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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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30.2 - Cat's Task: Reading in the Valleys
option 2, this was a reread- previously July 2018, humor genre: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
option 3, Wales letters in title - wasteland: Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
total = 920
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30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
option 2, mpg Scotland: Where's Me Plaid?: A Scottish Roots Odyssey by Scott Crawford
I read the kindle Where's Me Plaid?: A Scottish Roots Odyssey
option 3, 2 and 3 page number: A Dangerous Breed by Glen Erik Hamilton, 432 pages
total = 950
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30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Nights at the Drive-in
option 1, night cover:
The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light by Paul Bogardoption 2, swing title: Swing: A Mystery by Rupert Holmes
total = 980
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30.8 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The Karate Fan Club
karate dojo fiction: Dark of the Moon by John Sandford
kar in dark, a in sandford, te in the, do in sandford, jo in john, 373 pages
karate dojo NF: Gone at Midnight: The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam by Jake Anderson
ka in jake, ra in anderson, t in midnight, e in gone, do in anderson, j on jake, o in gone, 368 pages
373 + 368 = 741
total = 1010
Andy P.Task # 25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home
Book 1. Read a book that you have had in your possession before 1 January 2020.
Fox Evil by Minette Walters I have had this one on my shelf since 2010.
Book 2.
Support those authors with cancelled launches by reading a book first published in March - July 2020.
The K Team by David Rosenfelt Book published 3/24/20
Points this post: 25
Total points: 710
Mary P20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 2:Read a book with the MPG of Horror.
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
Rockynook25.8 - I'll Be Back
Option 2: Title 3+ words with each initial in MIMETIC POLYALLOY
The Interpretation of Cultures by Clifford Geertz
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose name is comprised of two first names
Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah (names are #79 and #27 on the Top Baby Names List)
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 415
Rockynook15.10 - Let's Travel (Through Books)!
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
Best Traveling Vicariously list on page 2
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 430
Jennifer KS----Repost30.6 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
I started this series in April 2020
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 210
Total Books Read: 15
Total Pages Read: 4745
Big Books Read: 0
Creynard15.5 - Again, Really?
The Decoy Date by Mira Lyn Kelly
The Decoy Date is book #4 in the Wedding Date series.
I read book 1 in the series, May the Best Man Win in April 2020.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
'10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
3.90 average rating
Total Points = 160
Creynard15.7 - Hurricane season is here again!
Would Like to Meet by Rachel Winters
Author's name: Rachel, which is also a name on this year's Pacific Hurricane Named Storms list.
Points this post: 15
Points total: 30
Creynard10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Just This Once by Mira Lyn Kelly
Must have an average rating of 3.5.
Just this Once Average Rating: 3.93
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 40
Pages read: 999
Scooter&Siam15.6 Red Carpet — Read a book with “something red” on the cover.
Read Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne
“something red = the sub-title, dress, and headdresspoints: 15
Total: 110
Margaret LTask #10.3: This is CNN.
Nonfiction book with letters “C, N, N” in title/subtitle
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow
Catch aNd kill: lies, spies, aNd...
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
15.9 Facts Matter - NF sports genreThe Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Pts: 15
Total/challenge: 15
30.1 Stay SafeOpt 1
Bk 1A - book with single word title
Gilead
Opt 1
Bk 2C - book from a series with 5 booksDevil's Daughter (Ravenels #5)
Pts: 30
Total/challenge: 45
Total: 45
30.2 Reading in the Valleys - one books must be a rereadOpt 1 - by Charles Dickens(BiL) John le Carré (sis), Terry Pratchett
The Color of Magic
Opt 3 letters of WALES in title/subtitle
A Walk Across the Sun
WAL - in "walk"
E - in "the"
S - in "sun"
This book is a reread
Pts: 30
Total/challenge: 75
30.3 Gardening LessonsOpt 4 auth init in LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK
Highfire by Eoin Colfer
E in lakE, C in distriCt
Opt 5 set in Japan
Salvation of a Saint - set in Tokyo, Japan
Pts: 30
Total/challenge: 105
30.6 All I Really Need to KnowOpt 3 - next in series that you begun before start of Summer Challenge -
It's in His Kiss
I started this series before the beginning of the summer challenge.
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 live in North America
Britt-Marie Was Here - set in Sweden (Europe)
Pts: 30
Total/challenge: 135
30.10 Junk Food or Fiction >600 pgsBk 1 - Read a book, the title/subtitle of which must contain the word EXERCISE (exactly, no variations) OR have a word in the title or subtitle that can be made using only the letters in EXERCISE. The word must contain at least 3 letters. Letters can be used only as often as they appear in EXERCISE.
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars - 338 pgs
Rise 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.
Gold by Chris Cleave - 384 pgs
338+336+ 674 pgs
Pts: 30
Total/challenge:
30.11 Escape >500 pgsOpt 1 - Science Fiction or Fantasy genre
Morning Star - 524 pgs
* Claiming BB ticket
Opt 3. Escape to another time. Read a book with the main page genre history or historical fiction or time travel. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
How to Stop Time - 325 pgs
time travel genre and set in England which also satisfies Opt. 2 (in case genre drops off) - set at least 50% in a country that I have never visited which I have not visited England before
524+325=849 pgs
Pts: 30
Total/challenge: 195
BB ticket/post: 1
TessaVanessa Challenge 10.3 This is CNN.
Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos by Lucy Knisley
Points this post: 10
Total points: 810
Tasks completed: 48/65
Books read: 67
TessaVanessa Challenge 20.4 Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 2: Snitch by Norah McClintock
Initials in Ernest Hemingway
Points this post: 20
Total points: 830
Tasks completed: 49/65
Books read: 68
TessaVanessa Challenge 25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home
Book 1: The Buried Girl by Richard Montanari
I got this book before 1/1/20
Book 2: A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones
Published April 7 , 2020
Points this post: 25
Total points: 855
Tasks completed: 50/65
Books read: 70
TessaVanessa Challenge 25.12 Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
Option 1: Without Mercy by Jefferson Bass
Body Farm #10
Option 4: Every Little Bad Idea by Caitie McKay.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 880
Tasks completed: 51/65
Books read: 72
TessaVanessa Challenge 30.8 Aprilleigh’s Task: The Karate Fan Club
Book 1: Jackson Hole Valentine by Cindy Kirk
Book 2: The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter by John E. Douglas
Points this post: 30
Total points: 910
Tasks completed: 52/65
Books read: 74
Margaret LTask #25.6: The Razzie Awards
Choose 2 options:
Option 1: no people on cover
Optic Nerve by María Gainza
Option 2: at least 100,000 Goodreads ratings
There There by Tommy Orange
Points: 25
Total points : 65
5.2 - I'd Watch ThatRead a book found on the Books That Should Be Made Into Movies Listopia.
Required: State which page the book can be found on when you post.
I read Hex Hall which is #78 on the list.
Points: 265
Books read: 19
tasks completed: 16
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Pages read: 6306
DeborahPost #6
5.10 - Carefree Summer Days
Hopcross Jilly #1-6
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 95
Books Read: 7
Tasks Done: 6
20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: MindfulnessOpt 3b: " having the author's first and last initials in SOLARIS."
I read Normal People by Sally Rooney.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 40
Number of tasks complete: 2
Number of books: 2
Big Book: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 10.6 - 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 Broken Girls - 336 pages
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 635
BB Tickets: 11
GO Tickets: 2
DeborahPost #7
15.8 - Parasite
Idol Thoughts (A K-Pop Reverse Harem Trilogy): An Atlantis Entertainment Book
Setting: Seoul, South Korea (Korea, Republic of)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 8
Tasks Done: 7
Task 10.8 - Go Your Own Wayread a book found on the Feb 2020 IndieNext list
Highfire
https://www.indiebound.org/indie-next...
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930 points
9 BB tix
10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.” MPG of Horror or Thriller - Read The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. This has an MPG of Horror.
This book was first published in 1909 so I claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket.
Points these task: 10
Total points: 85
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 7
15.1 - Moms and DadsBook 1. Read a book by a female author that was first published during your mother's lifetime, but not your own.
Mom born 1941
Me, 1963
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare published 1958
Book 2. Read a book written by a male author, first published during your father's lifetime, but not your own.
Father born 1939
Me, 1963
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene published 1951
New Points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 285
GO:1
G.Q. 15.2 - The BAFTAs
Book 1 – read a book where the author's name matches the name of the winner of the BAFTA for male leading actor.
The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire by Robert Kirkman (Robert Redford, 1970)
Book 2 - Read a book where the author's name matches the name of the winner of the BAFTA for female leading actress.
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (Elizabeth Taylor, 1966)
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 430
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 26
Bookwrm526Task #25.1 - Hair Love
Option 1: Read a book with the word HAIR or LOVE intact in the title or subtitle. I read LoveMurder by Saul Black.
Option 3: Read a book that is short, between 100-200 pages, inclusive. I read Murder in the Midlands: Larry Gene Bell and the 28 Days of Terror that Shook South Carolina by Rita Y. Shuler (160p).
Total points so far: 545
Creynard20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 2: Monica - Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) with a competition as a central focus. A competition must have a defined set of rules and a winner.
Anything You Can Do by R.S. Grey
Two high school rivals return to their small town after finishing medical school and compete to be named the successor of the local doctor's office.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 60
Pages read: 2517
30.3 Gardening Lessons Option 1: Emily Dickinson/Gardener: Read a book first published in December or May of any year.
A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight
*Published May 5, 2020*
Option 4: Beatrix Potter Legacy: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK.
Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 325
Total Books Read: 22
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Pages Read: 6269
Big Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies Read: 1
Delicious Dee10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
The Long Walk - shelved as horror by 2359ppl
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 965
Delicious Dee5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40
Dare to Desire - first published march 2014
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 970
Delicious Dee20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 1 -
- chair in the lower right cornerPoints this Post: 20
Total Points: 990
Delicious Dee25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 2 - Such a Fun Age - currently has 122,928 ratings
Option 4 - Dare to Love - Carly Phillips - WorstRecklessDisregardForHumanLifeAndPublicProperty
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 1015
Rockynook15.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performer
Book 1 requirement: word in the title/subtitle that matches a word from Hepburn's Filmography.
Book 2 requirement: book written by a female author
Option 2: one book that fits both requirements
Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira
Hepburn film: Love Among the Ruins Matching Word: Love
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 445
JEN B20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 2: read a book by Ernest Hemingway or by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
Holding by Graham Norton
GN in HEMINGWAY
TOTAL POINTS: 475
Repost of post 220330.6 - 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.
I read The Golden Tresses of the Dead. i started this series 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 live in the US which is in North America. I read The History of Love, which takes place 50% in Poland, which is in Europe.
Option 5: To know about trees and flowers and birds.
Read a book with a genre Environment, Nature, Gardening, or Animals > Birds. The genres Environment, Nature, and Gardening may be standalone or embedded.
P.S. I was a Blue Bird then a Camp Fire Girl!!!
points: 255
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25.13 - SandyL's Task: Dog Days of Summer
option 1, title letters AYOU in DOG DAYS OF SUMMER: One Year of Ugly: A Novel by Caroline Mackenzie
option 4, from Summer Beach Reads page 1, #41: Chasing Forever Down by Nikki Chartier
I read the kindle Chasing Forever Down
total = 890