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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Amy B 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 (Ohio, the 17th state) . Numbers may only be used as often as they appear in 39393261617.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (766 pgs) - IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 44.0
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 510 Points
10.8 - Go Your Own WayRead a book from a list found at IndieBound's IndieNext List. New 2020 lists posted during the challenge may be used.
Migrations
August 2020 List
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 420
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 3
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 1 (1000)
Rockynook20.6 - Springfield!
Option 1: (at least 15,000 GR ratings) The Guest List by Lucy Foley (67,303 GR ratings)
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 670
Delicious Dee5.10 - Carefree Summer Days
The Last Train to London
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 1100
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite ThingsOption 4: Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
*This book is Firefly Lane #1 and it is a new series for me.*
Total Points = 200
Delicious DeeTask 25.8 - Amy FL’s Task: I’ll Be Back
Option 2: Liquid Metal- Murder on Trinity Place - MIMETIC POLYALLOY
Option 4: Don’t Mess With Mom - The Relentless Moon - Mary Robinette Kowal -i>female author, shelved as science fiction by 99ppl; big book ticket- 500+ pgs, i read the kindle version but most popular PPB is 544pgs
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 1125
Whitnie I15.1 - Moms and Dads
Read two books: Book 1. Read a book by a female author that was first published during your mother's lifetime, but not your own.
AND
Book 2. Read a book written by a male author, first published during your father's lifetime, but not your own.
The Bell Jar Published 1963 while my Mom was alive but I was not.
The Horse and His Boy Published in 1954 when my Dad was alive but I was not. AR Book finder resuts: IL: MG, BL: 5.8, AR Pts: 8.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 675
BB Tickets: 10
Bookwrm526Task @20.2 - Mindfulness
Option 1: Read a book that has one or more stools, chairs, armchairs, benches, tables, hangers, shoe racks or cabinets on the cover. I read The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean. She's sitting on a chaise, which was approved in the help thread (posts 14 and 15).
Total points so far: 665
Andy P.Task # 25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Option 1. Read a book set at least 50% in New Zealand
Owls Do Cry by Janet Frame set entirely in New Zealand
Option 3. Read a book from this list of Creature Books.
Raptor Red by Robert T. Bakker
Page 1, # 40 on the Creature Book list.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 920
REPOSTED TO INCLUDE LINK10.8 - Go Your Own Way
Read a book from a list found at IndieBound's IndieNext List. New 2020 lists posted during the challenge may be used.
Migrations
August 2020 List
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 420
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 3
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 1 (1000)
MAZZA15.2 - 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.
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Page 1 of that list
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 1095
MAZZA125.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
This is a two book task.
Option 1: Most Tiresome Tabloid Targets.
Read a book with NO people on the cover.
this book has 603 pages and i am claiming a BB ticket
Option 3: Worst Eye-Gouging Misuse Of 3D.
read a book with 3 or more letter D's in the TITLE only. Subtitles cannot be used.
D in Dante, Discover & anD
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 1120
BB tickets this post = 1
BB tickets to date 16
MAZZA130.4 - Wayne's task: Brockian Ultra-Cricket
This is a two-book task.
Option 2:
Read a book that has a piece of sporting or gaming equipment on the cover.
The Tennis Party
Option 3:
Read a book that has all the letters in either APOLOGIZE or SORRY in the book's title/subtitle. Letters can only be used as often as they appear.
Say You're Sorry
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 1,150
PegW10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5
The Island of Sea Women. The current rating is 4.25
Points this post: 10
Total points: 340
Big Book: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 18
Sarah E25.13 - SandyL's Task: Dog Days of Summer
Option 1: DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
Once Upon a River
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is Once Upon a River
Option 2: All the letters of SIRIUS in the title
Kiwi Lime Surprise Murder - lIme SURprISe
I read the kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Kiwi Lime Surprise Murder
Total points: 85
Sarah E30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2A: 2 books from the same series
Book 1: The Kalahari Typing School for Men - No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #4
Book 2: The Full Cupboard of Life - No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #5
Total points: 115
Whitnie I15.2 - The BAFTAs
Book 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).
Best Actor in a Leading Role
AND
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)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham The BAFTA winner John Gielgud 1953
Interview with the Vampire Anne Rice The BAFTA winner Anne Bancroft
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 690
BB Tickets: 10
LAUREN JODI20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Option 3: Life-changing event
White Lies by Linda Howard
Hero is in an explosion. Spends 1/2 the book in a coma and then recovering from his injuries including amnesia.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 450/1205
Total Books Read: 35
Tasks Completed: 28/65
G.Q.15.10 - Let's Travel (Through Books)!
Read a book from Best Traveling Vicariously.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (page 1)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 645
Books read: 51
Pages read: 14, 046
Julia10330.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 2: Castlemore (MPG Scotland verified in post 61 of genre verification thread)
Option 3: Or What You Will.
I read the Kindle edition. There is no paperback yet. Hardcover edition
Or What You Will is 320 pages.
This task: 30 points
Total points: 775
BB tickets: 8
GO tickets: 4
Tasks completed: 43
Books read: 61
JEN B30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2: Companion Reads
B - Read 2 books set within the same world - same MPG set in the same location and time period
The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel
and
All the Flowers in Paris by Sarah Jio
Both books share the genres Historical and WWII, are set in German-occupied France, have past/present plotlines, similar covers, and two characters in each book that share the same names.
TOTAL POINTS: 550
10.2 A Boy's Best Friend is His MotherMeddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
MPG Horror
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 215
Kathy KS30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Choose one of the options and read two books for that option.
Option 2: Read two books that make for good companion reads by having one of these commonalities. REQUIRED: Specify the option you chose and explain the connection in your post.
C - Read 2 books that explore the same subject (must be a more specific connection than just MPG or shared author)
How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need, by Judith Matloff
An Unladylike Profession: American Women War Correspondents in World War I, by Chris Dubbs
Connection: Both books recount difficulties encountered by women war correspondents. The first recounts anecdotes of her years in the profession in recent times, in order to illustrate her safety tips. The second book shows the obstacles women pioneering in this career encountered in the early 20th century and the creative methods they found to reach the fronts, despite the dangers.
Topic approved in task help, message 44: by Sally.
Both books read were ARCs provided by NetGalley and the publishers
*****
Points for this task: 30
Total points : 405
Tasks completed: 20
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
15.9 Facts MatterDeath & Survival in Glacier National Park: True Tales of Tragedy, Courage, & Misadventure by C.W. Guthrie
Nonfiction with History on the main page
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 240
Whitnie I15.3 - Ford v. Ferrari
Option 2 – Read one book that fits both requirements for option 1.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 690
BB tickets: 10
50.1- Bucket's Task: Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves1. Accomplish a could have.
A. Read a book you abandoned/never finished.
The Three Musketeers (The d'Artagnan Romances #1) by Alexandre Dumas
Abandoned in 2012
1x Bigger is Better tix (625p)
2. Accomplish a should have.
A. Read a book from 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
page 4
288 pages
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub 1851)
3. Toss the rest away.
A. Dive into summer and read any book mentioned in any of the 8 Goodreads Summer Reading blog posts.
The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg
GR Employees Share Their Summer Reading Plans (Alexander Reyes, Revenue Operations Associate)
352 pages
Total pages read: 1,265
Total this Post: 50
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 16
Season Total: 875
G.Q.5.6 - Somebody Set the Clock
Read a book with the letters VCR found in any order in the title/subtitle, series title, and/or author's name.
They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement by Wesley Lowery
Points this task: 5
Total points: 650
Challenges completed: 39
Books read: 52
Pages read: 14,302
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!Option 1: Springfield, Vermont won the contest with 15,367 votes. Read a book with over 15,000 Goodreads ratings. (15,001 or higher)
I read The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, audio edition. The print version, here: The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism is 912 pages, making this a ***Big Book ******. This book had 16,399 ratings as of June 9th.
points: 300
books read: 23
tasks completed: 19
tasks in progress: 2
Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Pages read: 8374
Christine V15.7 - Hurricane season is here again!
Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett
Marie matches a 2020 Pacific hurricane name
Points this post: 15
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=3, 750=2, 1000=1 (Total BB tickets=10)
G.Q.30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Nights at the Drive-in
Option 1: Drive-in memories
Read a book that has a night scene including stars and/or moon on the cover.
by Mary Robinette Kowal (there are stars on the cover, but you might have to enlarge the cover in order to see it as the stars are very fine.)Option 2: A ticket to ride
Read a book with either swing(s), swinging, slide(s) or sliding in the title.
Swing by Kwame Alexander
Points this task: 30
Total points: 680
Challenges completed: 40
Books read: 54
Pages read: 15,181
Coralie20.9 Eureka!
Option 1: A book where AI is central to the plot.
The Risen Empire
Total to date 465 points
Task 30.8 - The Karate Fan Clubpage count total 500+
read a fiction & non-fiction book that each contain all of KARATEDOJO in subtitle & author name
fiction: The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts by Lilian Jackson Braun
KA in jAcKson
RA in bRAun
TE in ThE
D in talkeD
OJ in JacksOn
O in whO
284 pages
nonfiction: A Drop of Midnight: A Memoir by Jason Diakité
KA in diAKite
R in dRop
A in A
TE in diakiTE
DO in DrOp
JO in JasOn
304 pages
284+304 = 588 page >500
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1090 points
15 BB tix
Task 5.10 - Carefree Summer Daysread a book of my choice
Harrow the Ninth
512 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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1095 points
16 BB tix
Joanna T30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 3: Page count contains both 2 and 3
I listened to the audiobook of Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
The most popular MM paperback edition has 324 pages: Broken Homes
Option 5: Set in Japan
South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami
(More about the setting can be found here if the GR description isn't clear enough)
Task total: 30
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Season total: 350
BB: 6
GO: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.6 Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 1: Hour Game by David Baldacci.
38000+ ratings
Points this post: 20
Total points: 1150
Tasks completed: 61/65
Books read: 89
EMurphy25.6 TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 1: NO people on the cover Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
Option 2: At least 100,000 ratings on Goodreads The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
**105,691 ratings
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 295
Books Read: 21
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +750: 1
Tasks Completed: 11
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.4 - Ready For A Closeup
Kindness and Wonder: Why Mister Rogers Matters Now More Than Ever by Gavin Edwards
Points this post: 10
Total points: 1160
Tasks completed: 62/65
Books read: 90
Nick KY15.8 Parasite – I read I Have the Right to Destroy Myself by South Korean author I Have the Right to Destroy Myself by South Korean author Young-Ha Kim
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 990
Nick KY25.9 Bookworm526’s Fav Summer Movies
Opt. 1. Jaws. Three word title, each word begins with a letter found in
“you’Re gonna need a bIGger boat.”
I read God Is Red: A Native View of Religion by Vine Deloria Jr..
Opt. 4. Ferris Behuler’s Day Off. Set in Chicago – I read 47th Street Black: A Novel by Bayo Ojikutu.
Points This Post: 25
Total PointsSo Far: 1015
Amy FL15.6. The Red Carpet
- Red title and background of medalPoints this post: 15
Total points: 565
NICOLE OH10.7 - What Angels Eat
B is for Burglar set over 50% in California but the other setting is Florida coincidentally! Shown in metadata!
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 620
BB Ticket: 1
Sara G30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
OPTION 2 – ONE BOOK OPTION
1. Read a book that fits a task from the requirements for BOTH books 1 and 2 from Option 1.
2. Your book must be over 600 pages in length
From Book 1: A. Read a book with a SINGLE word title
From Book 2: C. Read a book that is part of a series of at least 5 books (this book is book 1 of the 6-part "Asian Saga" series)
Shōgun: The Epic Novel of Japan by James Clavell
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 1210 pages.
**Shogun is a Big Book (1210 pages). Claiming 3 BB tickets.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 490
Amy FL25.2 - Simone's Task: Children of the Apocalypse!
3. United States of the Dead
5. The Salt Line (Survival after the world is ravaged by disease-carrying ticks.)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 590
Andy P.Task # 25.2 - Simone's Task: Children of the Apocalypse!
Option 1. Read one of the books by Stephen King from this list:
Stephen King Novels
Firestarter byStephen King
Option 4. Read a book from these two lists: 10 Survival Books
Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
Points this post: 25
Total points : 945
Amy FL25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
Option A: The Perfect Lie - THREE - THE pERfect lie
Option C: A Better World - #2 in the Brilliance Trilogy
Points this post: 25
Total points: 615
Amy FL30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know”
Option 3: 20th Victim - #20 in series that I began more than 15 years ago
Option 4: Stolen Souls - set in Europe (Ireland), I'm in North America, USA
Points this post: 30
Total points 645
Amy FL30.11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
1. Smoke in the Sun (Fantasy)
3. This Tender Land (Historical Fiction)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 675
Whitnie I15.4 - 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 AND Book 2 - read a book written by a female author.
Option 2:
Read 1 book that satisfies the requirements for both books 1 and 2 of option 1.
I did Option 2: We: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere Gillian Anderson The word is Women and the film is Little Women.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 720
BB Tickets: 10
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Option 4: Read a book with something metallic on the cover.
Lair of Dreams (The Diviners #2) by Libba Bray
1x Bigger is Better tix (613p)
Option 5: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in VOLCANO.
Deadly Curious by Cindy Anstey
author's initials, CA, found in volCAno
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 15
Season Total: 825