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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Whimsie5.6 - Somebody Set the Clock
Task: Read a book with the letters VCR found in any order in the title/subtitle, series title, and/or author's name
Book Read: Dead Velvet Wedding Cake Series: The Early Bird Café Mystery
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Points this post: 5
Total Points: 410
Tasks completed: 17
Whimsie10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Task: Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller
Book Read: Out of the Dark
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Points this post: 10
Total Points: 420
Tasks completed: 18
Whimsie10.6 Get Counted
Task: Read a book that has a number of pages that can be found in 3,939,326 and/or 16 and/or 17 (Ohio, the 17th state) . Numbers may only be used as often as they appear in 39393261617.
Book Read: How to Date Your Dragon
How it fits: 216 pages
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Points this post: 10
Total Points: 430
Tasks completed: 19
Whimsie25.9 - Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
Option 2
Task: 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".
Book Read: The Shadow Queen
How it fits: Romance is MPG and Anne Bishop initials are both in BABY
Option 3
Task Read a book with MPG Science Fiction that takes place at least 50% on a spaceship
Book: The Jumpgate
How it fits: Takes place almost entirely on a spaceship
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Points this post: 25
Total Points: 455
Tasks completed: 20
Delicious Dee25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
Option 1 - Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue - #18 in the Gaslight Mystery series
Option 3 - A Complete Game - Aven Ellis - AE found in STUFFED ANIMALS; ebook only approved msg #7918 of the ebook approval thread
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 665
15.2 - The BAFTAsBook 1 – read a book where the author's name matches the name of the winner (name highlighted in blue) of the BAFTA for male leading actor (any year).
Best Actor in a Leading Role
1989 Daniel Day-Lewis
Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann
Book 2 - Read a book where the author's name matches the name of the winner (name highlighted in blue) of the BAFTA for female leading actress (any year)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
1966 Elizabeth Taylor
The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
Task Total: 15
Season total: 190
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the BooksOption 6: Chandler
Read a book with the letters BE intact in the
Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill
Task Total: 20
Season total: 210
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: CodenamesWord: Nest
teEN + SpiriT
Teen Spirit by Francesca Lia Block
Task Total: 20
Season total: 230
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
mimetiC PoLyalloy
Lion Cross Point by Masatsugu Ono
Option 4: Don’t Mess With Mom
Read a book by a female author with a MPG of action or science fiction. The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
Ice by Anna Kavan
Task Total: 25
Season total: 255
30.2 - Cat's Task: Reading in the Valleys2. We do all agree that PG Wodehouse is top reading and that Evelyn Waugh is an underrated comic writer. I'm trying to persuade them that they should check out Sir Pterry's work.
Read a book with MPG Humour or Satire: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
My reread:
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
3. Wales is green, hilly, and sheepy. And utterly lovely!
Read a book with the letters WALES in the title / subtitle.
fLAmE ShadoW
Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale
Task Total: 30
Season total: 285
Brooke TX15.5 - 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. Injection, Vol. 1 read 12/10/19:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 210
Completed Tasks: 12
Books Read: 30
Brooke TX25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Option 4: Read a book with something metallic on the cover. The outer part of the drum is made of metal:
Option 5: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in VOLCANO. Approved in line 3583 of the ebook verification spreadsheet:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 235
Completed Tasks: 13
Books Read: 30
Brooke TX25.9 - 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".
Option 2: Read a book with the MPG Romance AND where the author's first and last initials can be found in the phrase "NOBODY PUTS BABY IN THE CORNER".
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 260
Completed Tasks: 14
Books Read: 30
Brooke TX20.4 - 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.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 280
Completed Tasks: 15
Books Read: 30
Brooke TX20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 3: Read a book that takes place at least 50% in Vermont, Illinois or Oregon. Set in Portland, OR:
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 300
Completed Tasks: 16
Books Read: 30
Brooke TX20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
Read one book with a title consisting of at least two words you can ‘link’ by forming a new word using letters in the title. Approved in eBook Verification spreadsheet line 3493. Linking word is "BELT":
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 320
Completed Tasks: 17
Books Read: 30
Brooke TX30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 350
Completed Tasks: 18
Books Read: 30
the_bookish_roseRed, White & Royal Blue20.5- Bigger is Better- MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
Option 2: Meet Cute
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 90
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books:0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
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 Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law which has CNN in the title:CoNversatioNs. It is Nonfiction.
points: 205
books read: 15
tasks completed: 12
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Pages read: 5094
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.3 - This is CNN.
Consider the Women: A Provocative Guide to Three Matriarchs of the Bible
Totals
Points: 95
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 12
Total Books read: 12
Pamela326530.4 - Wayne's task: Brockian Ultra-Cricket
Option 1: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson - MPG approved in post 14 of Help Thread
Option 4: Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn - Found on page 1 of list
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 290
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
5.1 See You at the Movies The Holdout by Graham Moore
Initial M is found in movies
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Blueberry20.5 Opt3: 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).
Love Me, Don't Leave Me: Overcoming Fear of Abandonment and Building Lasting, Loving Relationships
Pts: 20
Total pts: 250
5.2 I'd Watch That Marked by P.C. Cast
Found on page 1 of books into movies list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60
5.6 Somebody Set the ClockNot If I SaVe You FiRst by Ally Carter
VCR can be found in title/ author
Points this post: 5
Total points: 65
10.1 OK BoomerThe Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Author was born in 1963.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 10
5.5 - Summer BlockbustersWhipping Star
Word: Star
Previous points 40
Points this post 5
Current points 45
Coralie 20.7 Small is a State of Mind
Option 1: What exit? Book with number of pages ending in 5
A Trick of Fate 345 pages
Total to date 205 points
Pamela326530.2 - Cat's Task: Reading in the Valleys
Option 2: Sweet Revenge: Passive-Aggressive Desserts for Your Exes & EnemiesSweet Revenge: Passive-Aggressive Desserts for Your Exes & Enemies by Heather Kim – Humor MPG
Option 3: Believing Christ: The Parable of the Bicycle and Other Good News by Stephen E Robinson - WALES found in title/subtitle
W-News
ALE-Parable
S-News
"Believing Christ" is a re-read.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 320
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
Task 5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40read a book published in a year with 4 0 in it
The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
pub 2004
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660 points
5 BB tix
Task 10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother”read a book with Horror MPG
The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars
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670 points
5 BB tix
Task 25.1 - Hair Loveone graphic novel OK
option 3: read a book with page count between 100 & 200
The Mussel Feast
105 pages
option 4: read a graphic novel
The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire
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695 points
5 BB tix
Task 15.6 – The Red CarpetRed item on cover: apple in lower right corner
Red item confirmed in Help Thread
I listened to the audio / NO MMP / Paperback: Go See the Principal: True Tales from the School Trenches - 208 pg
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 215 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
LAUREN JODI30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
Book #1: Option A
Heartbreaker by Linda Howard
Book #2: Option C
Big Sky Country by Linda Lael Miller
This is book #1 in a series with 6 primary works
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 250/1205
Total Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 17/65
Mod
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.6 Get Counted
Shattered by Sarah N. Harvey
121 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 755
Tasks completed: 44/65
Books read: 60
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.1 Moms and Dads
Book 1: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.
This was published in 1959. I was born in 1969, my mother 1947; it was published before I was born.
Book 2: Goodbye Mr. Chips by James Hilton.
This was published in 1934. I was born in 1969, my father was born 1927; it was published before I was born.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 770
Tasks completed: 45/65
Books read: 62
Scooter&Siam20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 3: Phoebe
Read a book with a title of three or more words whose initials can be found in SMELLYCAT
Read The Calculating Stars - TCS
Points: 20
Total: 95
trishhartuk20.4 Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favourite Things
Option 4: Start a new series.
Luna: New Moon (Luna #1), Ian McDonald
Top MMPB (Italian): here. Top PB (English): here
This is a new series for me. I hadn’t heard of it until it was nominated for the Hugo for Best Series this year.
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 15
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 1 (500+ = 1)
Nick KY15.10 Travel (through books) I read A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena de Blasi, # 99, p. 1 on the Traveling Vicariously Through Books list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 520
Queen Bee DarleneREPOST - forgot to post link
10.8 Go Your Own Way - from IndieBound's IndieNext List
A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler A Good Neighborhood
March 2020 list
https://www.indiebound.org/indie-next...
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 290
Queen Bee Darlene15.7 Hurricane season is here again!
author's name matches the name of 2020 Pacific Hurricane Name
Cristina
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
The Book of Unknown Americans
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 305
Task 10.1 - OK Boomerread a book whose author was born in the specified period
The Overstory by Richard Powers
born 1957
512 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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705 points
6 BB tix
Joanna TRepost, fixing problem with previous post #1712
30.1 Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
Option 1: Single person on cover
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
Option 2: Series with more than 5 books
Witness in Death by J.D. Robb
Task total: 30
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Grand total: 110
BB: 2
GO: 0
Joanna T30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Option 1 - Science Fiction
The Toll by Neal Shusterman
This book has 625 pages, so I am claiming one BB ticket.
Option 3 - Historical Fiction
The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner
This book was first published in 1948, so I'm claiming one Golden Oldies ticket.
Task total: 30
BB this post: 1
GO this post: 1
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Grand total: 140
BB: 3
GO: 1
Task 25.2 - Children of the Apocalypse!I claimed this originally in #1706, but am changing a book
one Graphic Novel >125p OK
option 2: read a book featuring zombies
The Walking Dead, Vol. 6: This Sorrowful Life
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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705 points
6 BB tix
Task 25.6 - The Razzie AwardsI originally claimed this task in #1046, but am changing a book
one Graphic Novel MPG OK
option 1: read a book with no people on the cover
The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
option 2: read a book with at least 100k ratings
202k ratings
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705 points
6 BB tix
Marina H20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 3: Kaninjægeren by Lars Kepler
576 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 245
Big book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 13
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25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
This is a two book task. Choose two options and read one book for each option. One book with the genres "Sequential Art," "Comics," "Comic Book," and "Manga" may be used for this task.
Option 1: Most Tiresome Tabloid Targets. Read a book with NO people on the cover. No body parts, shadows, silhouettes or anything else that would hint at the presence of a person is allowed. Clothing that isn't on a body is okay.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Option 2: Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million Dollars.
For this option, read a book with at least 100,000 ratings on Goodreads.
Towers of Midnight This book has 120, 722 ratings.
Total this post: 25
Total Points: 450
BB tickets: 6