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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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G.Q. 20.10 - Group Reads
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers by Victor LaValle (Post 15 on discussion board)
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 490
Completed Tasks: 30
Books Read: 37
Pages Read: 12, 663
Kelly L25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 2: Read a book with at least 100,000 ratings on Goodreads.
Exit West has 102,528 GR ratings at time of posting
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found consecutively, from left to right in the phrase WorstRecklessDisregardForHumanLif [eA] ndPublicProperty.
Everything Here Is Under Control by Emily Adrian = EA bolded above
Points this post: 25
Total points this season: 255
Pamela326520.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
Option 1:
by Heather MorrisPoints 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
Pamela326520.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 3:
by David BaldacciPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 420
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
Julia10315.6. The Red Carpet
The word GRIEF is in red.
This post: 15 points
Total points: 570
BB tickets: 7
GO tickets: 4
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 47
Janice CA15.10 - Let's Travel (Through Books)!
I read a book from the "Best Traveling Vicariously" list.
The book is on page 7 and is #513 on the list.
That Bear Ate My Pants! by Tony James Slater
+15
total: 75
tasks: 4
books: 5
5.9 - Take Me AwayThe True Story of Butterfish by Nick Earls
MPG Humor
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 14
Season Total: 775
5.3 - World CinemaRead a book set at least 50% in a country where the total number of English speakers is below 50%
Enid
This book has been translated from French and is set in the original French location.
Points this task: 5
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 150
Total Tasks completed: 10
Total Golden oldies: 6
Total Big Book tickets: 0
task 15.6 - Again, Really?read a whole number series book, whose #1 in series I read before May 2020
Just for Fun
#4 in series
I read #1 in Oct 2017
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980 points
9 BB tix
Bookwrm526Task #20.5 - Cover Tropes
Option 3: Read a book with main page genre nonfiction (embedded is ok) and a white (or off-white, beige, grey) cover that has only a single object/image depicted, or no image (only words). I read The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster by Sarah Krasnostein.
Total points so far: 575
Rockynook30.11 - Escape!
Option 3: Read a book with the main page genre history or historical fiction or time travel
Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
Option 5: On List Best Lighthearted Literature, page 1
All-American Girl by Meg Cabot
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 535
Coffeegirl30.5 Two of a Kind
Option 2
A - both books from the same series:
The Selection by Kiera Cass
The Elite by Kiera Cass
Points this task: 30
Total points: 550
JUKKA5.1 - See You at the Movies
Book whose author has at least one initial in MOVIES.
LaGuardia by Nnedi Okorafor.
Total Points: 10/1205
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/65
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
JUKKA10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Book with MPG Horror or Thriller.
Monstress, Vol. 4: The Chosen by Marjorie M. Liu has Horror.
Total Points: 20/1205
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3/65
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
JUKKA10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Book with average rating of at least 3.5.
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 8: Old Is the New New by Kieron Gillen has average rating 3.58.
Total Points: 30/1205
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4/65
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
JUKKA15.5 - Again, Really?
Book that's a sequel.
Paper Girls, Vol. 5 by Brian K. Vaughan. I read the first part of the series on April 7th, 2017.
Total Points: 45/1205
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5/65
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
JUKKA15.6. The Red Carpet.
Book with something red on the cover.
Paper Girls, Vol. 6 by Brian K. Vaughan.
All the characters are red.
Total Points: 60/1205
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6/65
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
JUKKA20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 6: Book with BE intact in title.
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden.
Total Points: 80/1205
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7/65
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
JUKKA15.9 - Facts Matter!
Nonfiction book with MPG of one of the original Trivial Pursuit categories.
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara has History.
Total Points: 95/1205
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8/65
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
JUKKA25.1 - Lois's Task: Hair Love
Option 3: Book with 100-200 pages.
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark has 130 pages in paperback.
Option 4: Graphic novel or graphic memoir.
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 9: Okay by Kieron Gillen has MPG Graphic Novel.
Total Points: 120/1205
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 9/65
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
JUKKA30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Option 1: Book with MPG Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy.
The Deep by Rivers Solomon.
Option 3: Book with MPG History, Historical Fiction, or Time Travel.
The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley.
Total Points: 150/1205
Total Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 8/65
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like MeRunner
Previous points 115
Points this post 10
Current points 125
Helen B20.1 - The One With All the Books
Option 3.
A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier
Smelly cAT
Total points 235
JUKKA30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
Option 1
Book 1A: Book with a single-word title.
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire.
Book 2A: Book with a title of five or more words.
The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein by Farah Mendlesohn.
Total Points: 180/1205
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 9/65
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Shawn H.30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
Option 1
Book 1- B: Single Person on Cover
by Jessica SimpsonBook 2 - A: Read a book with a title of 5 words or more
If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O'Brien
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 65
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
15.5 Again, Really?Red War by Kyle Mills
This is the 17th book in the series. I read book 1 in this series in July, 2012.
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 150
Task 25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the KingOption 2: White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, finished 7/31
- 5 O's when including the subtitle
Option 5: Dominicana, finished 7/12
Author: Angie Cruz
Points this task: 25
Total points: 945
Mod
I read Vintage Crime- I read the kindle edition, linked to the pb edition (no MMPB).
VCR - Vintage CRime.
total points: 705
Mod
I read I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood - I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no MMPB)
Top MPG is Humor.
total points: 710
Mod
I read The Darkest Evening - I read a kindle ARC, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
This is #9 in the Vera Stanhope series. I read #1, The Crow Trap, on September 3, 2019.
total points: 725
Mod
I read The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward.
Amanda is on the Pacific Hurricane Names list.
total points: 740
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
IL: MG BL: 5.7 AR PTs: 10.0
Points Total: 490
Completed Tasks: 30
Books Read: 37
Pages Read: 12, 663
Task 5.6 - Somebody Set the ClockBook: In Five Years, finished 7/31
by Rebecca Serle
Points this task: 5
Total points: 950
Andy P.Task # 25.10 - Rina's Task: Working out during quarantine
Option 1: Fitness Blender
Task 1. Read a book written by a married author.
The New Husband by D.J. Palmer (376 p.) Palmer 's bio on his main page indicates that he is married
Task 3. Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle containing both letters F and B.
The Beautiful Dead by Belinda
Bauer
B and F in Beautiful (352 p.)
page count: 376 + 352 =728 p.> 500 page requirement
Points this post: 25
Total points: 775
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.9 - Take Me Away
I read Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's by Tiffany Midge. Humor is an MPG.
Previous point total: 0
New points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Total tasks completed: 1
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.1 - See You at the Movies
I read I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider. S is in MOVIES.
Previous point total: 5
New points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Total tasks completed: 2
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.6 - Somebody Set the Clock
I read Virgin River by Robyn Carr (mass market paperback for length). V and R are found in the title, C in the author's last name.
Previous point total: 10
New points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Total tasks completed: 3
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard Name: List_addict5.9: Take Me Away
A MPG of Humour or a book from the included list: Popular Funny Books
Friends Without Benefits by Penny Reid
Page 4
Total this challenge: 15
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.6 Get Counted
I read Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert. The book is 361p long - 3 and 6 are in the population size, 1 is in the state number.
Previous point total: 15
New points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Total tasks completed: 4
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
G.Q. 10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller.
The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before by Robert Kirkman
Points Total: 500
Completed Tasks: 31
Books Read: 38
Pages Read: 12, 798
30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in a country you have never visited.
Some Like It Scottish (352 pages) I’ve never been to Scotland.
Option 5: Read a book from one of the following lists:
Best Lighthearted Literature https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
or
Uplifting Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
Persuasion (301 pages) Found on page 1 of Best Lighthearted Literature.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 345
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."
I read
. The "something red" is the red writing. This book was approved on the help thread.points: 270
books read: 21
tasks completed: 16
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
pages read: 6671
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home
Book 1: I read Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn. According to the receipt still in the book, I bought this book in October 2013.
Book 2: I read Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson, first pubbed on May 19, 2020.
Previous point total: 25
New points this post: 25
Total points: 50
Total tasks completed: 5
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
I chose Option 2. I read
by Farrah Rochon. MPG Romance, two people on the cover, illustrated art, bright blue background.Previous point total: 50
New points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Total tasks completed: 6
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
JUKKA20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 4: Book that is first in a series and new to me.
Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald. It is the first part of the Luna trilogy, which is new to me.
Total Points: 200/1205
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 10/65
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
I read The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham, average rating of 3.96 stars as of July 31, 2020.
Previous point total: 70
New points this post: 10
Total points: 80
Total tasks completed: 7
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
JEN B20.1 - 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, not subtitle. Letters can appear in any word, but they must appear in that order
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
BE is in the title
TOTAL POINTS: 495
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
I chose Option 4. I read Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi. T and O in PIVOT
Previous point total: 80
New points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Total tasks completed: 8
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Read a nonfiction with CNN in the title.
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 110/1205
Tasks Completed: 8/65