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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Bookwrm526Task #30.1 - “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
I chose option 1, the two book option.
For book 1, I chose option B - Read a book with a SINGLE person on the cover. I read Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia (cover approved in the help thread, posts 26 and 27).
For book 2, I chose option A - Read a book with a title of 5 words or more. I read Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty.
Total points so far: 80
WhimsieNote: Repost (1) from Msg. 152 to correct one task per post
20.1 – Most Improved Player
Option 6: Chandler
Task: Read a book with the letters BE intact in the title. Letters can appear in any word, but they must appear in that order
Book Read: The Bennett Case by Diana Xarissa
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Whimsie****Repost (2) from Mst. 152 to correct one task per post ***
30.1 Stay Home/stay safe
Option 1
Book 1: B. Read a book with a SINGLE person on the cover
Book Read:
by James PattersonBook 2: A. Read a book with a title of 5 words or more
Book Read: How to Marry a Marquis by Julia Quinn
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 2
trishhartuk30.11 Sandy’s Task: Escape!
So these two books would probably work either way around, but I'm going with:
1. Escape to another world. Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy
The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E. Harrow
Read the kinde edition. PB links here (374pg)
Fantasy by 2,826 users
(also Historical > Historical Fiction 856 users)
3. Escape to another time. Read a book with the main page genre history or historical fiction or time travel.
The Light Brigade, Kameron Hurley
Read the kindle edition.
Top PB (Spanish): here (360pg); Top PB (English): here (358pg)
Science Fiction > Time Travel, 95 users
Genre locked for Time Travel in help thread message #9: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(also Science Fiction, 387 users)
Points this task: 30
Books read: 2
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 0
Katrina H5.10 - Carefree Summer Days
Book of your choice.
Pharaoh by Valerio Massimo Manfredi.
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Marina H30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Option 2: The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny390 p.
I've never visited Canada where the book is set
Option 3: Paris by Edward Rutherfurd 846 p.
Claiming 2 BB tickets
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
Big book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Nick KY5.2 I'd Watch That
I read # 664, p. 7 of the list, Sand by Lili Tufel
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 70
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.7 Mysterious Women
The Secret Place by Tana French
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1/65
Books read: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.5 - Again, Really?
Cut to the Bone by Jefferson Bass.
I read book #1 on April 30, 2020.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 2/65
Books read: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.3 Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 1: I Felt a Funeral, In My Brain by Will Walton.
First published in May 29th, 2018
Option 4: A Perfect Blank by Rye Duran.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 3/65
Books read: 4
5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40Read a book first published in a year that includes a 4 AND a 0 (ex: 1904, 1940, 2004, 2014, etc).
Book read: Whiskey Sour
How it fits: first published in 2004
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Total points: 95
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 7
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.4 Wayne's task: Brockian Ultra-Cricket
Option 2:
by Kwame Alexander.Baseball bat over the shoulder of the boy.
Option 3:
by Marilyn Nelson.SORRY=hOw I diScoveRed poetRY
Points this post: 30
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4/65
Books read: 6
Andy P.Task # 20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 2. Read a book originally published in 2007
World Without End by Ken Follett first published 10/4/07
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
JEN B10.3 - 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 Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds by Caroline Van Hemert
C in Compass
N in Sun
N in Journey
TOTAL POINTS: 50
Task 15.3 - Ford v. FerrariOption 2: When You Find Out the World is Against You: And Other Funny Memories About Awful Moments, finished 6/8
By Kelly Oxford
Points this task: 15
Total points: 75
Krista KY30.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 1: Let’s Go to the Beach – Read a book set in a coastal or beach town.
Good Girl by Tricia O'Malley
Option 5: Let’s Go Ride a Roller Coaster – Read a book with the main page genre Thriller.
Find Me by Anne Frasier
Points this post: 30
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 4
MAZZA15.5 - Summer Blockbusters
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in the title of one of the 75 Best Summer Blockbusters of All Time.
Required: State which word you used when you post.
The World's 20 Worst Crimes: True Stories of 20 Killers and Their 1000 Victims
Word Used = World's
matches song 72 "The World's End"
Points this task = 5
Points to date = 5
MAZZA110.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Night Film
Both MPGs of Horror and thriller are present on main page
This book is 640 pages and I am claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 15
BB tickets this post = 1
BB tickets to date = 1
MAZZA110.6 - Get Counted
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.
The Thorn Birds this book ahs 692 pages all digits found in 393932616 17
This book has 692 pages and I am claiming 1 BB ticket for it
points this post = 10
Points to date = 25
BB tickets this post = 1
BB tickets to date = 2
MAZZA125.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
I have chosen to read one book of at least 500 pages that matches two of the following: Options A and C
Option A: Read a book that has all the letters of THREE in the title
Option C: Read a book that is part of a trilogy or a 3 book series.
A Discovery of Witches THREE in title and #1 in All Souls trilogy on GR Page
579 pages
book approved in help thread Post 2 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This book has 579 pages and i am claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 50
BB tickets this post = 1
BB tickets to date = 3
MAZZA125.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
I have chosen one book of at least 500 pages that matches two of the following options.
REQUIRED: State the options you chose. - Options 1 and 2 used
Option 1: 25 Years
To celebrate the 25th anniversary, read a book with a 2 and a 5 in the page number.
Option 2: Jagged Little Pill
Read a book where both the title ) and the author’s name both include a double set of consonants. The book must have a single author.
The Little Friend Donna Tartt
It has 592 pages and double letters in Title = Little Author name = Donna and Tartt
approved in help thread message 9 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This book has 592 pages and I am claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 75
BB tickets this post = 1
BB tickets to date = 4
MAZZA130.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
OPTION 2 – ONE BOOK OPTION
1. Read a book that fits a task from the requirements for BOTH books 1 and 2 from Option 1.
2. Your book must be over 600 pages in length
Using Book 1 C. Read a book that is STAND ALONE i.e. NOT part of a series
AND
Book 2B. Read a book with at least 5 people on the cover
Vanity Fair
867 pagesThis book is 867 pages and I am claiming 2 BB tickets
It was first published in 1847 and I am also claiming 1 GO ticket
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 105
BB tickets this post = 2
BB tickets to date = 6
GO tickets This post = 1
GO tickets to date = 1
MAZZA130.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
Choose two options from the list below and read two books, one for each option.
REQUIRED: Indicate the options you used
Option 4: Let’s Go To A Winery – Read a book from one of these “Wine” lists
From List "Books To Read With a Glass of Wine and a Box of Kleenex"
(number 25 on that list Page 1)Option 6: Let’s Go to the Mountains – Read a book that has the MPG Historical Fiction and is set in one of the states in the Appalachian Region.
Set in North Carolina And Virginia
Approved in help thread Post 4 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Anna Karenina has 838 pages and was first published in 1877 I am claiming 2 BB tickets and 1 GO ticket for this book
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 135
BB tickets this post = 2
BB tickets to date = 8
Go tickets this post = 1
GO tickets to date = 2
10.8 - Go Your Own WayA book from Indie Next List, June 2019: Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Mary P15.5 - 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.
Blood Truth by J.R. Ward
Read book 1 in the series in December of 2015
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
MEGSCL5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!
Xenocide
On page 1 of this list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
**592 pages - 1 big book
TOTAL TO DATE
10 points
1 big book
JEN B10.1 - OK Boomer
Read a book written by a single author who was born between 1946 and 1964 inclusive.
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
The author was born in 1963
Reference: https://www.google.com/search?q=jaque...
TOTAL POINTS: 60
MEGSCL10.9 - Turn It Up
The Bass Rock - Title initials in The Boys of Summer
TOTAL TO DATE
20 points
1 big book
Bookwrm526Task #5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40
Read a book first published in a year that includes a 4 AND a 0 (ex: 1904, 1940, 2004, 2014, etc). I read Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett, first published in 2014.
Total points so far: 85
PegW10.7 - What Angels Eat
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the provided top producing watermelon locations: My book is based in Compton, California
The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartland
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Big Book: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 2
25.8 - Amy FL’s Task: I’ll Be Back.Option 1: The Terminator Becomes the Savior
Read a book from this list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
REQUIRED: specify the page number of the list where the book appears.
Kiss an Angel (page 5)
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
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Points this post: 25
Total points: 35
hoodoomends20.8 - Codenames
× title consisting of at least two words you can ‘link’ by forming a new word (of at least three letters), using an equal number of letters from each word in the title ×
Pedagogia do oprimido
word that can be made: odd
pedagOgia Do oprimiDo
1 letter from each word in the title
×-×-×-×-×
This post
Points: 20
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 50
GO: 1
BB: -
Task 20.8 - Codenamesread a book whose title words can be used to make another word
(best snappy description of the task that I can come up with!)
The Song Before it is Sung
word made: FIGHTS
1 letter from each title word
tHe
sonG
beFore
iT
Is
Sung
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75 points
2 BB tix
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 1: Springfield, Vermont won the contest with 15,367 votes. Read a book with over 15,000 Goodreads ratings. (15,001 or higher)
15,566 ratingsI listened to the audio version, there is no MMPG version, but the PB version is 416 pages
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
The film Psycho premiered June 16, 1960. Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Haunting of the Blackthorne House MPG Horror
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 30
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Nick KY10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
I read The Beast Within by Émile Zola, rating of 4.07.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 80
READ 60 Leading performer 15.4 Love, Lies and Lemon Cakeby Sue Watson
Fits both catagories Love Among the Ruins
points 15
total 35
Joanne MI15.6. The Red Carpet.
Read a book with something red on the cover.
Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm
-The Barn is RedPoints This Task 15
Total Points 40
Amy B25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
Read two books, one from each of two different options, or one book of at least 500 pages that matches two of the following:
Option A: Read a book that has all the letters of THREE in the title. The letters do not need to be in order. Letters can be used only as often as they appear in the title.
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
Option C: Read a book that is part of a trilogy or a 3 book series.
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien - Lord of the Rings Trilogy #1
This Task: 25 points
To Date: 45 points
Bookwrm526Task #15.5 - 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. I read Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton, book #3 in the Agatha Raisin series. I read the first book in this series (The Quiche of Death) on November 29, 2017.
Total points so far: 100
LaureY5.10 - Carefree Summer Days
Get away from everything by reading a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
Total Books: 5
Total Tasks: 5
Task 20.3 - Saturday Matineeoption 2: read a book with MPG Horror
The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion
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95 points
2 BB tix
5.3 - World CinemaRead a book set at least 50% in a country where the total number of English speakers is below 50%
I read the audiobook of
Notes from China
This book as set in China, as indicated in the book description.
New Points: 5
Challenge Points: 15
Marina H15.5 - Again, Really?
The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths
I started reading book #1 in the series on November 24, 2019
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
Big book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 3
Andy P.Task # 10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Read a book with a main page genre Horror
Watchers by Dean Koontz
Horror mpg ( 1745 users)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Mod
I read Redhead by the Side of the Road. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB).
Word "Road" matches "Road" in Mad Max: Fury Road, #2 on the Summer Blockbuster list.
total: 5 points
Mod
I chose option 4 (start a new series) and read Gideon the Ninth, #1 in The Locked Tomb series. This is a new series for me.
I read the kindle edition, linked to the top paperback (no MMPB).
total: 25 points
Mod
I chose option 2 and read Amnesty.
The main character is very much an outsider in Australia - he came on a student visa from Sri Lanka, overstayed his visa, and is now trying to both hide under the radar and act and sound like an Australian, all the while working illegally, and being exploited because of his illegal status.
total: 45 points
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5.7 - Mysterious Women
A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 50/1205
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5/65