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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Shelby
20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind
Option 1
Read a book that has its number of pages listed as ending with a 5.: Betrayal in Death, by J.D. Robb
How Fits: Page Count - 355pgs
Points this post: 20
Total points: 440
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Option 4
Read a book with something metallic on the cover.: The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern, by Lilian Jackson Braun
How Fits: Cover - Gun
AND
Option 5
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in VOLCANO.: The King and the Criminal, by Charlotte Ashe
How Fits: Author - Charlotte Ashe
Points this post: 25
Total points: 465
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
Option 1
Read a book with a 2 and a 5 in the page number.: Predatory Game, by Christine Feehan
How Fits: Page Count - 352
AND
Option 3
Read a book with a clearly defined hand or fist seen on the cover.: Born to Bite, by Lynsay Sands
How Fits: Cover - Full hand on arm
Points this post: 25
Total points: 490
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
Option 1A
Read a book with a SINGLE word title.: Salvation, by Sloane Kennedy
How Fits: Title - Salvation
AND
Option 1C
Read a book that is part of a series of at least 5 books.: Sweet Ruin, by Kresley Cole
How Fits: Series - #15 in Immortals After Dark
Points this post: 30
Total points: 520
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
30.2 - Cat's Task: Reading in the Valleys
Option 2
Read a book with MPG Humour or Satire: The Lightning-Struck Heart, by T.J. Klune
How Fits: MPG - Humor & this is a re-read. First read April 17, 2016
AND
Option 3
Read a book with the letters WALES in the title / subtitle.: Master of Wolves, by Angela Knight
How Fits: Title - Master of Wolves
Points this post: 30
Total points: 550
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 3
Read a book whose page count contains a 2 and a 3.: Shadow's Seduction, by Kresley Cole
How Fits: Page Count: 232
AND
Option 4
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK.: Stolen Beauty, by Laurie Lico Albanese
How Fits: Author - Laurie Lico Albanese
Points this post: 30
Total points: 580
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2A
Read 2 books from the same series.: In a Badger Way, by Shelly Laurenston
How Fits: Series - #2 in Honey Badger Chronicles
AND
Option 2A
Read 2 books from the same series.: Badger to the Bone, by Shelly Laurenston
How Fits: Series - #3 in Honey Badger Chronicles
Points this post: 30
Total points: 610
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
ED30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2 c- Read 2 books that explore the same subject (must be a more specific connection than just MPG or shared author)
Edwin of the Iron Shoes by Marcia Muller
and Nothing Ventured by Jeffrey Archer
Both books involve detectives investigating art thefts with a connection to Italy. Approved in help thread.
Points these task: 30
Total points: 140
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 4
ED30.4 - Wayne's task: Brockian Ultra-Cricket
Option 2- The Murder on the Links-
by Agatha Christiegolf clubs on cover
pub. 1923
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Option 3:
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
"SORRY" found in "let'S pRetend this neveR happened: a mOstlY true memoir"
Points these task: 30
Total points: 170
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 5
Mod
I read an audio version of Homeland and linked to the top pb (no MMPB). This is found on page 83 of the Books That Should be Made Into Movies list. Currently #8271.
total points: 850
Mod
I read the kindle version of A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers and linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB). My comment on the book is in post 18 of the discussion thread.
total points: 870
Mod
For my first book, I used option and listened to the audiobook of One Good Deed - I linked to the top pb (no MMPB). All three initial title letters, OGD, are found in the first word of the phrase - DOG.
For my second book, I used option 2 and read The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires - I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). All the letters of SIRIUS are found in the title:
S in Southern
I in guIde
R in southeRn
I in vampIres
U in clUb
S in Slaying.
total points: 895
ED30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
OPTION 2 – ONE BOOK OPTION
Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens
744p.-pub. 1841
*****I CLAIM 1 BB TICKET*****
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
This book fulfills Opt.1 Book 1 task C. Read a book that is STAND ALONE i.e. NOT part of a series
and
Opt. 1 Book 2 task B. Read a book with at least 5 people on the cover-
Points these task: 30
Total points: 200
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 4
Books read: 12
Tasks completed: 6
25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In ThreesRead one book of at least 500 pages that matches two of the following:
Option A: Read a book that has all the letters of THREE in the title (NOT SUBTITLE).
Option C: Read a book that is part of a trilogy or a 3 book series. For the purposes of the task half numbers will not be included.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Audiobook
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Paperback
- THREE appears in THE ballad of songbiRds and snakEs
- Series page states The Hunger Games is a trilogy. The task description says half numbers are not included, and this book is 0.5 so it doesn't affect the trilogy.
- Claiming 1 BB Ticket (517 Pages)
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 445
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 1 (1000)
Mod
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!Option 5: Read a book that is set at least 50% in the Pacific Northwest. For clarity, I am using the Wikipedia "most common conception" of "Pacific Northwest", which includes British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
Book is set on Mount Rainier, which is in Washington State.
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 465
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 1 (1000)
Coralie25.5 The Return of the King
Option 2: book with exactly 5 O’s in the title
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman
At 706 pages, I would like to claim a big book ticket.
Option 5: Book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in VolCano
Bannerless
Total to date 495 points
8 big books
Amy B15.3 - Ford v. Ferrari
Option 1: Book 1- Read a book with all the letters of "Ferrari" found in its title/subtitle. AND Book 2 – Read a book with all the letters of "Ford" found in its author's name.
OR
Option 2: Read one book that fits both requirements for option 1.
I choose Option 2:
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 545 Points
25.1 - Lois's Task: Hair LoveOption 3: Read a book that is short, between 100-200 pages, inclusive.
The Final Reconciliation Audiobook
The Final Reconciliation PB 164 Pages
Option 4: Read a graphic novel or graphic memoir (MPG Sequential Art>Graphic Novels)
X-Men Noir
MPG Sequential Art>Graphic Novels
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 490
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 1 (1000)
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday MatineeOption 2: Read a book with the MPG of Horror.
Malorie
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 510
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 1 (1000)
10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5.
Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum
Average Rating is currently 3.78
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 520
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 1 (1000)
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the BooksOption 4: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the word PIVOT
Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay
PT appears in PivoT
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 540
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 1 (1000)
10.1 - OK BoomerRead a book written by a single author who was born between 1946 and 1964 inclusive.
This is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan
Author Born in 1962
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 550
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 1 (1000)
10.8 - Go Your Own WayAn American Marriage
On the Summer 2019 Reading Group Indie Next list
Total points: 120
15.9 - Facts Matter!The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Nonfiction - History genre
Total points: 135
20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover TropesOption 3: So You Want to Talk About Race
Approved in message 69 of the Help Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total points: 155
Barbara ★25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
Option 1: To celebrate the 25th anniversary, read a book with a 2 and a 5 in the page number.
Hunter - Jax (352 pages) 6/9
Option 2: 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.
Killed on Blueberry Hill - Sharon Farrow 8/14
(double letters in kiLLed and faRRow)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 710
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Bookwrm526Task #30.5
Option 2A: Read 2 books from the same series. I read Murder Lo Mein and Wonton Terror by Vivien Chien, both from the Noodle Shop Mystery series.
Total points so far: 725
ED25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
Option 1:
-The Complete Poems and Stories of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe -7/20/20
approved in help thread as fulfilling the "part of a series" requirement.
550p. ; pub. 1849
*****I CLAIM 1 BB TICKET*****
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Option 4
Muddling through in Madagascar by Dervla Murphy
Points these task: 25
Total points: 225
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 7
5.7 - Mysterious WomenRead a book written by a female author that ALSO has the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Dystopia.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins Audiobook
MPG Dystopia and Female Author
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes PB 517 Pages
Claim 1 BB Ticket (517 Pages)
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 530
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 1 (1000)
CelesteR30.1 - "STAY HOME" / "STAY SAFE"
Option 2 - 1 book that has book 1 and 2 tasks combined that is over 600 pages.
Book 1 - A. Read a book with a SINGLE word title
Book 2 - C. Read a book that is part of a series of at least 5 books
Stalker by Faye Kellerman is #12 in the "Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus" series.
Total Posts: 1
Total Pts: 30
Celeste wrote: "CelesteR30.1 - "STAY HOME" / "STAY SAFE"
Option 2 - 1 book that has book 1 and 2 tasks combined that is over 600 pages.
Book 1 - A. Read a book with a SINGLE word title
Book 2 - C. Read a book t..."
CelesteR
And I would like to claim 1 Big Book ticket for Stalker by Faye Kellerman.
Thank you! CELESTE.
Whitnie I20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
This is a one book task. Choose one of the following options. REQUIRED: State in your task which option you used.
Option 2 -Read a book with the MPG of Horror.
Off with Their Heads: The Prequel to Alice in Deadland
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 785
BB tickets: 10
10.6 Get CountedThe Fall by John Lescroart
Page count is 321. All numbers can be found in 39393261617
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 255
20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover TropesOption 3: Simple and serious
Read a book with main page genre nonfiction (embedded is ok) and a white (or off-white, beige, grey) cover that has only a single object/image depicted, or no image (only words).
Humankind: A Hopeful History
Approved as a single image in the help thread post #72 (link)
[POINTS]
This post: 20
Total points: 195
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 11
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets:
25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different options and read 1 book for each.
Option 1: Read a book that is part of a series. The book must be a whole number book in the series.
The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
This is book #3 of The Passage series.
Option 4: Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in AMENS. All words count.
Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
City of Mirrors had 602 pages. I claim ONE Big Book ticket.
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 240
Total BB tickets: 7
Total GO tickets: 1
SALLY M.20.2 Mindfulness
Option 3b: author initials in SOLARIS
All the Names They Used for God by Anjali Sachdeva
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 725
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 57
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
SALLY M.25.2 Children of the Apocalypse!
Option 1: a book from list of Stephen King Novels
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
Option 2: book featuring virtual reality; main character is a hacker of a virtual reality game and the book centers on a virtual reality championship
Warcross by Marie Lu
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 750
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 59
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
SALLY M.25.5 The Return of the King
Option 2: exactly 5 Os in title and/or subtitle
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
**A Room of One's Own is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1929). Claiming 1 GO ticket.**
Option 5: author initials in VOLCANO
Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 775
Tasks completed: 46
Books read: 61
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 1
Total GO tix: 2
SALLY M.30.4 Brockian Ultra-Cricket
Option 1: MPG Physics (verified)
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Donald Goldsmith
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Option 3: all letters in either APOLOGIZE or SORRY in title
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 805
Tasks completed: 47
Books read: 63
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 2
Repost - sorry for the silly mistake.20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
Option 3:
Approved in message 69 of the Help Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total points: 155
Coralie5.7 Mysterious Women
Book by a female author with MPG dystopia
This Is Shyness by Leanne Hall
Total to date 500 points
Coralie15.2 The BAFTAs
Book 1: Book by an author who shares a name with Daniel Day=Lewis
The Widow's House by Daniel Abraham
Book 2: book by an author who shares a name with Glenda Jackson
City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett
Total to date 515 points
Mod
JEN B5.3 - World Cinema
Read a book set at least 50% in a country where the total number of English speakers is below 50%, based on this list: Countries by English-Speaking Population.
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
This book is set in Mexico, where the total English speaking population is 12.9%
TOTAL POINTS: 575
15.1 - Moms and DadsBook 1. Read a book by a female author that was first published during your mother's lifetime, but not your own.
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
First published 1969, after my mother's birth but before mine.
Book 2. Read a book written by a male author, first published during your father's lifetime, but not your own.
The Price by Arthur Miller
First published 1968, after my father's birth but before mine.
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 545
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 1 (1000)
NICOLE OH25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 1:
Option 2: Seven Up 111,631 ratings
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 755
BB Tickets: 1
NICOLE OH30.10 Andy P.’s Task: Junk Food or Fitness?
Book 1: Watch Us Rise RISE can be made with the letters in EXERCISE
Book 2: The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams
Total pages= 896
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 785
BB tickets: 1
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15.1 - Moms and Dads
Read a book by a female author that was first published during your mother's lifetime, but not your own.: The Cat Who Turned On and Off, by Lilian Jackson Braun
How Fits: Published - Published in 1968 after my mom was born and before my birth. & Author: Lilian Jackson Braun
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15.1 - Moms and Dads
Read a book written by a male author, first published during your father's lifetime, but not your own.: DuneDune, by Frank Herbert
How Fits: Published - Published June 1, 1965 after my dad was born and before my birth. & Author: Frank Herbert
Claiming 1 Big Book Tickets - 537pgs
Points this post: 15
Total points: 420
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0