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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Queen Bee Darlene20.1 Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
6) Chandler - BE intact in title
BEhind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough Behind Her Eyes
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 145
Nick KY10.9 Turn it Up I read Death in Kenya -- 1st letters are in song title “saturDay In the parK.”
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 250
JEN B25.10 - Rina's Task: Working out during quarantine
Option 1: Fitness Blender
Task 2. Read a book set at least 50% in Seattle.
Morning Glory by Sarah Jio
Seattle setting is stated in the GR description of the book
Task 3. Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle containing both letters F and B.
Everyone is Beautiful by Katherine Center
B and F in Beautiful
TOTAL POINTS: 195
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I read Immigrant City by David Bezmozgis. A in dAvid, Z in beZmozgis.
I read the kindle edition, linked to the pb (no MMPB).
total points: 130
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I chose option 2 and read Hotel on the Corner of Bitter And Sweet by Jamie Ford I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB.
Letters of Ferrari in title - hotEl on the coRneR oF bItteR And sweet.
Author's name is Ford.
total points: 145
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I chose option 2 and read Hidden Depths, first published in 2007. Edition I read has 320 pages.
total points: 165
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For my first book, I used option 1 and read Vagabonds. Science fiction is the top MPG. I read an ARC kindle edition - the top pb (no MMPB) is Wandernde Himmel - 752 pages.
For my second book, I used option 3 and read The Stationery Shop. Historical Fiction is the top MPB. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). 336 pages.
total pages 752 + 336 = 1088
total points: 195
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite ThingsOption 1: Read a book first published in 1938 or earlier.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
First published in 1932.
I claim one Golden Oldie ticket because it was first published in 1932.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Total BB tickets: 1
Total GO tickets: 1
Julia10310.9 - Turn It Up
Crocodile on the Sandbank
The initial letters COTS are in the song title "School's Out for the Summer"
This post: 10 points
Total points: 240
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 20
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: CodenamesFor 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 new word must be at least three letters long and you must use an EQUAL number of letters from each title word. Letters may be in any position, but all words in the title must be used. Numbers (non-ordinal) in the title should be ignored.
REQUIRED: Specify the ‘linking’ word. This word must be found in dictionary.com
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto by Chuck Klosterman
sEx druGs And cocoA Puffs > AGAPE
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
Total BB tickets: 1
Total GO tickets: 1
25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In ThreesOption A: Read a book that has all the letters of THREE in the title
The Pea-Pickers by [authoe:Eve Langley]
THREE found in THE pickERs
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub. 1942)
Option C: Read a book that is part of a trilogy or a 3 book series.
Without Warning (The Disappearance #1) by John Birmingham
The Disappearance (trilogy)
1x Bigger is Better tix (544p)
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 280
SALLY M.30.1 “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
Option 2: Book 1B (SINGLE person on cover) + Book 2A (title of 5 words or more) + over 600 pages
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
**The Name of the Wind is a Big Book (722 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 28
BB tix this post: 1
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
KATRINAT10.9 - Turn It Up
Pick one song from this list of 50 Best Summer Songs
Using that song, read a book with title of at least 3 words where the first letter of every title word appears in the song title.
The Spinning Heart
Found in “Summer in THe city”
Points this post: 10
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.3/10.6/10.9/20.2/20.9
Total points: 65
Task 25.12 - It’s Auntie Time!option 1 - read a book that is part of a series
In Their Footsteps
#1 in series
option 4 - read a book with title starting with a letter in AMENS
Summer Knight
S
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360 points
4 BB tix
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie AwardsOption 1: Most Tiresome Tabloid Targets.
Truffaut: 100 de proiecte de gradina de neratat, by Catherine Delvaux
Option 4: Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property.
Secretele de familie. Cum se moştenesc traumele, by Serge Tisseron
ST in WorstRecklessDisregardForHumanLifeAndPublicProperty
Points: 25
Total points: 115
Helen B30.2 - Reading in the Valleys
Option 2: Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen. MPG Humor
Option 3: Last Seen Wearing by Colin Dexter Last We<\b>aring WALES
This is a reread for me.
Total points: 175
25.10 - Rina's Task: Working out during quarantineOption 1: Fitness Blender
Task 1:
The Mountain Between Us, by Charles Martin
326 pages
Task 3:
Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion, by Pema Chödrön
comfortable contains f & b
222 pages
Total pages: 548
Points this post: 25
Total points: 140
10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller
I read an ebook version of The Mist
New Points: 10
Total Points: 90
20.9 Eureka!Option 3: 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.
REQUIRED: Explain what dramatic life change the character has experienced.
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
Explanation: The mom, Mimi, though not the only main character, had a dramatic life change when the oldest of her twelve children had a psychotic break and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Subsequently, 5 of her other children also were diagnosed with varying forms of mental illness (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc). The novel delved into the dramatic changes this had on all of the family, but the mother seemed to have to face the most, as her "ideal" family image she tried to cultivate was completely blown apart.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 140
Total Books Read: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Pages Read: 1939
Big Books Read: 0
Task 30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind1 - Blackout, finished 6/14
2 - Feedback, finished 6/26
Both book from the Newsflesh series
Points this task: 30
Total points: 410
Suzannesea20.6 -Seasoned Reader- Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 3
Read a book that takes place at least 50% in Vermont.
Blind Search by Paula Munier
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 90
EMurphy30.5 Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 1: Two books that are the retelling of the same original story *Both books are retellings of Snow White
Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire
Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen by Serena Valentino
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.1 OK Boomer
How to (Un)cage a Girl by Francesca Lia Block.
Francesca Lia Block on Wikipedia born December 3, 1962
Points this post: 10
Total points: 305
Tasks completed: 21/65
Books read: 25
Nick KY30.4 Wayne’s Cricket
Opt. 3 – I read The New Nineteenth Century: Feminist Readings of Underread Victorian Fiction ed. by Barbara Harman
Letters in SORRY in title/subtitle
S in “feminiSt”
OR in “victORian”
RY in “centuRY
Opt. 4. I read The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and C.M.Kornbluth, # 113, p. 2 of the Excellent Space Opera list.
This was a weird task. I like weird.
Points This Task: 30
Total Points So Far: 280
trishhartuk25.8 Amy FL’s Task: I’ll Be Back
Option 2: Read a book with a title of three or more words where the first letter of each word appears in MIMETIC POLYALLOY.
A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine
Read the kindle edition. PB here
MimEtiC polyAlloy
Option 4: Read a book by a female author with a MPG of action or science fiction.
Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Shelved as Science Fiction by 771 users
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 8
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 1 (500+ = 1)
Scooter&Siam20.4 Option 4 - Start a series that is new to you.
Read Killing Gravity
Series is new to me.
Points: 20
Total: 60
15.3 - Ford v. FerrariI did Option 2 and read one book that fit both:
Book 1 -Read a book with all the letters of "Ferrari" found in its title/subtitle.
AND
Book 2 – Read a book with all the letters of "Ford" found in its author's name.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself by Frederick Douglas
***Claiming Golden Oldies Ticket, first published in 1845***
New Points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 105
GO: 1
10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"Sally Field won an Oscar in 1984 for her performance in Places in the Heart. Her misremembered acceptance speech has become a meme. Goodreads users rate books with "I liked it" (3*) or "I really liked it" (4*).
Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5.
I read Camp Girls: Fireside Lessons on Friendship, Courage, and Loyalty. As of today, it has a ratine of 3.79.
points: 85
Books read: 6
tasks completed: 5
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Pages read: 2197
Task 20.4 - A Few of My Favorite Thingsoption 4: start a new series
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
#1 in series; new series for me
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380 points
4 BB tix
Shelby
20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 3
Read a book (A) first published in 2002 or (b)having the author's first and last initials in SOLARIS.: String Boys, by Amy Lane
How Fits: Option B - Author: Amy Lane
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 4
The series can be of any length, but your book must be in a series that is new to you and is the first in the series.: Deadly Lover, by Jocelynn Drake
How Fits: Series - #1 in Exit Strategy which is NTY series for me.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 1
For this option, let's avoid tabloids all together by reading a book with NO people on the cover.: The Raven King, by Maggie Stiefvater
How Fits: Cover -
AND
Option 2
For this option, read a book with at least 100,000 ratings on Goodreads.: Blue Lily, Lily Blue, by Maggie Stiefvater
How Fits: Ratings - 108,989
Points this post: 25
Total points: 140
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Rockynook15.5 - Again, Really?
Read the next whole number in a series where you read Book 1 before May 15.
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
I ready book 1 (Cinder) on May 4th.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 150
Kim O30.4 - Wayne's task: Brockian Ultra-Cricket
Option 2: Read a book that has a piece of sporting or gaming equipment on the cover.
Option 3: Read a book that has all the letters in either APOLOGIZE or SORRY in the book's title/subtitle.
97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement
SRY in History
OR in Orchard
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: 2
NICOLE OH5.9 - Take Me Away
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood found on page 2 of the list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 175
NICOLE OH20.10 Group Reads
A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman's Harrowing Escape from the Nazis
I posted my thoughts in the discussion thread!
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
Coralie 15.4 A Record Setting Leading Performer
Option 2 – book satisfies both requirements
Using the word ‘winter’ from ‘The Lion in Winter”
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden who is female
Total to date 90 points
Pamela326510.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Entangled - Thriller MPG
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 90
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Pamela326520.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 4: It Started in Budapest by Julie Daines
This is the first book in a series that is new to me.
I read an ARC version
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 110
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Pamela326530.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 1: The Pilgrim Hypothesis by Timothy Ballard – Published May 1, 2020
Option 4: Mistaken Reality by Traci Hunter Abramson – Author’s first and last initials found in nAtionAl
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 140
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
DeborahPost #5
15.5 - Again, Really?
Hello Stranger (The Ravenels #4)
I read Cold-Hearted Rake (The Ravenels #1) Feb 9, 2018
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 90
Books Read: 6
Tasks Done: 5
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday MatineeOption 3, a book with MPG Thriller: The Finishing School by Joanna Goodman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 185
30.2 - Cat's Task: Reading in the Valleys1. Read a book by Charles Dickens(BiL), John le Carré (sis) or Terry Pratchett.
Jingo by Terry Pratchett
2. Read a book with MPG Humour or Satire
Joy in the Morning
MPG Humour
Claiming a Golden Oldie. First Published in 1947
Both books are re-reads.
Points this task: 30
Books read this task: 2
Golden oldie claimed this task: 1
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 40
Total Tasks completed: 2
Total Golden oldies: 1
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 3
5.1 - See You at the MoviesRead a book written by a single author with at least one initial found in the word: MOVIES.
Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet
M appears in Movies
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 65
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Oma 12295.3 - World Cinema
Read a book set at least 50% in a country where the total number of English speakers is below 50%, based on this list.
Mrs Mohr Goes Missing by Maryla Szymiczkowa
This book is set in Cracow, Poland. Poland is one of the countries on the list.
Total Points-195/1205
Total Tasks-16/65
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Jennifer KS30.5 Two of a kind
Option 2 A
Read two books from the same series
Deadly Threads and Dolled Up for Murder by Jane K Cleveland
These both come from the Jodie Prescot series
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 135
Total Books Read: 9
Total Pages Read: 2773
Big Books Read: 0
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5.9 - Take Me AwayRead a book with the MPG Humor
Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
New Points: 5
Total Challenge points:110
GO: 1
10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller.
At the Mountains of Madness: A Graphic Novel
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 75
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
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Challenge 20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 3: Into the Dark by Karen Rose.
Thriller as MPG.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 20/65
Books read: 24