]

Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun: Saturn
Task: "2. Saturn is known as the "Ringed Planet". Read a book where the main character is married."
Book: The Dichotomy of Angels
Author: N.R. Walker
Date Read: finished 6/6/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: the MCs are "married" (specifically on loc 6505, "“Yes, we married at his parents’ house upstate three years ago.” Nathaniel had his hand on the table and subconsciously spun his wedding ring with his thumb.")
Next Planet or the Sun: Jupiter

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[D.L.]

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun: Uranus
Task: 3. In 1986, images from Voyager 2 showed Uranus as an almost featureless planet. Read a book without a person on the cover.
Book: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Author: Fannie Flagg
Date Read: 6/18/20
How My Book Fit the Task: There are no person(s) on the cover of the book:

Next Planet or the Sun: Saturn

[Agnieszka]

Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun: Venus
Task: 4. Read a book about sisters or twins. & 5. Read the 2nd book in a series.
Book: Muffin Top
Author: Avery Flynn
Date Read: 6/14
How My Book Fits the Task: male MC is the older of fraternal twins (and has three sisters) & it's #2 in The Hartigans Series
Next Planet: Mercury

[Rissa]

Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun: Jupiter
Task: "3. The best known feature of Jupiter is the Great Red Spot, a persistent storm. It rotates counterclockwise, with a period of about six days. Read a book from start to finish within 6 days."
Book: Bittersweet
Author: Sarina Bowen
Date Read: finished 6/18/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: read this book from start to finish within 6 days
Next Planet or the Sun: FINISHED!!!!

Thank you for a fun challenge, Lanelle! :)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[Agnieszka]

Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun: Mercury
Task: 2. Read a book that has 140 - 199 pages.
Book: Das Geräusch einer Schnecke beim Essen=The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Author: Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Date Read: 6/22
How My Book Fits the Task: 176 pages
Next Planet: Earth

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[D.L.]

Completion Report:

Planet or the Sun: Saturn
Task: 4. The continued exploration of Saturn is still considered to be a viable option for NASA as part of their ongoing New Frontiers program of missions. Read a book by an author that is new to you.
Book: Turning Hearts
Author: Deanne Blackhurst
Date Read: 6/25/20
How My Book Fit the Task: This is the first time I have read a book by this author.
Next Planet or the Sun: Neptune

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Lanelle, Production Chief]