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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
the_bookish_rose20.2- Ciprian's Task: Mindfulness
Option 2: Read a book from the Road Trip Books list.
I read All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven , which was found on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 50
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books:0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Andy P.Task # 5.3 - World Cinema
Read a book set at least 50% in a country where the total number of English speakers is below 50%,
The Overnight Kidnapper by Andrea Camilleri Set entirely in Italy
Points this post: 5
Total points: 125
Delicious Dee15.10 - Let's Travel (Through Books)!
Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal - found pg5 of the Favourite Travel Books listopia
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 200
Oma1229Repost of #336
5.10 - Carefree Summer Days
Get away from everything by reading a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules. For this task, a book with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used if it is not found in AR Bookfinder.
Ajax Penumbra: 1969 by Robin Sloan
5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!I used the list Books with Action Heroines
I read an ebook version of Moon Called which is the 3rd book on the first page
New Points: 5
Total Points: 50
KTKIZZIE15.5 - Again, Really? An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris
Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than 1, in which you’ve already read book 1 before May 15.
REQUIRED: In your post, state the date on which you read book 1 in the series. Finished book #1 on April 30, 2020.
Total points: 20
Total Tasks completed: 2
Total Golden oldies: 0
Total Big Book tickets: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Total books read: 3
Amy B20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP
This is a one book task. Choose one option and read a book that meets the criteria of that option.
Option 2: Read a book from this list: Road Trip Books. REQUIRED: State the page of the list on which your book is found.
Mosquitoland by David Arnold (page 1 of list) - UG: BL = 5.2, AR = 11.0
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 95 Points
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!Option 2: Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
Approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total points: 20
Amy FL5.1 - See You at the Movies
The Good Neighbors by Kiersten Modglin
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Amy FL10.3 - This is CNN
An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back - CNN (aN ameriCaN)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
Amy FL20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 3: The Sun Down Motel (Thriller)
(This book also works for Option 2: Horror, in case either genre disappears.)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Amy FL30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Nights at the Drive-in
Option 1:
(cover approved here)Option 2: A Long Walk Up the Water Slide (Slide)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 115
Repost 216/459Jayme(the ghostreader)
5.4
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
Found on listopia Books with action heroines, p 1 #33 on the list
Task+5
Grand total: 35
25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at HomeBook 1, a book that I had in my possession before 1 Jan 2020: The Overstory by Richard Powers, which I have had since April 2019
Book 2, a book first published March-July 2020: Writers & Lovers by Lily King, published 3 March 2020
Points this post: 25
Total points: 120
Kim O30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 2: Beatrix Potter/Gardener - Read a book with the main page genre gardening, main page genre Scotland, or main page genre travel.
Trowel and Error: Over 700 Organic Remedies, Shortcuts, and Tips for the Gardener
Option 5: Japanese Maple - Read a book with the word TREE intact in the title or subtitle.
Fruit of the Drunken Tree
Points this task: 30
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Totals:
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Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 1
Task 30.2 - Reading in the Valleysat least one book must be a reread!
option 1 - read a book by le Carre
A Murder of Quality by John le Carré
option 2 - read a book with MPG Humour
Monstrous Regiment
verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
this was my reread. happy sigh of reading contentment! :)
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195 points
3 BB tix
Mod
Jayme(the ghostreader)
5.4
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
Found on listopia Books with action heroines, p 1 #33 on the list
Task+5
Grand to..."
Thank you, Amanda!
trishhartuk5.3 World Cinema
The Haunting of Tram Car 015, P. Djèlí Clark
Read the kindle edition. PB here.
Set in an alternate Cairo, Egypt
English speaking percentage: 35%
Confirmed as okay in help thread message #7: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 5
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 1 (500+ = 1)
5.1 - See You at the MoviesDashing Through the Snow by Debbie Macomber
Macomber first initial is in the word Movies
5 points
5 total points
Nick KY25.7 Jen K’s Jagged Little Pill
Opt. 2. Double consonants in title and author’s name. I read A Rage to Kill: And Other True Cases by Ann Rule .
I listened to the audiobook. There is no Mass Market Paperback. The most pop ppb is A Rage to Kill and Other True Cases.
Opt. 4. Nebula winner. Dune by Frank Herbert.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Dune at 537 pp.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 205
Big Books So Far: 500+ (1), 750+ (1) = 3 BBs
Helen B20.6- Springfield!
Option 1: The Guardians by John Grisham
370 pages
52,215 GR ratings
Total points: 115
JEN B10.4 - Ready For A Closeup
Read a book with a central character or subject who is a professional actor or actress.
The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward
Lee, one of the central characters, is an actress
TOTAL POINTS: 110
Task 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite ThingsOption 4:
The Last Time She Saw Him, finished 6/18
#1 in the Julia Gooden Mystery series, which is a new series to me.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 245
Jenny H10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller.
Den hedervärde mördaren (MPG Thriller)
Total points: 10
Patricia - repost from 523 (using the book for a different task as it didn't fit the previous one)10.5 - From A to Z
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Total points = 50
Julia10315.7 - Hurricane season is here again!
Prodigy by Marie Lu
Marie is on the Pacific Hurricanes list.
This post: 15 points
Total points: 165
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
Janice CA30. 11 - Escape!
Option 2: Read a book set in a country you have never visited.
I read a book set in Peru. I have never been to Peru. (Setting is mentioned in the book description.)
Ruthless River: Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre de Dios by Holly Conklin FitzGerald
pages: 336
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Option 3: MPG - history
The Boy Captives: by Clinton L. Smith
pages: 219
total pages: 555
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total: 30
tasks: 1
books: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.4 Lights, Camera, Action!
Split Second by David Baldacci.
Found on Ass-Kicking Action Thrillers on page 2
Points this post: 5
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 8/65
Books read: 10
Meera5.9 - Take Me Away
Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
Book has "humor" as a MPG
Points This Poste: 5
Total Points: 150
Total Tasks: 10
Books read: 11
Andy P.Task # 5.7 - Mysterious Women
Read a book written by a female author that ALSO has the MPG Mystery,
The Girl Who Lied by Sue Fortin Author is female, top mpg is Mystery
Points this post: 5
Total points: 130
delicious Dee10.9 - Turn It Up
Murder in Chinatown - song: Summer in the City
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 220
TANYA D30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE
Option #2- One book task- fits both requirements of Option #1 and is over 600 pages:
1- C. Read a book that is STAND ALONE i.e. NOT part of a series
2- A. Read a book with a title of 5 words or more
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb is 740 pages and I am claiming a big book ticket.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 100
Total Big Books: 2
Andy P.Task # 10.7 - What Angels Eat
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these top producing watermelon locations: Italy
The Safety Net by Andrea Camilleri set entirely in Italy
Points this post: 10
Total points: 140
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening LessonsOption 1: Emily Dickinson/Gardener
* Read a book first published in December or May of any year.
Treachery by Lily White
Published May of 2020
*Big Book - 613 pages
Option 4: Beatrix Potter Legacy
*Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in LA K E D ISTRICT NATIONAL PARK.
Heart Thief by Ker Dukey
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 45
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 3
5.6 - Somebody Set the ClockThe Visitor (Jack Reacher #4) by Lee Child
VCR found in VisitoR Child
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 155
Elizabeth PTask 30.1 - STAY HOME/STAY SAFE
I decided to read one book over 600 pages that fits a requirement from both books
Option 1A: Book with single person on cover
Option 2C: Book that is part of a series with at least 5 books
by Lucinda RileyBook 5 of The Seven Sisters series, there are currently 6 and author has confirmed there will be 7
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1511...
Page count: 720 pages, >600
Link: La ragazza della luna
At 720 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 135
Total Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 10
20.10 Group ReadsA Bookshop in Berlin by Françoise Frenkel
Posted in discussion thread, message 9.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 95
Total Books Read: 6
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Pages Read: 1087
Big Books Read: 0
20.10 Group ReadsI read A Bookshop in Berlin. This book was originally published in 1945 and is a ***Golden Oldie*******
I posted on the discussion thread.
points: 50
books read: 3
tasks completed : 2
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
pages read: 1268
Sara G20.8 - 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.
A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay
I made the word "rage" with one letter from each word: A Song for Arbonne
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 511 pages.
**A Song for Arbonne is a Big Book (511 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Pamela326520.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 6: The Heiress of All Things Beautiful by Anita Stansfield
BE found in beautiful
I read an ARC version
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
DeborahPost #4
25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home
1) Boy, Snow, Bird
I have had this book since before Jan 1, 2020
2) Hunting Fiends for the Ill-Equipped Published April 3rd 2020
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 5
Tasks Done: 4
Joanna T10.3 This is CNN
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann
Task total: 10
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Season total: 55
BB: 2
GO: 0
Krista KY20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Option 3:
For this option: Read a book where someone's life changes dramatically, either for the better or for the worse, by an event such as a death in the family, a move to a new town or country, a significant job change.
All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin
Nina Browning's life changes dramatically after her son spreads an inappropriate photo of a female classmate. Nina questions many things about her lifestyle, her relationship with her husband and how she's chosen to raise her son.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 10
5.3 - World CinemaThe Scent of the Night (Commissario Montalbano #6) by Andrea Camilleri
set 100% in Italy
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 160
5.1 - See you at the moviesI read Château Zen by Maartje Fleur. The initial "M" is the first letter in Movies.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 95
5.2 - I'd watch thatI read Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder. This book can be found on the first page of the Books that should be made into movies list (#48).
Points this post: 5
Total points: 100
10.6 - Get countedI read Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder. The book has 392 pages, each of these numbers can be found in 39393261617.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
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30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know”
Choose two options from the list below and read two books, one for each option.
Option 3: To remember to finish what I begin.
Read the next whole number book in a series that you have begun before the Summer Challenge.
Witness in Death I read the first of this series in May 2019
Option 4: To go to interesting places.
Read a book set at least 50% in a country on a continent different from your own.
Required: Identify your continent
They All Fall Down Set in Rwanda (Africa) (mentioned in book info) I live in Europe
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 340