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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Ava Catherine5.2 - I'd Watch That
Read a book found on the "Books That Should Be Made Into Movies "Listopia.
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater page 1; # 7
total=980
Ava Catherine5.3 - 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: "Countries by English-Speaking Population."
country selected=Columbia
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez set completely in Columbia
total=985
Sara G30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know”
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.
Claudius the God by Robert Graves
This is #2 in the Claudius series, which I began prior to the start of the summer challenge.
**Claudius the God is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1934). I claim one GO ticket.**
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 568 pages.
**Claudius the God is a Big Book (568 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Option 4: To go to interesting places.
Read a book set at least 50% in a country on a continent different from your own.
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
This book is set in Europe. I live in North America.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 170
Ava Catherine5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!
Read a book from the a list with the word "Action" intact in the title. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
page 1; # 9
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
total=990
Delicious Dee30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Nights at the Drive-in
Option 1 -
- cover approved in the THT msg #34Option 2 - Swing and a Miss
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 470
Ava Catherine5.9 - Take Me Away
Read a book with the MPG Humor OR a book found on the "Popular Funny Books" list.
page 1 on list
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
total=995
Task 20.6 - Springfield!page total 301+
option 1: read a book with over 15k ratings
The Sun Down Motel
29k ratings
327 pages
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510 points
4 BB tix
Ava Catherine5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40
Read a book first published in a year that includes a 4 AND a 0.
The Arsonist by Sue Miller first published January 1, 2014
total=1000
Task 25.3 - Good Things Come In Threesone book option: 500+ pages
read a book that meets options A & C: has the letters THREE in the title and is part of a trilogy
The Liar’s Key
TH in THe
R in liaR
E in thE
E in kEy
653 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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535 points
5 BB tix
Ava Catherine10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5.
The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis 3.75 avg. rating
total=1010
Ava Catherine25.11 - Delicious Dee's Task: Space X
1. Partnership
Read a book that is written by 2 or more authors.
Zeke and Ned by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
first published 1997
4. Space
Read a NONFICTION book about the Space Race.
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon by Alan Shepard first published December 31, 1994
total=1035
Ava Catherine10.7 - What Angels Eat
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these top producing watermelon locations: Italy
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King set completely in Italy
total=1045
Whitnie I5.10 - Carefree Summer Days
Get away from everything by reading a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules. For this task, a book with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used if it is not found in AR Bookfinder
Morgawr
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 270
BB tickets: 6
Whitnie I25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
read two books, one from each of two different options, or one book of at least 500 pages that matches two of the following:
Option B: Read a book that was first published in a year that contains a 3, i.e. 1930, 1993, 2003, 2013.
Bloodfire Quest published 2013
Option C: Read a book that is part of a trilogy or a 3 book series.
If the series is not yet complete "trilogy" should be mentioned in the Goodreads description, the series information following the title/subtitle, or the book's series page should indicate 3 primary works. For the purposes of the task half numbers will not be included.
The Gypsy Morph This is beek 3 in the Genesis of Shannara Trilogy
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 295
BB tickets: 6
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10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Thriller genre: Hard Road by J.B. Turner
I read the kindle edition Hard Road
total = 335
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10.9 - Turn It Up
song = Walking On Sunshine, letters SLIW: She Lies in Wait by Gytha Lodge
total - 345
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15.1 - Moms and Dads
Book 1, female author; my mother was born in 1936. This book was first published in 1939, during her lifetime and before I was born:
They Rang Up the Police by Joanna Cannan
I read the kindle They Rang Up the Police
Book 2, male author; my father was born in 1936. This book was first published in 1943, during his lifetime and before I was born:
The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene
MMPB: Quinta colonna
total = 360
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15.2 - The BAFTAs
Book 1, actor Peter Finch 1956+= Playing With Fire by Peter Robinson
Book 2, actress Louise Fletcher 1976: A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny
I read the kindle: A Great Reckoning
total = 375
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15.3 - Ford v. Ferrari
option 2, one book
Ferrari in title/sub: Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World
F in of, ER in dreaming, R in story, A in band, R in world, I in dreaming
PB: Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World
Ford in author: Rob Sheffield
total = 390
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15.5 - Again, Really?
#13: Glass Houses by Louise Penny
I began this series with #1 in November 2009.
total = 405
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15.6. The Red Carpet.
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask
Red map segments on cover
total = 420
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15.10 - Let's Travel (Through Books)!
From Best Traveling Vicariously pg 3: The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell
I read the kindle The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
total = 435
15.5 - Again, Really?Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb (In Death #44)
❁ I read the first book in this series 2001-ish ❁
Total points: 200 + 15 = 215
Andy P.Task # 30.10 Andy P.’s Task: Junk Food or Fitness?
Book 1. Read a book that has a word in the title or subtitle that can be made using only the letters in EXERCISE.
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt Target word is Rise 338 p.
Book 2. Read a book, the author of which must be the sole author of the book and must NOT have any of the letters in JUNKFOOD in his/her name
Take Me Apart by Sara Sligar 368 p.
338 +368 =706> 600 page minimum
Points this post: 30
Total points: 365
Amy FL10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
America the Dead (Horror)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 180
Meera25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 1: Most Tiresome Tabloid Targets.
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys - no people on the coverOption 4: Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property.
The Arab of the Future 4: A Graphic Memoir of a Childhood in the Middle East, 1987-1992 by Riad Sattouf
Authors initials RS can be found in sequence in WorstRecklessDisregardForHumanLifeAndPublicProperty.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 345
Total Tasks: 18
Books read: 25
Delicious Dee5.3 - World Cinema
A Vine in the Blood - set in Brazil - which according to the wiki link has an english speaking population of 5%
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 475
Amy FL20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
Option 2:
(If romance isn't on the genre list at time of verification, the book was approved in message 23 for this task.)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210
Amy FL25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Option 4:
(she's holding a knife)Option 5: In Her Image by Adam Croft (volCAno)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 235
Christine V20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
Option 1: The Autumn Throne
I read the Kindle edition. The top PB (no MMPB available) has 505 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=2, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=6)
5.10 - Carefree Summer DaysGet away from everything by reading a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Don't Call Us Dead
This book is 96 pages, using my one page exception for a book under 100 pages
New Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 145
GO: 1
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.
I read an ebook of Contagious: Why Things Catch On
New Points: 10
Total Points: 155
GO: 1
10.7 - What Angels EatRead a book set at least 50% in one of these top producing watermelon locations: China, Turkey, Iran, Brazil, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Spain, Greece, Italy, in the United States- Texas, Florida, Georgia, California.
U is for Undertow
set in California
New Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 165
Golden Oldies: 1
SALLY M.15.6 The Red Carpet: something red on the cover
red flower, red snake tongues, red elixir
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 440
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 34
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
PegW25.2 - Simone's Task: Children of the Apocalypse!
Option 1: Read one of the books by Stephen King from the list:
Bag of Bones
Option 2: Read a book featuring virtual reality or a video game or a book that inspired a video game!
Oryx and Crake
Found on the books that inspired video games list - part of the series that inspired the video game Intestinal Parasites.
Claiming one BB ticket for Bag of Bones - 529 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 135
Big Book: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 7
BUCKET10.10 “You Like Me, You Really Like Me”
The Sky, the Stars, the Wilderness by Rick Bass
(Average rating on 7/7/20: 4.16)
Points this post: 10
Points total: 50
BUCKET30.6 Dlmrose’s Task: All I Really Need to Know
Option 4
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
(Set in Europe (England) and I live in North America)
Option 6
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof
(My friend Connie G gave this 5 stars)
Points this post: 30
Points total: 80
PegW25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 1: Read a book with NO people on the cover.
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found consecutively, from left to right in the phrase WorstRecklessDisregardForHumanLifeAndPublicProperty.
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu Initials KL found consecutively in recKLess.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 160
Big Book: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 8
Zach15.6. The Red Carpet. I read
and the background is red. ---
Totals:
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Points: 35
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 0
Krista KY 20.6 - 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)
Educated by Tara Westover
Points this post: 20
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 16
10.10 “You Like Me, You Really Like Me”Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5
Killer Jam by Karen MacInerney (Average Rating: 4.03)
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 70/1205
Tasks Completed: 6/65
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Big Books- 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
15.6 The Red Carpet A Book with something red on the cover.
No Holds Barred by Stephanie Nicole Norris (Red shirt on the cover)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 85/1205
Tasks Completed: 7/65
GO Tickets:
BB Tickets:
Big Books- 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.6 Somebody Set the Clock
Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc by David Elliott
Points this post: 5
Total points: 530
Tasks completed: 32/65
Books read: 41
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.9 Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
Option 1: Getting the Brush Off by Mere Joyce
Option 2: Ladies' Man by Suzanne Brockmann
Points this post: 25
Total points: 555
Tasks completed: 33/65
Books read: 43
Nick KYRepost:
10.8 Indie Wire I read Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson, from the March 2020 list. https://www.indiebound.org/indie-next...
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 430
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I read an ARC of The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso. I read a kindle ARC, linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB).
Author initial M(elissa), found in Movis.
total points: 385
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I read a kindle ARC of The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB).
Mystery is the top genre, female author.
total points: 390
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I read Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump. Nonfiction, CNN in title/subtitle:
Club
presideNts
iN
total points: 400
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30.2 - Cat's Task: Reading in the Valleys
Option 2 - MPG Humor
Twisted Twenty-Six -This is my Re-read
Option 3 -WALES in the title
AR Quiz No. 29765 EN Fiction
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12.0
AR Quiz Types: RP
Howl's Moving Castle-WLS in Howl's A in castle
Points this task 30
Total Points 190
BB's 1