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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
5.6 VCRLiving Dead in Dallasby Charlaine Harris
V in living, C in charlaine, R in Harris
Task +5
Grand total:75
Shelby
10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller. : The Eyes of Darkness, by Dean Koontz
How Fits: MPG: Horror
Points this post: 10
Total points: 275
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 3
Read a book with a MPG of Espionage or Thriller.: The Sun Down Motel, by Simone St. James
How Fits: MPG: Thiller
Points this post: 20
Total points: 295
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season.: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, by Fredrik Backman
How Fits: Group Post Here
Points this post: 20
Total points: 315
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Pamela326520.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Option 3: Coming Home to Bellingham by Katie Stewart Stone – Annabelle moves to live with an aunt and uncle she doesn’t know after the death of her parents.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 260
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
EMurphy30.9 Beth NC Task: Let's Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 3 - Main character is a musician, actor, or person involved in the theater in some way Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" by Lena Dunham
Option 5 - Thriller genre The Last Resort by Marissa Stapley
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 110
Books Read: 7
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +750: 1
Tasks Completed: 4
StaceyNC25.12 - 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: 185
Tasks Completed: 9
StaceyNC30. 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: 210
Tasks completed: 10
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: CodenamesThe Daughters of Erietown
Code word is 'tote': The DaughTers Of Erietown
Total points: 90
Task 20.1 – Most Improved Player – Jen B – The One With All the Books Option 6: Chandler - letters ‘BE’ intact in title
Be Frank With Me
I listened to the audio / NO MMP / Paperback: Be Frank With Me - 287 pg
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 155 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Task 20.2 – Rookie at the Top – Ciprian – MindfulnessOption 3(b): Author first & last initials in SOLARIS - S.L.
Sofia Lundberg / The Red Address Book
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 175 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
10.1 - OK BoomerThe Kill Switch born August 20, 1961
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R...
Previous points 30
Points this post 10
Current points 40
Task 25.12 – Brooklyn – It’s Auntie Time!ALLOWED: ONE Manga / comic
Option 3 – Single author whose initials are in STUFFED ANIMAL - E.S.
Elizabeth Strout / Olive, Again
Option 4 – Title begins with a letters in AMENS
Something Fresh
I listened to the audio / MMP: Something Fresh - 240 pg
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 200 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
KATRINA T ***Claiming BB***15.5 - Again, Really?
The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon Book 2 in the Bones Seasons Trilogy 544 pgs
Points this post: 15
BB: 1
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.1/5.3/10.6/10.9/15.5/15.6/20.2/20.9
Total points: 100
KATRINA T5.9 - Take Me Away
Tall Tales and Wee Stories: The Best of Billy Connolly mpg humour
Points this post: 5
BB: 1
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.1/5.3/5.9/10.6/10.9/15.5/15.6/20.2/20.9
Total points: 105
KATRINA T30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
OPTION 1
Book 1:
B. Read a book with a SINGLE person on the cover The Trick to Time by Kit de Waal
AND
Book 2:
A. Read a book with a title of 5 words or more
The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
Points this post: 30
BB: 1
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.1/5.3/5.9/10.6/10.9/15.5/15.6/20.2/20.9/30.1
Total points: 135
Marina H20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind
Option 1: Selfies by Jussi Adler-Olsen
505 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
Big book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 10
Marina H20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
Manden på altanen by Maj Sjöwall
Word: MAP
Made from 1 letter from each word
Points this post: 20
Total points: 200
Big book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 11
Sophie20.9 opt 3 Character has a dramatic life change
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
Carly moves to a new town, gets a new job and her life changes beyond recognition.
Total: 260
Marina H25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
Option 1: The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths
#10 in series
Option 4: Manden der gik op i røg by Maj Sjöwall
Points this post: 25
Total points: 225
Big book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 12
30.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer FunOption 1: Vaduvele de joi seara, by Claudia Piñeiro
action set in Buenos Aires. Preapproved in message 29 in help thread.
Option 6: The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
action set in Georgia
Points: 30
Total points: 215
Task 25.2 - Children of the Apocalypse!one Graphic Novel >125p OK
option 2: read a book featuring zombies
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
Zombies MPG
144 pages
option 5: read a book with people trying to survive in a dystopia setting
Parable of the Talents
has Dystopia MPG; dystopia is following environmental & economic collapse of society, and rise of religious fascist government
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655 points
5 BB tix
Bookwrm526Task #30.11 - Escape!
Option 1: Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy, standalone or embedded. I read When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey (352p).
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in a country you have never visited. I read Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett (208p).
352+208=560p
Total points so far: 435
Jasmiina F20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Trope:
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 Roxane Gay.Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Nick KY20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
I read The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux The word is "FOREST."
F = of,
O = Yellow,
R = Room,
E = The,
S = Mystery,
T = The.
The myStery oF thE yellOw Room
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 480
Nick KY25.3 Kaora’s Threes
Opt. B. 3 in pub date -- I read Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, 1st pub’d 385 BCE.
Opt. C. I read Wolf to the Slaughter by Ruth Rendell, #3 in the Inspector Wexler series
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 505
Bookwrm526Task #20.4 - A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 2: Read a book by Ernest Hemingway or by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ERNEST HEMINGWAY. I read The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths, EG in hEminGway.
Total points so far: 455
Joanna T30.1 Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
Option 1: Single person on cover
The Toll by Neal Shusterman
This book has 625pp, so I'm claiming a BB ticket
Option 2: Series with more than 5 books
Witness in Death by J.D. Robb
Task total: 30
BB tix this post: 1
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Grand total: 110
BB: 3
GO: 0
BUCKET20.8 Ann A’s Task: Codenames
Cross Channel by Julian Barnes
Word: LESS (CROSS CHANNEL)
Points this post: 20
Points total: 100
Delicious Dee30.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 5 - Bones of the Lost - shelved as thriller by 97ppl
Option 6 - Where the Light Enters - set in New York; shelved as historical fiction by 215ppl; Big Book Ticket - 500+ pgs - most popular pb has 672pgs; I read the kindle edition
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 640
CEELEETASK 15,9 Facts Matter
Many of us will be spending this summer at home so it's time to break out the TRIVIAL PURSUIT game because FACTS MATTER no matter how trivial they are!
Read a nonfiction book with an MPG that matches one of the original Trivial Pursuit categories: Geography, Entertainment, History, Art or Literature, Science or Nature, Sorts or Leisure.
I chose Science and read INTELLIGENCE IN NATURE by Jeremy Narby. The first listed genre is Science.
Intelligence in Nature: An Inquiry Into Knowledge
Very interesting little book. I learned about Shamans (very cool) snails, octopuses, slime molds, butterflies and how they compare to our human intelligence. They are smarter than we think!
Total Points for Task: 15
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points for Summer 2020 Challenge: 30
Total Tasks Completed for 2020 Summer Challenge; 2
Total Books Read for Summer 2020 Challenge: 2
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for 2020 Summer Challenge; 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for 2020 Summer Challenge: 0
Brooke TX5.1 - See You at the Movies
Read a book written by a single author with at least one initial found in the word: MOVIES.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Books Read: 29
Brooke TX5.6 - 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.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 2
Books Read: 29
Brooke TX5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40
Read a book first published in a year that includes a 4 AND a 0.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 3
Books Read: 29
Brooke TX10.9 - Turn It Up
Read a book with title of at least 3 words where the first letter of every title word appears in a song title from this list of 50 Best Summer Songs. With "SOW" found in "Walking on Sunshine":
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 4
Books Read: 29
Brooke TX20.1 - 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. With "MAGIC":
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 45
Completed Tasks: 5
Books Read: 29
Brooke TX20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Option 5: Read a book that is set at least 50% in the Pacific Northwest. Set in Oregon:
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 65
Completed Tasks: 6
Books Read: 29
Brooke TX25.1 - Lois's Task: Hair Love
Option 3: Read a book that is short, between 100-200 pages, inclusive.
Option 4: Read a graphic novel or graphic memoir.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 90
Completed Tasks: 7
Books Read: 29
Brooke TX25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
Option A: Read a book that has all the letters of THREE in the title. Approved for length on line 3461 of the ebook verification spreadsheet:
Option B: Read a book that was first published in a year that contains a 3, i.e. 1930, 1993, 2003, 2013.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 115
Completed Tasks: 8
Books Read: 29
Brooke TX25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home
Book 1. Read a book that you have had in your possession before 1 January 2020. Owned since 2013:
Book 2. Read a book first published in March - July 2020. First published May 13 2020:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 140
Completed Tasks: 9
Books Read: 29
Task 25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little PillOne book: The Bone Collector, finished 7/15
Option 1 - Has 528 pages
Option 2 - Author Jeffrey Deaver; and Collector from title
Points this task: 25
Total points: 620
Brooke TX25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 1: Read a book with NO people on the cover.
Option 4: Rread a book by a single author whose initials can be found consecutively, from left to right in the phrase WorstRecklessDisregardForHumanLifeAndPublicProperty.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 165
Completed Tasks: 10
Books Read: 29
Brooke TX30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
OPTION 1
Book 1B. Read a book with a SINGLE person on the cover.
Book 2A. Read a book with a title of 5 words or more.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 195
Completed Tasks: 11
Books Read: 29
Jen K30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
OPTION 2 – ONE BOOK OPTION
Book 1: C. Read a book that is STAND ALONE i.e. NOT part of a series
Book 2: A. Read a book with a title of 5 words or more
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
*******Big Book x 2 Request for 830 pages****
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 180
Big Book: 2
Jen K30.4 - Wayne's task: Brockian Ultra-Cricket
Option 3: Start swinging!
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Sorry: SOutheRn, vampiRes and slaYing
Option 4:
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Page 2, #131
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 210
Big Books: 2
10.4 - Ready For A CloseupRead a book with a central character or subject who is a professional actor or actress.
Enter Laughing by Carl Reiner
The author was an actor. This novel is based on his life. The main character is a stage actor trying to make it big. The GR summary mentions him getting a job in a theater troupe.
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 185
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
30.2 - Cat's Task: Reading in the ValleysOption 2: Read a book with MPG Humour or Satire
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
MPG Humor
Reread - First Read February 8th 2017
Option 3: Read a book with the letters WALES in the title / subtitle.
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
WALES appears in WorLd'S most dAngErous
Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 215
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Barbara ★25.4 - Tien's Task: Staying at Home
Option 1. Books in Hand
Read a book that you have had in your possession before 1 January 2020.
The Age of Ash - Andrenik Y. Sergoyan 6/20
(I received this book on September 6, 2017 well before 1 January 2020 )
BIG BOOK = 808 pages
Option 2. New books
Support those authors with cancelled launches by reading a book first published in March - July 2020.
Hidden Salem - Kay Hooper (published April 7,2020) 7/15
Points this task: 25
Total points: 500
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
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10.2 “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan (thriller)
Prince of Thieves
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 15
Total Books Read: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 2