The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion
note: This topic has been closed to new comments.
SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
>
Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Julia10310.1 - OK Boomer
Point of Honour by Madeleine E. Robins
Per Fantastic Fiction the author was born in 1953.
This post: 10 points
Total points: 415
BB tickets: 3
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 34
Julia10325.1 - Lois's Task: Hair Love
Option 2: A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers (MPG Short Stories)
Option 3: The White Rose Rent: Katherine, Daughter of Richard III
I read Kindle edition. Paperback has 108 pages.
This post: 25 points
Total points: 440
BB tickets: 3
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 36
5.9 - Take Me AwayI read Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story. It has Humor on its MPG
points: 200
books read: 14
tasks completed: 11
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
pages read: 4822
StaceyNC15.5 - 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.
Book: The Brass Verdict -- Book #2 in Mickey Haller series
Completed: 7/3/20
Book 1 completed 4/18/18
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 6
StaceyNC20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
This is a one book task. REQUIRED: In your post, specify which option you used.
Option 2: Monica
Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) with a competition as a central focus. A competition must have a defined set of rules and a winner.
Book: Wolf by Wolf
Completed: 7/10/20
How it Fits: The book centers around a motorcycle race from Berlin to Tokyo.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 7
StaceyNC20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind
Option 3: Jersey Girls are Forever
Read a book by a single author who is a woman and was born in New Jersey.
Book: Missing You
Completed: 7/7/20
Author: Harlan Coben -- Per author GR page: Harlan was born in Newark, New Jersey. He still lives in New Jersey
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 8
25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!REQUIRED: Specify in your post the options you chose.
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.
Book: Lucky Charm
Completed: 7/3/20
Book #4 in Spellbound Series
Option 2:
For this option read a book with a MPG of either Sports or Music. Genre can be standalone or embedded.
Book: Big Puck
Completed: 6/27/20
MPG Sports
Approved for length Post 7889
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 9
StaceyNC30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2: Companion Reads
Read two books that make for good companion reads by having one of these commonalities. REQUIRED: Specify the option you chose and explain the connection in your post.
A - Read 2 books from the same series
Book 1: Vendetta in Death
Completed: 6/8/20
Book 49 in In Death Series
Book 2: Golden in Death
Completed: 6/30/20
Book 50 in In Death Series
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 10
Nick KY20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B's The One With All the Books
Option 6: Chandler
Throughout the seasons, the friends love to mimic funny guy Chandler Bing’s catch phrase, “Could I BE any more…” (with special emphasis on the “BE.”)
Read a book with the letters BE intact in the title, not subtitle.
I read We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler -- BE in "BEside."
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 460
30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!Your two books combined should have at least 500 pages.
1. Escape to another world. Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy, standalone or embedded.
Book: The Deep
Completed: 7/1/2020
Pages: 166
MPG Science Fiction
3. Read a book with the main page genre history or historical fiction or time travel.
Book: Chasing Cassandra
Completed: 6/17/20
Pages: 384
MPG Historical Fiction
Total Pages: 550
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 230
Tasks completed: 11
G.Q. 10.8 - Go Your Own Way
Read a book from a list found at IndieBound's IndieNext List.
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon (Indie Next List November 2018)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 270
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 17
Mai30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
OPTION 2 – ONE BOOK OPTION
Options: (B1) C. Read a book that is STAND ALONE i.e. NOT part of a series
and (B2) B. Read a book with at least 5 people on the cover
Moby-Dick; or, the Whale by Herman Melville
(Cover approved in the Help thread)
Close-up:
This book is 625 pages long
Big book ticket
Golden Oldie ticket: first published in 1851
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1
5.1 See You at the MoviesJust Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 85
10.1 OK BoomerLong Range by C.J. Box
Box was born in 1958
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._Box
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 95
10.4 - Ready for a CloseupThe Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
This book is about Hedy Lamarr, the actress
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 105
Whimsie20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 2:
Task: Read a book with the MPG of Horror.
Book Read: The Sun Down Motel
How it fits: MPG Horror
_______________________________
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 355
Tasks completed: 14
Whimsie25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In ThreeMatinee
Option A
Task: Read a book that has all the letters of THREE in the title
Book Read: Inspector Hobbes and the Blood
Option B:
Task: Read a book that was first published in a year that contains a 3, i.e. 1930, 1993, 2003, 2013.
Book: Blood Trade
How it fits: Originally published 2013
_______________________________
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 380
Tasks completed: 15
Whimsie25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Option 4
Task: Read a book with something metallic on the cover
Book Read:
How it fits: The genie lamp (held by the lady) is metallic
Option 5
Task: Read a book with a single author whose first and last initials can be found in VOLCANO
Book: Murder in Mesopotamia
How it fits: Agatha Christie’s initials are in VOLCANO
_______________________________
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 405
Tasks completed: 16
Suzannesea20.1 - Most Improved Player- Jen B - The One With All The Books
Option 5; Joey
Read a book whose title has a word of at least three letters that can be made from the letters in GOINGCOMMANDO.
Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton
The word is AND.
goingcommANDo
Points this post: 20
Total points today: 120
Sara G20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Option 5: For this option: Read a book that is set at least 50% in the Pacific Northwest.
Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford
This book takes place entirely in Seattle, Washington.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 290
Sara G30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
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.
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
This book is set in Nigeria, and I've never visited Nigeria.
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.
Silent on the Moor by Deanna Raybourn
MPG Historical > Historical Fiction 423 users
Points this post: 30
Total points: 320
5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40Nylon Angel (Parrish Plessis #1) by Marianne de Pierres
pub. 2004
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 9
Season Total: 460
Amy B20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
REQUIRED: State which option you chose. For all options, include the cover in your post
Option 2: Meet cute
Read a book with the main page genre Romance (embedded is OK) and exactly two people on the cover. The cover background must be a bright colour (no black, white, brown or grey) and the people must be illustrated; no photo-realistic images.
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 340 Points
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.5 From A to Z
Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes
Points this post: 10
Total points: 745
Tasks completed: 43/65
Books read: 59
Scooter&Siam15.9 - Facts Matter!
Trivial Pursuit is all about facts, trivial though they may be. Read a nonfiction book with one of the original trivial pursuit genres listed on its main page - geography, entertainment, history, arts or literature, science or nature, sports or leisure.
Read The Birth of Britain - main page genre: History
Points: 15
Total: 75
Oma1229Repost of 1460 to provide information as to gender of author
Author- Cece Qinghan is a female Chinese author. Please see link below.
Cece Qinghan
15.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performer
I chose Option 2
Option 2:
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word from Hepburn's Filmography and the book is written by a female author
Option 2:
Read 1 book that satisfies the requirements for both books 1 and 2 of option 1.
The Golden Hairpin by Qinghan CeCe
Total Points-295/1205
Total Tasks-21/65
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Kristi CO20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 6: Chandler
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Oma122930.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
I chose Optin #1
OPTION 1
Book 1: C. Read a book that is STAND ALONE i.e. NOT part of a series
To the Tower Born: A Novel of the Lost Princes by Robin Maxwell
Book 2: Read a book with a title of 5 words or more.
While My Pretty One Sleeps by Mary Higgins Clark
Total Points-355/1205
Total Tasks-23/65
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Kristi CO20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 1: Chair
by Ali WongPoints this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 4: first book in a new series
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Option 3: the book begins with a storm that kills all the men on an island, dramatically altering the life of Maren (for the much worse)
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
Option 1: 2 books
Book 1B: single person on cover
by Chris BohjalianBook 2A: 5 words in title
The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson
Points this post: 30
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Oma122910.4 - Ready For A Closeup
Read a book with a central character or subject who is a professional actor or actress. Actor biographies and memoirs work.
The First Actress by C.W. Gortner
Total Points-365/1205
Total Tasks-24/65
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
NICOLE OH10.8 - Go Your Own Way
What I Carry found on the Teen Readers list of the Kid's Next list at this link https://www.indiebound.org/indie-next...
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 340
NICOLE OH20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 6: Chandler Be Not Far from Me
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 360
NICOLE OH25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home
Book 1: High Fidelity I have had this book since BEFORE January 2020- probably at least 15 years and it has held it's place as a FAVORITE book of all time!
Book 2: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You A must read- published March 2020
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 385
Andy P.Task $ 30.4 - Wayne's task: Brockian Ultra-Cricket
Option 1. Read a book with Physics, Astrophysics, or Astronomy as an MPG
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson Science> Physics is MPG
Option 3. Read a book that has all the letters in SORRY in the book's title Tell Me You're Sorry by Kevin O'Brien
Sorry intact in title
Points this post: 30
Total points: 455
Task 10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"Book: The Red Lotus, finished 7/14
Average rating: 3.78
Points this task: 10
Total points: 595
10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Average rating: 4.28
Total: 70
Bookwrm526Task #30.6 - All I Really Need to Know
Option 3: Read the next whole number book in a series that you have begun before the Summer Challenge. I read Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke, which is book two in the Highway 59 series. I finished book 1 (Bluebird, Bluebird) on January 29, 2019.
Option 4: Read a book set at least 50% in a country on a continent different from your own. I read Gold of Our Fathers by Kwei Quartey, which is set in Ghana, Africa. I live in North America.
Total points so far: 385
30. 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.
Radicalized 304 pages
5. Escape to a happier place in your mind. Read a book from one of the following lists: I used the list Uplifting Fiction.
I listened to the audio version of Dandelion Wine 239 pages
This was found on the first page of the list in slot #52
New Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 205
GO: 1
JEN B20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 3 - Read a book with an MPG of Espionage or Thriller.
Please See Us by Caitlin Mullen
MPG of Thriller
TOTAL POINTS: 370
Bookwrm526Task #20.1
Option 6: Read a book with the letters BE intact in the title, not subtitle. I read The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (BE in BEcame).
Total points so far: 405
Queen Bee Darlene5.5 Summer Blockbusters - Word in title/sub tht matches word in title of one of 75 Best Summer Blockbusters of All Time
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas Catherine House
#74 on list is National Lampoon's Animal HOUSE
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 260
Queen Bee Darlene10.8 Go Your Own Way - from IndieBound's IndieNext List
A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler A Good Neighborhood
March 2020 list
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 270
Queen Bee Darlene20.9 Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
3) someone's life changes dramatically
The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
Anthony is sent to death row for a crime he didn't commit
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 290
Whitnie I15.6. The Red Carpet.
Read a book with something red on the cover.
REQUIRED: In your post, include the cover and specify the "something red."
The clouds around the ship are red.Total this post: 15
Total Points: 425
BB Tickets: 6
Barbara ★20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 2: Read a book originally published in 2007.
Stalked - Brian Freeman (originally September 6th 2007) 7/14
Points this task: 20
Total points: 475
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Mike MA5.5 Summer Blockbusters
Animal Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell (Summer Blockbuster #74: Animal House)
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Books Read: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 1
This topic has been frozen by the moderator. No new comments can be posted.
The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
We Were Liars (other topics)Lakeshire Park (other topics)
The Lightkeeper's Ball (other topics)
In Cold Blood (other topics)
Deadeye Dick (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
E. Lockhart (other topics)James Patterson (other topics)
Jeaniene Frost (other topics)
Lily Morton (other topics)
Jody Gehrman (other topics)
More...
25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
Choose one from each of two different options, or one book of at least 500 pages that matches two of the following options.
I chose the one-book task. It matches these two options:
Option 1: 25 Years
To celebrate the 25th anniversary, read a book with a 2 and a 5 in the page number.
Hunters of Dune
524 pages
Option 3: Read a book with a clearly defined hand or fist seen on the cover.
Hand was approved in task help message 41.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Requesting 1 Big Book ticket (524 pages)
*****
Points for this task: 25
Total points : 260
Tasks completed: 13
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0