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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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10.9 - Turn It UpPick one song from this list of 50 Best Summer Songs
#21 It was a Good Day by Ice Cube
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.
Am I the Only One by E.K. Blair
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 145
Total Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 11
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the BooksOption 6: Chandler
Read a book with the letters BE intact in the title
Beautiful Criminal by M.N. Forgy
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 165
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 12
Kristen IA5.2 - I'd Watch That
Read 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.
Cress by Marissa Meyer
Page 3, #299
*******I claim 1 BB Ticket for 552 pages*******
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 40/1205
Tasks Completed: 3/65
BB: 1
GO: 0
10.6 - Get CountedA book that has a number of pages that can be found in 39393261617: The Silent Treatment by Abbie Greaves
paperback edition Hör mir zu, auch wenn ich schweige 336 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 480
Rockynook15.1 - Moms and Dads
Book 1: Read a book by a female author that was first published during your mother's lifetime, but not your own.
B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
**first pub. in 1985, during my Mom's lifetime, but before I was born in 1988**
Book 2: Read a book written by a male author, first published during your father's lifetime, but not your own.
Participant Observation by James P. Spradley
**first pub. in 1980, during my Dad's lifetime, but before I was born in 1988**
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 550
Kristen IA5.9 - Take Me Away
Read a book with the MPG Humor OR a book found on the Popular Funny Books list.
Required: If using the list, state which page of the list your book can be found on when you post.
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
I listened to the audio and have linked to the MMPB edition.
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 45/1205
Tasks Completed: 4/65
BB: 1
GO: 0
Kristen IA10.4 - Ready For A Closeup
Read a book with a central character or subject who is a professional actor or actress. Actor biographies and memoirs work.
Between Me and You by Allison Winn Scotch
Tatum, the female MC, is a struggling actress who rises to stardom as an actress and director.
I listened to the audio and have linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 55/1205
Tasks Completed: 5/65
BB: 1
GO: 0
Whitnie I10.5 - From A to Z
Help Thread
Read a book with an A and Z in the title, subtitle and/or author’s name. One qualifying author in a book with multiple contributors works.
Hellblazer, Volume 4: The Family Man
Total this post: 10
Total Points: 620
BB Tickets: 10
Kristen IA15.7 - Hurricane season is here again!
Read a book whose author's name matches the name of a 2020 Atlantic or Pacific hurricane name.
Atlantic Hurricane names or Pacific Hurricane Names.
Names can be in any position, and genders need not match, but the names must match EXACTLY.
The Day She Came Back by Amanda Prowse (Amanda - Pacific storm)
I listened to the audio and have linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 70/1205
Tasks Completed: 6/65
BB: 1
GO: 0
SandyL5.1 - See You at the Movies
Read a book written by a single author with at least one initial found in the word: MOVIES.
If I Can't Have You: The Thorntons Book 3 by Iris Morland
MovIes
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 310
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 24
SandyL5.5 - Summer Blockbusters
Read a book with a word in the title that matches a word in the title of one of the 75 Best Summer Blockbusters of All Time
Dog Gone, Back Soon by Nick Trout
Movie: BACK to the future
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 315
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 25
SandyL5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40
Read a book first published in a year that includes a 4 AND a 0
Kodiak's Claim by Eve Langlais
First published in 2014
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 320
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 26
SandyL5.9 - Take Me Away
Read a book found on the Popular Funny Books list.
Anything but Minor by Kate Stewart
Page 7 on Funny Books list
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 325
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 27
SandyL10.6 - Get Counted
Read a book that has a number of pages that can be found in 3,939,326
What Happens in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
336 Pages
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 335
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 28
SandyL10.9 - 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.
Under the Covers by Rebecca Zanetti
Song: sUmmer in The City
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 345
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 29
SandyL20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 1: Read a book with a cake on the cover
Murder at an Irish Wedding by Carlene O'Connor
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Points This Task: 2
Total Points: 365
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 30
Kristen IA20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 2: My favorite book is The Sun Also Rises by my favorite author Ernest Hemingway. Sometimes it's nice to revisit an old friend.
In recognition of my favorite book and author, read a book by Ernest Hemingway or by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
I listened to the audio and have linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 90/1205
Tasks Completed: 7/65
BB: 1
GO: 0
SandyL20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 3: Read a book (b)having the author's first and last initials in SOLARIS.
The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
soLAris
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 385
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 31
SandyL25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in New Zealand.
Kiwi Strong by Rosalind James
Set in New Zealand
Option 5: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in VOLCANO.
A Rancher's Song by Vivian Arend
VolcAno
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 410
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 33
SandyL25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
Option 1: Read a book that is part of a series
The Upside of Falling by Meghan Quinn
Blue Line series
Option 4: read a book with a title that begins with a letter in AMENS
Married By Morning by Lisa Kleypas
aMens
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 435
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 35
Kristen IA30.2 - Cat's Task: Reading in the Valleys
As this is lockdown comfort reading, one book must be a reread. REQUIRED: State in your post which book is a re-read.
One book with Graphic Novel MPG may be used for this task.
Pick two tasks and read a book for each. REQUIRED: State in your post which options you are using.
2. Read a book with MPG Humour or Satire
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
This is a graphic novel with 371 pages
3. Wales is green, hilly, and sheepy. And utterly lovely!
Read a book with the letters WALES in the title / subtitle.
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
This book is a re-read
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 120/1205
Tasks Completed: 8/65
BB: 1
GO: 0
5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40Read a book first published in a year that includes a 4 AND a 0
Scott Pilgrim, Volume 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life first published 2004
New Points: 5
Total Points: 290
GO: 1
SandyL30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "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
White-Hot Christmas by Serenity Woods
Set in New Zealand (Oceana continent) - my continent is North America
Option 6: Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
Rocky Mountain Refuge by Nicky James
My friend Teri rated it 5 stars
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 465
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 37
15.10 - Let's Travel (Through Books)!I Read a book from the list: Best Traveling Vicariously.
Under the Tuscan Sun
This is on page 1 of the list in slot #5
New points: 15
Total Points: 305
GO" 1
SandyL25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 1: Read a book with NO people on the cover
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
Option 4: read a book by a single author whose initials can be found consecutively, from left to right in the phrase WorstReckless....
Dirty Charmer by Emma Chase
worstrECkless.....
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 490
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 39
10.6 - Get CountedThe United State Census was established August 1, 1790. The first United States census revealed that there were 3,939,326 citizens in the 16 states and the Ohio Territory. The US has taken a census every 10 years since 1790. 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.
I read Spell Bound, which has a page count of 327. These numbers are all found in 39393261617
points: 380
Books read: 21
tasks completed: 18
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
pages read: 6998
Changed my mind!
5.2 - I'd Watch ThatGardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen #1) by Steven Erikson
page 17
1x Bigger is Better tix (729p)
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 14
Season Total: 775
Coralie5.1 See you at the Movies
Book by an author with initials found in MOVIES
Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald
Total to date 380 points
15.3 Ford v. FerrariBook 1 – book with all the letters of Ferrari in title
Maigret and the Burglar's Wife
Book 2 – book with all the letters of Ford in author’s name
Youma by Lafcadio Hearn
Total to date 395 points
JUKKA20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
Construct a word from the letters of the book's title.
Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood by J. Michael Straczynski. The word is BEAN, "B" and "E" from "becoming" and "A" and "N" from "Superman".
Total Points: 220/1205
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 11/65
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
MAZZA115.9 - 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.
Strange 66: Myth, Mystery, Mayhem, and Other Weirdness on Route 66
MPG History approved message 2 of help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 975
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5.7 - Mysterious Women
female author, mystery genre: Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna
total = 1020
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10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
3.78 rating Line of Sight by James Queally
total = 1030
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30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
Option 1
book 1, A, single word title: Reunion: A Search for Ancestors by Ryan Littrell
I read the kindle Reunion: A Search for Ancestors
book 2, A, 5 word title: A Song for the River by Philip Connors
total = 1060
LAUREN JODI30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 1: Published in May
Hers to Command by Patricia A. Knight
Option 3: 2 and 3 in page count
Seduced by a Stranger by Eve Silver
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 345/1205
Total Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 22/65
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30.4 - Wayne's task: Brockian Ultra-Cricket
option 2, field hockey sticks
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
HC: We Ride Upon Sticks
option 3, sorry letters in title: Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously by Jessica Pan
total = 1090
Task 15.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performerone book option
read a book by a female author with a word in the title matching a word in one of the listed films titles
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
NIGHT matches Long Day's Journey into the NIGHT
I read the kindle, MMPB: Une Braise Sous La Cendre #2 - 571pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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995 points
10 BB tix
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
Books Turned Into Disney Movies - Page 1
Total: 150
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the BooksOption 1: Read a book with a cake on the cover
The Saturday Supper Club by Amy Bratley
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks: 2
Total Books: 3
Reposting Message 2380 and 2497Correcting requirement of task 30.11 option 2 which asked to specifically state that the country has not been visited and adding the links
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. I have never been to 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: 175
Total Tasks completed: 11
Total Golden oldies: 7
Total Big Book tickets: 0
20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulnessoption 3 b having the author's first and last initials in SOLARIS.
The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks: 3
Total Books: 4
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matineeoption 3 Read a book with a MPG of Espionage or Thriller.
Zero Day by David Baldacci
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 90
Total Tasks: 4
Total Books: 5
Andy P.Task # 25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 1. Read a book with NO people on the cover
by Caz Frear no people or other animalsOption 3. Read a book with 3 or more letter D's in the TITLE only
The Distant Dead by Heather Young D in Distant, 2 D's in Dead
Points this post: 25
Total points: 800
15.7 - Hurricane season is here againI read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Douglas is one of the names on the pacific hurricane list.
Points: 15
Total points: 390
15.8 - ParasiteI read Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. The author was born in Seoul, South Korea.
Points: 15
Total points: 405
15.9 - Facts MatterI read 350+ Tips, Techniques, and Trade Secrets for Crochet by Jan Eaton. This book has the MPGs non-fiction and arts.
Points: 15
Total points: 420
20.8 - CodenamesI read Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear by Max Lucado. The two words in the title can be used to form the word "line" (travEliNg LIght).
Points: 20
Total points: 440
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30.2 - Cat's Task: Reading in the Valleys
Option 2 - How the Penguins Saved Veronica - shelved as humor by 5ppl on May 31 and approved HERE"
Option 3 - Post-Traumatic Brazilian Wax Syndrome - Wa in Wax; L is Brazilian; ES in Syndrome; This is a re-read for me (I first read in 2015)
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 1095