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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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G.Q. 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 6: Chandler
Read a book with the letters BE intact in the title.
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 415
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 25
Andy P.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 Many Rivers to Cross by Peter Robinson Peter matches Peter Finch (1956)
Book 2. 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 Clock Dance by Anne Tyler Anne matches Anne Bancroft (1962 and 1964))
Points this post: 15
Total points: 685
Margaret LTask #30.10: Junk Food or Fitness?
Book 1: Title containing word “Exercise”
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
{272 pages}
Book 2: Author name does not have letters “JUNKFOOD”
A Whole New World by Liz Braswell
{376 pages}
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Whitnie I25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
Choose one from each of two different options, or one book of at least 500 pages that matches two of the following options.
REQUIRED: State the options you chose.
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.
The Elf Queen of Shannara Terry Brooks. The NN in Shannara and the RR in Terry. This book has 416 pages.
Option 4: Dogma
Read a book that won or was nominated for a Nebula Award for any year. This link may help: Nebula Awards by Year.
REQUIRED: The Nebula Award or nomination for it must be noted in the book's metadata.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane. This book was nominated in 2013. This book is 181 pages.
Total this post: 25
Total Points: 585
BB Tickets: 10
Nick KY50.1 Bucket’s Choices
1.A. abandoned in 2015, I read the complete The Interesting Narrative and other writings by Olaudah Equiano
2.A. I read Oroonoko by Aphra Behn, # 1106, p. 12 of the 1001 book to read list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
3.B. Previously I read and gave 5 *s to Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin. For this task I read a book on the "Readers also enjoyed" list for Notes of a Native Son -- the book I read is Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 750
Nick KY30.9 Beth NC’s Summer Fun
Opt. 3. Bio of Film Actress I read Sophia Loren: A BIOGRAPHY by Warren G. Harris.
Opt. 4 # 49 on Wine and Kleenex list, I read Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 780
30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know”Option 3: To remember to finish what I begin.
Read the next whole number book in a series that you have begun before the Summer Challenge.
Required: State that you began the series before this season.
To try to keep my temper most of the time. (Still working on this one- 50 years later..)
I read The Golden Tresses of the Dead. I started reading this series in June 2011.
Option 4: To go to interesting places.
Read a book set at least 50% in a country on a continent different from your own.
Required: Identify your continent
I read The History of Love, 50% of which takes place in Poland, which is in Europe.
points: 235
Books read: 15
tasks completed: 13
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
pages read: 5446
15.9 - Facts Matter!. 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 read Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man, which has the MPG History.
points: 250
Books read: 17
Tasks complete: 13
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Pages read: 5671
SALLY M.15.5 Again, Really?: book in series with whole number greater than 1, in which you’ve already read book 1 before May 15
10 Things I Hate About Pinky by Sandhya Menon
I read book 1 on June 18, 2017
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 605
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 48
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
SALLY M.20.5 Cover Tropes
Option 3: MPG Nonfiction + and a white cover that has only a single object/image depicted, or no image
The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale
(I read the ebook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 625
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 49
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
SALLY M.20.6 Springfield!
Option 1: 15,000+ Goodreads ratings
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
416 > 310 pages
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 645
Tasks completed: 38
Books read: 50
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
10.3 This is CNNRead a NONFICTION book that includes the letters CNN, at least one C and two Ns, in the title and/or subtitle.
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 255
Total Books Read: 17
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Pages Read: 4731
Big Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies Read: 1
10.9 Turn It Up Read a book with title of at least 3 words where the first letter of every title word appears in the song title.
Song: Chamakay
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 265
Total Books Read: 18
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Total Pages Read: 5039
Big Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies Read: 1
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie AwardsFor this task, I chose
Option 1 (no people on cover): The Ugliest House in the World: Stories by Peter Ho Davies.
The book's cover has no people, per the requirement:
Option 4 (author initials consecutively in "WorstRecklessDisregard forHumanLifeandPublicProperty": I read The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 4: The Tempest by Alan Moore
The author initials come in the correct sequence in the string "worstrecklessdisregArdforhuManlifeandproperty".
Points this post: 25
Points this challenge: 140
Big book tickets: 4
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
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I read Modesty Blaise, found on page 4of the Books with Action Heroines list. Currently #384.
total points: 655
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I chose option 1 and read
. Top genre is Historical>Historical Fiction. Person on cover has back to us. I listened to and linked to the audiobook, top pb (no MMPB) is The Water Dancer.total points: 675
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I chose the one book option and read a kindle ARC of
.The top paperback (no MMPB) is
-512 pages.This satisfies option 1 - 2 and 5 in 512 pages.
It also satisfies option 3 - hand on cover (holding her sword)
total points: 700
Amy FL5.2 - I'd Watch That
Girl, Stolen - page 17 of list (#1690)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 390
Amy FL10.6 - Get Counted
Close to Home - 369 pages (39393261617)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 400
5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!Midnight Rainbow (Rescues #1) by Linda Howard
Romantic Suspense Full of ACTION (page 8)
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 14
Season Total: 700
Anja20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Option 2: Read a book in which a character is either out of their element or is often made to feel like an outsider.
Liebes Kind by Romy Hausmann
Hannah and Jonathan are having trouble adapting when rescued from lifelong captivity.
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 280
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 14
G.Q.nevermind! realized one of my books did not work!
Joanna T20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 3(B) - Author initials in SOLARIS
Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart
Task total: 20
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Total points: 240
BB: 4
GO: 1
Julia10330.2 - Cat's Task: Reading in the Valleys
Option 1: A Legacy of Spies by John le Carré
This book is a re-read, previously read in 2018
Option 3: Friends of Alice Wheeldon (WALES: W in Wheeldon, AL in ALice, ES in FriEndS)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 540
BB tickets: 7
GO tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 44
Amy B 20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
This is a one book task. Your book must be at least 310 Pages
Option 1: Read a book with over 15,000 Goodreads ratings. (15,001 or higher)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (over 189,000 ratings - 391 pages)
This Post: 20 Points
To Date: 445 Points
30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know”Option 3: To remember to finish what I begin.
Read the next whole number book in a series that you have begun before the Summer Challenge.
The Boy in the Snow (Edie Kiglatuk #2) by M.J. McGrath
I began the series before this season
Option 4: To go to interesting places.
Read a book set at least 50% in a country on a continent different from your own.
In Search of Us by Ava Dellaira
Set 100% in America while I'm in Australia
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 14
Season Total: 730
JUKKA5.6 - Somebody Set the Clock
Book with the letters VCR found in any order in the title/subtitle, series title, and/or author's name.
Pathfinder Adventure Path #104: Wrath of Thrune by Thurston Hillman, part two of Hell's Vengeance. V and C in "Vengeance", R in "Wrath".
At 92 pages, it's my one 80-99-pager for the challenge.
Total Points: 5/1205
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/65
Big Books Total:
Golden Oldies Total:
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30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 1 - Beyond Just Us - first published May 19 2020
Option 4 - The Dragon Republic - R.F. Kuang - LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK
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30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 1 - Beyond Just Us - first published May 19 2020
Option 4 - Bound to the Bear - Kathy Lyons - LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK
Delicious Dee5.5 - Summer Blockbusters
The Dragon Republic - for How to Train your DRAGON 2
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 925
Task 10.10 – You Like Me You Really Like MeAverage Goodreads Rating is over 3.5 = 4.06
Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter - 269 pg
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 255 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Delicious Dee5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!
Show No Mercy - #25 on listopia Romantic Suspense Full of Action
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 930
Delicious Dee25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home
Book A - The Gilded Hour - purchased in 2013; 2 big book tickets - I read kindle edition - most popular PB has 768pgs (The Gilded Hour)
Book B - At Her Command - first published June 3, 2020; 1 big book ticket - I read kindle edition, paperback has 503pgs (At Her Command)
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 955
Kelly L30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
OPTION 1
Book 1: B. Read a book with a SINGLE person on the cover – it does not need to be a full figure, as long as it can be seen as a single person
With the Fire on High
Book 2: A. Read a book with a title of 5 words or more
So You Want to Talk About Race
7 words in title
Points this post: 30
Total points this season: 230
Task 30.7 - Nights at the Drive-inoption 1: read a book with a night scene (stars &/ moon present) on the cover
The Relentless Moon
I read the kindle ed linked above. PB: The Relentless Moon - 544 pages; claiming 1 BB tix
option 3: read a book with a 3+word title, initial letters found in CAKES
A Second Chance
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920 points
9 BB tix
CoffeegirlTask: 20.8 - Codenames
Book: Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
Linking word: DIE (eIght pErfect murDers)
Points this task: 20
Total Points; 415
Reposting (frozen computer)Coffeegirl
Task: 30.3 Gardening Lessons
Option 3: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
page count: 325
Option 4: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Initials DO found in District national park
Points this task: 30
Total points: 445
CoffeegirlTask: 20.1 The one with all the Books
Option 1: Rachel
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 465
CoffeegirlTask 25.9 Some of my Favorite Summer Movies
Option 1: Back Of Beyond by C.J. Box
B.O.B. in "yOu're gonna need a Bigger Boat"
Option 2: A Whole New Light by Sandra Brown
S.B. in "noBody putS baby in the corner"
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 490
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday MatineeOption 1: Books Turned Into Disney Movies - Peter Pan Classic Tales Edition by J.M. Barrie
IL: MY
BL: 7.7
AR Pts: 8.0
Total: 130
30.5 Two of a KindOption 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.
C - Read 2 books that explore the same subject (must be a more specific connection than just MPG or shared author)
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe
Both are memoirs by Black women discussing, among other topics, weight, body image and relationships with food.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 295
Total Books Read: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Pages Read: 5599
Big Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies Read: 1
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the BooksOption 5: Joey - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
WORD: AND
TOTAL: 150
SALLY M.10.1 OK Boomer: author born between 1946 and 1964 inclusive
Elevation by Stephen King, born 1947 (mentioned here)
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 655
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 51
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
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Task 25.8 - Amy FL’s Task: I’ll Be Back.
option 2, title words OLL in POLYALLOY: One Last Lie by Paul Doiron
I read the kindle One Last Lie
option 4, female author SF: Network Effect by Martha Wells
I read the kindle Network Effect
total = 815
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25.9 - Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
option 1, title letters BDG in Need Bigger: Becoming Duchess Goldblatt: A Memoir by Duchess Goldblatt
option 4, set 50%+ in Chicago: Broken Places by Tracy Clark
I read the kindle Broken Places
total = 840
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25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
option 1, book in series, #10: Hid from Our Eyes by Julia Spencer-Fleming
option 3, author initials AA in Animals: The Revelators by Ace Atkins
total = 865
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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.
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
This book has an average rating of 3.86
TOTAL POINTS: 455