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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Shelby
5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40
Read a book first published in a year that includes a 4 AND a 0.: All Kinds of Tied Down, by Mary Calmes
How Fits: Published - 2014
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Elizabeth PTask 25.12 - It's Auntie Time!
Option 1: Whole number book in series
White Hot by Ilona Andrews
#2 in Hidden Legacy series
Option 3: Author's initials in STUFFED ANIMALS
Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews
stuffed AnImals
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 95
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 8
Shelby
5.10 - Carefree Summer Days
Get away from everything by reading a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules: Retribution, by Sloane Kennedy
How Fits: Choice
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.7 - What Angels Eat
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these top producing watermelon locations: China, Turkey, Iran, Brazil, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Spain, Greece, Italy, in the United States- Texas, Florida, Georgia, California: At Attention, by Annabeth Albert
How Fits: Location - California
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5: Two Divided by Zero, by Jackie Keswick
Ebook Verified: Here
How Fits: Rating - 4.54
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 6: Chandler
Read a book with the letters BE intact in the title: Be Still My Heart, by Charlie Cochet
How Fits: Title - Be Still My Heart
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Option 5
Read a book that is set at least 50% in the Pacific Northwest: Forsaken, by Sloane Kennedy
How Fits: Location - Seattle, WA
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
30.5 Two of A KindOption 2 - Companion Reads
A) A Plague of Secrets by John Lescroart
The Ophelia Cut by John Lescroart
These are both from the Dismas Hardy series.
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 40
SALLY M.10.8 Go Your Own Way: Summer 2019 Kids Indie Next List, Top 10
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 1
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
SALLY M.20.4 A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 2: author initials in ERNEST HEMINGWAY
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the HC)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 15
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 1
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
10.1 - OK BoomerWhile I Live (The Ellie Chronicles #1) by John Marsden
author born 1950
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 150
15.4 - A Record Setting Leading PerformerOption 2, a book with a word in the title that matches a word from Hepburn's Filmography and is written by a female author:
Hello, Summer by Mary Kay Andrews
The film title is Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 95
Elizabeth PTask 10.7 - What Angels Eat
Book set in one of the locations, I chose Texas
Diamond Fire by Ilona Andrews
From one of the reviews, whose link can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
"And a large crowd of Rogan’s Spanish relatives on his mother’s side descends on Mrs. Rogan’s Texas mansion for a few weeks’ stay before the wedding"
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 105
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 9
JEN B20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
For this task, read one book with a title (subtitles excluded) consisting of at least two words you can ‘link’ by forming a new word using letters in the title.
The Grace Kelly Dress by Brenda Janowitz
Word = TAKE
The GrAce Kelly DrEss
TOTAL POINTS: 100
Task 15.10 - Let's Travel (Through Books)!Book: Everyone Brave is Forgiven, finished 6/16
On p. 12 of the Best Traveling Vicariously list.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 225
NICOLE OH5.3 - World Cinema
The Days of Abandonment set in Italy where only 34% of the population speak English
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 65
NICOLE OH5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!
Four to Score
page 1 https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 70
NICOLE OH10.1 - OK Boomer
If It Bleeds by Stephen King, born in 1947
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen...
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 80
Jen K20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 3(B)
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
LS in SoLaris
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 50
Jen K20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 3: The Herd
MPG Thriller
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Blueberry30.6
Opt 4 Read a book set at least 50% in a country on a continent different from your own. The Uncommon Reader is set in Europe. I live in North America.
Opt 6 Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars. The Moonstone
My Goodreads friend who gave this 5 stars is Rosemarie.
This is a Big Book with 528 pgs and a Golden Oldie, published in 1868.
Blueberry20.1 Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) with a competition as a central focus.
Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker is a nonfiction book about a big-time celeb-filled weekly poker game. Approved by Jen B.
Pts: 20
Total pts: 180
Blueberry20.3 opt 3 Read a book with a MPG of Espionage or Thriller.
The Guardians
Pts: 20
Total pts: 200
trishhartuk30.1 Mazza1’s Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
Using OPTION 1
Book 1: A. Read a book with a SINGLE word title
Middlegame, Seanan McGuire
Read the kindle edition. Top PB here, 528pg
Big book: 500+
Book 2: A. Read a book with a title of 5 words or more
The City in the Middle of the Night, Charlie Jane Anders
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here
Points this task: 30
Books read: 2
Golden oldie: No
Big book: Middlegame is 528pg = 500+ = 1 ticket
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 4
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 500+ = 1
Sophie20.5 Opt 3: Non-fiction, white cover with no objects
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Total: 50
Task 25.6 - The Razzie Awardsoption 1: read a book with no person on the cover
The Spy Who Loved Me
option 5: read a book with author initials in the phrase
The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson
TT in worsT...properTy
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160 points
2 BB tix
30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!3. Escape to another time. Read a book with the main page genre history or historical fiction or time travel. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
I read A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century. This book has history on its MPG and is 677 pp. This is a ********BIg Book*******
4. Escape on a virtual vacation. Read a book with the main page genre Travel, standalone or embedded. (NOTE: a specific genre such as Time Travel does not work as an embedded genre).
I read Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure, which has the MPG Travel . This book has 304 pp.
677+304=981
points: 30
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 1
Big Books: 1
pages read: 981
Meera30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 4: *Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK.
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
Option 5: Japanese Maple
The Mask by Taylor Stevens - the book completely takes place in Japan
Points This Poste: 30
Total Points: 145
Total Tasks: 9
Books read: 10
Mod
5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!
From Winter Time Action and Romance pg 1, #5: A Cold Dark Place by Toni Anderson
I read the kindle A Cold Dark Place
total = 50
Mod
5.5 - Summer Blockbusters
From 71. Star Trek into Darkness: Gone to Darkness by Barbara Nickless
I read the kindle Gone to Darkness
total = 55
Mod
5.6 - Somebody Set the Clock
VCR in title: All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
I read the kindle All You Can Ever Know
total = 60
Mod
15.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performer
Option 2, Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), female author: Summer of Fire by Linda Jacobs
I read the kindle Summer of Fire
total = 75
Mod
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
Down Among the Dead by Damien Boyd
1 letter from each
Down Among thE Dead = DEAD
total = 95
Mod
20.10 - Group Reads
A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman's Harrowing Escape from the Nazis by Françoise Frenkel
Post 7
total = 115
Mary P30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
Option 1; A. Read a book with a SINGLE word title
War by Laura Thalassa
Option 2: C. Read a book that is part of a series of at least 5 books
The Sinner by J.R.Ward
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 45
Bookwrm526Task #10.5 - From A to Z
Read a book with an A and Z in the title, subtitle and/or author’s name. I read The Last Emperox by John Scalzi (A and Z both in the author's name).
Total points so far: 170
CEELEETask 15.10 Let's Travel (Through Books)!
Summer 2020 is the year where many of us will be traveling vicariously and what better way than through books? To celebrate VACATION FROM HOME read a book from one of these lists FAVORITE TRAVEL BOOKS or BEST TRAVELING VICARIOUSLY.
Be sure to post which list you use and the page number where the book you chose is listed.
What fun! The choices are endless! I chose the BEST TRAVELING VICARIOUSLY because there is a book on that list I have wanted to read for years.....MY LIFE IN FRANCE by Julia Child and her great nephew Alex Prud'homme. The book can be found on Page 1 in the #66 slot as of 6/17/2020.
My Life in France
Such an entertaining and wonderfully delicious memoir! Not only do we l;earn about living in Paris and Provence, we learn how Julia became such an amazing chef specializing in French cuisine! We meet her family, friends sand other interesting characters along the way. And the food!!! And that trying to publish a book is not easy!!! I was entertained and learned a lot.
Total Points for Task: 15
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points for Summer Challenge 2020: 15
Total Tasks Completed for Summer Challenge 2020: 1
Total Books read for Summer Challenge 2020: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2020: 0
Tortola Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2020: 0
Task 30.4 - Brockian Ultra-Cricketoption 3: read a book with the letters SORRY in the title
The Murders of Molly Southbourne
SOR in SOuthboRne
R in muRders
Y in mollY
option 4: read a book from the list
Abaddon's Gate
on p2, #166 on list
539pages - claiming 1BB tix
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165points
3 BB tix
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the BooksOption 3: Phoebe
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Total points = 20
Marina H20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 1: How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
405 pages - 49.276 ratings
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Big book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 5
20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: MindfulnessOption 3. (b) having the author's first and last initials in SOLARIS
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
Total points = 40
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!Option 3:
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
*Dramatic change = the main characters had 16 family members killed by a Mexican cartel and are escaping to America for safety.*
Total points = 60
Andy P.Task # 10.5 - From A to Z
Read a book with an A and Z in the title
The Jigsaw Puzzle: Piecing Together a History by Anne D. Williams
A in Jigsaw
Z in Puzzle
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
MAZZA115.6. The Red Carpet.
Read a book with something red on the cover.
Red FlowersPoints this post = 15
Points to date = 240
MAZZA120.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 5: Joey
Read a book whose title has a word of at least three letters that can be made from the letters in GOINGCOMMANDO
Word is AND
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 260
MAZZA125.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Take the One Ring on its final journey and read two books from two different options to help Frodo and Sam in their perilous quest! Orcs may be involved.
Option 4: If it's not one monster, it's another.
Read a book with something metallic on the cover.
(SWORD)approved in help thread Post 2
REQUIRED: Post the cover and point out the metallic object.
Option 5: Gollum inadvertently helps destroy the ring, and himself. Lava will do that.
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in VOLCANO.
My Perfect Cousin Colin O'Sullivan C and O in Volcano
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 285
the_bookish_rose15.6- The Red Carpet
Read a book with red on the cover.
The red is the person's cloak.
Book is Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty by Christine Heppermann
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 30
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books:0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
MAZZA125.13 - SandyL's Task: Dog Days of Summer
This is a two book task. Please choose 2 different options and read a book for each. REQUIRED:
Option 1: Read a book with at least three words in the title where the first letter of each word is in DOG DAYS OF SUMMER.
Mistletoe at Moonglow M and M in Summer A in Days
Option 4: Read a book from one of these Summer or Beach Reads Lists:
Summer List
Into the Darkest Corner on Page 6 of that list currently number 504
points this post = 25
Points to date = 310
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5.1 - See You at the Movies
Read a book written by a single author with at least one initial found in the word: MOVIES.: Morrighan, by Mary E. Pearson
How Fits: Author - Mary E. Pearson
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0