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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Amy W20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 1: Read a book that has one or more stools, chairs, armchairs, benches, tables, hangers, shoe racks or cabinets on the cover.
I read Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 120
20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: MindfulnessOption 1, a book that has a chair on the cover: The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins
Points this post: 20
Total points: 380
MEGSCL30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
Book 1: B. Read a book with a SINGLE person on the cover
Book 2: A. Read a book with a title of 5 words or more
How to Grow a Family Tree
TOTAL TO DATE
245 points
2 big book
Anja10.8 - Go Your Own Way
Read a book from a list found at IndieBound's IndieNext List.
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
list
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 110
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 6
Anja20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 6: Chandler - Read a book with the letters BE intact in the title, not subtitle.
Begin Again by Mona Kasten
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 130
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 7
Anja20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 2: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
Alpha Night by Nalini Singh
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 150
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 8
Anja20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind
Option 1: What exit?
Read a book that has its number of pages listed as ending with a 5.
Love Under Quarantine by Kylie Scott 275 pages
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 170
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 9
MAZZA120.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 3. weeks of mindful thoughts and ideas.
Read a book (A) first published in 2002
Reunion in Death I listened to the audio edition
the MMP is Reunion in Death
first published March 2002
Points this post = 20
Points to date - 700
Task 20.5 - Cover Tropesoption 2: read a book with Romance MPG, a bright background and two illustrated people
Girl Gone Viral
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575 points
5 BB tix
Task 25.13 - Dog Days of Summeroption 1: read a book with a 3+ word title, initial letters in the phrase
For Your Eyes Only
F in oF
Y in daYs
E in summEr
O in Of
option 4: read a book from the Best Summer Romance Books list
Beach Read
p1, #13 on list
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600 points
5 BB tix
Task 30.10 - Junk Food or Fitness?601+ total pages
book 1: read a book with a three-letter word in the title that can be made out of EXERCISE
The Ice
ICE in exerCIsE
366 pages
book 2: read a book whose author name does NOT contain any of JUNKFOOD
The River by Peter Heller
272 pages
366+272=638 pages
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630 points
5 BB tix
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.4 A Record Setting Leading Performer
Option 1:
Book 1: Odd Girl Out: An Autistic Woman in a Neurotypical World by Laura James
FILM: Woman of the year
Book 2: Tough Customer by Sandra Brown.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 715
Tasks completed: 40/65
Books read: 56
TesssaVanessaChallenge 15.7 Hurricane season is here again!
Hot New Thing by Laura Langston
Atlantic storm names
Points this post: 15
Total points: 730
Tasks completed: 41/65
Books read: 57
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.10 Carefree Summer Days
Good Braider, The by Terry Farish
Points this post: 5
Total points: 735
Tasks completed: 42/65
Books read: 58
trishhartuk10.6 Get Counted
Read a book that has a number of pages that can be found in 39393261617.
Silver in the Wood, Emily Tesh
Read the kindle edition. PB here (112pg)
39393261617
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 14
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 1 (500+ = 1)
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For my first book, I read The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie. Book was first published in 1942 - after my mom's birth in 1933, but before mine in 1953.
For my second book, I read The Case of the Lonely Heiress by Erle Stanley Gardner. I read the kindle, linked to the MMPB. Book was first published in 1948, after my dad's birth in 1932, but before mine in 1953.
total points: 415
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I read
. Author's name is in red letters.total points: 430
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I am changing books for this one. Removing
.I read
- read a kindle ARC, linked to the pb edition. Code word is Dime - mIDwinter MurdEr.No change in points - 430
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For my first book, I used option 2 and read Deadly Anniversaries: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors. Short stories is 2nd MPG.
For my second book, I used option 3 and read In the Shadow of Spindrift House. I read the kindle, linked to top hardcover (no pb or MMPB). 200 pages - fits the 100-200 inclusive page range.
total points: 455
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For book 1, I read The Unkindest Tide. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the pb. I bought the audiobook in November 2019.
For book 2, I read The Red Lotus. First published March 17, 2020.
total points: 480
Delicious Dee10.8 - Go Your Own Way
Take a Hint, Dani Brown - found on the July 2020 Indie Next list - https://www.indiebound.org/indie-next...
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 580
Mary P10.1 - OK Boomer
Read a book written by a single author who was born between 1946 and 1964 inclusive.
The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump by Mary C. Jordan Born November 10 1960
Points this post: 10
Total points: 115
Rockynook20.4 - A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 4: start a new series
Well Met by Jen DeLuca
This series is new to me!
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 340
Task 10.7 - What Angels EatBook: The Party, finished 7/13
Set in San Francisco, CA
Points this task: 10
Total points: 585
30.1 Stay Home Stay SafeOption 1
1A: Single Word Title
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
2A. Title with 5 or More Words
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
*Claiming a Big Book Ticket, 554 pages*
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 170
Total Books Read: 11
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Pages Read: 2835
Big Books Read: 1
30.6 All I Really Needed to KnowOption 1:
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Option 6:
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Friend: Kristina Bauer
*Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket, originally published 1939*
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 200
Total Books Read: 13
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Pages Read: 3406
Big Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies Read: 1
25.4 Staying at HomeBook 1: I had this book prior to 1/1/2020.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Book 2: Published 6/2/2020.
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 225
Total Books Read: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Pages Read: 4123
Big Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies Read: 1
20.1 The One With All the Books Option 5: Word "MAN" found in goingcomMANdo
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 245
Total Books Read: 16
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Pages Read: 4459
Big Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies Read: 1
Andy P.Task # 30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Option 1. Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction,
The Human Division by John Scalzi
Science Fiction mpg (968 users) 431 p.
Option 3. Read a book with the main page genre history or historical fiction
The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason Historical> Historical Fiction mpg 323 p.
Page count 431+ 323 = 754 p. >500 p. minimum
Points this post: 30
Total points: 425
Task 25.9 - Some of My Favorite Summer MoviesOption 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".
you’re GonnA need a bigger boaT
Alexander the Great: His Life and His Mysterious Death (2019) Anthony Everitt (Hardcover, 464 pages) [Biography/921]
Option 2: Dirty Dancing
Read a book with the MPG Romance (standalone or embedded), AND where the author's first and last initials can be found in the phrase "NOBODY PUTS BABY IN THE CORNER".
nobody puTs bAby in the corner
An Affair of Poisons (2019) by Addie Thorley (Young Adult) (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 391 pages)
120 + 25 = 145
Tasks Completed: 09
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 120 + 25 = 145
Books read: 13
Pages read: 3,709
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 07
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 20.7 – Small is a State of MindOption 3: Jersey Girls are Forever
Read a book by a single author who is a woman and was born in New Jersey.
According to Goodreads, Lisa Rogak was
Born: Glen Rock, New Jersey, The United States
Rachel Maddow: A Biography (2020) by Lisa Rogak (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 272 pages) [070.92 or Biography/921]
145 + 20 = 165
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 145 + 20 = 165
Books read: 14
Pages read: 3,981
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things Kim by Rudyard Kipling
First published in 1901.
I am claiming an Golden Oldie ticket (book published October 1901).
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 35
GO tickets: 1
BB tickets: 1
Amy FL10.4 - Ready For A Closeup
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Points this post: 10
Total points: 245
Amy FL20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 6: BEneath This Ink
Points this post: 20
Total points: 265
Amy FL30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2A:
The Voice Inside (Frost Easton #2)
The Crooked Street (Frost Easton #3)
Points this post: 30
Total points 295
Amy FL30.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 4: Searching for Sylvie Lee - from Books To Read With A Glass of Wine And A Box Of Kleenex, page 1 (#25 at time of posting)
Option 5: Long Bright River
Points this post: 30
Total points: 325
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10.6 - Get Counted
I read an early kindle: The Son and Heir: A Memoir by Alexander Münninghoff
PB De stamhouder. Een familiekroniek 336 pages
total = 450
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
option 3, NF, white cover, single image
Resistance: A Songwriter's Story of Hope, Change, and Courage by Tori Amos
total = 470
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20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 3, set in Vermont: Open Season by Archer Mayor
PB: Open Season, 320 pages
total = 490
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25.2 - Simone's Task: Children of the Apocalypse!
Option 2, book about video game: Warcross by Marie Lu
Option 5, The 100 by Kass Morgan
I read the kindle The 100, task source
total = 515
Delicious Dee30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 1 - Beyond Just Us - first published May 19 2020
Option 4 - The Dragon Republic - R.F. Kuang - LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 610
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25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home
Book 1, Hollow Bones by C.J. Lyons
I owned this book before January 1, 2020.
Book 2, Find Me by Anne Frasier
I read an early kindle: Find Me, published July 1, 2020.
total = 540
Whitnie I20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind
Choose one of the following options and read a book that fits the 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. Please keep in mind the page number rules for ebooks and audiobooks.
Tanequil this book has 395 pages
Total this post: 20
Total Points: 410
BB tickets: 6
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25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Option 1, set in New Zealand: Cemetery Lake by Paul Cleave
Option 4, metal object - car on cover:
Bloody January by Alan Parks
total = 565
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25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 1, no people on the cover (just eels):
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural WorldPB De lange weg naar huis by Patrik Svensson
Option 3, 3D title: The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Greg Lukianoff
total = 590
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30.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 4, Best Wine Books, pg 1, #51: Around the World in Eighty Wines: Exploring Wine One Country at a Time by Mike Veseth
Option 5, thriller genre: Watcher in the Woods by Kelley Armstrong
I read the kindle Watcher in the Woods
total = 620
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30.10 Andy P.’s Task: Junk Food or Fitness?
Book 1, See in exercise: Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson, 254 pages
Book 2, no junkfood author: The Firemaker by Peter May, 528 pages
I read the kindle The Firemaker
254 + 528 = 782
total = 650
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20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 6: Chandler - Read a book with the letters BE intact in the title.
I read The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 100