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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Andy P.Task # 30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Nights at the Drive-in
Option 1. Read a book that has a moon on the cover
by Archer Mayor Even without the hint from the title, the moon is almost in the center of the coverOption 2. Read a book with swing in the title
The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century by Simon Baatz
Points this post: 30
Total points: 540
Christine V25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
I read one book of greater than 500 pages matching two options: American Gods
Option 1: I read the Kindle edition, but the top MMPB has 592 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Option 4: American Gods won the Nebula Award for Best Novel (2002).
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=3, 750=2, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=7)
Barbara ★10.9 - Turn It Up
Make Me Stay - Jaci Burton 7/18
2. “Summer in the City” by the Lovin’ Spoonful (1966)
MMS in SuMMer
Points this task: 10
Total points: 510
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Anja30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 1: Emily Dickinson/Gardener - Read a book first published in December or May of any year.
Dream Maker by Kristen Ashley
Published May 26th 2020
Option 3: Peter Rabbit Tales - Read a book whose page count contains a 2 and a 3.
Blackout by Marc Elsberg (320 pages)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 200
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 10
Julia10330. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Option 1: Champion (MPG Science Fiction)
Option 3: Into the Wilderness (MPG Historical Fiction)
I read the Kindle edition. MMP has 876 pages so claiming two BB tickets.
This post: 30 points
Total points: 470
BB tickets: 5
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 38
SALLY M.5.4 Lights, Camera, Action!: read a book from your chosen listopia with the word "action" intact in list title; page 2 of Books With Action Heroines
Legend by Marie Lu
(I read the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 445
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 35
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
SALLY M.10.4 Ready for a Closeup: central character, Tate, is a professional actress, mentioned here
Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
(I read the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 455
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 36
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
SALLY M.25.8 I’ll Be Back
Option 1: page 1 of Bad Boy Turned Good Books
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh
(I read the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Option 4: female author + MPG Science Fiction
Starflight by Melissa Landers
(I read the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 480
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 38
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
SALLY M.30.8 The Karate Fan Club
Book 1: Fiction book w/letters in KARATE + DOJO found in title and/or author’s name
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
(I read the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Book 2: Non-Fiction book w/letters in KARATE + DOJO found in title and/or author’s name
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
(I read the audiobook & have linked to the HC)
400 + 171 = 571 > 500 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 510
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 40
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
READ 60 20.7 Down by the Sea page 1 # 74 The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Points : 20
Total points 115
Task 5.1 - See You at the MoviesBook: The Missing Sister by Elle Marr. Finished 7/18
Points this task: 5
Total points: 750
Sara G15.8 - Parasite
Read a book set in South Korea or with an author born in South Korea. If the book is set before 1945 (when North and South Korea were divided), a setting in Korea works, regardless of what part of Korea.
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
This book takes place almost entirely on Jeju Island in South Korea.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 380
Mel M15.4: A Record Setting Leading Performer
Option 2: Read 1 book that satisfies the requirements for both books 1 and 2 of option 1.
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word from Hepburn's Filmography AND read a book written by a female author.
Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner
Hepburn film = Suddenly, Last SUMMER
Points this task: 15
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 2
Task 20.1 - The One With All the BooksOption 6: Chandler
Read a book with the letters BE intact in the title, not subtitle. Letters can appear in any word, but they must appear in that order.
the social climBEer’s handbook
The Social Climber's Handbook (2011) by Molly Jong-Fast (Paperback, 247 pages)
165 + 20 = 185
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 165 + 20 = 185
Books read: 15
Pages read: 4,228
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!Option 3:
For this option read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in STUFFED ANIMALS. Middle initials can be ignored.
99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne
Option 4:
For this option, read a book with a title that begins with a letter in AMENS. All words count.
Seeds of Deception
Points this post: 25
Total: 235
10.5 - From A to ZA book with an A and Z in the title, subtitle and/or author's name: The Confession Club by Elizabeth Berg
Points this post: 10
Total points: 420
Delicious Dee10.1 - OK Boomer
Captive Bride - Johanna Lindsey - author was born in 1952
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 675
Delicious Dee20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 3 - Behind Closed Doors - shelved as thriller by 1900+ ppl
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 695
Delicious Dee25.13 - SandyL's Task: Dog Days of Summer
Option 1 - Murder on Fifth Avenue - DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
Option 2 - Murder in Morningside Heights - SI in Morningside, R in Murder, I in Morning, U in Murder; R in Murder
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 720
Amy B15.5 - 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. REQUIRED: In your post, state the date on which you read book 1 in the series
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Armand Ganache #2 - read #1 in the series, Still Life, Jan. 3, 2019)
This Post: 15 Points
To Date: 380 Points
Rockynook15.3 - Ford v. Ferrari
Option 2: Read a book with all the letters of "Ferrari" found in its title/subtitle and with all the letters of "Ford" found in its author's name.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Hotel on the CoRneR oF BIttER And Sweet by Jamie FORD
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 380
Kristi CO30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 1: published May 15, 2018
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
Option 3: 352 pages
A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult
Points this post: 30
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 10
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
trishhartuk 5.10 Carefree Summer Days
Deeplight, Frances Hardinge
Read the kindle edition. PB here.
Used here as it has the MPG Childrens > Middle Grade but isn’t in either US or UK bookfinder, as far as I can see
(I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone in Middle Grade, but hey - no doubt it’s because the main character is that age)
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 16
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 1 (500+ = 1)
Nick KYRepost.
25.4 Tien’s Staying at Home
Opt 1. Books in Hand I read Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick. I own two editions of this book. I am not sure why, except that I really like it. I have owned this edition since 1985.
Opt 2. 1st pub’d March-July 2020 The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 575
Nick KY25.13 SandyL’s Dog Days
Opt. 2. I read Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
SIRS in “aStRophySIcs” --
I in “In” --
U in “hUrry”
Opt. 3 I read Moon Signs: The Key to Your Inner Life by Donna Cunningham, “Astrology” as GR genre
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 600
Jennifer KS30.6 All I Really Need To Know
Option 1 Read a book with the word fun in Title
Such a Fun Ageby Kiley Reid
Option 3 Read the next book in series started before Summer
challenge
Blood Rubies by Jane Cleveland
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 210
Total Books Read: 15
Total Pages Read: 4745
Big Books Read: 0
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.5 - Summer Blockbusters
Keep Calm and Carry a Big Drink
The word is BIG from the movie Big.
Totals
Points: 100
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 13
Total Books read: 13
JEN B25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
Option 1: 25 Years
To celebrate the 25th anniversary, read a book with a 2 and a 5 in the page number.
Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs by Keena Roberts
This book has 352 pages
Option 2: Jagged Little Pill
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. The book must have a single author.
All Adults Here by Emma Straub
LL in All, MM in Emma
TOTAL POINTS: 395
Amy W20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
I chose Option 2 - Read a book with the MPG of Horror. I read The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 140
Mod
10.1 - OK Boomer
Cross by Ken Bruen
From GR bio: Ken Bruen, born in Galway in 1951
total = 660
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20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
option 1, table and chairs on the left:
The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices by Casper ter Kuile
HC: The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do
total = 680
Mod
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
option 3, thriller genre: The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen
total = 700
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20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind
option 1, page number ends in 5: Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden, 205 pages
total = 720
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20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
option 1, AI: You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place by Janelle Shane
total = 740
Mod
25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
Option A, THREE in title: The Order by Daniel Silva
Option C, #3 in trilogy: Finders Keepers by Belinda Bauer (Exmoor Trilogy, #3)
total = 765
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25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
option 1, 2 and 5 in page number: A Falling Knife by Andrew Case, 256 pages
I read the kindle A Falling Knife
option 2, double consonants: Occam's Razor by Joe Clifford CC, FF
I read the kindle Occam's Razor
total = 790
5.2-I'd Watch That: The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan - 7/19/2020 On page two of the Books That Should Be Made Into Movies list.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
SALLY M.15.1 Moms and Dads
Book 1: female author + first pub during mother's lifetime, but not your own; 1962-1984, Toni Morrison born 1973
Sula by Toni Morrison
(I read the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
Book 2: male author + first pub during father's lifetime, but not your own; 1957-1984, Philip K. Dick born 1977
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
(I read the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 525
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 42
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
Whitnie I20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
This is a one book task. REQUIRED: In your post, state which option you used.
Option 3: For this option: Read a book where someone's life changes dramatically, either for the better or for the worse, by an event such as a death in the family, a move to a new town or country, a significant job change.
REQUIRED: Explain what dramatic life change the character has experienced.
On a Pale Horse In this book a man named Zane has no regard for his life and when about to kill himself he is visited by death and shoots death instead. Zane then becomes death and as he learns the role he comes to respect and cherish life including his own.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 500
BB tickets: 6
30.4 - Wayne's task: Brockian Ultra-CricketOption 3: Read a book that has all the letters in either APOLOGIZE or SORRY in the book's title/subtitle.
Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration edited by Rose Brock
SORRY found in Ya authORS peRsonal
Option 4:Read a book from the Excellent Space Opera list.
The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds #1) by Alexandra Bracken
page 6
1x Bigger is Better tix (576p)
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 11
Season Total: 545
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
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.
Watch Your Back Romantic Suspense #15, Read June 25, claiming 1 BB ticket 565 pages
Option 3: For this option read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in STUFFED ANIMALS. Middle initials can be ignored.
The Unicorn's Tail by A.W. Exley, AE in stuffEd Animals
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 485
BB Tickets: 7
GO Tickets: 0
Oops! Just realized I already used The Unicorn's Tail. Please disregard completion post above.
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
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.
Watch Your Back Romantic Suspense #15, Read June 25, claiming one BB ticket 565 pages
Option 4: For this option, read a book with a title that begins with a letter in AMENS. All words count.
A Cold Day for Murder, title starts with A in Amens
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 485
BB Tickets: 7
GO Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 15.2 - The BAFTAs
Book 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
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Robert Carlyle #51 on list
I listened to the audible version, the MMPB version has 576 pages, claiming one BB ticket
AND
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
Silver in the Blood by Jessica Day George
Actress: Jessica Tandy #44
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 500
BB Tickets: 8
GO Tickets: 0
Kathy KS20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
Option 1: Read a book with the main page genre Historical Fiction (embedded is OK) and one or more people facing away from you on the cover. All persons depicted on the cover must have their back to you.
Bellfield Hall: or, the observations of Miss Dido Kent, by Anna Dean
MPG: Historical > Historical Fiction 137 users
*****
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 280
Tasks completed: 14
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Kathy KS20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind
Option 2: Read a book from the list Down by the Sea. REQUIRED: State the page on which your book appears.
Down by the Sea, page 4, #233 (today)
Wartime with the Cornish Girls, by Betty Walker
I read an ARC provided by Netgalley, 400 pages
*****
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 300
Tasks completed: 15
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite ThingsOption 2: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Total: 90
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 15.7 - Hurricane season is here again!
Read a book whose author's name matches the name of a 2020 Atlantic or Pacific hurricane name.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur is on the Atlantic Hurricane Names
I listened to the audible version, the MMPB version is 944 pages, so I'm requesting 2 BB tickets
Also, this book was initially published in 1927 so I am claiming 1 GO ticket
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
Total Points this Season: 515
BB Tickets: 10
GO Tickets: 1
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 1: An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago, finished 6/11
Option 2: The Mistletoe Murder And Other Stories, finished 7/18
Points this task: 25
Total points: 745