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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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DeborahPost #8
30.2 - Cat's Task: Reading in the Valleys
2) Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs
MPG Humor locked in on task help thread post #6
3) The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf
REREAD (June 13, 2012)
W: Werewolf
A: Art
LE: Werewolf
S: Seducing
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 10
Tasks Done: 8
Julia10315.1 - Moms and Dads
Book 1: The Young Clementina by D.E. Stevenson
Female author (Per GR biography D.E. stands for Dorothy Emily).
My mother was born in 1929. I was born in 1960.
This book first published in 1935 so claiming one GO ticket.
Book 2: Space Cadet by Robert A. Heinlein
Male author.
My father was born in 1925. I was born in 1960.
This book first published in 1948 so claiming one GO ticket.
This post: 15 points, 2 GO
Total points: 555
BB tickets: 7
GO tickets: 4
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 46
Suzannesea20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
Option 1: Back to the History
Read a book with the main page genre Historical Fiction and one or more people facing away from you on the cover.
by Susan MeissnerPoints this post: 20
Total points to date: 165
25.5 - Sarah E's task: The Return of the KingOption 4: Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
❁ the handcuffs on her belt are metallic ❁
Option 5: All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney
❁ author's first and last initials (NC) found in VOLCANO ❁
Total points: 290 + 25 = 315
Oma122925.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
I chose options 1 & 3
REQUIRED: Specify in your post the options you chose.
Option 1:
For this option read a book that is part of a series. The book must be a whole number book in the series.
Miss Julia Knows a Thing or Two by Ann B. Ross
Option 3:
For this option read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in STUFFED ANIMALS. Middle initials can be ignored.
Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit
Total Points-475/1205
Total Tasks-30/65
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Oma122930.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
I chose Options 1 & 5
Option 1: Let’s Go to the Beach – Read a book set in a coastal or beach town.
Camino Winds by John Grisham
Option 5: Let’s Go Ride a Roller Coaster – Read a book with the main page genre Thriller. The genre can be standalone or embedded
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva
Total Points-505/1205
Total Tasks-31/65
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Helen B30.1 - “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
Option 1.
Book 1 B
Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood by William J. Mann
Single person on the cover.
Book 2 A
Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate: How the Alt-Right Is Warping the American Imagination by Alexandra Minna Stern
5+ words in title
Total points: 205
Beth NC25.1 Hair Love
Book 1 - FaceOff by David Baldacci
Option 2 MPG Short Stories
Book 2 - The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
Option 3 104 pages
Points: 25
Total Points: 335
Total Tasks: 20
Total Books: 27
Total Pages: 9635
Big Books: 2
Helen B10.1 - OK Boomer
Silence: A Christian History by Diarmaid MacCulloch
According to goodreads author was born in 1951.
Total points: 215
Beth NC25.5 The Return of the King
Book 1 -
by Faith HunterOption 4 Sword on Cover
Book 2 - Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Option 5 voLcanO
Points: 25
Total Points: 360
Total Tasks: 21
Total Books: 29
Total Pages: 10426
Big Books: 2
MEGSCL5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40
Written in My Own Heart's Blood - published 2014
**825 pages - 2 big book tickets
TOTAL TO DATE
340 points
5 big book
MEGSCL5.10
Successful Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide for Beginners
TOTAL TO DATE
345 points
5 big book
Beth NC25.6 The Razzie Awards
Book 1 -
by Tami HoagOption 1No person on Cover
Book 2 - The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Option 2 1,415,99 ratings
Points: 25
Total Points: 385
Total Tasks: 22
Total Books: 31
Total Pages: 11420
Big Books: 2
Task 30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”OPTION 1
Book 1:
C. Read a book that is STAND ALONE i.e. NOT part of a series
The Memory Police (1994) by Yōko Ogawa (female); translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder (Hardcover, 274 pages)
AND
Book 2:
A. Read a book with a title of 5 words or more
The White Magic Five and Dime (Tarot Mystery #1) (2014) by Steve Hockensmith (Goodreads Author), Lisa Falco (Paperback, 326 pages)
210 + 30 = 240
Tasks Completed: 14
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 210 + 30 = 240
Books read: 19
Pages read: 5,361
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Beth NC25.9 Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
Book 1 - River of No Return by Annie Bellet
Option 1 yOuR goNna need a biggeR boat
Book 2 - Born in Fire by Nora Roberts
Option 2 MPG Romance Nobody puts baby in the coRner
Points: 25
Total Points: 410
Total Tasks: 23
Total Books: 33
Total Pages: 12063
Big Books: 2
Rockynook30.3 - Gardening Lessons
Option 3: read a book whose page count contains a 2 and a 3.
Tales of the Field: On Writing Ethnography by John Van Maanen
Option 4: author whose first and last name initials can be found in LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK
What You Wish For by Katherine Center
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 475
Rockynook30.6 - "All I Really Need To Know”
Option 4: Read a book set at least 50% in a country on a continent different from your own. Required: Identify your continent
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
Set in England (Europe). I live in the United States (North America).
Option 5: Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars. Required: State the friend.
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter. My Goodreads friend Sherry rated this 5 stars.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 505
15.6. The Red Carpet.Read a book with something red on the cover.
REQUIRED: In your post, include the cover and specify the "something red."
The title is red.
[POINTS]
This post: 15
Total points: 140
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 8
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets:
15.5 - Again, Really?Until I Die (Revenants #2) by Amy Plum
I read book #1 in 2017
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 14
Season Total: 760
NICOLE OH20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 1: The Distant Hours over 64,000 ratings and has 562 pages
**The Distant Hours is a Big Book (562 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 520
BB claimed: 1
NICOLE OH25.9 - Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
Option 1: The Red Notebook you'Re goNna need a bigger boaT (title has at least three words the first letter of each can be found in the phrase)
Option 2: Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks MPG Romance plus N in Nobody, S in puts
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 545
BB claimed: 1
Coralie 30.11 Escape!
Option 2: Escape to another country - set in Nigeria. I have never been to Nigeria
The Famished Road
At 574 pages I would like to claim a big book ticket
Option 3: Escape to another time – book with MPG historical fiction
All Our Worldly Goods
Total to date 365 points
6 big books
NICOLE OH25.11 - Delicious Dee's Task: Space X
Option 1: The Caring Teacher: Strategies for Working Through Our Own Difficulties with Students by Gianna Cassetta and Margaret Wilson
Option 3: The Futures by Anna Pitoniak APatosaurus
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 570
BB claimed: 1
Margaret LTask # 20.4: A Few of My Favorite Things
I chose Option #2: a book whose author’s first and last initials can be found in “ERNEST HEMINGWAY”
We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
M & R:
eRnest heMingway
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Barbara ★30.4 - Wayne's task: Brockian Ultra-Cricket
Option 3: Read a book that has all the letters in either APOLOGIZE or SORRY in the book's title/subtitle.
Boundary Crossed - Melissa F. Olson 6/2
(bOundaRY crOSsed)
Option 4: Read a book from the Excellent Space Opera list.
Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard 7/20
(found on page 6)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 605
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★25.8 - Amy FL’s Task: I’ll Be Back.
Option 2: 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
Magic of Thieves - C. Greenwood 7/18
(M O T in MimeTic pOlyalloy)
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose name is comprised of two first names (middle names should be ignored).
Highland Dragon Warrior - Isabel Cooper 6/17
(both Isabel and Cooper are on the list)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 630
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★10.2 - “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.
Alice's Adventures in Steamland: The Clockwork Goddess - Wol-vriey 7/26
(MPG horror)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 640
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Coralie 10.10 You Like Me, You Really Like Me
Book with average rating at least 3.5
A Christmas Gathering: A NovelAverage rating 3.67
Total to date 375 points
Task 15.3 - Ford v. Ferrarione book option
read a book with the letters FERRARI in the subtitle and the letters FORD in the author name
The Guilty Feminist: From Our Noble Goals to Our Worst Hypocrisies by Deborah Frances-White
FE in FEminist
R in fRom
R in ouR
A in goAls
RI in hypocRIsies
F in Frances
ORD in DebORah
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965 points
9 BB tix
Bookwrm526Task #10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5. I read Land of Shadows by Rachel Howzell Hall (rating approved in help thread posts 22 and 23).
Total points so far: 555
30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!2. Read a book set at least 50% in a country you have never visited. State in your post that you have never visited the country. REQUIRED: If the setting is not clear in the GR description or metadata, include a link to a source establishing the setting.
Business as Usual
Set in London, England
claiming a golden oldie. Published in 1933
3. Read a book with the main page genre history or historical fiction or time travel.
August Folly
Genre: Historical Fiction
claiming a golden oldie. Published in 1936
Points this task: 30
Books read this task: 2
Golden oldie claimed this task: 2
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 145
Total Tasks completed: 9
Total Golden oldies: 6
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 9
Nick KYRepost:
Oops! I did not notice the page number requirement (Duh!) I need to redo this one. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sorry about that, moderators. It has taken a few days, but I have corrected – I hope.
50.1 Bucket’s Choices
1.A. I read The Interesting Narrative and other writings by Olaudah Equiano, abandoned in 2015 – 190 pp
2.A. I read The World According to Garp by John Irving # 93, p. 1 of the 1001 book to read list -- 603 pp
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The World According to Garp
3.B. Read in the past, Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin got 5 *s from me. From the Readers Also Enjoyed list for it, I read Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison. – 110 pp
190 + 603 + 110 = 903 pages > required 750
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 780
BBs: 500+ (4), 750+ (1) = 6 total BBs
Creynard15.6. The Red Carpet
Read a book with something red on the cover.
by Tessa BaileyThere is a red suitcase on the cover.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 55
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 7
Pages read: 2241
Queen Bee Darlene20.2 Rookie at the Top - Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
1) One or more chairs on cover
The Holdout by Graham Moore The Holdout
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 360
Creynard20.1 - 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.
Truth or Beard by Penny Reid
BE = Beard
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 75
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 8
Pages read: 2626
Sunshine30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2 - A
Book: Divine Tarot by Thea Harrison 7/9/20
Kinked by Thea Harrison 7/21/20
How it Fits: Both are from the sames series.
Divine Tarot - (Elder Races, #3.5, #4.5)
Kinked - (Elder Races, #6)
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 165
Books Read: 12
Sunshine25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 1
Book: The Sinner by Amanda Stevens 6/17/20
How it Fits:
Option 2
Book: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski 7/16/20
How it Fits: 175,110 Ratings
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 14
Rockynook25.13 - Dog Days of Summer
Option 2: all the letters of SIRIUS in the title - subtitles not included
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry by Mary Higgins Clark
kISS the gIRls and make them cry
Option 4: Summer Beach Reads list, page 1
Ladies' Night by Mary Kay Andrews
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 530
Andy P.Task # 25.13 - SandyL's Task: Dog Days of Summer
Option 1: Read a book with at least three words in the title where the first letter of each word is in DOG DAYS OF SUMMER.
Shakespeare for Squirrels by Christopher Moore DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
Option 2: Read a book with all the letters of SIRIUS in the title - subtitles not included.
Outwitting Squirrels: 101 Cunning Stratagems to Reduce Dramatically the Egregious Misappropriation of Seed from Your Birdfeeder by Squirrels by Bill Adler
Jr.
S in Squirrels
I in Outwitting
R in Squirrels
I in Squirrels
U in Squirrels
S in Squirrels
Points this post: 25
Total points : 750
G.Q. 5.10 - Carefree Summer Days
Read any book that meets the SRC rules.
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 460
Completed Tasks: 28
Books Read: 35
Pages Read: 11, 955
Task 5.9 - Take Me AwayBook: My Not So Perfect Life, finished 7/30
On page 10 of the list
Points this task 5
Total points: 870
NICOLE OH15.6. The Red Carpet.
red in the hair/under the word the. Approved in task help thread.Points this post: 15
Total Points: 585
BB claimed: 1
NICOLE OHSwitching some things around so...
UNCLAIM 30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Nights at the Drive-in
Option 2: Swing
Option 3: Not After Everything
Total Points: 585-30= 555
10.7 - What Angels EatThe Red-Haired Woman by Orhan Pamuk
Set 95% in Turkey
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 14
Season Total: 770
25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In ThreesRead 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 (NOT SUBTITLE). The letters do not need to be in order. Letters can be used only as often as they appear in the title.
Option C: Read a book that is part of a trilogy or a 3 book series.
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
THREE > THE pillaRs of thE earth
The Pillars of the Earth is part of a three book series (a fourth book, a prequel, is coming out later this year). It was approved here.
The edition I read had 976 pages. 976 > 500. I claim TWO Big Book tickets.
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 190
Total BB tickets: 3
Total GO tickets: 1
Kathy KS30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Choose two of the following options, and read one book for each.
Your two books combined should have at least 500 pages.
Option 1. Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy, standalone or embedded.
The Falling Woman
MPG: Fantasy 148 users
287 p.
Option 3. Read a book with the main page genre history or historical fiction or time travel. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
The Arrangement
MPG: Historical > Historical Fiction 126 users
I listened to an audio version [mmpb=374 p. (Un mariage surprise)]
Total pages: 287+374=661 [>500]
*****
Points for this task: 30
Total points : 345
Tasks completed: 17
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Task 50.1- Bucket's Task: Toss Away the Could Haves and Should HavesBook 1 - Option B: One Rainy Night, finished 7/30.
Added to my TBR 24 September 2015
Book 2 - Option A: Animal Farm, finished 7/21
On page 1 of the list
Book 3 - Option B: The Things We Cannot Say, finished 7/27
Similar to What She Left Behind, which I rated 5 stars
Points this task: 50
Total points: 920
G.Q. 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.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (276 pages) by Mildred D. Taylor
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 470
Completed Tasks: 29
Books Read: 36
Pages Read: 12, 231
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30.11 Escape!!
Book 1 - Iron Bones by Yasmine Galenorn
Option 1 MPG Fantasy
Book 2 - The Alchemist's Daughter by Katharine McMahon
Option 2 MPG Historical Fiction
Points: 30
Total Points: 310
Total Tasks: 19
Total Books: 25
Total Pages: 9124
Big Books: 2