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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Nick KY20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield
Option 1: Springfield, Vermont won the contest with 15,367 votes. Read a book with over 15,000 Goodreads ratings. (15,001 or higher)
I read Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann, 338pp., 115,154 ratings.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 360
15.9 - Facts Matter! NF book with a trivial pursuit genre - Read The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson . This book has an MPG of history.
Points these task: 15
Total points: 20
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Nick KY30.5 Sally M’s Two of a Kind
Opt. 2. Two books related to the same subject. I chose the subject of the TV show Twin Peaks
Book 1. I read The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost . I listened to the audiobook.
As near as I can find, no paperback edition exists. The most common hardback edition is The Secret History of Twin Peaks
Book 2. The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes by Scott Frost.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 390
Task 25.9 - Some of My Favourite Summer Moviesoption 1: read a book with a 3+ word title, initial letters in BIGGER BOAT
Anne of Green Gables
AO in bOAt
GG in biGGer
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17.0
option 2: read a book with MPG Romance and author initials in THE CORNER
Fable by Chanda Hahn
CH initials
MPG verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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460 points
4 BB tix
Kelly L20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
Option 3: Simple and serious
Popular nonfiction seems to be going for a clean and simple look. 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).
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine is NF, with a single object (hoodie) on the cover.Points this post: 20
Total points this season: 90
Whimsie20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Option 2:
Task: Read a book in which a character is either out of their element or is often made to feel like an outsider.
Book Read: Shamed
How it fits: A character is ostracized by the Amish community as an unfit mother, because she is a little different and two of her children die when very young. She tries to attend sewing circles, etc. , but everyone is judgmental.
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Points this post: 20
Total Points: 200
Tasks completed: 8
Joanna T10.9 Turn it Up
The Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson
Song: You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth
Points this post: 10
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Total points: 80
BB: 2
GO: 0
Whimsie25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 1:
Task: Read a book with no hint of people on the cover
Book Read:
A Fatal FictionHow it fits: Only books (and a cat) are on the cover
Option 2:
Task: Read a book with over 100,000 ratings
Book Read Verity
How it fits: At time of posting has 126,559 ratings
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Points this post: 25
Total Points: 225
Tasks completed: 9
Meera25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Option 4: If it's not one monster, it's another.
Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life by Anne Bogel The cover has a metal cart. Option 5: Gollum inadvertently helps destroy the ring, and himself. Lava will do that.
Deception Cove by Owen Laukkanen
Author's initials, OL, can be found in VOLCANO
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 290
Total Tasks: 16
Books read: 21
Whimsie25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
Option 2:
Task: Read a book where the Title and the Author’s name both include a double set of consonants
Book Read: The Darkness We Hide by Debra Webb
How it fits: SS in Darkness and BB in Webb
Option 3:
Task: Read a book with a clearly Defined hand or fist on the cover
Book Read
The Wicked Deeds of Daniel MackenzieHow it fits: Can clearly see both peoples hands
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Points this post: 25
Total Points: 250
Tasks completed: 10
MeeraDisregard this post please. I see that my book doesn't work for the second option
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 1: Most Tiresome Tabloid Targets.
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysOption 4: Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property.
Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight
Author's initials, KM, can be found in sequence in WorstRecklessDisregardForHumanLifeAndPublicProperty
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 315
Total Tasks: 17
Books read: 23
15.7 - Hurricane season is here again!Read a book whose author's name matches the name of a 2020 Atlantic or Pacific hurricane name.
Book read: The Jetsetters
How it fits: Author's (Amanda Eyre Ward) first name is Amanda, matches 2020 Pacific hurricane name.
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Total points: 300
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 19
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 1
5.8 Harry Potter Turns 40The Keeper by John Lescroart
First Published in 2014
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 75
JEN B10.5 - From A to Z
Read a book with an A and Z in the title, subtitle and/or author’s name.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
TOTAL POINTS: 250
5.9 Take Me AwayThe 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
On page 2 of the list.
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 80
Andy P.Task # 25.11 - Delicious Dee's Task: Space X
Option 2. Read a single author book where the author's name is either DOUGLAS, DOUG, ROBERT, BOB
The Codex by Douglas Preston
Option 3. Read a single author book where the author's initials (including middle initial) can be found in APATOSAURUS.
The Hanging Club: by TonyParsons APATOSAURUs
Points this post: 25
Total points: 255
Oma122925.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
Option A: Read a book that has all the letters of THREE in the title (NOT SUBTITLE).
The Fever Tree by Jennifer McVeigh
Option B: Read a book that was first published in a year that contains a 3, i.e. 1930, 1993, 2003, 2013.
The Chocolate Frog Frame-Up by JoAnna Carl
Total Points-220/1205
Total Tasks-17/65
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Oma 122930.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know”
I chose Options #4 and Option #6
Option 4: To go to interesting places.
Read a book set at least 50% in a country on a continent different from your own.
On the Cold Coasts by Vilborg Davíðsdóttir
I live on the continent of North America. Iceland is a part of the European Continent
Option 6: To Make Friends
Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
My friend in Cindy( Fox)
The Greenest Branch by P.K. Adams
Total Points-250/1205
Total Tasks-18/65
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
20.10 - Group ReadsOne of three comments:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers by Victor LaValle
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 165
Oma122920.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
I chose Option #5
Option 5:
For this option: Read a book that is set at least 50% in the Pacific Northwest. For clarity, I am using the Wikipedia "most common conception" of "Pacific Northwest", which includes British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
Stephanie by Debbie Macomber
This book is set in Oregon
Total Points-270/1205
Total Tasks-19/65
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Sophie30.1
Single book for both options: Over 600p
Standalone and title >5 words
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
p 830
Claiming 2 BB
Total 195
BB 4
Sophie30.6
Opt 3: Whole number in series started before Summer Challenge started
Natchez Burning by Greg Iles
No 4 in series, #1 read in 2016 before challenge started
p791
Claiming 2BB
Opt 6: 5* read by GR friend
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
Read by Ashlee Marie and Beth with 5* rating
Total 225
BB 6
Whitnie I30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Choose two of the following options, and read one book for each. REQUIRED: In your post, indicate which options you used.
Your two books combined should have at least 500 pages. No books with the main page genre children or kids may be used.
1. Escape to another world. Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy, standalone or embedded.
The Wishsong of ShannaraThe Wishsong of Shannara - 512 Pages
2. Escape to another country. Read a book set at least 50% in a country you have never visited. State in your post that you have never visited the country. REQUIRED: If the setting is not clear in the GR description or metadata, include a link to a source establishing the setting.
The Shadow Revolution Takes Place in London 300 pages. I have never visited London.
I am requesting 1 Big Book Ticket for The Wishsong of Shannara
Total Points this post: 30
Total Points: 40
Golden Oldies - 0
Big Books - 2
Whitnie I30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know”
Choose two options from the list below and read two books, one for each option.
Required: Indicate the options.
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.
Required: State that you began the series before this season.
I began this series prior to the Summer Challenge: A Knight of the Word This is the second book in the Word & Void series.
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
The Gown England is the country the continent Europe. I live in North America
Total this post: 30
Total all posts: 70
Golden Oldies - 0
Big Books - 2
Whitnie I5.2 - I'd Watch That
Read a book found on the Books That Should Be Made Into Movies Listopia. Required: State which page the book can be found on when you post.
The Stand It was found on page 16 #1482
Points this post - 5 Total Points - 5
I am claiming 3 Big Book tickets as the book is over 1000 pages
Whitnie I30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
• This is a one OR two book task.
• For TWO book option read one book from the choices for Book 1 and and one book from the choices for Book 2. For the one book option, use Option 2.
Option 1: B. Read a book with a SINGLE person on the cover – it does not need to be a full figure, as long as it can be seen as a single person
Option 2: A. Read a book with a title of 5 words or more
The Measure of the Magic
Points: 30
Total Points: 160
Golden Oldies : 0
Big Books: 2
Whitnie I*I'm so sorry, I accidentally erased/deleted the first posting of this challenge that had the error.
30.3 Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options or two books from one option.
REQUIRED: Identify which option or options you select when you post.
Option 1: Emily Dickinson/Gardener
* Read a book first published in December or May of any year.
Wit'ch Storm Published May 18, 1999
Option 3: Peter Rabbit Tales
*As there are 23 original Peter Rabbit Tales, read a book whose page count contains a 2 and a 3. ex. 132, 223, 332, 320 Your book must have both a 2 and a 3 in the page count.
Victoria This book has 432 pages.
Total this post: 30 points
Bookwrm526Task #15.1 - Moms and Dads
Book 1: Read a book by a female author that was first published during your mother's lifetime, but not your own. I read Picnic on Paradise by Joanna Russ, first published in 1968. I was born in 1976 and my mom was born in 1953, so this is during her lifetime but not mine.
Book 2: Read a book written by a male author, first published during your father's lifetime, but not your own. I read Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman, first published in 1973. My dad was also born in 1953, so this is during his lifetime but not mine.
Total points so far: 320
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!Option 2:
The show's main character, Jack Carter, is a U.S. Marshall who finds himself filling the role of sheriff of Eureka. He is a man's man kinda guy, always referring to himself as old school. But he is surrounded by geniuses everywhere he turns. Even Vincent, owner and Chef of Cafe Diem, is the ultimate chef who can whip up anything that you have in mind to absolute perfection. So, as you can imagine, Jack finds himself feeling quite out of place often as he struggles to understand all that is going on around him.
For this option: Read a book in which a character is either out of their element or is often made to feel like an outsider. This can be a person transported to another time, a person with a disability they are trying to overcome or learn to live with, an immigrant, someone in a minority group struggling to fit in.
REQUIRED: Explain briefly what "outside" group the character belongs to and how they are struggling to deal with this.
I read The Yellow Bird Sings. This book is about a Jewish mother and daughter who go into hiding after the rest of their family is killed in a small town in Poland. First, they hide in the barn of a family they know. The husband of the family quietly rapes the Jewish mother every night in the barn while the daughter pretends to sleep. Both witness through a crack of the barn the interplay between husband and wife; wife and sons; sons among each other fight about what is in the barn and why it endangers the family. Finally, the mother and daughter escape separately --the daughter to hid in a convent/orphanage where she is taught to be Catholic, although she remembers her past and her true name and religion. The mother meets other refugees and hides among them. Both mother and daughter feel like fish out of water and long to return to their old lives and most of all, to each other.
points: 135
books read: 9
tasks completed: 7
Big Books; 1
Golden Oldies: 1
pages read; 3246
Amy B15.6. The Red Carpet.
Read a book with something red on the cover.
REQUIRED: In your post, include the cover and specify the "something red."
The Red Chesterfield by Wayne Arthurson (the book's cover is completely red, including the chesterfield)
This Task: 15 points
To Date: 175 points
Task 15.5 - Again, Really?Book: The Sixth Wicked Child, finished 7/2
#3 in the 4MK Thriller series
Read #1 in the series on 5 January 2020
Points this task: 15
Total points: 495
Kathy KS20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 3: Read a book with a title of three or more words whose initials can be found in SMELLYCAT
The Lincoln Lawyer, by Michael Connelly
TLL=smeLLycaT
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 220
Tasks completed: 11
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
delicious dee30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
Book 1, Option B -
- single person on cover; approved in task help thread msg 33Book 2, Option C - Archangel's Heart - the Guild Hunter series currently has 12 books published in it
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 375
G.Q.5.7 - Mysterious Women
Read a book written by a woman that also has the the MPG "Mystery," "Thriller," or "Dystopia."
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 175
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 11
Amy W25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes: Or read one book of at least 500 pages that matches two of the following:
Option A: Read a book that has all the letters of THREE in the title.
Option B: Read a book that was first published in a year that contains a 3, i.e. 1930, 1993, 2003, 2013.
Option C: Read a book that is part of a trilogy or a 3 book series.
I read Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan. My copy has 527 pages. It matches Options B and C. It was first published in 2013, and is Book #1 in a 3-book series.
Points This Task: 25
Total Points to Date: 25
25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little PillOption 2, a book whose title and author's name both include a set of double consonants: Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story by Bess Kalb
Option 3, a book with a hand on the cover: The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
Points this post: 25
Total points: 270
Coralie 10.5 From A to Z
Book with A and Z in author’s name
Kingyo Used Books, Vol. 3 by Seimu Yoshizaki
Total to date 105 points
1 big book
CoffeegirlTask 20.5: Cover Tropes
Option 2: The Cactus by Sarah Haywood
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 205
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 5.1 - See You at the Movies
Sanctuary Island by Lily Everett
E in moviEs
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 305
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 10.7 - What Angels Eat
Seven Years set in Austin Texas
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 315
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
Option A: Read a book that has all the letters of THREE in the title (NOT SUBTITLE). The letters do not need to be in order. Letters can be used only as often as they appear in the title.
Examples: House of Earth and Blood, The Art of Theft, The Girl Who Fell to Earth
Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red read July 2
Option B: Read a book that was first published in a year that contains a 3, i.e. 1930, 1993, 2003, 2013.
Emma vs. the Tech Guy read June 26
published in 2013
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 340
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Sara G20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
Option 3: Simple and serious
Popular nonfiction seems to be going for a clean and simple look. 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).
by Stephen KinzerThis was approved in the help thread here.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
Kristen IA5.1 - See You at the Movies
Read a book written by a single author with at least one initial found in the word: MOVIES. Any initial (first, middle, last) may be used.
The Milk Wagon by Michael Hewes
I read the ebook and have linked the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5/1205
Tasks Completed: 1/65
BB: 0
GO: 0
Julia10325.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
Crown of Slaves
This is more than 500 pages and matches Options B (first published 2003) and C (the series Honorverse: Wages of Sin has 3 primary works).
I read the Kindle edition. The top paperback has 720 pages, so claiming one BB ticket.
This post: 25 points
Total points: 295
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 24
Task 10.8 - Go Your Own WayRead a book from a list found at IndieBound's IndieNext List.
Required: Include a LINK to the list you used and if using a Book Group list identify the category.
MARCH 2020 INDIE NEXT LIST
Sharks in the Time of Saviors (2020) by Kawai Strong Washburn (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 376 pages)
55 + 10 = 65
Tasks Completed: 05
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 55 + 10 = 65
Books read: 07
Pages read: 1,820
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 03
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5
Wildwood
avg rating 4.25
New Points: 10
Total Points: 120
GO: 1
20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover TropesRead 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).
I listened to audio version of Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive,
New Points: 20
Total Points: 140
GO: 1
Meera30.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 5: Let’s Go Ride a Roller Coaster
Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight
MPG has Thriller
Option 6: Let’s Go to the Mountains
The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
Has Historical Fiction in MPG and mostly takes place in New York.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 320
Total Tasks: 17
Books read: 23
Kristen IA30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
This is a two book task. Choose one of the following options and read two books for that option. One of your books may have an MPG of Sequential Art, Comics, Manga, or Graphic Novel.
REQUIRED: Indicate the option you chose.
Option 2: Companion Reads
Read two books that make for good companion reads by having one of these commonalities. REQUIRED: Specify the option you chose and explain the connection in your post.
A - Read 2 books from the same series - Yellow Crocus series
Mustard Seed by Laila Ibrahim
Golden Poppiesby Laila Ibrahim
I read the ebook and listened to the audiobook and have linked the PB editions.
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 35/1205
Tasks Completed: 2/65
BB: 0
GO: 0
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Take away:
15.3 FORD vs. FERRARI
Book 1 FERRARI in book title/subtitle– Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
FER in FlowER,
R in muRders,
A in osAge,
RI in bIRth
Book 2 -- FORD in author’s name - - The AOC Way by Caroline Fredrickson
Replace with
15.3 FORD vs. FERRARI
One Book option.
The AOC Way: The Secrets of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Success Caroline Fredrickson. Fits both options
FERRARI in title/subtitle:
F in oF
ER in secREts
A in AOC
R in alexandRia
RI in ocasIo-CoRtez
FORD in author’s name:
FReDerocksOn
No change in points.