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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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TessaVanessa Challenge 50.1 Bucket's Task: Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves
Task 1
Option B: Don't You Cry by Mary Kubica.
Added to shelf 7/11/16
368 p.
Task 2:
Option A: Nemesis by Philip Roth.
Found on pg. 7
280 p.
Task 3
Option B: Sanctuary Somewhere by Brenna Dimmig
5 star rated book was Some Girls Bind
200 p.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 1130
Tasks completed: 60/65
Books read: 88
DeborahPost #11
25.2 - Simone's Task: Children of the Apocalypse!
1) The Institute by Stephen King
4) The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes The Hunger Games
10 Survival Books
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0) by Suzanne Collins instead of The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 220
Books Read: 16
Tasks Done: 11
Kathy KS10.7 - What Angels Eat
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these top producing watermelon locations: China, Turkey, Iran, Brazil, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Spain, Greece, Italy, in the United States- Texas, Florida, Georgia, California.
No Offense, by Meg Cabot
Set in Florida.
I read an ARC from NetGalley. pb=352 p.
*****
Points for this task: 10
Total points : 375
Tasks completed: 19
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
G.Q.30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options or two books from one option.
Option 5: Japanese Maple
Read a book set at least 50% in Japan.
Akira, Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo
and
Akira, Vol. 2 by Katsuhiro Otomo
Points Total: 620
Completed Tasks: 36
Books Read: 47
Pages Read: 14,770
G.Q. 15.8 - Parasite
Read a book set in South Korea or with an author born in South Korea.
Human Acts by Han Kang
Points Total: 605
Completed Tasks: 36
Books Read: 46
Pages Read: 14, 328
Jenny H5.7 - Mysterious Women
Read a book written by a female author that ALSO has the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Dystopia.
The Handmaid's Tale (Written by Margaret Atwood, MPG dystopia)
Total points: 15
Jenny H10.8 - Go Your Own Way
Read a book from a list found at IndieBound's IndieNext List.
The Binding
https://www.indiebound.org/sites/defa...
Total points: 25
5.3 - World CinemaRead a book set at least 50% in a country where the total number of English speakers is below 50%
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
set in Colombia
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 140
Total Tasks: 8
Total Books: 9
Nick KY25.5 Sarah E’s Return of the King
Opt. 2. Mordor and Mount Doom -- Exactly Five O’s in title or in title/subtitle: I read Tactics of Hope: The Public Turn in English Composition by Paula Mathieu
Opt. 6 Epilogue -- continuation of a character (Sherlock Holmes) : I read The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 945
Task 25.9 - Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer MoviesOption 1: Daughter of the Reich, finished 8/6
Option 2: The Scarlet Pimpernel, finished 7/9
MPG Romance and written by Emmuska Orczy
Points this task: 25
Total points: 1035
30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”Option 1.
Book 1. C
Făclie nestinsă, by Alexandru Titi Bănică
Book 2. A
Vorbește-le despre bătălii, regi și elefanți, by Mathias Énard
Points this post: 30
Total points: 270
50.1- Bucket's Task: Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves1. Accomplish a could have.
B
Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change, by William Bridges,
January 22, 2017 – Shelved as: to-read (one of the 10 books on my TBR shelf the longest), 176 pages
2. Accomplish a should have.
A
Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert, #70 on page 1 of the list, 329 pages
3. Toss the rest away.
B
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford
similar book to Sarah's Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay, 290 pages
Total pages: 176 + 329 + 290 = 795
Points this post: 50
Total points: 320
REPOST OF #2699Oma1229
10.2 - “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+()
Task 10.7 - What Angels Eatread a book set in one of the listed places
L.A. Confidential
set in California
512 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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1055 points
15 BB tix
**Reposting only to claim the BB ticket**Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM
5.8 - 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 531 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
LAUREN JODI30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2: Companion Reads
A - 2 books from the same series
1. Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb
2. Secrets in Death by J.D. Robb
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 385/1205
Total Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 24/65
JUKKA15.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performer
Book 1: Book with a word in the title matching a word in Katherine Hepburn's filmography.
Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman Vol. 1 by Gail Simone et al. The word is "woman", matching the film A Woman Rebels.
Book 2: Book written by a female author.
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker.
Total Points: 265/1205
Total Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 15/65
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
PegW30.2 - Cat's Task: Reading in the Valleys
Option 2: Read a book with MPG Humour or Satire
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir This book is a re-read.
Option 3: Read a book with the letters WALES in the title / subtitle. Keep Walking Intently: The Ambulatory Art of the Surrealists, the Situationist International, and Fluxus
Points this post: 30
Total points: 305
Big Book: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 16
15.2 - The BAFTAsBook 1 – read a book where the author's name matches the name of the winner (name highlighted in blue) of the BAFTA for male leading actor (any year).
I read an ebook of Daisy Miller by Henry James
Matches the winner Henry Fonda who won in 1957
***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket, first published in 1878***
Book 2 - Read a book where the author's name matches the name of the winner (name highlighted in blue) of the BAFTA for female leading actress (any year)
I read an ebook version of Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Matches the winner Elizabeth Taylor who won in 1966
New Points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 320
GO: 2
Andy P.Task # 25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
Option 1. Read a book that is part of a series
Bitter Wash Road by Garry Disher #1 in Paul Hirschhausen series
Option 3. Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in STUFFED ANIMALS.
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley StuFFED ANIMALS
Points this post: 25
Total points: 870
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.7 - What Angels Eat
The Tin Horse
Set in California
Totals
Points: 115
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 15
Total Books read: 15
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie AwardsThis is a two book task. Choose two options and read one book for each option.
Option 1: Most Tiresome Tabloid Targets.
Read a book with NO people on the cover. No body parts, shadows, silhouettes or anything else that would hint at the presence of a person is allowed. Clothing that isn't on a body is okay.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
The Twelve by Justin Cronin
Option 2: Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million Dollars.
Read a book with at least 100,000 ratings on Goodreads.
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
Currently has 150,000+ ratings.
The edition of The Twelve I read had 568 pages. I claim ONE Big Book ticket.
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 215
Total BB tickets: 6
Total GO tickets: 1
Task 30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a KindOption 2: Companion Reads
Read two books that make for good companion reads by having one of these commonalities.
A - Read 2 books from the same series
Series: The Balkan Trilogy
The Great Fortune (Balkan Trilogy #1) (1960) by Olivia Manning (Paperback, 288 pages)
The Spoilt City (Balkan Trilogy #2) (1962) by Olivia Manning (Paperback, 304 pages)
240 + 30 = 270
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 240 + 30 = 270
Books read: 21
Pages read: 5,953
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
MAZZA115.3 - Ford v. Ferrari
Option 2 – Read one book that fits both requirements for option 1.
The Peripatetic Coffin and Other Stories
F- coFfin
E - thE
R - peRipatetic
R - otheR
A - peripAtetic
R- stoRies
I perIpatetic
Ethan Rutherford FORD - in rutherForD
points this post = 15
Points to date = 990
MAZZA120.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Option 4:
Read a book (fiction or non-fiction) by or about one of history's great minds on this list: Ranker.com Greatests Minds of All Time REQUIRED: Include in your post the number on the list of the person you chose.
Shakespeare: The World as Stage
William Shakespeare is number 20 on the list
book approved in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
points this post = 20
Points to date = 1010
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday MatineeThis is a one book task.
Option 2- Read a book with the MPG of Horror.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Points this task: 20
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 200
Total Tasks completed: 13
Total Golden oldies: 7
Total Big Book tickets: 0
MAZZA120.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
I read No Place to Lay One's Head
which is the English edition of A Bookshop in Berlin The MMP edition is https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
this book was first published in 1945 and i am claiming 1 GO ticket
my comments in thread are here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
and
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
points this post= 20
Points to date = 1030
GO tickets this post = 1
To date = 7
MAZZA130.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Nights at the Drive-in
indicate which ones you choose when you post.
Option 1: Drive-in memories
Read a book that has a night scene including stars and/or moon on the cover.REQUIRED: Include the cover when you post.
approved here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...Option 3: Concession foods
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where the initial letter of each word is found in FUNNEL CAKES.
A= cAkes
F and U in FUnnel
points this post = 30
Points to date = 1040
MAZZA130.10 Andy P.’s Task: Junk Food or Fitness?
The total number of pages in the two books should exceed 600 pages (at least 601)
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 word must contain at least 3 letters. Letters can be used only as often as they appear in EXERCISE.
Sex and Stravinsky SEX is in Exercise
304 pages
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.
The Glass House Eve Chase
this also has a second title none of the ones with the same title have page numbers. NO MMP PB edition below
The Daughters of Foxcote Manor 400 pages
304 + 400 pages = 704 pages
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 1070
Task 10.6 - Get CountedRead a book that has a number of pages that can be found in 3,939,326 and/or 16 and/or 17.
3,93 9 ,3 2 6 and/or 1 6 and/or 17.
Death Is Hard Work (2016) by Khaled Khalifa; translated from the Arabic by Leri Price (Hardcover, 192 pages)
270 + 10 = 280
Tasks Completed: 16
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 270 + 10 = 280
Books read: 22
Pages read: 6,145
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
G.Q. 5.3 - World Cinema
Read a book set at least 50% in a country where the total number of English speakers is below 50%.
Akira, Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo (Japan)
Points Total: 610
Completed Tasks: 37
Books Read: 47
Pages Read: 14, 687
G.Q. 10.1 - OK Boomer
Read a book written by a single author who was born between 1946 and 1964 inclusive.
Akira, Vol. 2 by Katsuhiro Otomo (b. 1954)
Points Total: 620
Completed Tasks: 38
Books Read: 48
Pages Read: 14, 988
Task 25.2 - Simone's Task: Children of the Apocalypse!Option 1: If It Bleeds, finished 7/11
Option 3: This is Not a Test, finished 8/6
Points this task: 25
Total points: 1060
G.Q.25.2 - Simone's Task: Children of the Apocalypse! (REPLACEMENT)
Option 1: Read a Stephen King book from this list: Stephen King Novels
Misery by Stephen King
Option 3:
Read a book that prominently features zombies or undead creatures.
The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars by Robert Kirkman (REPLACED Parable of the Sower in this task)
Points: 620
Completed Tasks: 38
Books Read: 48
Queen Bee Darlene25.12 Brooklyn's Task: It's Auntie Time!
1) part of series
Love, Stargirl (Stargirl#2) by Jerry Spinelli Love, Stargirl
4) title begins with a letter in AMENS
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 415
Queen Bee Darlene30.11 Sandy's Task: Escape!
3) history of historical fiction or time travel genre
Underland by Robert Macfarlane Underland
496 pgs
History Genre
4) Travel genre
The Museum of Whales You Will Never See: And Other Excursions to Iceland's Most Unusual Museums by A. Kendra Greene The Museum of Whales You Will Never See: And Other Excursions to Iceland's Most Unusual Museums
272 pages
Min 500 pgs: 496 + 272 = 768 pgs
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 445
G.Q. 5.1 - See You at the Movies (REPLACEMENT)
Read a book written by a single author with at least one initial found in the word: MOVIES
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Points: 620
Completed Tasks: 38
Books Read: 48
PegW25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Option 3: Read a book from this list of Creature Books.
The Girl in Red found on page 2 of the list.
Option 4: Read a book with something metallic on the cover.
I read
The Phone dial is metal.Points this post: 25
Total points: 330
Big Book: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 17
Amy B30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Nights at the Drive-in
Choose two options and read one book for each. REQUIRED: indicate which ones you choose when you post.
Option 1: Drive-in memories
Read a book that has a night scene including stars and/or moon on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover when you post.
I'd Give Anything: A Novel by Marisa de los Santos
Option 3: Concession foods
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where the initial letter of each word is found in FUNNEL CAKES. Letters may only be used as many times as they appear.
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 500 Points
G.Q. 15.8 - Parasite
Read a book set in South Korea or with an author born in South Korea.
Human Acts by Han Kang
Points: 620
Completed Tasks: 38
Books Read: 48
MAZZA1I think i made a mistake with my simple addition at post 2758 which should read 1060 points in total
And then the 30 in post 2759 would make 1090 my current total
Sorry
5.7 - Mysterious WomenRead a book written by a female author that ALSO has the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Dystopia.
A Cold Day For Murder by Dana Stabenow
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 145
Total Tasks: 9
Total Books: 10
Task 5.3 - World Cinemaread a book set in one of the listed places
Unmarriageable
set in Pakistan, as per the blurb
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1060 points
15 BB tix
LAUREN JODI25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Option 4: Metal on cover
Mission: Improper by Bec McMaster
Cogs on the cover approved as metallic objects in post #36 of the task help thread.
Option 5 - Author initials in VOLCANO
Shamed by Linda Castillo
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 410/1205
Total Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 25/65
(Repost of 2598 to correct problem)Joanna T
50.1- Bucket's Task: Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves
Option 1(B): Book on TBR the longest
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Added to TBR in 2007 (and in the house before that)
Option 2(A): 1001 book
Found on Page 4 (#362)
2666 by Roberto Bolaño
This book has 898 pages, so I'm claiming 2 BB tickets
Option 3(B): Similar to 5* book
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Similar to Ender's Game, which I gave 5*
Task total: 50
BB this post: 2
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Grand total: 300
BB: 6
GO: 1
Joanna TSHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind
Option 1: Page count ending in 5
Little Voices by Vanessa Lillie
I read the kindle edition. There is no MM paperback. The most popular Paperback edition (Little Voices) has 325 pages.
Task total: 20
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Grand total: 320
BB: 6
GO: 1
5.1 - See You at the MoviesRead a book written by a single author with at least one initial found in the word: MOVIES
It Started With A Kiss by Miranda Dickinson
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 150
Total Tasks: 10
Total Books: 11
Nick KYTaking Away: 25.13 SandyL’s Dog Days
Opt. 2. I read Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
SIRS in “aStRophySIcs” --
I in “In” --
U in “hUrry”
Opt. 3 I read Moon Signs: The Key to Your Inner Life by Donna Cunningham, “Astrology” as GR genre
Points This Post: -25
Total Points So Far: 920
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Option 2:
Points this post: 20
Total points: 1080
Tasks completed: 59/65
Books read: 85