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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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TessaVanessa Challenge 30.7 TessaVanessa’s Task: Nights at the Drive-in
Option 2: Slide by Norah McClintock
Option 3: Fifteen and Change by Max Howard
Funnel CAkes
Points this post: 30
Total points: 485
Tasks completed: 29/65
Books read: 37
TessaVanessa Challenge 30.6 Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know”
Option 3: The Conference of the Birds by Ransom Riggs.
#5 in (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #5) I began this series in 2017.
Option 4: Solo by Kwame Alexander.
Half of it takes place in Africa. I live in the US.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 515
Tasks completed: 30/65
Books read: 39
5.3 - World CinemaLost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
Set in Papua New Guinea
Previous points 5
Points this post 5
Current points 10
5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!Crescent Dawn
Page 2
Listopia: Great Action Guy Reads
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
Previous points 10
Points this post 5
Current points 15
G.Q.20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 2: Read a book from this list: Road Trip Books
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson (page 1)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 200
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 12
5.6 Somebody set the clockI read Eve by Anna Carey. V can be found in the title. C and R can be found in the author's last name.
Points: 5
Total points: 275
10.3 - This is CNNI readOvercoming Binge Eating by Christopher G Fairburn. This book has the MPG non-fiction. The C and N can be found in overComiNg, the 2nd N can be found in biNge.
Points: 10
Total points: 285
20.3 Saturday MatineeOption 3
I read Private by James Patterson. This book has the MPG Thriller.
Points: 20
Total points: 305
Delicious Dee25.10 - Rina's Task: Working out during quarantine
Option 1: Fitness Blender
Task 1 - Four Weddings and a Fireman - Jennifer Bernard - from her GR bio: A graduate of Harvard and former news promo producer, she left big city life in Los Angeles for true love in Alaska, where she now lives with her husband and stepdaughters.
Task 3 - Flyboy's Fancy
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 425
Delicious Dee15.5 - Again, Really?
Murder on Amsterdam Avenue - #17 in the Gaslight Mystery series; I read book 1 (Murder on Astor Place) in March 2015
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 440
Sophie15.10 Found on one of the 2 travel lists
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Best Traveling Vicariously List p3
Total: 240
Shawn H.15.6. The Red Carpet.
- red on the cover -
by Evan Ratliff**red across the middle of the cover**
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite ThingsOption 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.
Nyx: A Dark & Dirty MC Romance by Serena Akeroyd
This is book #1 in the Satan's Sinners MC series. I have never read this series or this author before.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 130
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 9
Nick KY10.1 O.K. Boomer. I read Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, b. 1954.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points so Far: 400
Nick KY10.2 “A Boy’s best Friend…” I read Double Indemnity by James M. Cain, genre “Thriller.”
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 410
Nick KY10.8 Indie Wire I read Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson, from the March 2020 list.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 420
Nick KY10.7 What Angels Eat
I read The House on Moon Lake by Francesca Duranti, set in Italy.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 430
Jasmiina F20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind:
Option 1: Read a book that has its number of pages listed as ending with a 5:
Franseska by Tuija Lehtinen.
Pages: 235
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
SALLY M.25.6 The Razzie Awards
Option 1: no people on the cover
Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore
Option 2: 100,000+ ratings on Goodreads
Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 425
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 33
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
Bookwrm526Task #15.3 - Ford v. Ferrari
I chose the two book option, to read a book where the title and/or contains all the letters of FERRARI, and the author's name contains all the letters of FORD. I read Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected by Nnedi Okorafor. (FI in finding, ER in broken, R in outer, RA in creativity) (FOR in Okorafor, D in Nnedi).
Total points so far: 335
Task 10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”Book: The Sun Down Motel, finished 7/5
Points this task: 10
Total points: 530
JEN B20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 3, Part B
Read a book having the author's first and last initials in SOLARIS.
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
Author initials RS
TOTAL POINTS: 295
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: 205
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 13
Beth_NC5.2 I'd Watch That
Marked by Marked
Page 1 Book 5
Points: 5
Pages 306
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks: 2
Total Books: 2
Total Pages: 556
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I read Gods of Jade and Shadow. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). Book is set >50% in Mexico, listed as having 12.9% English speakers.
total points: 330
Mod
I read Deadly Anniversaries: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors.
Code word is sand - S from anniverSaries, A from deAdly, N from aNniversaries, D from Deadly.
total points: 350
Mod
I chose option 2, the one book option. I read Dune. Fits option 1, book 1, A - single word title, and option 1, book 2, C - more than 5 books in series.
688 pages total.
total points: 380
Beth_NC10.4 Ready For A Closeup
I'll Be Watching Youby Leslie A. Kelly
Reece Winchester is an Actress
Points: 10
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks: 3
Total Books: 3
Total Pages: 956
Beth_NC10.3 This is CNN
Magical Meditations: Guided Imagery for the Pagan Path by Yasmine Galenorn
MPG Nonfiction magiCal mediatatioN: guided imagry for the paga path
Points: 10
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks 4
Total Books: 4
Total Pages: 956
Beth_NC10.6 Get Counted
The Immortal Conquistador by Carrie Vaughn
192 Pages found in 3939261617
Points: 10
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks: 5
Total Books: 5
Total Pages: 1388
Beth_NC10.7 What Angels Eat
The King Tides by James Swain
Set in Florida
Points: 10
Total Points: 50
Total Task:s: 6
Total Books: 6
Total Pages: 1708
Beth_NC10.8 Go Your Own Way
Almost Like Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson
August 2017
512 Pages Big Book Ticket
Points: 10
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks: 7
Total Books: 7
Total Pages: 2220
Big Book Tickets; 1
Total
TANYA D20.10 - Group Reads
Read A Bookshop in Berlin by Françoise Frenkel and posted (Post #17) in the Group Reads thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 150
BB tickets: 2
10.6 - Get CountedRead 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).
Iron Man Noir Kindle
Iron Man Noir Paperback 112 Pages
1, 1 & 2 appears in 39393261617
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 145
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
15.9 - Facts Matter!Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe
It is a non-fiction book and has a MPG of History.
Points this task: 15
Total points:155
Queen Bee DarleneThe Final Day25.5 Sara E's Task: The Return of the King
Optino 4: something metallic on cover
The Final Day by William R. Fortschen The Final Day
Gun on cover
Option 5) author 1st & last initials in VOLCANO
The Whisper Man by Alex North The Whisper Man
volcANo
Points this post: 25
Total points: 225
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the BooksOption 5: Joey
Murder Among the Roses
AMONG is found in GOINGCOMMANDO
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!Option 1:
Gin & Murder
Book is part of the Violet Carlyle Mysteries Series
Option 4:
Murder in the Shallows
Title begins with a letter in AMENS.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 200
Amy W30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
I read The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker.
I chose the one-book option (Option 2). This book is more than 600 pages, and meets Option 1-C: Read a book that is STAND ALONE and Option 2-A: Read a book with a title of 5 words or more.
Points This Task: 30
Total Points to Date: 55
Beth_NC15.1 Moms and Dads
Book 1 I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Female Author Published in 1948 which is between my mother's birth year of 1929 and mine of 1962
Book 2 The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
Male Author Published in 1961 which is between my fathers birth year of 1925 and mine of 962
Points: 15
Total Points: 75
Total Tasks: 8
Total Books: 9
Total Pages: 2964
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points:
Beth_NCAlice Hoffman15.2 The BAFTA's
Book 1 Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman
Matches Dustin Hoffman 1969
Book 2 I Am Livia by Phyllis T. Smith
Maggie Smith 1969
Points: 15
Total Points: 90
Total Tasks: 9
Total Books: 11
Total Pages: 3690
Big Book Tickets: 3690
Beth_NC15.3 Ford Vs Ferrari
Book 1 Marley Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
ma=ARlEy and me: liFe and love with the woRlds woRst dog
Book 2The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
jennFeR DOnnellly
675 pages Big Boook Ticket
Points: 15
Total Points: 105
Total Tasks: 10
Total Books 13
Total Pages: 4685
Big Book Tickets: 2
NICOLE OH30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Nights at the Drive-in
OPTION 2: Swing
OPTION 3: Not After Everything
Points this post: 30
Total points: 305
Krista KY30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
1. Escape to another world. Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy, standalone or embedded.
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
3. Escape to another time. Read a book with the main page genre history or historical fiction or time travel. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Points this post: 30
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 15
Mary P20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
Option 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).
by John R. BoltonPoints this post: 20
Total points: 105
MEGSCL15.7 - Hurricane season is here again!
Laura - Atlantic hurricane season
The Animals in That Country
TOTAL TO DATE
190 points
2 big book
MEGSCL5.5 - Summer Blockbusters
23. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Rogue
TOTAL TO DATE
200 points
2 big book
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the BooksI chose option 1: Read a book with a cake on the cover.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
by Mia SosaPoints this post: 20
Total points: 150
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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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 Passage by Justin Cronin
This book has 182,000+ ratings.
*I claim TWO Big Book tickets. The edition I read had 843 pages.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 150
Total BB tickets: 3
Total GO tickets: 1