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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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LAUREN JODI20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 5: Joey
Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews
Word: MAGIC
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 120/1205
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 9/65
Task 25.10 - Rina's Task: Working out during quarantineOption 1:
Task 1: The Other Mrs., finished 6/18
By Mary Kubica, who is married, per her GR profile
Task 3: Before She Was Found, finished 6/20
Points this task: 25
Total points: 290
the_bookish_rose20.4- Golden Oldies: A Few of My Favorite Things
I chose Option 4: Start a series that is new to you.
Legend by Marie Lu
I started this series on June 17th, 2020, so it was new for me (and really interesting!)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 70
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books:0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
15.5 - Again, Really?Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than 1, in which you’ve already read book 1 before May 15.
Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games
I read the previous book on May 9th 2020
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 45
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Oma122920.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
I chose Option #1
Option 1: . Read a book with over 15,000 Goodreads ratings. (15,001 or higher)
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
637,785 ratings
Total Points-190/1205
Total Tasks-15/65
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Andy P.Task # Turn It Up
Using a song from 50 Best Summer Songs read a book with title of at least 3 words where the first letter of every title word appears in the song title
Song title # 30 Drop It Like it's Hot
Death in Summer by Michael J. Theurillat
D in Drop
I in It
S in it's
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155
Queen Bee Darlene10.3 This is CNN
Non-fiction book that includes letters CNN in title/sub
Mr. President, How Long Must We Wait? Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson, and the Fight for the Right to Vote by Tina Cassidy Mr. President, How Long Must We Wait?: Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson, and the Fight for the Right to Vote
C in aliCe
N in presideNt
N in loNg
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 85
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite ThingsOption 1: The Red and the Black
Published in 1830 (earlier than 1938)
***One Big Book Ticket claimed - 608 pages
***One Golden Oldie Ticket claimed - published in 1830
Total points: 40
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Whimsie20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
I chose Option 3, Alternative B)
Task: Read a book having the author’s first and last initials in SOLARIS
Book Read: Five Feet Apart
Author: Rachael Lippincott
How it fits: R and L are in SOLARIS
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Points this post: 20
Total Points: 80
Tasks completed: 3
Whimsie20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 2
Task: read a book by Ernest Hemingway or by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
Book Read: The Jetsetters
Author: Amanda Eyre Ward
How it fits: A and W are in Ernest Hemingway
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Points this post: 20
Total Points: 100
Tasks completed: 4
Whimsie20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
Task: Read one book with a title consisting of at least two words you can link by forming a new word.
Word that can be made: RAM
Book Read: French Pastry Murder
How it fits: fRench pAstry Murder
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Points this post: 20
Total Points: 120
Tasks completed: 5
Whimsie30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know”
Option 3:
Task: Read the next whole number book in a series that you have begun before the Summer Challenge.
Book Read: Tangled Webs
How it fits: I started this series in January 2020 and have read the first 5 books.
Option 4:
Task: Read a book set at least 50% in a country on a continent different from your own.
Book Read: The Days of Tao
How it fits: I live in North America. This book is set in Greece
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Points this post: 30
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 6
Kathy KSMoving this title from Task 15.5 and adjusting totals
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 2: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
Rock with Wings, by Anne Hillerman
AH - HemingwAy
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 60-15+20=65
Tasks completed: 4
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Kathy KS20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 3. Read a book... (b)having the author's first and last initials in SOLARIS. REQUIRED: State which alternative you chose.
If I Were You, by Lynn Austin
LA = soLAris (author's initials in Solaris}
I read an ebook ARC edition; pb = 464 pages (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 85
Tasks completed: 5
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Helen B30. 11 - Escape!
Option 1: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
MPG Fantasy. 432pages
Option 5: A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
Found on Uplifting Fiction page 2
197 pages. Total pages 629.
Total points: 145
Julia10315.8 - Parasite
Pachinko
Author Min Jin Lee was born in South Korea, (See "Born" field at top of author GR page)
I read the Kindle edition. Top paperback Pachinko is 502 pages so claiming one BB ticket.
This post: 15 points
Total points: 205
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 17
20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover TropesOption 3: Read a book with main page genre nonfiction (embedded is ok) and a white (or off-white, beige, grey) cover that has only a single object/image depicted, or no image (only words).
Book read: Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
How it fits: MPG Nonfiction, cover approved in help thread in message 61
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Total points: 125
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 9
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie AwardsOption 1: Read a book with NO people on the cover.
Book read: Adrenalin
How it fits:
Option 2: Read a book with at least 100,000 ratings on Goodreads.
Book read: Wintergirls
How it fits: 105,702 ratings on Goodreads.
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Total points: 150
Books read: 12
Tasks completed: 10
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
Scooter&SiamDO NOT USE
Read a book written by a single author who was born between 1946 and 1964 inclusiv
Read Long Day's Journey into Night. Author was born in 1953.
Points: 10
Total: 40
Scooter&Siam10.6 - Get Counted
Read a book that has a number of pages that can be found in 39393261617.
Read Long Day's Journey into Night
Points: 10
Total: 40
15.10 - Let's Travel (Through Books)!Read a book from one of these lists: Favourite Travel Books
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
Page 2 #187 of Favorite Travel Books List
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 60
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
SALLY M.10.9 Turn It Up: title initials in song title from 50 Best Summer Songs list, That Summer Feeling
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 21
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 1
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
SALLY M.10.10 "You Like Me, You Really Like Me": average rating of at least 3.5
A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope by Patrice Caldwell
Points this post: 10
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 22
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 1
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
SALLY M.25.12 It's Auntie Time!
Option 1: book in a series, Wayward Children #1
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Option 4: book title begins w/letter in AMENS
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 24
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 1
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
PAULA S5.7 - Mysterious Women
Read a book written by a female author that ALSO has the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Dystopia.
Farliga drömmar by Maria Lang
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 20/1205
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4/65
Queen Bee Darlene15.3 Ford v. Ferrari
Option 2) all ltrs Ferrari found in title/sub and all letters of Ford in author's name
Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar by Kelly Oxford Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar
EveRything Is perFect when you'Re A liaR - FERRARI
oxFORD
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
PAULA S5.9 - Take Me Away
Read a book with the MPG Humor OR a book found on the Popular Funny Books list.
#1 on the list
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 25/1205
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5/65
PAULA S5.10 - Carefree Summer Days
I read the kindle edition, PB link for reference (no MMPB): Stamped Out
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 30/1205
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6/65
PegW20.10 - Group Reads
I chose to read A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
and posted in the discussion group - message #6
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Big Book: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 4
Julia1035.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!
First Test
This is on page one of Books with Action Heroines
This post: 5 points
Total points: 210
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 18
Joanne MITask 20.2 Rookie At the Top
I chose option 2-Road Trip Books
Beneath the Sugar Sky
Book is on page 20 of the list
Points this task 20
Total Points 100
BB's 1
Task 20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of MindOption 3: (I was also born and raised in NJ!)
Book: The Silent Sister, by Diane Chamberlain, finished 6/21
Diane Chamberlain born in NJ per GR bio
Points this task: 20
Total points: 310
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite ThingsOption 2: My favorite book is The Sun Also Rises by my favorite author Ernest Hemingway. Sometimes it's nice to revisit an old friend.
In recognition of my favorite book and author, read a book by Ernest Hemingway or by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
I read A Woman Is No Man. The author, Etaf Rum has initials found in ERnest hemingway.
points: 70
books read: 4
tasks completed: 3
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
pages read: 1604
Delicious Dee25.2 - Simone's Task: Children of the Apocalypse!
Option 3 - Dating The Undead - a vampire is one of the main characters
Option 5 - MaddAddam - approved in msg 18 of the THT; the dystopian setting is caused by a flood (in book 2 of the trilogy); followed by a man-made plague
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 245
15.6. The Red Carpet
- red dress on coverPoints this post: 15
Total points: 15
Suzannesea20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
word made = hop
tHe rOsie Project
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 70
15.10 - Let's Travel (Through Books)!A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
It is on page 1 on the list Favourite Travel Books.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: MindfulnessOption 1:
The cover has a bench.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite ThingsOption 4: First in a series that is new to me
Murder & The Heir
This is the first book in the Violet Carlyle Mysteries series.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!Option 1: Over 15,000 ratings
Just One Damned Thing After Another
It has over 310 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: CodenamesA Merry Little Murder
Word that can be created: AMID
Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”Option 1:
Book 1: 1 person on the cover
Book 2: part of a series of at least 5 books (8 in series)
Murder at the Breakers
Points this post: 30
Total points: 140
15.6. The Red Carpet.Read a book with something red on the cover.
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
The girl's coat is red
New Points: 15
Total Points: 70
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Julia10320.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 4: Page by Tamora Pierce
(TP in PIVOT)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 230
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 19
Task 5.2 - I'd Watch ThatBook: Alive, finished 6/21
On p. 41 of the list
Points this task: 5
Total points: 315
TANYA D20.5 - Bigger is Better
Option #1- Read a book with the main page genre Historical Fiction (embedded is OK) and one or more people facing away from you on the cover.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz-
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Total big books: 2
JEN B25.2 - Simone's Task: Children of the Apocalypse!
1. Read one of the books by Stephen King from this list: Stephen King Novels
11/22/63 by Stephen King
5. Read a book that features survival in a dystopian setting (radiation, flood, pandemic, etc.). REQUIRED: If it is not apparent from the synopsis what the dystopian setting is, provide that information in your post!
Recursion by Blake Crouch
*I am claiming 2 Big Books tickets for 11/22/63 (849 pages)
TOTAL POINTS: 170
BB Tickets Total: 2
25.9 - Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer MoviesOption 1: read a book with a title of at least three words where the initial letter of each word is found in the phrase "YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT".
The Butterfly Room by Lucinda Riley
initial letter of words in title, TBR, found in BiggeR boaT
1x Bigger is Better tix (628p)
Option 3: read a book with the MPG Science Fiction (standalone or embedded) that takes place at least 50% on a spaceship or on a planet other than Earth, or where a main character is an extra terrestrial.
Chasing the Shadows (Sentinels of the Galaxy #2) by Maria V. Snyder
Science Fiction MPG & 100% set on a planet that's not Earth
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 185
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30.2 - Cat's Task: Reading in the Valleys
Option 2: MPG Humor
I'm In No Mood For Love by Rachel Gibson
Confirmed in post #22 of the help thread
This book is a re-read
Option 3: WALES in title
The Woman Who Couldn't Scream by Christina Dodd
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 100/1205
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 8/65