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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Chris MD 20.4 A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 4: The first book in a new-to-you series
Regeneration by Pat Barker
This is the first book in the Regeneration series, and I have not read any of the other books.
Total points: 70
Chris MD 20.5 Cover Tropes
Option 1: Historical fiction in which everyone on the cover has their back to you
by Susan MeissnerI listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 416 pages.
Total points: 90
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday MatineeOption 2:Read a book with the MPG of Horror.
I listened to an audio version of The House of Dead Maids
New Points: 20
Total Points: 270
GO: 1
Whitnie I5.3 - World Cinema
Read a book set at least 50% in a country where the total number of English speakers is below 50%, based on this list: Countries by English-Speaking Population.
Required: State which country the book is set in when you post. And, if not obvious from the book's description, provide a link to a reference establishing how the book fits the task.
The Alchemist. This book is set in Spain & Eqypt.
Total this post: 5
Total Points: 555
BB tickets: 9
Task 15.2 - The BAFTAsBook one: Summer Longing, finished 7/25
Author: Jamie Brenner - Jamie Bell won in 2000
Book two: The Round House, finished 6/29
Author: Louise Erdrich - Louise Fletcher won in 1976
Points this task: 15
Total points: 825
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!For this task, I chose Option 1 (book must have over 15,000 Goodreads ratings).
I read Death's End by Liu Cixin.
Requirement: this book has 44,777 ratings.
This book has 604 pages. I claim one Big Books ticket.
Points this post: 20
Points this challenge: 70
Big Books tickets: 4
Gold Oldies tickets: 0
20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of MindFor this task, I chose option 1 (page count ends in a "5").
I read Train Shots by Vanessa Blakeslee.
Requirement: this book has 175 pages.
Points this post: 20
Points this challenge: 90
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Mai20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind
Option 1: a book that has its number of pages listed as ending with a 5.
Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1
25.1 - Lois's Task: Hair LoveFor this task, I chose
Option 2 (short story MPG): I read Pastoralia by George Saunders, which has the MPG of "Short Stories".
Option 4 (graphic novel): I read Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams by Steve Horton, which has the MPG of "Sequential Art > Graphic Novels".
Points this post: 25
Points this challenge: 115
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Julia10315.2 - The BAFTAs
Book 1: The Looking-Glass War by John le Carré
John Gielgud won the BAFTA in 1953.
Book 2: The Serrano Succession by Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Taylor won the BAFTA in 1966.
I read the Kindle edition. There is no MMP. The top paperback edition The Serrano Succession has 752 pages so claiming two BB tickets.
This post: 15 points, 2 BB
Total points: 490
BB tickets: 7
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 41
Julia10320.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 3: The Secret Adversary
(MPG Thriller verified in post #47 of genre verification thread)
This was first published in 1922 so claiming one GO ticket.
This post: 20 points, 1 GO
Total points: 510
BB tickets: 7
GO tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 42
5.4 Lights, Camera, ActionI read Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. This book is on the books with action heroines list (nr 17).
Points: 5
Total points: 340
5.5 Summer BlockbustersI read The Lost World by Michael Crichton. The word "Lost" matches movie number 29 - raiders of the lost ark.
Points: 5
Total points: 345
5.10 Carefree Summer DaysI read How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Points: 5
Total points: 350
25.7 - Jagged Little PillOption 1
I read The Crown's Fate by Evelyn Skye. This book has 425 pages, containing both a 2 and a 5.
Option 2
I read The Blessed Rita by Tommy Wieringa. The consonants are double S in blessed and double M in Tommy.
Points: 25
Total points: 375
JEN B15.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performer
Option 2
Read 1 book that satisfies the requirements for both books 1 and 2 of option 1. (Female author, word in the title that matches a word from Hepburn’s Filmography)
The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe
The word Queen is in the title of the book and in Hepburn's film The African Queen
Rufi Thorpe is female
TOTAL POINTS: 445
Kelly L25.9 - Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
Option 2: Dirty Dancing
Read a book with the MPG Romance (standalone or embedded),
Head Over Heels
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".
Hannah Orenstein = n O body puts baby in t H e corner
Option 4: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Read a book set at least 50% in Chicago.
Saving Ruby King is, according to the GR description, "Set in the South Side of Chicago..."
Points this post: 25
Total points this season: 200
Whitnie I10.2 - “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.
The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren It has the MPG Horror.
Total this post: 10
Total Points: 565
BB Tickets: 9
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the BooksOption 5: Joey - Read a book whose title has a word of at least three letters that can be made from the letters in GOINGCOMMANDO
Chosen book: Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman by Peter Korn
The word AND from the title is in GOINGCOMMANDO.
Points this post: 20 points
Total points: 20 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets: 0
GOs this post: 0
Total GOs: 0
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday MatineeOption 3 - Read a book with a MPG of Espionage or Thriller.
Chosen book: Thin Air by Lisa Gray
Has MPG Thriller.
Points this post: 20 points
Total points: 40 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets: 0
GOs this post: 0
Total GOs: 0
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite ThingsOption 2: read a book by Ernest Hemingway or by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
Chosen book: Freedom: Vintage Mini by Margaret Atwood
Initials M.A. can be found in ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
Points this post: 20 points
Total points: 60 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets: 0
GOs this post: 0
Total GOs: 0
G.Q. 30.10 Andy P.’s Task: Junk Food or Fitness?
Book 1: Read a book that have a word in the title or subtitle that can be made using only the letters in EXERCISE
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson ("Rise" can be found in EXERCISE)
Book 2: Read a book, the author of which must be the sole author of the book and must NOT have any of the letters in JUNKFOOD in his/her name.
Push by Sapphire
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 385
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 23
Oma122910.9 - Turn It Up
Pick one song from this list of 50 Best Summer Songs
Using that song, read a book with title of at least 3 words where the first letter of every title word appears in the song title. Subtitle are excluded.
The Last Trial by Scott Turow
The song that I chose is That Last Summer.
Total Points-435/1205
Total Tasks-28/65
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
10.9 - Turn It UpA book in which the first letter of every word in the title appears in a song title from Best Summer Songs #8 "It's Summer": The Sweeney Sisters by Lian Dolan
Points this post: 10
Total points: 470
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!In honor of the show airing 31 seasons, your book must be at least 310 Pages.
Option 1: Read a book with over 15,000 Goodreads ratings. (15,001 or higher)
Chosen book: If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood by Gregg Olsen
Book has 428 pages and 58,758 ratings.
Points this post: 20 points
Total points: 80 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets: 0
GOs this post: 0
Total GOs: 0
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: CodenamesRead 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.
Chosen book: Dodge & Twist: A Sequel To Oliver Twist by Tony Lee
Word EDIT found in DodgE & TwIst, using 2 letters from each of the 2 words in the title.
eBook approved @ line #957 in the google doc.
Points this post: 20 points
Total points: 100 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets: 0
GOs this post: 0
Total GOs: 0
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.
Chosen book: The Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz
A year had passed since little Danny’s death, Tina's son. But now she finds out he is actually alive and being experimented upon in a government research facility and sets upon freeing him.
Points this post: 20 points
Total points: 120 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets: 0
GOs this post: 0
Total GOs: 0
25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little PillRead one book of at least 500 pages that matches two of the following options.
Option 1: Read a book with a 2 and a 5 in the page number.
Option 2: 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.
Chosen book: The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
Option 1: The edition I read has 526 pages. **Claiming 1 BB ticket**
Option 2: The title has consonants 'ss' from Brass and author has 'nn' from Shannon (the S. in S.A. Chakraborty stands for Shannon). Book has a single author.
Points this post: 25 points
Total points: 145 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets: 1
GOs this post: 0
Total GOs: 0
ZachFor Task 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books I chose Option 2: Monica. I read A Gathering of Shadows which features a competition between elemental magicians from different nation-states. It was also featured on the list provided in the task description for competition books.
This book is also over 500 pages so I would like to claim one big book ticket.
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Totals:
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Points: 55
BBTs: 1
GOTs: 0
Boston Kate
5.5 Summer Blockbusters
Fire Touched
using "Fire" from #47 "In the Line of Fire"
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Boston Kate
10.9 Turn it Up
Beneath the Sugar Sky
using "I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)"
4 word title, letters BTSS found in song title
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Boston Kate
20.9 Eureka!
Option 2: Queenie
As a black woman, Queenie often claims that she feels like an outsider. She is one of only 4 non-white employees at her job (and is asked to be on a poster for diversity because of it). She feels that she's not taken seriously when she wants to write pieces on discrimination/BLM issues and her boss dismisses each one.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
Boston Kate
30.10 Junk Food or Fitness?
Book 1: Watch Us Rise
"Rise" can be made from the letters EXERCISE
I read the ebook, so I'm linking to the highest-rated paperback, which has 353 pages
Book 2: Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie is the sole author of the book and her name doesn't include any of the letters in JUNKFOOD
I read the ebook, so I'm linking to the highest-rates MMPB, which has 315 pages
total number of pages = 668
Points this post: 30
Total points: 75
5.1 See You At The Movies I read The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides - initial M in movies
New Total: 100
5.4 Lights, Camera, Action! I read How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
This book is on the list "45 Days of Action" - currently #10 on the list
New Total: 105
G.Q. 10.7 - What Angels Eat
Read a book set at least 50% in Georgia.
The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us by Robert Kirkman
An article which explains that Walking Dead, the comic and TV show, takes place in modern-day Georgia.
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 395
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 24
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening LessonsOption 4:
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK.
The Loch by Steve Alten
Option 5: Japanese Maple
Read a book set at least 50% in Japan.
The Nakano Thrift Shop
Here are two websites that mention the setting of The Nakano Thrift Shop is Japan:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-...
(Scroll to Publishers Weekly quote in the Overview.)
https://samstillreading.wordpress.com...
Points this post: 30
Total points: 285
Pamela32655.10 - Carefree Summer Days
The Heart of a Vicar by Sarah M. Eden
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 355
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
Pamela326510.3 - This is CNN.
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates
CN-ChaNge
N-momeNt
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 365
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
Pamela326515.5 - Again, Really?
Rakes and Roses by Josi S. Kilpack (Mayfield Family #3) – I read the first book in this series on 1/26/19
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 380
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
Pamela326520.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
Option 1: The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 400
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
10.8 Go Your Own WayAmerican Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
This was on the February 2020 list
https://www.indiebound.org/indie-next...
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 125
30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”OPTION 1
Book 1: A. Read a book with a SINGLE word title
Stranded (Military Investigations #7) by Debby Giusti
Book 2: C. Read a book that is part of a series of at least 5 books
Plain Peril (Apple Creek #2) by Alison Stone
Apple Creek Series (8 primary works to date)
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 14
Season Total: 695
Anja20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 3. Read a book having the author's first and last initials in SOLARIS.
The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 220
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 11
Anja20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 4 - Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where every initial letter in the title can be found in The Ben Franklin Library AND whose authors’ initials can be found in The Ramona Theatre.
A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 240
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 12
Anja20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codename
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.
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
linking word: tire
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 260
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 13
Whitnie I5.8 - 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).
Furies of Calderon First published in 2004.
I am requesting a BB ticket for this book: 505 pages
Total this post: 5
Total Points: 560
BB tickets: 10
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15.7 Hurricane season is here again!: author name matches name of a 2020 Pacific hurricane name, Marie
Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 590
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 47
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1