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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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G.Q. 25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
Option B: Read a book that was first published in a year that contains a 3, i.e. 1930, 1993, 2003, 2013.
A Holiday for Murder by Agatha Christie (published in 1938)
Option C: Read a book that is part of a trilogy or a 3 book series.
The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor (The Binti Trilogy)
Points Total: 575
Completed Tasks: 34
Books Read: 43
Pages Read: 13, 556
Coralie5.3 World Cinema
Book set in a country where the total number of English speakers in below 50%
A Golden Age – set in Bangladesh
Total to date 420 points
Mod
Julia103I am moving Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish.
This post is to UNCLAIM Task 20.7.
This task: -20 points
Total points: 615
BB tickets: 7
GO tickets: 4
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 51
Julia10320.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish
Making the word WANDER: W in Whirling, A in Pollifax, N in and, D in Dervish, E in the, R in Mrs
This task: 20 points
Total points: 635
BB tickets: 7
GO tickets: 4
Tasks completed: 38
Books read: 52
Julia10320.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind
Option 1: Quarter Share
I read the Kindle edition. The top paperback has 235 pages (number of pages ends in 5).
This task: 20 points
Total points: 655
BB tickets: 7
GO tickets: 4
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 53
Sophie30.11
Opt 1 MPG Sci-fi/Fantasy
Angel of Storms by Trudi Canavan
Claiming BB - p568
Opt 3 MPG History/historical fiction/time travel
My Dear I Wanted to Tell You by Louisa Young
Total: 420
BB 8
Nick KY25.8 Amy FL’s I’ll Be Back
Opt. 3. A First. Author has two names which are first names – I read Tainted by Brooke Morgan -- On the top 200 girls' baby names list: Brooke (130) and Morgan (106).
Opt. 4. Don't Mess with Mom. Female author, sci fi genre – I read The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 920
5.10 - Carefree Summer DaysSpinning
Get away from everything by reading a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Points this task: 5
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 180
Total Tasks completed: 12
Total Golden oldies: 7
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Bookwrm526Task #20.9 - Eureka!
Option 1: Read a book in which AI is central to the plot. I read Network Effect by Martha Wells. A.I. is all over the place, the main character is Murderbot, but there is also a sentient spaceship. The A.I. Murderbot is mentioned in the Goodreads description.
Total point so far: 620
Kim O25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
Option 2: Jagged Little Pill. Read a book where both the title (subtitles and series names are not included) and the author’s name both include a double set of consonants.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer's Life
Option 3: Hand in My Pocket. Read a book with a clearly defined hand or fist seen on the cover.
Point this task: 25
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Totals:
Points: 140
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 5
Task 15.8 - Parasiteread a book whose author was born in South Korea
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
502 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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1045 points
14 BB tix
Andy P.Task #
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Option 1. Read a book in which AI is central to the plot.
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
This book can be found on Best Artificial Intelligence Book List page 1 # 12 on list
Points this post: 20
Total points: 845
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
I chose Option 1. I read Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole (mass market paperback for length); there are 38,825 GR ratings as of 8/5/20.
Previous point total: 245
New points this post: 20
Total points: 265
Total tasks completed: 19
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
I read Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey.
word that can be made: RIOTED
upRIght wOmEn wanTeD
two letters used from each word in title
Previous point total: 265
New points this post: 20
Total points: 285
Total tasks completed: 20
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
I chose Option 3. I read Demon from the Dark by Kresley Cole (mass market paperback for length). The heroine Carrow is a good-time party girl (witch) who is kidnapped by a shady organization at the beginning of this book and forced to lure the hero Malkom (a demon) back to her world, otherwise they'll kill her 7 year-old cousin. I would say a kidnapping is a dramatic life change.
Previous point total: 285
New points this post: 20
Total points: 305
Total tasks completed: 21
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.1 - Lois's Task: Hair Love
I chose Options 3 and 4.
Option 3: I read The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo, 128p.
Option 4: I read Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos by Lucy Knisley, Sequential Art > Graphic Novels is the top MPG.
Previous point total: 305
New points this post: 25
Total points: 330
Total tasks completed: 22
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
I chose Option 2. I read Flyaway by Katheleen Jennings, Horror is an MPG.
Previous point total: 330
New points this post: 20
Total points: 350
Total tasks completed: 23
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Oma122910.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
The film Psycho premiered June 16, 1960. Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
The Buzzard Table by Margaret Maron
Total Points-530/1205
Total Tasks-33/65
Golden Oldie Books-(2)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
I used the one-book option and used Options 1 and 3.
I read
by Tamsyn Muir, which is 512p long. Option 1: 2 and 5 in the page number.
Option 3: Harrow's hands are visible on the cover
**Harrow the Ninth is 512p long, I would like to claim ONE Big Book Ticket**
Previous point total: 350
New points this post: 25
Total points: 375
Total tasks completed: 24
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Total Big Books: 1
Jen K25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
One book option: Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott
Option 2: Jagged Little Pill
double consonant in Temptre'ss' and A'bb'ott
Option 3: Hand in My Pocket
Hands clasped behind P
512 pages > 500
******Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket for 512 pages ******
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 435
Big Books: 4
Jen K15.3 - Ford v. Ferrari
by Frederick DouglassFerrari: nARRatIvE of the liFe of fRederick douglass
Ford: FReDerick dOuglass
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 450
Big Books: 4
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind
I chose Option 1. I read Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole, mass market paperback for length, which is 515p long, page number ending in 5.
**Dreams of a Dark Warrior is 515p long in the mass market paperback, I would like to claim ONE Big Book Ticket**
Previous point total: 375
New points this post: 20
Total points: 395
Total tasks completed: 25
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Total Big Books: 2
JUKKA5.3 - World Cinema
Book set in a country where the total number of English-speakers is below 50%.
Ensiksikin ja toiseksi by Daniil Kharms is set in what is nowadays Russia.
Total Points: 250/1205
Total Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 14/65
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
I chose Options 4 and 5.
Option 4: I read
by Kresley Cole (mass market paperback for length), sword in L hand of the character on the cover.Option 5: I read How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole, A and C are in VOLCANO. (I read a galley, the paperback is expected to have 384p.)
Previous point total: 395
New points this post: 25
Total points: 420
Total tasks completed: 26
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
I chose Options 1 and 4.
Option 1: I read On the Corner of Hope and Main by Beverly Jenkins, this is book #10 in the Blessings series.
Option 4: I read MacRieve by Kresley Cole (mass market paperback for length), M is in AMENS.
Previous point total: 420
New points this post: 25
Total points: 445
Total tasks completed: 27
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
10.8 Go Your Own WayNothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
NOV 2019 Indie Next List
https://www.indiebound.org/indie-next...
Points this post :10
Total points :110
NICOLE OH50.1- Bucket's Task: Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves
1B Love is the Higher Law has been on my TBR shelf since June 19, 2012
2A Giovanni's Room on page 3
3A Summer of '69 on Goodreads Choice Award Books Now Available in Paperback in the General and Historical Fiction section
Total pages 770
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 620
BB tickets: 1
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40
I read Dark Skye by Kresley Cole (mass market paperback for length), originally published in 2014, 4 and 0 in 2014.
**The mass market paperback is over 500 p, I would like to claim ONE Big Book Ticket**
Previous point total: 445
New points this post: 5
Total points: 450
Total tasks completed: 28
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Total Big Books: 3
5.10 Carefree Summer DaysDig. by A.S. King
Reader's choice
Points this post: 5
Total points : 115
GO TICKETS : 1
Tasks completed: 15
Books read : 15
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM30.2 - Cat's Task: Reading in the Valleys
I chose Options 2 and 3.
Option 2: I read Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West (I read a galley, the hardcover is expected to have 304p), Humor is an MPG.
Option 3: I read Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, W in We, A in Each, LES in Close.
Previous point total: 450
New points this post: 30
Total points: 480
Total tasks completed: 29
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 3
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.4 - Ready For A Closeup
I read You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria, both main characters in the book are actors on a new telenovela (this is in the GR description).
Previous point total: 480
New points this post: 10
Total points: 490
Total tasks completed: 30
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 3
Scooter&Siam20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
Read one book with a title (subtitles excluded) consisting of at least two words you can ‘link’ by forming a new word using letters in the title. The new word must be at least three letters long and you must use an EQUAL number of letters from each title word. Letters may be in any position, but all words in the title must be used. REQUIRED: Specify the ‘linking’ word. This word must be found in dictionary.com
Read The Swerve: How the World Became Modern - word: HERS - tHE SweRve
Points: 20
Total: 130
Helen B50.1- Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves
1B Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer . 197 pages
This was the 9th book on my goodreads TBR.
2A The Heather Blazing by Colm Tóibín. 256 pages
On page 9 of list.
3A The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix. 404 pages
18th book on “The Top 40 Hit Books of the Year.” List
197+256+404=857
Total points: 300
Kathy KS20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
❋Anthologies - Fiction - A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
You will find my contribution to the discussion at:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 365
Tasks completed: 18
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Amy W20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
I chose Option 1: Read a book with over 15,000 Goodreads ratings.
I read Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo. Currently, it has 74,198 ratings. Also, my hardcover copy has 459 pages, over the 310 page minimum.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 200
G.Q.15.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performer
Option 1
Book 1: read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word from Hepburn's Filmography.
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (Long Day's Journey Into Night)
Book 2: read a book written by a female author.
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Points Total: 590
Completed Tasks: 35
Books Read: 45
Pages Read: 14,110
Boston Kate
10.1 OK Boomer
The Amber Spyglass
author Philip Pullman was born in 1946
Points this post: 10
Total points: 85
Boston Kate
20.3 Saturday Matinee
Option 2: Mexican Gothic
"Horror" on main page
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
10.6 - Get CountedBaba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugrešić
327 pages
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 14
Season Total: 790
Boston Kate
20.6 Springfield!
Option 1: The Goldfinch
currently over 703,000 ratings
read more than 50% of the book after 6/1/20
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Brooklyn 5.4 – Lights, Camera, Action!
Read a book from a listopia with “action” intact in the name of the list.
Visions in Death by J.D. Robb
From listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Points this post: 5
Total points: 315/1205
Tasks completed: 22/65
Books read: 27
Brooklyn 10.2 – “A Boy’s Best Friend is His Mother”
Read a book with a MPG of horror or thriller
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
MPG of both horror and thriller
Points this post: 10
Total points: 325/1205
Tasks completed: 23/65
Books read: 28
Brooklyn 15.6 – The Red Carpet
Read a book with something red on its cover.
by Kristy Woodson HarveyPoints this post: 15
Total points: 340/1205
Tasks completed: 24/65
Books read: 29
Brooklyn 20.1 – The One With All the Books
Option 6: Read a book with BE intact in the title.
Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf
Points this post: 20
Total points: 360/1205
Tasks completed: 25/65
Books read: 30
Brooklyn 20.4 – A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 2: Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
Points this post: 20
Total points: 380/1205
Tasks completed: 26/65
Books read: 31
Brooklyn 20.5 – Cover Tropes
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG of romance with exactly 2 people on its bright cover.
by Mhairi McFarlanePoints this post: 20
Total points: 400/1205
Tasks completed: 27/65
Books read: 32
Readerboard name: List_addict10.4: Ready For A Closeup
A central character or subject who is a professional actor
Tribute by Nora Roberts
A former child actor renovates her famous actor grandmother’s house and solves the mystery of the latter’s death.
Total this challenge: 25
Task 30.2 - Cat's Task: Reading in the Valleys Option 2: I'm Fine...and Other Lies, finished 8/5
Option 3: A Farewell to Arms, finished 6/29
*This book was my re-read, read it in high school in 2000!
Points this task: 30
Total points: 1010
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15.8 - Parasite
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
TOTAL TO DATE
410 points
5 big book