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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
CoffeegirlTask 20.9 Eureka!
Option 3
My Life as a Rat by Joyce Carol Oates
The main character, Violet, is banished by her family at the age of 12 after informing of the murder weapon her brothers buried.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 570
25.1 - Lois's task: Hair LoveOption 3: Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
❁ 162 pages ❁
Option 4: I Hate Fairyland: Book One by Skottie Young
❁ MPG Sequential Art>Graphic Novels ❁
Total points: 315 + 25 = 340
CoffeegirlTask: 25.3 Good things come in Three
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Option B: Published in 2013
Option C: Part of a trilogy
Pages 526
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 595
Task 15.1 - Moms and Dads Book 1: Where Are the Children?, finished 7/27
By Mary Higgins Clark, published 1975
- My mom was born in 1945 and I was born in 1983
Book 2: The Dead Zone, finished 8/3
By Stephen King, published 1979
- My dad was also born in 1945, and I was born in 1983
Points this task: 15
Total points: 965
Task 15.9 - Facts Matter!Book: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, finished 8/3
MPG History
Points this task: 15
Total points: 980
Margaret LTask #20.8: Codenames
Golden State by Ben H. Winters
Linking word: GOAT
GOlden stATe
Points this post: 20
Total points: 185
NICOLE OH5.1 - See You at the Movies
Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive by Marc Brackett M in Movies
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 360
BB Tickets: 1
5.7 - Mysterious WomenMurder By Chocolate by Beth Byers
Female author with MPG Mystery
Points this post: 5
Total points: 265
30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!Option 2:
The Vanished Bride
Set in England, which I've never visited
293 pages
Option 3:
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
MPG of historical fiction
338 pages
293 + 338 = 631 pages total
Points this post: 30
Total points: 295
25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at HomeOption 1:
Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House
I've owned this book since 2019.
Option 2:
The Honey-Don't List
First published in March 2020
Points this post: 25
Total points: 320
10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"Wedding Vows & Murder
Average rating is over 3.5
Points this post: 10
Total points: 330
TessaVanessa Challenge 25.13 SandyL's Task: Dog Days of Summer
Option 1: Out Of Season by Kari Jones
Option 4: Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens
Found on Summer list page 3.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 970
Tasks completed: 55/65
Books read: 78
TessaVanessa Challenge 30.5 Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2A:
Book 1: Marc Lépine: The Montreal Massacre by R.J. Parker
Book 2: Canadian Psycho: The True Story of Luka Magnotta by Cara Lee Carter
These are both books in the series Crimes Canada.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1000
Tasks completed: 56/65
Books read: 80
TessaVanessa Challenge 30.10 Andy P.’s Task: Junk Food or Fitness
Book 1: Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
272 p
Book 2: Breath to Breath by Craig Lew
456 p
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1030
Tasks completed: 57/65
Books read: 82
Christine V10.6 - Get Counted
The Deep I read the Kindle edition. The top PB (no MMPB available) has 192 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=3, 750=2, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=7)
Christine V20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 2: The Stand
I read the Kindle edition. The top MMPB has 1141 pages.
***Claiming 3 Big Book Tickets***
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets this post: 3
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=3, 750=2, 1000=1 (Total BB tickets=10)
TessaVanessa Challenge 30.11 Sandy's Task: Escape!
Option 3: Honolulu by Alan Brennert
431 pages
Option 5: An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
144 pages
Found on Best lighthearted literature on page 1
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1060
Tasks completed: 58/65
Books read: 84
Reader name: Alyssa H20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
'your book must be at least 310 Pages; I choose option one: Springfield, Vermont won the contest with 15,367 votes. Read a book with over 15,000 Goodreads ratings. (15,001 or higher)'
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Points in this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Reader name: Alyssa H20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
Option 3: Simple and Serious
Outliers: The Story of Success
Points in this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
G.Q. 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.
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson ("SORRY" can be found in the subtitle.)
Option 4: Read a book from the Excellent Space Opera List.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (page 2)
Points Total: 530
Completed Tasks: 32
Books Read: 40
Pages Read: 12,858
Task 5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!read a book from a listopia with Action in it
Vengeance in Death
on p1, #61, of Romantic Suspense Full of ACTION (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...) list
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1030 points
13 BB tix
Amy B15.7 - Hurricane season is here again!
Read a book whose author's name matches the name of a 2020 Atlantic or Pacific hurricane name. Names can be in any position, and genders need not match, but the names must match EXACTLY.
The End of Eddy by Édouard Louis
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 470 Points
KATRINAT25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
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.
The History of Bees (Klimakvartetten #1)
by Maja Lunde
Option 3:
For this option read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in STUFFED ANIMALS.
Nowhere on Earth by Nick Lake
stuffed aNimaLs
Points this post: 25
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.1/5.3/5.9/10.3/10.5/10.6/10.9/10.10/15.5/15.6/20.2/20.9/ 25.12/30.1/30.6
Total points: 225
KATRINAT30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
1. Escape to another world. Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy, standalone or embedded.
The Sisters Grimm 496 pages MPG Fantasy
2. Escape to another country. Read a book set at least 50% in a country you have never visited.
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives 256 pages
Set in Nigeria, a country I have never been to.
Pages must total over 500 pages - pages total 752
Points this post: 25
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.1/5.3/5.9/10.3/10.5/10.6/10.9/10.10/15.5/15.6/20.2/20.9/ 25.12/30.1/30.6/30.11
Total points: 255
KATRINA T5.5 - Summer Blockbusters
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in the title of one of the 75 Best Summer Blockbusters of All Time.
Film: In the Line of Fire (47)
Book: With the Fire on High
Points this post: 5
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.1/5.3/5.5/5.9/10.3/10.5/10.6/10.9/10.10/15.5/15.6/20.2/20.9/ 25.12/30.1/30.6/30.11
Total points: 260
KATRINA T10.1 - OK Boomer
Baby boomer is a term used to describe a person who was born between 1946 and 1964.
Round Ireland with a Fridge
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... Born - 1960
Points this post: 10
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.1/5.3/5.5/5.9/10.1/10.3/10.5/10.6/10.9/10.10/15.5/15.6/20.2/20.9/ 25.12/30.1/30.6/30.11
Total points: 270
KATRINAT20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 5: Joey
Read a book whose title has a word of at least three letters that can be made from the letters in GOINGCOMMANDO
Mad Girl goingcoMmAnDo
Points this post: 20
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.1/5.3/5.5/5.9/10.1/10.3/10.5/10.6/10.9/10.10/15.5/15.6/
20.1/20.2/20.9/ 25.12/30.1/30.6/30.11
Total points: 290
KATRINA T20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 2: by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert heMingwAy
Points this post: 20
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.1/5.3/5.5/5.9/10.1/10.3/10.5/10.6/10.9/10.10/15.5/15.6/
20.1/20.2/20.4/20.9/ 25.12/30.1/30.6/30.11
Total points: 310
Nick KY25.2 Simone’s Apocalypse
Opt. 1. Stephen King novel -- I read Misery
Opt. 2. I read Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, # 10 on Video Games Inspired by Books list. https://www.ranker.com/list/video-gam...
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 895
15.10 - Let's Travel (Through Books)!A book from Favorite Travel Books (p. 1 #5): In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Points this post: 15
Total points: 495
Sara G30.10 Andy P.’s Task: Junk Food or Fitness?
Book 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 Rise And Fall Of The Third Chimpanzee: Evolution and Human Life by Jared Diamond
The word "Rise" can be found 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.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Points this post: 30
Total points: 460
PegW25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in STUFFED ANIMALS. Middle initials can be ignored.
Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks by Andrea Lankford
Option 4: Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in AMENS.
Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities, and the Pleasures of Solitude
Points this post: 25
Total points: 245
Big Book: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 14
PegW30.1 - 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.
New West Reader: Essays on an Ever-Evolving Frontier
Book2: A. Read a book with a title of 5 words or more
Flying Cars, Zombie Dogs, and Robot Overlords: How World's Fairs and Trade Expos Changed the World
Points this post: 30
Total points: 275
Big Book: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 15
Andy P.Task # 25.1 - Lois's Task: Hair Love
Option 1: Read a book with the word HAIR intact in the title
Beethoven's Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Scientific Mystery Solved by Russell Martin
Option 3: Read a book that is short, between 100-200 pages, inclusive.
The Philosopher's Diet: How to Lose Weight & Change the World by Richard A. Watson
109 p.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 825
Rockynook20.9 - Eureka!
Option 3: Major change in character's life
The Whisper Man by Alex North
"After the sudden death of his wife, Tom Kennedy believes a fresh start will help him and his young son Jake heal. A new beginning, a new house, a new town. Featherbank."
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 600
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5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40Read a book first published in a year that includes a 4 AND a 0.
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
first published May 13th 2014
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 135
Total Tasks: 7
Total Books: 8
JUKKA20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 2: Book with MPG Horror.
The Esoterrorists by Robin D. Laws.
Total Points: 240/1205
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 12/65
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
30.6 All I Really Need to KnowOption 3: Blue Moon by Lee Child
I started this series before the challenge began.
Option 4: The Spies of Shilling Lane by Jennifer Ryan
I live in North America and this is set in Europe.
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 205
Queen Bee Darlene10.9 Turn It Up
song from 50 Best Summer Songs; book w/title of at least 3 words where 1st letter of every title word appears in song title
Song #45: Be Thankful for What You Got by William DeVaughn
Book: The Bird Tribunal by Agnes Ravatn The Bird Tribunal
Be Thankful for whaT you got
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 370
Queen Bee Darlene20.6 Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
2) Originally pub in 2007, Minimum 310 pgs
The Arctic: an anthology of the finest writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic by Elizabeth Kolbert (Editor) The Arctic: an anthology of the finest writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic
448 pgs
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 390
30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a KindOption 2A, two books from the same series:
Bring Me Home for Christmas by Robyn Carr (Virgin River #14)
Hidden Summit by Robyn Carr (Virgin River #15)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 525
JUKKA5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!
Book from a list with "action" in the name.
Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: Storm Front, Volume 1: The Gathering Storm by Mark Powers. It is on page 2 of Urban Fantasy non romance/action.
Total Points: 245/1205
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 13/65
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Julia10320.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 2: Quarter Share (first published in 2007)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 655
BB tickets: 7
GO tickets: 4
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 53
G.Q. 20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
Option 2: Read a book with the main page genre Romance (embedded is OK) and exactly two people on the cover. The cover background must be a bright colour (no black, white, brown or grey) and the people must be illustrated
by Helen HoangPoints Total: 550
Completed Tasks: 33
Books Read: 41
Pages Read: 13, 181
MEGSCL25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
Option 3: author whose initials are found in STUFFED ANIMALS. Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding by Ellena Savage
Option 4: a title that begins with a letter in AMENS. After Australia
TOTAL TO DATE
395 points
5 big book
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50.1- Bucket's Task: Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves
Book 1, option B, shelved Nov 1, 2009, 6th oldest TBR: Some Like It Hot-Buttered by Jeffrey Cohen, 289 pages
Book 2, option A, 1001 Books pg 6 : Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee, 240 pages
Book 3, option B, Book similar to Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life rated 5 stars: Swell: Sailing the Pacific in Search of Surf and Self by Liz Clark, 320 pages
289 + 240 + 320 = 849
total = 1205