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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
SandyL15.7 - Hurricane season is here again!
Read a book whose author's name matches the name of a 2020 Pacific hurricane name
It Must Be Love by Rachel Gibson
Pacific Hurricane Names - Rachel
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 95
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 10
SandyL20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 3: Read a book with a MPG of Thriller.
The Overlook by Michael Connelly
MPG Thriller
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 115
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 11
SandyL20.4 - 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
Untamed Delights by Suzanne Wright
erneSt hemingWay
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 135
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 12
BUCKET20.5 MegSCL’s Task: Cover Tropes
Option 3
The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here by Hope Jahren
Approved in help thread post #92.
Points this post: 20
Points total: 140
SandyL20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 1: Read a book with over 15,000 Goodreads ratings.
Us by Sarina Bowen
# GR ratings = 15,738
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 155
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 13
SandyL20.8 - 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
Temptation Ridge by Robyn Carr
Word: EMPIRE
tEMPtation RIdgE
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 175
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 14
SandyL20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Option 2: Read a book in which a character is either out of their element
Baking Me Crazy by Karla Sorensen
MC Jocelyn is disabled and in a wheelchair, and is trying not to need anybody and do it all herself, but she can't
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 195
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 15
SandyL25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
Option B: Read a book that was first published in a year that contains a 3
The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie
Published 1936 - ***requesting golden oldie ticket***
Option C: Read a book that is part of a trilogy or a 3 book series
A Secret for a Secret by Helena Hunting
Series: All In
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 220
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 17
SandyL25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
Option 1: Read a book with a 2 and a 5 in the page number.
Head Over Paws by Debbie Burns
Pages: 352
Option 3: Read a book with a clearly defined hand or fist seen on the cover.
Dax: An Arizona Vengeance Novel by Sawyer Bennett
Pages: 340
Total pages: 692
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 245
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 19
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SandyL30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
Option 1
Book 1: A. Read a book with a SINGLE word title
Inappropriate by Vi Keeland
Book 2: C. Read a book that is part of a series of at least 5 books
Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas
The Ravenels - 6 books in series
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 275
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 21
SandyL30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 3: Read a book whose page count contains a 2 and a 3.
Part-Time Lover by Lauren Blakely
Pages: 312
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK
Up to You by Daisy Prescott
lake District national Park
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 305
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 23
5.5 Summer Blockbusters Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas
The word from the blockbusters list is "house"
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80
Amy W20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
I chose Option 4: For this option, start a new series.
I read Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire. This is the first book in the series, and this series is new to me.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 160
MAZZA110.3 - 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.
The Consequences of Love
C N and N in CoNsequeNces
points this post = 10
Points to date =710
10.6 Get Counted Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 9.0
396 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90
MAZZA115.2 - 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 Rhino Conspiracy Peter matches Peter Finch who won in several years including 1971
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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
The Awakening Matches Kate Winslet in 2008
This book was published in 1899 and so i am claiming a GO ticket
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 725
GO tickets this post = 1
GO to date = 3
MAZZA115.10 - Let's Travel (Through Books)!
Help Thread
Read a book from one of these lists: Favourite Travel Books or Best Traveling Vicariously.
REQUIRED: Include in your post the name of the list and the page number on which your book is found.
Assassination Vacation Page 1 of favourite travel books https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 740
MAZZA130.5 - 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
Portrait in Death
and
Judgement in Death
points this post = 30
Points to date = 770
10.7 What Angels EatThe Plague by Albert Camus
The book is set in Algeria
CLAIMING GO TICKET first published in 1947.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
Total GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 13
Total books read: 13
MAZZA 150.1- Bucket's Task: Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves
Help Thread
Your three books must have a combined total of at least 750 pages.
1. Accomplish a could have.
B. Read one of the ten books that have been on your TBR shelf the longest.
REQUIRED: State when this book was added to your to-read shelf/list.
I read the kindle edition The Heart Of The Country added to my shelf on december 5th 2018
The Heart of the Country this is the MMP at 199 pages
2. Accomplish a should have.
A. Read a book from 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.
REQUIRED: State the page of the list on which your book is found in your post.
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale on page 1 of that list - 720 pages
this book is both a GO being published in 1851 and a BB of 720 pages
3. Toss the rest away.
A. Dive into summer and read any book mentioned in any of the 8 Goodreads Summer Reading blog posts.
From The Top 40 Hit Books of the Year https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1857
The Sun Down Motel = 327 pages
Page counts 199+720 = 327 = 1246 exceeds requirements
Points this post = 50
Points to date = 820
GO this post = 1
GO to date = 4
BB this post = 1
BB to date = 13
Whitnie I5.7 - Mysterious Women
Read a book written by a female author that ALSO has the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Dystopia. Works with multiple authors will work as long as all contributors meet the task criteria.
The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood. This book has the MPG Science Fiction & Dystopian.
Total this post: 5
Total Points: 525
BB Tickets: 7
Delicious Dee15.3 - Ford v. Ferrari
Married to a Perfect Stranger - Jane Ashford - FE in Perfect; RR in Married; AR in Stranger; I in Married; FORD in AshFORD
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 785
Delicious Dee15.9 - Facts Matter!
One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season - shelved as sports by 94ppl
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 800
Delicious Dee30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2; Set A - Murder in the Bowery and Murder on Union Square - books 20 and 21 in the Gaslight Mystery series
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 830
Nick KY10.5 A-Z – I read Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo with an A and a Z in the title.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 610
Blueberry15.9 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.
I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa
Pts: 15
Total pts: 265
Blueberry15.5 Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than 1, in which you’ve already read book 1 before May 15.
The Haunted Bookshop
I completed #1 in the series on April 2, 2020.
This book was published 1918 and do is a Golden Oldie.
Pts: 15
Total pts: 280
GO: 3
Blueberry30.1 Opt 1: A. Read a book with a SINGLE word title.
Babycakes
Opt 2: C. Read a book that is part of a series of at least 5 books.
Land of Wolves
Pts: 30
Total pts: 310
Blueberry30.9 Opt 1: Read a book set in a coastal or beach town.
Camino Winds
Set on an island in Florida.
Opt 5: Read a book with the main page genre Thriller.
The Silkworm
Pts: 30
Total pts: 340
Blueberry30.11
Opt 1: Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy. The Ten Thousand Doors of January 374 pgs
Opt 3: Read a book with the main page genre history or historical fiction or time travel. Lightning Men 384 pgs
374 pgs + 384 pgs = 500+ pgs
Pts: 30
Total pts: 370
Nick KY10.6 - Get Counted
I read The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions by Paula Gunn Allen, 336 pp.
(Page) "Numbers may only be used as often as they appear in 39393261617."
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So far: 620
5.10 - Carefree Summer DaysBlossoms on the Roof (Amish Frontier #1) by Rebecca Martin
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 12
Season Total: 605
Shawn H.20.7 - 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.
Double Indemnity by James M. Cain
**Book ends in a 5, with a 115 pages**
***Published in 1936, Claiming Golden Oldie***
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 35
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
Mai20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 3. Read a book (b) whose author's first and last initials are in SOLARIS.
Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1
Mod
I listened to the audiobook of The Farm, and linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB) - 336 pages. All numbers found in 39393261617.
total points: 550
Mod
For book 1, I used option 3 and read Bronte's Mistress - I read a kindle ARC and linked to the hardback edition (no MMPB or pb) - 320 pages. Both a 2 and a 3 in the page number.
For book 2, I used option 4 and read Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow. I read a kindle ARC and linked to the hardback (no MMPB or pb).
Author initials, CD, found in lake DistriCt national park.
Total points: 580
Mod
I used option 2A, two books from the same series.
The Moth Catcher - #7 in the Vera Stanhope series
The Seagull - #8 in the Vera Stanhope series.
total points: 610
THIS IS A REPOST OF #1924SALLY M.
15.1 Moms and Dads
Book 1: female author + first pub during mother's lifetime, but not your own; she was born in 1962 and I was born in 1984, this was published 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; he was born in 1957 and I was born in 1984, this was published 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
SALLY M.20.7 Small Is a State of Mind
Option 2: page 1 of Down by the Sea
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
(I read the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
**Rebecca is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1938). Claiming 1 GO ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 545
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 43
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 1
Total GO tix: 1
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: CodenamesFor this task, read one book with a title (subtitles excluded) consisting of at least two words you can ‘link’ by forming a new word using letters in the title. The new word must be at least three letters long and you must use an EQUAL number of letters from each title word. Letters may be in any position, but all words in the title must be used. Numbers (non-ordinal) in the title should be ignored.
Mexican Gothic
Word: Exciting
Letters bolded and underlined:
M exi ca n G o t h ic
[POINTS]
This post: 20
Total points: 125
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 7
Big Book tickets: 1
Coralie 25.8 I’ll Be Back
Option 2: Liquid Metal
Book with a title where the first letter of each word is in MimeTic Polyalloy
The Memory Police
Option 4: Don’t Mess with Mom
Book by a female author with MPG science fiction
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Total to date 265 points
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!Option 3: 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.
What Katy Did
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 8.0
The main character has an accident and damages her spine, rendering her unable to walk.
Claiming Golden Oldie. Book published in 1872
Points this task: 20
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 1
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 95
Total Tasks completed: 7
Total Golden oldies: 3
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 8
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 15.5 - Again, Really?
Sequels are a staple of the movie industry. 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
UnWholly, I read #1 in the series on Jan 8, 2019
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 545
BB Tickets: 10
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
For this task, read one book with a title (subtitles excluded) consisting of at least two words you can ‘link’ by forming a new word using letters in the title. The new word must be at least three letters long and you must use an EQUAL number of letters from each title word. Letters may be in any position, but all words in the title must be used. Numbers (non-ordinal) in the title should be ignored.
REQUIRED: Specify the ‘linking’ word. This word must be found in dictionary.com
Where the Crawdads Sing read 7/21
Where the Crawdads Sing
word that can be made: wire
Where thE cRawdads sIng
1 letter used from each word in the title.
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 565
BB Tickets: 10
GO Tickets: 1
Task 10.5 - From A to Zread a book with A & Z in an author name (one in multiple OK)
The Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories
contributing author: Kuzhali Manickavel (the author is listed in the metadata,the 14th in the list)
kuZhAli
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815 points
6 BB tix
Task 25.11 - Space Xoption 1: read a book written by two authors (a single name psuedonym is OK)
Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey
evidence of two authors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S...
611 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
option 3: read a book with author initials in APATOSAURUS
The Street by Ann Petry
AP initials
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840 points
7 BB tix
Coralie 15.1 Moms and dads
Book 1. Book by a female author which was published in my mother’s lifetime but not mine
Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie
Mother born 1930, book published 1937,
Book 2. Book by a male author which was published in my father’s lifetime but not in mine
Stamboul Train by Graham Greene
Father born 1928, book published 1932
I was born after 1950
Total to date 280 points
Krista KY25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
Option A: Read a book that has all the letters of THREE in the title (NOT SUBTITLE). The letters do not need to be in order. Letters can be used only as often as they appear in the title.
The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms
Option B: Read a book that was first published in a year that contains a 3, i.e. 1930, 1993, 2003, 2013.
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
Points this post: 25
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 19
Joanna T30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2A - 2 books from the same series
These are books 3 and 4 from the Unwanteds series:
Island of Fire by Lisa McMann
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12.0
Island of Legends by Lisa McMann
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13.0
This book has 512pp, so I am claiming one big book ticket.
Points this post: 30
BB this post: 1
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Total points: 190
BB: 4
GO: 1
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10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5
The Untamed Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley
GR Rating - 3.95
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 80
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 9