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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Julia10325.10 - Rina's Task: Working out during quarantine
Option 1
Task 1: Accepting the Lance by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (These two authors are married to each other.)
Task 3: Before the Broken Star (F and B in BeFore)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 190
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 16
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.5 Summer Blockbusters
Manning Up by Bee Walsh
Movie #6 in help thread: UP (movie title) up (book title)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 9/65
Books read: 11
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.8 Parasite
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin
Author was born in South Korea.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 10/65
Books read: 12
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.11 Delicious Dee's Task: Space X
Option 2: The Rag and Bone Shop by ROBERT Cormier.
First published in 2001.
Option 3: Outback by Robin Stevenson.
apatoSauRus
Points this post: 25
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 11/65
Books read: 14
Rockynook10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Goodreads rating of at least 3.5
Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center Current rating: 4.04
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 100
CoffeegirlTask 25.1 - Hair Love
Option 1: The Food of Love by Anthony Capella - LOVE in the Title
Option 3: A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Pages 160
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 55
20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: MindfulnessOption 1. The Discomfort Zone: How Leaders Turn Difficult Conversations Into Breakthroughs, by Marcia Reynolds
Hobby for mindfulness: gardening
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Steve E -10.10 - "A Boy's Best Friend is His Mother"
The film Psycho premiered June 16, 1960. Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
The Silent Patient by: Alex Michaelides
MPG: Thriller
Posts for this post: 10
Cumulative Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite ThingsOption 1: A Cat, A Man, And Two Women, by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, first publised in 1936.
Claiming 1 Golden Oldies.
Points: 20
Total points: 40
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!Option 1: The Scent Keeper, by Erica Bauermeister
16173 ratings to date.
Points: 20
Total points: 60
KATRINAT5.3 - World Cinema
The Book of Hidden Things
Italy 34%
Points this post: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.3
Total points: 5
KATRINAT10.6 - Get Counted
Patron Saints of Nothing (AR rating UY)
Read a book that has a number of pages that can be found in 3,939,326
Page numbers 323
Points this post: 10
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.3/10.6
Total points: 15
30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a KindOption 2C:
The Women's Health Big Book of Pilates: The Essential Guide to Total Body Fitness, by Brooke Siler
The Women's Health Big Book of Abs: Sculpt a Lean, Sexy Stomach in Just 4 Weeks!, by Adam Bornstein
Both books are non-fiction, sports, treating the topic of workouts at home.
Preapproved by message 31 in help thread.
Points: 30
Points to date: 90
Golden Oldies to date: 1
KATRINAT20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
3(b)having the author's first and last initials in SolaRis.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
Points this post: 20
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.3/10.6/20.2
Total points: 35
KATRINAT20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka
2.Read a book in which a character is either out of their element or is often made to feel like an outsider.
The Sisters of the Winter Wood
The family live at the edge of the woods as their parents have the ability to transform into animals, a trait that could get them killed, they are also Jewish at a time when the Jewish were being persecuted, and their mother isn't Jewish so the parent's marriage is looked down upon.
Points this post: 20
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.3/10.6/20.2/20.9
Total points: 55
Pat 🎥 10.2 ~ “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Task Description ~ Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Infected by Scott SiglerCompleted ~ 6.17.20
Pages ~ 342
Horror as MPG
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Points this post ~ 10
Total Points ~ 35
Tasks Completed ~ 2
Books Read This Season ~ 3
Pages Read This Season ~ 1145
Pat 🎥 25.12 ~ It’s Auntie Time!
Task Description ~ This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different options and read 1 book for each. One book with the genres "Sequential Art," "Comics," "Comic Book," and "Manga" may be used for this task.
REQUIRED ~ Specify in your post the options you chose.
Option 1 ~ Read a book that is part of a series. The book must be a whole number book in the series.
Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. WredeCompleted ~ 6.10.20
Pages ~ 326
Cecelia and Kate, #1
Option 3 ~ Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in STUFFED ANIMALS. Middle initials can be ignored.
The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasCompleted ~ 6.16.20
Pages ~ 464
s(T)uffed (A)nimals
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Points this post ~ 25
Total Points ~ 60
Tasks Completed ~ 3
Books Read This Season ~ 5
Pages Read This Season ~ 1935
Task 5.7 - Mysterious WomenBook: Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves; MPG Mystery and Thriller
Finished 6/19
Points this task: 5
Total points: 250
Pat 🎥 30.10 ~ Junk Food or Fitness?
Task Description ~ This is a two book task. The total number of pages in the two books should exceed 600 pages, and no book which has a main page genre of Children or kid’s may be used for either book.
Total Page Count ~ 844
Book 1. Read a book, the title/subtitle of which must contain the word EXERCISE (exactly, no variations) OR have a word in the title or subtitle that can be made using only the letters in EXERCISE. The word must contain at least 3 letters. Letters can be used only as often as they appear in EXERCISE.
Nothing to See Here by Kevin WilsonCompleted ~ 6.1.20
Pages ~ 254
SEE ~ ExErciSe
Book 2. Read a book, the author of which must be the sole author of the book and must NOT have any of the letters in JUNKFOOD in his/her name.
Cemetery Road by Greg IlesCompleted ~ 6.15.20
Pages ~ 590
greg iles
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Points this post ~ 30
Total Points ~ 90
Tasks Completed ~ 4
Books Read This Season ~ 7
Pages Read This Season ~ 2779
Task 15.7 - Hurricane season is here again!Book: My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress, finished 6/19
By Rachel DeLoache Williams
Rachel listed as Pacific storm name.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 265
Nick KY5.3 World Cinema I read Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, set in Columbia -- 4% of Columbians speak English.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 210
5.7 - Mysterious WomenRead a book written by a female author that ALSO has the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Dystopia
I listened to the audio version of Girl in Disguise by Greer Macallister which has MPG of Mystery.
New Points: 5
Total: Points: 55
Andy P.Task # 5.5 - Summer Blockbusters
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in the title of one of the 75 Best Summer Blockbusters of All Time.
Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler Matches # 35 Mad Max: The Road Warrior
Points this post: 5
Total points: 145
Mary P20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 2:Read a book from this list: Road Trip Books.
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Book is found on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Queen Bee Darlene5.1 See You at the Movies
Single author with at least one initial found in MOVIES
Talk Before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg Talk Before Sleep
moviEs - Elizabeth
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 80
JEN B25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 1: Most Tiresome Tabloid Targets.
For this option, let's avoid tabloids all together by reading a book with NO people on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
The Lies That Bind by Emily Giffin
Option 3: Worst Eye-Gouging Misuse Of 3D.
For this option, read a book with 3 or more letter D's in the TITLE only.
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
TOTAL POINTS: 135
PegW20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Option 4 - Read a book (fiction or non-fiction) by or about one of history's great minds on this list:
I chose Tom Hanks, number 194 on the list.
Uncommon Type
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
Big Book: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 3
Task 25.7 – Jen K – Jagged Little PillOption 1 – Total pages include both 2 and 5
Finders Keepers
I listened to the audiobook / MMPB: Ό,τι βρεις, δικό σου - 512 pg
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 512 pages
Option 2 – Title and author name both contain double consonants: hiLL / ABBi
Abbi Waxman / The Bookish Life of Nina Hill ✔ – 18June2020
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 75 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Oma122910.1 - OK Boomer
Read a book written by a single author who was born between 1946 and 1964 inclusive.
Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth by Tamar Myers
Tamar Myers Birthdate
Total Points-170/1205
Total Tasks-14/65
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Bookwrm526Task #10.3 - This is CNN.
Read a NONFICTION book that includes the letters CNN, at least one C and two Ns, in the title and/or subtitle. I read The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty (CN in cooking, N in gene).
Total Points So Far :180
Christine V30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Option 1: Network Effect MPG Science Fiction
Option 3: This Is How You Lose the Time War MPG Time Travel
Points this post: 30
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=3)
Jayme(the ghosyreader)10.1 Ok Boomer
Read a book by an author born between 1946-1964
Dead Until Darkby Charlaine Harris
Born 1951
Birth year can be found here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charl...
Task + 10
Grand total: 45
SALLY M.10.5 From A to Z: A and Z in title/subtitle and/or author’s name
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 16
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 1
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
SALLY M.25.1 Hair Love
Option 1: HAIR or LOVE intact in title/subtitle
I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Option 4: MPG Graphic Novels
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki
Points this post: 25
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 18
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 1
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
NICOLE OH30.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 1: The Perfect Couple set on Nantucket!
Option 3: More Myself: A Journey approved in help thread
Points this task: 30
Total points: 110
Alyssia20.6
Option 1
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again has over 2 million ratings.
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16.0
Points this post: 20
Total Posts: 5
Total Points: 100
GO: 1
25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at HomeRead one book for each option.
1. Books in Hand
Read a book that you have had in your possession before 1 January 2020.
I Capture the Castle
(I have owned this book since before Jan 1, 2020.)
2. New books
Support those authors with cancelled launches by reading a book first published in March - July 2020.
The Tourist Attraction
(This was published May 5, 2020.)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 85
Coralie 25.7 Jagged Little Pill
Option 2: Title and author’s name include a set of double consonants
NN in Gehanne, RR in cherry
Forty Thousand in Gehenna by C.J. Cherryh
Option 4: Book nominated for a Nebula Award
The Deep
Total to date 75 points
Alyssia30.7
Option 1: Moon on the Cover
Option 2: "Swing" in the title
Swing
Points this post: 30
Total Posts: 6
Total Points: 130
GO: 1
Ava Catherine30.10 Andy P.’s Task: Junk Food or Fitness?
Book 1. Read a book, the title/subtitle of which must contain the word EXERCISE.
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi 257 pages
Book 2: Read a book, the author of which must be the sole author of the book and must NOT have any of the letters in JUNKFOOD in his/her name.
Take Me Apart by Sara Sligar 368 pages
257+368=625 total pages
total=530
Ava Catherine30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Option 2.
Read a book set at least 50% in a country you have never visited.
I have never visited India.
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai 324 pages
Option 5. Read a book from one of the following lists:
Best Lighthearted Literature
page 1; # 40
All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot 378 pages
324+378= 702 total pages
total=560
Ava Catherine20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 1-
Read a book from one of the following lists.
"Books Turned Into Disney Movies" page 1; #46
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
total=580
Ava Catherine20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 2:
Read a book originally published in 2007.
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee first published May 7, 2007; 576 pages
total=600
Jennifer KS15.6 The Red Carpet
Read a book with something red on the cover
by Martha WoodruffThe roses on the cover are red
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 95
Total Books Read: 6
Total Pages Read: 1901
Big Books Read: 0
SALLY M.25.9 Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
Option 1: title (3+ words) initials found in YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT
The Governess Game by Tessa Dare
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
Option 2: MPG Romance + author initials in NOBODY PUTS BABY IN THE CORNER
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 20
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 1
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
Jennifer KS10.9 Turn it up
Read a book with initials in title of song pick
You ToOK the words right out of my mouth by Meatloaf
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 105
Total Books Read: 7
Total Pages Read: 2238
Big Books Read: 0
Beth_NC5.9 Take Me Away
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Found on Popular Funny Books List Page 1 #2
Points: 5
Tasks: 1
Books: 1
Pages: 250
JEN B10.8 - Go Your Own Way
Read a book from a list found at IndieBound's IndieNext List.
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
This book is on the August 2019 List:
https://www.indiebound.org/indie-next...
TOTAL POINTS: 145
Meera25.9 - Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
Option 1: Jaws
In the Dark by Cara Hunter
Title letters can be found in "YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT"
Option 2: Dirty Dancing
Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai
MPG has "Romance" and Author's initials AR can be found in "NOBODY PUTS BABY IN THE CORNER"
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 175
Total Tasks: 11
Books read: 13
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Option 2
I read The Martian by Andy Weir. This book is the first on page 4 of the road trip book list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130