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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Whitnie I20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
REQUIRED: Indicate in your post which option you used.
No books with an MPG of children or kids may be used for this task.
Option 4: For this option, start a new series. 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.
REQUIRED: State in your post that this series is new to you.
Ilse Witch This is book 1 in the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara series and it is new to me.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 195
Golden Oldies - 0
Big Book Tickets - 4
Whitnie I20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield! This is a one book task. REQUIRED: Identify the option you choose when you post. In honor of the show airing 31 seasons, your book must be at least 310 Pages.
Option 1: Springfield, Vermont won the contest with 15,367 votes. Read a book with over 15,000 Goodreads ratings. (15,001 or higher)
The Talismans of Shannara This book has more than 310 pages and has 37,424 ratings.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 215
Golden Oldies - 0
Big Book Tickets - 4
Amy B25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home
This is a 2-book task. Read one book for each option.
1. Books in Hand
Read a book that you have had in your possession before 1 January 2020. REQUIRED: State you have had this book before 1 January 2020.
Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea (have owned since since 2012)
2. New books
Support those authors with cancelled launches by reading a book first published in March - July 2020.
REQUIRED: State first publication date
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
(March 2020)
This Task: 25 points
To Date: 200 points
JEN B25.9 - Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
Option 1: Jaws
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 ANOTHER BOAT".
The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel
T in Boat
G in Gonna
H in Another
Option 2: Dirty Dancing
Read a book with the MPG Romance (standalone or embedded), AND where the author's first and last initials (middle initials can be ignored) can be found in the phrase "NOBODY PUTS BABY IN THE CORNER.”
Beach Read by Emily Henry
MPG Romance, author initials EH in "The"
TOTAL POINTS: 275
Coralie 10.2 A Boy’s Best Friend is his Mother
Book with MPG horror
Last Call
At 544 pages I would like to claim a big book ticket
Total to date 115 points
2 big books
G.Q. 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.
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves edited by Glory Edim
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 180
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 11
5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!Choose a Listopia with the word "Action" intact in the title of the list. Read a book from your chosen list.
Best Action-Adventure Novels https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
The Two Towers (page 1)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 130
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: 185
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 12
LAUREN JODI15.3 - Ford v. Ferrari
Book #1: Ferrarri
On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service by Rhys Bowen
Book #2: Ford
Rough Ride by Keri Ford
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 185/1205
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 14/65
Delicious Dee25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
Option b - Murder in Chelsea - first published may 2013
Option C - The Alabaster Hip - #3 in the regency romp trilogy
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 400
Rockynook20.5 - Cover Tropes
Option 2: The Cactus by Sarah Haywood
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 225
20.3 - Best Review - Saturday MatineeOption 3: The Whisper Man by Alex North
❁ MPG Thriller ❁
Total points: 160 + 20 = 180
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!Option 1: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
❁ 127,273 ratings ❁
📖 672 pages 📖
Total points: 180 + 20 = 200
Ava Catherine25.2 - Simone's Task: Children of the Apocalypse!
Option 1:
Read one of the books by Stephen King from this list:
"Stephen King Novels."
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
Option 4:
Read a book from one of the given lists.
list "10 Survival Books"
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
total=875
Ava Catherine25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
Option B: Read a book that was first published in a year that contains a 3.
The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen first published October 1, 2013
Option C: Read a book that is part of a trilogy or a 3 book series.
Day by Elie Wiesel
total= 900
Ava Catherine25.10 - Rina's Task: Working out during quarantine
Option 1: Fitness Blender
Task 1. Read a book written by a married author.
Deacon King Kong by James McBride 371 pages
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Task 3. Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle containing both letters F and B.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo 278 pages
371+278=649 total pages
total=925
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Ava Catherine25.13 - SandyL's Task: Dog Days of Summer
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Mythology.
Circe by Madeline Miller
Option 4: Read a book from one of the given Summer or Beach Reads List:
list="Summer Beach Reads"
page 1; #22
Beach Music by Pat Conroy
total=950
5.9 - Take Me AwayRead a book with the MPG Humor.
Pizza Girl
MPG Humor
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 135
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Task 25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie AwardsOption 1:
, finished 7/4Option 2: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, finished 6/10. Has >165,000 ratings
Points this task: 25
Total points: 520
Ava Catherine10.6 - Get Counted
Read a book that has a number of pages that can be found in 3,939,326 and/or 16 and/or 17 (Ohio, the 17th state) . (39393261617)
Forever by Pete Hamill 613 pages
total=960
Ava Catherine10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller.
The Sleepwalker by Chris Bohjalian
mpg thriller
total=970
Ava Catherine5.5 - 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.
page 1; #62 "Men in Black"
word selected=black
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
total=975
Whimsie30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Option 1:
Task: Read a book with MPG Science Fiction, Fantasy, or SFF, stand alone or embedded
Book Read: The Throne of Fire
How it fits: MPG Fantasy
Option 3:
Task: Read a book with MPG History or Historical Fiction or Time Travel
Book Read The English Wife
How it fits: MPG historical
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Points this post: 30
Total Points: 280
Tasks completed: 11
Whimsie30.3 Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 1:
Task: Read a book first published in December or May of any Year
Book Read: Aurora Burning
How it fits: First Published May 2020
Option 4
Task: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK.
Book Read To Fudge or Not to Fudge
How it fits: Author is Nancy CoCo – N and C are in the phrase
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Points this post: 30
Total Points: 310
Tasks completed: 12
Whimsie25.12 Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
Option 1:
Task: Read a book that is part of a series
Book Read: One Silent Night
How it fits: #16 in the Dark-Hunter series
Option 3
Task: read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in STUFFED ANIMALS
Book Read The Kingdom of Liars
How it fits: Author is Nick Martell – both N and M are in “Animals”
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Points this post: 25
Total Points: 335
Tasks completed: 13
Andy P.Task # 30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 1. Read a book first published in December or May of any year The Paris Diversion by Chris Pavone Published 5/7/19
Option3. read a book whose page count contains a 2 and a 3.
Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson 213 p.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 285
Amy B20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task
This is a one book task. REQUIRED: State the option you choose when you post.
Option 1: What exit?
For this option, read a book that has its number of pages listed as ending with a 5.
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach (285 pages)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 220 Points
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
Option 1: Watch Your Back Romantic Suspense #15, Read June 25, claiming 1 BB ticket, 565 pages
Option 2: Daisy Jones & The Six - MPG Music
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 365
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Total pages: 522+227=749
1. Escape to another world. Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy, standalone or embedded.
Delirium MPG Science Fiction, listened to audio version, MMPB version is 522 pages, claiming 1 BB ticket
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 House of Unexpected Sisters
set in Botswana where I have never been
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 395
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 0
NICOLE OH25.10 - Rina's Task: Working out during quarantine
OPTION 1
Task 1: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays by Damon Young
https://www.damonjyoung.com/about
Task 3: Positively Beautiful
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 275
Coralie 25.6 The Razzie Awards
Option 1; Book with no people on the cover
Option 3: Book with 3 letter D’s in title
Discount Armageddon
Total to date 140 points
2 big books
SandyL5.2 - I'd Watch That
Read a book found on the Books That Should Be Made Into Movies Listopia
Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
Page 3 of List
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 5
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
SandyL5.3 - World Cinema
Read a book set at least 50% in a country where the total number of English speakers is below 50%,
Breathing Room by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Set in Italy
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 10
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
SandyL5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!
Choose a Listopia with the word "Action" intact in the title of the list
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Books With Action Heroines - Page 1
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 15
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
SandyL5.6 - Somebody Set the Clock
Read a book with the letters VCR found in any order in the title
More Than Crave You by Shayla Black
more than CRaVe you
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 20
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
SandyL10.1 - OK Boomer
Read a book written by a single author who was born between 1946 and 1964
Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well by Nancy Atherton
Born 1955
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 30
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
SandyL10.5 - From A to Z
Read a book with an A and Z in the author’s name
Under Locke by Mariana Zapata
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 40
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
SandyL15.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performer
Option 2 - Read a book with a word in the title that matches a word from Hepburn's Filmography AND written by a female author
Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
Hepburn Film - The Lion in Winter/Female author
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 55
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
SandyL15.6. The Red Carpet
Read a book with something red on the cover
Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis
Girl wearing red sweater
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 70
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 8
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite ThingsOption 2: Read a book by Ernest Hemingway or by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
A Gentleman in Moscow
By Amor Towles
[POINTS]
This post: 20
Total points: 85
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 5
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets:
Chris MD 10.3 This Is CNN
Nonfiction with CNN in the title or subtitle
Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News by Lisa Napoli
Total points: 10
Chris MD 10.4 Ready for a Close-Up
Central character or subject who is a professional actor or actress
The Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin
The book is the story of the friendship between Mary Pickford and Frances Marion in the early days of Hollywood.
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 480 pages.
Total points: 20
SALLY M.20.8 Codenames
read book with a title consisting of at least two words you can ‘link’ to form a new word using letters in the title: HAT
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 31
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
Pamela326520.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It by Adam Savage
Codename: Heat – Used first letter in each word in title
1 letter from each word in title
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160
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
Pamela326520.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 1: Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell
388 pages
100,779 Goodreads ratings
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 180
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
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.2 ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 3b:
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Points this post: 20
Total points: 430
Tasks completed: 27/65
Books read: 33
TessaVanessa Challenge 25.3 Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
Option A: Weather by Jenny Offill
wEaTHER
Option B: Tagged by Eric Walters
First published January 1, 2013
Points this post: 25
Total points: 455
Tasks completed: 28/65
Books read: 35
5.1 See you at the moviesThe Oathboundby Mercedes Lackey
Author has an initial starting with a letter in movies- Mercedes
Task + 5
Grand total: 50
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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.
REQUIRED: In your post, state the date on which you read book 1 in the series
Witch Wraith This is book 3 in the series, I read book 1 Wards of Fairie May 1, 2020.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 175
Golden Oldies - 0
Big Book Tickets - 4