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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Joanne MI15.5 - Again, Really?
Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than 1 in which you’ve already read book 1 before May 15
The Desert Spear I read book 1 The Warded Man, in April 2020
Claiming 1 BB ticket at 638 pages
Points this task 15
Total Points 350
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 5
Joanne MI25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home
Option 1-Book at Hand-Tehanu-have owned since 2018
Option 2. New books-The Land Beyond the Sea-published March 3, 2020
Claiming one BB on Option 2 at 688 pages
Points this task 25
Total Points 375
BB's This Post 1
Total BB's 6
Andy P.Task # 15.5 - Again, Really?
Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than 1, in which you’ve already read book 1 before May 15.
The Target by David Baldacci
This is # 3 in the Will Robie series . I read # 1 in the series in 3/19
Points this post: 15
Total points: 960
G.Q.5.2 - I'd Watch That
Read a book found on the Books That Should Be Made Into Movies.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (page 7)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 685
Challenges completed: 41
Books read: 55
Pages read: 15,327
UNCLAIMING 30.9post 2333: option 3
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30.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 3: Let’s go to the Theater/Pavillion – Read a book where the main character is either a musician, an actor or other person involved in the theater in some way (set designers, costumers, etc.). "Theater" includes movies and television, professional or amateur,
Avenger's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 7/19
(hero is a famous actor)
Option 5: Let’s Go Ride a Roller Coaster – Read a book with the main page genre Thriller. The genre can be standalone or embedded
Itsy Bitsy Spider - Willow Rose 7/9"
Barbara ★30.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 3: Let’s go to the Theater/Pavillion – Read a book where the main character is either a musician, an actor or other person involved in the theater in some way (set designers, costumers, etc.). "Theater" includes movies and television, professional or amateur,
Death's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 8/4
(hero is the lead singer in a band called Valley of Shadow)
Option 5: Let’s Go Ride a Roller Coaster – Read a book with the main page genre Thriller. The genre can be standalone or embedded
Itsy Bitsy Spider - Willow Rose 7/9
Barbara ★10.4 - Ready For A Closeup
Read a book with a central character or subject who is a professional actor or actress.
Avenger's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 7/19
(hero is a famous actor)
Chapter 2 states "Hell, you're Christopher Daniels and he's a big movie star now"
Points this task: 10
Total points: 670
Blueberry25.12
Opt 1: read a book that is part of a series.
The Devil's Punchbowl (Penn Cage #3)
This is a Big Book with 736 pgs.
opt 4: read a book with a title that begins with a letter in AMENS.
All Over But the Shoutin'
Pts: 25
Total pts: 395
BB: 2
Whitnie I15.7 - Hurricane season is here again!
Read a book whose author's name matches the name of a 2020 Atlantic or Pacific hurricane name.
The Lost Plot Genevieve Cogman
Genevieve is the name of a Pacific Hurricane
Total this post: 15
Total Points: 735
BB Tickets: 10
Blueberry25.7
Opt 1: read a book with a 2 and a 5 in the page number.
A Taint In The Blood with 352 pgs.
Opt. 3: Read a book with a clearly defined hand or fist seen on the cover.
I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa
Pts: 25
Total pts: 420
Blueberry10.10 Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5.
has an avg rating of 3.89.Pts: 10
Total pts: 430
CoffeegirlTask 20.2: Mindfulness
Option 2 Road Trip Books page 1
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 640
Queen Bee DarleneRepost - forgot to post what is red on cover
Queen Bee Darlene
15.6 The Red Carpet
something red on cover
The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland The Lost for Words Bookshop
The awning is red
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 460
Queen Bee Darlene25.7 Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
1) 2 & 5 in page #
The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick The Library of Lost and Found
352 pages
3) clearly defined hand or fist on cover
He Started It by Samantha Downing He Started It
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 485
Julia10325.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Option 4:
(metal armor on cover)Option 5: All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney
(first and last initials NC in VOLCANO)
This task: 25 points
Total points: 800
BB tickets: 8
GO tickets: 4
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 63
Margaret LTask #15.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performer
Option 2 - both requirements are met by:
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
“Queen” is found in the Hepburn film “The African Queen” and
The author Holly Black is female.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 215
JEN B20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 1: Read a book with over 15,000 Goodreads ratings. (15,001 or higher)
In honor of the show airing 31 seasons, your book must be at least 310 Pages
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
This book has over 68,000 Goodreads ratings, and is 320 pages
TOTAL POINTS: 570
Barbara ★5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40
Read a book first published in a year that includes a 4 AND a 0 (ex: 1904, 1940, 2004, 2014, etc).
Magic of the Gargoyles - Rebecca Chastain 8/2
(first published October 20th 2014)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 675
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★5.1 - See You at the Movies
Read a book written by a single author with at least one initial found in the word: MOVIES.
Murder in the Storybook Cottage - Ellery Adams 8/7
(E in moviEs)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 680
Jen K30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Option 1: Lair of Dreams - 613 Pages
MPG Fantasy
***********Requesting 1 BB Ticket for 613 Pages*********
Option 3: Sin Eater - 304 Pages
MPG Historical
613 + 305 > 500
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 530
Big Books: 5
Amy W20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind
I chose Option 1: Read a book that has its number of pages listed as ending with a 5.
I read Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb. It has 415 pages.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 220
Jen K25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home
1. Books in Hand
Little Beach Street Bakery
I've owned since September 2019
2. New books
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
Published March 17, 2020
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 555
Big Books: 5
DeborahPost #13
5.6 - Somebody Set the Clock
Love Is Murder (Lucy Kincaid #0.5)
V: LOVE
C: KINCAID
R: MURDER
One book between 80 -99 pages may be used for ONE 5 point task.
SRC ebook Verification spreadsheet approved #1824 Conditional- 5 point tasks
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 235
Books Read: 18
Tasks Done: 13
DeborahPost #14
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
2) In the Shadow of Spindrift House MPG: HORROR
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 255
Books Read: 19
Tasks Done: 14
G.Q.5.9 - Take Me Away
Read a book with the MPG Humor.
Adulthood Is a Myth by Sarah Andersen
Points this task: 5
Total points: 690
Challenges completed: 42
Books read: 56
Pages read: 15,439
G.Q.25.13 - SandyL's Task: Dog Days of Summer
Option 1: Read a book with at least three words in the title where the first letter of each word is in DOG DAYS OF SUMMER.
You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
Option 4: Read a book from Summer List.
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote (page 1)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 715
Challenges completed: 43
Books read: 58
Pages read: 15,439
5.5 - Summer BlockbustersRead 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.
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Animal from National Lampoon's Animal House
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 180
Total Tasks: 12
Total Books: 14
Task 30.3 - Gardening Lessonsoption 3: read a book with 2 & 3 in the page count
No Time Like the Past: The Chronicles of St. Mary's Book Five
332 pages
option 4: read a book with author initials in DISTRICT
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
ST initials
I read the kindle ed linked above, MMPB: Une braise sous la cendre - 560 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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1125 points
17 BB tix
Readerboard Name: List_addict15.7: Hurricane Season is here again!
An author whose name matches the name of an Atlantic or Pacific hurricane name in 2020
Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
Pacific: Marie
Total this Challenge: 40
Amy B20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
REQUIRED: Indicate in your post which option you used.
No books with an MPG of children or kids may be used for this task.
Option 4: For this option, start a new series. The series can be of any length, but your book must be in a series that is new to you and is the first in the series.
REQUIRED: State in your post that this series is new to you.
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle #1) - this series is new to me.
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 530 Points
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.10 Rina's Task: Working out during quarantine
Option 1: Task 1: Audition by Stasia Ward Kehoe.
Stasia's bio
468 pages
Option 1: Task 3: Forbidden Lust by Karen Booth
224 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 1185
Tasks completed: 63/65
Books read: 92
trishhartuk25.10 Rina’s Task: Working out during quarantine
Option 1: Fitness Blender.
Task 1. Read a book written by a married author.
The Ruin of Kings, Jenn Lyons
From the GR author description: “Jenn Lyons lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her HUSBAND, three cats, and a lot of opinions…”
read the kindle edition. PB here (720pg)
Big Book: 500+ = 1 ticket
Task 3. Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle containing both letters F and B.
The Catnap Before Christmas, Kathi Daley
B & F are in BeFore
Read the kindle edition. PB here (211pg)
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Golden oldie: No
Big book: 1 – The Ruin of Kings is 720pg, = 1 x 500+ ticket
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 17
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 2 (500+ = 2)
Casey WTask 20.5 Option 1 - Read a book with MPG Historical Fiction and characters on front have their back to you.
The Other Einstein By Marie Benedict
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Casey WTask 20.6 - Option 1 - Read a book with over 15,000 goodreads ratings.
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win By Jacob Willink
36,121 Ratings
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Casey WTask 20.8 - Read a book where same numbers of letters are taken from each word in title to form new word.
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Word: Rant
AmericaN diRT
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Casey W Task 20.9 - Read a book where AI is part of the central plot
The Toll by Neal Shusterman
pg. 625
The Thunderhead (AI) drives main characters to save humanity from overbearing Scythes.
*Claiming Big Book Ticket for this Book*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
EMurphy25.6 TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 1: NO people on the cover
by Olga TokarczukOption 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
MAZZA125.10 - Rina's Task: Working out during quarantine
This is a 2 book task. Choose one option and complete 2 different tasks from this option.
The books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.
Option 1: Fitness Blender
Task 1. Read a book written by a married author.
I read an ARC copy of Anxious People received from Netgalley
There is no MMP
Anxious People PB edition 352 pages
The last sentence of the author's GR page states he lives in Sweden with his wife https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Task 3. Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle containing both letters F and B.
The Butterfly Lampshade 304 pages
304 +352 = 656 pages exceeds 500
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 1,175
Delicious Dee25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Option 1 - Kiwi Rules - approx 90% set in New Zealand
Option 5 - The Love Solution - Ashley Croft - AC found in VOLCANO
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 1150
Suzannesea20.2 - Rookie At The Top - Ciprian's Task: Mindfulness
Option 2
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes is on the first page of the Road Trip Books list.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date; 200
Suzannesea20.7 Shorter Is Sweeter - Cindie's Task - Small is a State of Mind
Option 1: What exit?
Read a book that has its number of pages listed as ending with a 5.
City Primeval by Elmore Leonard
275 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 220
Andy P.Task # 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 6. Read a book with the letters BE intact in the title
Beijing Payback by Daniel Nieh
BEIJIMG
Points this post: 20
Total points: 980
Task 25.11 - Delicious Dee's Task: Space XOption 1: I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool, finished 7/18
By Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella
Option 3: The Shipping News, finished 8/11
By Annie Proulx
First published 1993
Points this task: 25
Total points: 1085
Jen K20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 1: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
91,731 ratings > 15,000 ratings
359 pages > 310 pages
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 575
Big Books: 5
Jen K15.9 - Facts Matter!
Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight against the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid Epidemic
Non-Fiction and MPG History
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 590
Big Books: 5
Jen K15.7 - Hurricane season is here again!
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester
Simon is a Pacific Hurricane 2020 name
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 605
Big Books: 5
PegW30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2: Companion Reads -
A - Read 2 books from the same series From the Hannah Swenson Series:
Book 1 - Blueberry Muffin Murder #3 in the series
Book 2 - Lemon Meringue Pie Murder #4 in the series
Points this post: 30
Total points: 370
Big Book: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 19
the_bookish_rose5.2- I'd Watch That
Read a book on the Books to Movies list.
State which page it was found on.
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Found on page 1 of the list.
IL: MG; BL: 5.6; AR: 18.0
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 105
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books:0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Whitnie I15.8 - Parasite
Read a book set in South Korea or with an author born in South Korea. If the book is set before 1945 (when North and South Korea were divided), a setting in Korea works, regardless of what part of Korea.
White Chrysanthemum. This book takes place in Korea and south Korea as it goes between the past and present.
Total this post: 15
Total Points: 750
BB Tickets: 10
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30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
Option 2: One book
Sovereign - 662 pages
Book 1: Task A - SINGLE word title
Book 2: Task C - part of a series of at least 5 books - the series has 7 books at present
Big book, 662 pages. I claim 1 BB ticket.
Total Points: 145
Total BBs: 2