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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Pamela326510.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
The Storm on Our Shores: One Island, Two Soldiers, and the Forgotten Battle of World War II by Mark Obmascik – 4.32 average rating
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 190
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
Pamela326515.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performer
Option 2: Love Sidelined by Tiffany Odekirk – Film: “Love Among the Ruins”
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 205
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
Coralie 5.6 Somebody set the Clock
Book with letters VCR in author’s name
Incognita by William Congreve
This is my one book between 80 and 100 pages
Total to date 165 points
Coralie 20.10 Group Reads
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
Post #12 in comments thread
Total to date 185 points
Pamela326530. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Option 2: Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II by Robert Matzen – I have never been to the Netherlands
Option 3: Escape to Everly Manor by Chalon Linton - Historical Fiction MPG
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 235
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
Barbara ★30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Option 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.
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden - Helen Grant (287 pages) 7/7
(set 100% in Germany. I have never been there.)
Option 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.
Mariana - Susanna Kearsley (379 pages) 6/30
TOTAL PAGES: 287 + 379 = 666 > 500
Points this task: 30
Total points: 30
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
OPTION 1
Book 1: A. Read a book with a SINGLE word title
Middlegame - Seanan McGuire 6/26
Book 2: This option is based on getting back to normal – however long that may take
A. Read a book with a title of 5 words or more
Lions and Tigers and Murder, Oh My - Denise Swanson 6/16
Points this task: 30
Total points: 60
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 1: Read a book first published in December or May of any year
Back in Black - Lori Foster (published Dec 22, 2009) 6/5
Option 2: Read a book with the main page genre gardening, main page genre Scotland, or main page genre travel.
Plaid and Plagiarism - Molly MacRae (MPG Scotland) 6/6
Points this task: 30
Total points: 90
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2: Companion Reads
A - Read 2 books from the same series
Book 1: Smoke and Iron - Rachel Caine (The Great Library #4) 6/13
Book 2: Sword and Pen - Rachel Caine (The Great Library #5) 6/14
Points this task: 30
Total points: 120
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
Option 1: read a book that is part of a series.
Golden in Death - J.D. Robb (In Death #50) 7/8
Option 2: read a book with a MPG of either Sports or Music.
The Final Fight - JD Salsbury (MPG sports) 6/3
Points this task: 25
Total points: 145
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★25.13 - SandyL's Task: Dog Days of Summer
Option 2: Read a book with all the letters of SIRIUS in the title - subtitles not included.
Sharks in the Time of Saviors - Kawai Strong Washburn 7/7
(ShaRks In the Time of SavIorS)
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Mythology, Astrology or Astronomy - standalone or embedded.
Soul of the Sword - Julie Kagawa (MPG fantasy>mythology) 6/22
Points this task: 25
Total points: 170
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 1: let's avoid tabloids all together by reading a book with NO people on the cover.
Down Among the Sticks and Bones - Seanan McGuire 6/4
Option 2: read a book with at least 100,000 ratings on Goodreads.
The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan (718,114 ratings) 6/10
Points this task: 25
Total points: 195
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
Option 1: To celebrate the 25th anniversary, read a book with a 2 and a 5 in the page number.
Hunter - Jax (352 pages) 6/9
Option 2: Read a book where both the title (subtitles and series names are not included) and the author’s name both include a double set of consonants.
All Knight Long - John G. Hartness 7/9
(double L in aLL; double S in hartneSS)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 220
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Sara G30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 4: Beatrix Potter Legacy
*Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK.
Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas
LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK
Option 5: Japanese Maple
*Read a book set at least 50% in Japan.
A Man by Keiichirō Hirano
This book is set entirely in Japan.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 270
Barbara ★25.1 - Lois's Task: Hair Love
Option 1: Read a book with the word HAIR or LOVE intact in the title or subtitle.
How to Love Your Elf - Kerrelyn Sparks 6/20
Option 3: Read a book that is short, between 100-200 pages, inclusive.
The Razor's Edge - Joss Llewelyn (178 pages) 6/23
Points this task: 25
Total points: 245
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
Option B: Read a book that was first published in a year that contains a 3, i.e. 1930, 1993, 2003, 2013.
The Ballerina & the Fighter - Ursula Sinclair (published August 2, 2013) 6/27
Option C: Read a book that is part of a trilogy or a 3 book series.
Highland Dragon Master - Isabel Cooper 6/28
(Dawn of the Highland Dragon #3 of 3)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 270
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
G.Q. 25.2 - Simone's Task: Children of the Apocalypse!
Option 1: Read a Stephen King book from this list: Stephen King Novels
Misery by Stephen King
Option 2:
Read a book that features survival in a dystopian setting.
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (Book takes place in a apocalyptic California ravaged by environmental and economic instability).
POINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 260
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 16
5.5 - Summer BlockbustersRed Rabbit (Jack Ryan #2) by Tom Clancy
Word in title, Rabbit, found in "27. Who Framed Roger Rabbit"
2x Bigger is Better tix (928p)
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 9
Season Total: 455
Delicious Dee15.2 - The BAFTAs
Book A - The Request - David Bell - Jamie Bell in 2000 for Billy Eliot
Book B - One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow - Olivia Hawker - Olivia Coleman in 2018 for The Favourite
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 570
Barbara ★20.7 - 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.
The Winner's Curse - Marie Rutkoski (355 pages) 7/5
Points this task: 20
Total points: 290
Barbara ★20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
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.
The House of Dolls - David Hewson 7/11
Word Made: slot
The houSe Of doLls
1 letter from each word in title
Points this task: 20
Total points: 310
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Option 5: 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.
Within These Walls - Ania Ahlborn (set in Washington) 6/28
Points this task: 20
Total points: 330
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 5: Read a book whose title has a word of at least three letters that can be made from the letters in GOINGCOMMANDO
Necessary Magic - Val St. Crowe 7/3
(can form magic = GoIngC coMmAndo)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 350
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★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.
Sweep of the Blade - Ilona Andrews 6/11
(A & I in solArIs)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 370
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 2: Read a book with the MPG of Horror.
The Carnival Keepers - Amber Gulley 7/3
(has MPG horror)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 390
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
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.
All the Stars and Teeth - Adalyn Grace 7/10
(this is a new author and new series for me)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 410
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★15.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performer
Option 1:
Book 1 - read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word from Hepburn's Filmography. Only the names of films can be used - not plays in which she performed. The word must be at least 3 letters, and the words "the" and "and" cannot be used.
The Blacksmith Queen - G.A. Aiken (The African Queen (1951) 6/28
AND
Book 2 - read a book written by a female author.
Healer's Choice - Jory Strong 6/5
Points this task: 15
Total points: 425
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★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.
A Map of Days - Ransom Riggs 6/12
(I read book 1 on December 28, 2011)
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...+
Points this task: 15
Total points: 440
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
'Barbara ★15.6. The Red Carpet.
Read a book with something red on the cover.
Drive Me Crazy - Jenna Bayley-Burke (car is red) 6/17
Points this task: 15
Total points: 455
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★10.1 - OK Boomer
Read a book written by a single author who was born between 1946 and 1964 inclusive.
Heir of the Dog -Judi McCoy (born 1949) 6/18
Link to Birthdate: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/ju...
Points this task: 10
Total points: 465
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★10.6 - 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. Numbers may only be used as often as they appear in 39393261617.
The Vicious Deep - Zoraida Córdova (372 pages) 6/8
Points this task: 10
Total points: 475
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★10.7 - What Angels Eat
Read 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.
Stars & Stripes - Abigail Roux 6/9
(the majority of the story takes place in Texas so at least 60%)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 485
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5
The Song of David - Amy Harmon (average rating 4.40) 7/2
Points this task: 10
Total points: 495
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Julia1035.3 - World Cinema
The Curse of the Pharaohs (set in Egypt)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 405
BB tickets: 3
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 33
MAZZA1REPOST of Task 25.8 - Amy FL’s Task: I’ll Be Back.
Option 2: Liquid Metal
Read a book with a title of three or more words (subtitles should be ignored) where the first letter of each word appears in MIMETIC POLYALLOY
One More Tomorrow
Option 3: A First
Read a book by an author whose name is comprised of two first names (middle names should be ignored).
Grave Secrets: The Lavington Windsor Mysteries Book 1 Alice James
Alice is Number 99 on list
James is Number 9 on list
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 655
MAZZA125.9 - 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 A BIGGER BOAT"
Betrayal in Death.
Option 3: Independence Day
Read a book with the MPG Science Fiction (standalone or embedded) that takes place at least 50% on a spaceship or on a planet other than Earth, or where a main character is an extra terrestrial. And has creatures called SPACKLES (alien) which are not earth creatures
The Ask and the Answer
MPG Science Fiction takes place entirely on a planet other than earth named "New World"
This book has 553 pages and I am claiming 1 BB ticket
points this post = 25
points to date = 680
BB tickets this post = 1
BB Tickets to date = 12
Barbara ★5.7 - Mysterious Women
Read a book written by a female author that ALSO has the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Dystopia.
Murder by the Book - Lauren Elliott (MPG mystery) 6/15
Points this task: 5
Total points: 500
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
MelissaH25.1 Hair Love
Option 1: Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin
Option 3: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (163 pages)
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 85
Total Books Read: 5
Barbara ★5.10 - Carefree Summer Days
Get away from everything by reading a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
King of Hearts - Cheyenne McCray 6/7
Points this task: 5
Total points: 505
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 1: Most Tiresome Tabloid Targets.
read July 4Option 2: Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million Dollars.
Origin 244,000+ ratings
I listened to the audible version, the MMPB version has 696 pages, claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 430
BB Tickets: 5
GO Tickets: 0
Whitnie I25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different options and read 1 book for each. One book with the genres "Sequential Art," "Comics," "Comic Book," and "Manga" may be used for this task.
Option 1: For this option read a book that is part of a series. The book must be a whole number book in the series.
The Scions of ShannaraThis is book #1 in the Heritage of Shannara Series
Option 4: For this option, read a book with a title that begins with a letter in AMENS. All words count.
Angel Fire East This begins with the letter A from AMENS.
Total this post 25
Total points: 390
BB tickets: 6
Whitnie I5.6 - Somebody Set the Clock
Read a book with the letters VCR found in any order in the title/subtitle, series title, and/or author's name. If using the author's name, your book must be written by a single author.
The Magic of Marie Laveau: Embracing the Spiritual Legacy of the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans V is found in Voodoo, C & R in embracing.
Total this post: 5
Total points: 365
BB tickets: 6
Queen Bee Darlene30.1 Mazza1's Task: "STAY HOME/STAY SAFE"
Option 1: Book 1B) single person on cover
The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine The Wife Stalker
Option 1: Book 2A) title of 5 words or more
The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate The Book of Lost Friends
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 255
Shelby
25.9 - Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
Option 1
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 A BIGGER BOAT". : Not Dead Yet, by Jenn Burke
Ebook Verified: Verified Here
How Fits: Title - Not Dead Yet
AND
Option 2
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". : Rend, by Roan Parrish
Ebook Verified: Verified Here
How Fits: MPG - Romance & Author - Roan Parrish
Points this post: 25
Total points: 265
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Task 10.1 - OK BoomerBook: The Swans of Fifth Avenue, finished 6/30
By Melanie Benjamin, born in 1962, per her Wikipedia page
Points this task: 10
Total points: 575
Pamela32655.3 - World Cinema
The Enemy Between Us by Melinda Sue Sanchez
Set in Italy where the percentage of English speakers is 34% according to the list.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 240
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
Rockynook20.1 - The One With All the Books
Option 3: Phoebe (3+ words in title, initials in SMELLYCAT)
The Cultural Experience: Ethnography in Complex Society by David W. McCurdy
SMELLYCAT
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 320
Jennifer KS15.4 Record Setting Leading Perfomer
Read a book with a word in Katherine Hepburns movie title and by a female author
Golden in Death by JD Robb
Movie is On Golden Pond
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 180
Total Books Read: 13
Total Pages Read: 4148
Big Books Read: 0
Amy W25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
Option 3: Read a book with a clearly defined hand or fist seen on the cover. I read Man Hands by Sarina Bowen.
Option 4: Read a book that won or was nominated for a Nebula Award for any year. I read Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. This book won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1992.
Points This Task: 25
Total Points to Date: 80
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10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5
Jarka Ruus Book has a rating of 3.97
Total this post: 10
Total Points: 360
BB tickets: 6