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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Celeste wrote: "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 - ..."
CelesteR
Reposting my claim for 1 Big Book ticket.
I read Stalker by Faye Kellerman, my edition was 624 pages long. Thank you! CELESTE.
10.2 “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”Read a book with MPG Horror or Thriller
The Long Walk
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 370
Big Books Read: 0
10.10 "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"Book rated 3.5+
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera (rated 4.12)
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 20
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 743
Big Books Read: 0
15.2 - The BAFTAsBook 1 (author's name matches name on BAFTA best actor list): The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay (Paul Scofield, 1967) and Book 2 (author's name matches name on BAFTA best actress list): Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult (Jodie Foster, 1991)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 35
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read: 1495
Big Books Read: 0
15.4 - A Record Setting Leading PerformersOption 2: One book- word in the book title matches a word from Katherine Hepburn's filmography, book written by female author
The Long Goodbye by Meghan O'Rourke (movie: Long Day's Journey into Night, 1962)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 50
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read: 1801
Big Books Read: 0
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the BooksOption 6 (Chandler): Read a book with the letters BE intact in the title
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Total Books Read: 6
Total Pages Read: 2083
Big Books Read: 0
25.2 - Simone's Task: Children of the Apocalypse!Option 1: Book from list of Stephen King's books
Revival by Stephen King
Option 5: Book about survival in dystopian setting
The End of October by Lawrence Wright (about survival in a world ravaged by a pandemic)
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 95
Total Books Read: 8
Total Pages Read: 2888
Big Books Read: 0
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie AwardsOption 1: Book with no people on cover
The Chain
Option 2: Book with at least 100,000 ratings on Goodreads
My Sister, the Serial Killer
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 120
Total Books Read: 10
Total Pages Read: 3471
Big Books Read: 0
30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”Option 1: Book with single word title
Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Option 2: Book part of a series with at least 5 books
Books of Blood: Volume One by Clive Barker (6 book series)
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 150
Total Books Read: 12
Total Pages Read: 4065
Big Books Read: 0
Sarah E10.5 - From A to Z
Shadows on the Moon by Zoë Marriott
I listened to an audio but have linked to the top paperback, no MMP
Total Points: 215
Sarah E15.6. The Red Carpet
The text of “Nation” is red on the cover
I listened to an audio, paperback - no MMP - is Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration
Total Points: 230
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: CodenamesFor this task, 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. Numbers (non-ordinal) in the title should be ignored.
REQUIRED: Specify the ‘linking’ word. This word must be found in dictionary.com
I read The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
I made the linking word: Tries
The giRl wIth sEven nameS
This book was approved on the help thread>
points: 320
books read: 24
tasks completed: 20
tasks in progress: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2
pages read: 8694
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).
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:
ED30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 1:
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart
pub. May 2009
Option 3:
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version by Anonymous
1328p.
*****I CLAIM 2 BB TICKETS*****
Points these task: 30
Total points: 205
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 4
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 7
Amy B10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5.
The War Widow by Tara Moss (3.84)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 555 Points
Whitnie I20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the
This is a one book task. REQUIRED: In your post, specify which option you used.
Option 6: Chandler
Read a book with the letters BE intact in the title, not subtitle. Letters can appear in any word, but they must appear in that order.
Being a Green Mother
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 805
BB Tickets: 10
10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”A book with MPG Thriller: Someone Knows by Lisa Scottoline
Points this post: 10
Total points: 650
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie AwardsOption 1, a book with no people on the cover: You Are the Love of My Life by Susan Richards Shreve
Option 4, a book by an author whose initials are found consecutively in the phrase WorstRecklessDisregardForHumanLifeAndPublicPropERty: Call Me Zelda by Erika Robuck
Points this post: 25
Total points: 675
Suzannesea20.3 - Best Review Contest - Joanne MI's Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 3
Aftermath by Peter Robinson has a main page genre of Thriller.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 240
ED25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
1 Book Option- The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope
695p.; pub. 1864
The book fulfills Opt. 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.
Two "L's in "smaLL" and two"L"s in "troLLope"
and also fulfills Option 3 - Read a book with a clearly defined hand or fist seen on the cover.
approved in help thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*****I CLAIM 1 BB TICKET*****
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points these task: 25
Total points: 230
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 8
ED25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option1-
Tales of Liechtenstein Then and Now by James Foster Robinson-
Option 3-
Lost and Found in Macedonia: A Journey to Unexpected Places by Marilyn Wheeler
Three "D"s found in "lost anD founD in maceDonia"
Points these task: 25
Total points: 255
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 9
Helen B20.2 - Mindfulness
Option 2: News of the World by Paulette Jiles
Page 4 on the list.
Total points: 385
Whitnie I25.2 - Simone's Task: Children of the Apocalypse!
This is a two-book task. Choose two of the following options and read one book for each of the options chosen! One book with Graphic Novel MPG may be used for this task if it has at least 125 pages.
REQUIRED: State which options you chose.
2. Read a book featuring virtual reality or a video game or a book that inspired a video game! Here are two lists that might help:
Books About Video Games and Virtual Reality
Video Games Inspired By Books
REQUIRED: Explain how your book fits the task.
Around the World in Eighty Days. The video game 80 days is based on this book and is on the list Video Games Inspired By Books
3. Read a book that prominently features zombies or undead creatures (must be obvious from the description on GR or shown on the cover)!
Through the Killing Glass
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 830
BB Points: 10
ED25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Option 2-
Life on a Coral Atoll: Australia's Cocos (Keeling) Islands by Paul Oates
Five "O"s found in "life On a cOral atOll: australia's cOcO's (keeling) islands"
Option 5-
The Duel by Anton Chekhov
Initials "AC" found in "volCAno"
pub. 1891
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points these task: 25
Total points: 280
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 10
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).
The King of Torts by John Grisham
Matches John Gielgud who won the award in 1953
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: 400
GO: 1
20.10 - Group ReadsRead ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
I read an ebook version of A Bookshop in Berlin
My comments are in the discussion thread at message #21
New Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 420
GO: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.6: Springfield: Option 1: Mr. Churchill's Secretary
by Susan Elia MacNeal has 22,947 (> 15,001 required) ratings
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 20
Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.8: Parasite: The Illusion of Murder by Carol McCleary. Ths author was born in Seoul, South Korea, documented in GR author's page.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 35
Books: 2
Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Readerboard name: List_addict25.1: Lois’s Task - Hair Love
Option 1: A title containing either the word HAIR or LOVE
Frankly in Love by David Yoon
Option 4: A Graphic Novel
Locke & Key, Volume 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez
Total this challenge: 65
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.9: Let's go have some summer fun:
Option 1 - Let's go to the beach: Taking the Fall by Laney Monday. The mystery is set in the fictional coast town Bonney Bay, located on the west coast of Washington state. The name of the town is listed on the main page. There are numerous references to the coast, and part of the action takes place on the beach.
Option 5 - Let's go ride a roller coaster: A Cold Day For Murder by Dana Stabenow has MPG thriller.
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 65
Books: 4
Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: CodenamesFor this task, 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.
The Measure of My Powers: A Memoir of Food, Misery and Paris
STORM can be made using The measuRe Of My powerS
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 565
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 1 (1000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.8: I'll be back:
Option 2 - Liquid metal: Circle of Influence by Annette Dashofy. The first letter of each word in title COI, can be found in MiMETIc PoLYALLOY.
Option 3 - A first: The Pawn by Steven James. The author's names is 2 first names: Steven is #142 and James is #9.
Totals this posting:
Points: 25
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 90
Books: 6
Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
G.Q. 30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know”
Option 1: Read a book with FUN found intact in a word in the title or subtitle.
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Option 3: Read the next whole number book in a series that you have begun before the Summer Challenge
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett (I read my first Discworld book in 2007)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 740
Challenges completed: 43
Books read: 59
Pages read: 15,914
Rockynook25.7- Jagged Little Pill
One book that fits two options, 500+ pages
Option 1: 2 and 5 in the page number
Option 2: Both the title and author name contains a double set of consonants
These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly
512 pages, These ShaLLow Graves by JeNNifer DoNNeLLy
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 695
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.11: Escape!
Option 1: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia has MPG Fantasy.
Option 2: Standing Stones by Beth Camp is set 90% in Scotland, a country I have never visited. The location is document on the main page.
Total pages: 336 + 440 = 776 > 500 required.
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 120
Books: 8
Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Barbara ★30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know”
Option 3: To remember to finish what I begin.
Read the next whole number book in a series that you have begun before the Summer Challenge.
Beneath the Sugar Sky - Seanan McGuire 7/26
(I read the first book on July 18, 2018 well before this seasons challenge began)
Option 6: To Make Friends
Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
Solomon vs. Lord - Paul Levine 8/15
My friend Joyce rated 5 stars: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
BIG BOOK = 576 pages
Points this task: 30
Total points: 740
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.3: Saturday matinee
Option 3: Loose Ends by D. D. VanDyke has MPG thriller. I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition lists 218 pages - Loose Ends.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 140
Books: 9
Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Barbara ★25.9 - Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
Option 2: read a book with the MPG Romance (standalone or embedded), AND where the author's first and last initials (middle initials can be ignored) can be found in the phrase "NOBODY PUTS BABY IN THE CORNER"
Highland Dragon Rebel - Isabel Cooper 6/23
(MPG romance AND author I in In and C in Corner)
Option 3: read a book with the MPG Science Fiction (standalone or embedded) that takes place at least 50% on a spaceship or on a planet other than Earth, or where a main character is an extra terrestrial.
Alien vs. Alien - Gini Koch (MPG science fiction) 8/2
The whole premise of this series is that the hero is an alien from the planet Alpha Centaurion. ACs have infiltrated the US but they are the good guys and the US alphabet teams are using them to help stop terrorism.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 765
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.6: Red carpet
Option 3: The_Golden_Vulture_Crime_Insured by Maxwell Grant. The person on the cover wear a red kerchief or bandana around his neck.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 155
Books: 10
Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0 750+: 0; 1000+: 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: 585
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: 610
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
15.6. The Red Carpet.In The Groove (NASCAR #2) by Pamela Britton
-the driver's jumpsuitTotal this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 17
Season Total: 950
25.8 - Amy FL’s Task: I’ll Be BackOption 2: Read a book with a title of three or more words (subtitles should be ignored) where the first letter of each word appears in MIMETIC POLYALLOY
On The Edge (NASCAR #3) by Pamela Britton
first letter of each word, OTE, appear in mimETic pOlyalloy
Option 4: Read a book by a female author with a MPG of action or science fiction.
Quantum (Captain Chase #1) by Patricia Cornwell
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 17
Season Total: 975
VAL TX5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40 - Read a book first published in a year that includes a 4 AND a 0.
Never Have I Ever: My Life (So Far) Without a Date by Katie Heaney [first published in 2014]
This post:
Points - 5
Total:
Points - 60
25.2 - Simone's Task: Children of the Apocalypse!3. Read a book that prominently features zombies or undead creatures (must be obvious from the description on GR or shown on the cover)!
The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
as noted on descriptions, there are vampires - also shown on MPG
1x Bigger is Better tix (531p)
5.Read a book that features survival in a dystopian setting (radiation, flood, pandemic, etc.).
Pinkers (Newport City #2) by Alison Croggon & Daniel Keene
approval
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 18
Season Total: 970
Amy B25.13 - SandyL's Task: Dog Days of Summer
This is a two book task. Please choose 2 different options and read a book for each. REQUIRED: State which options you choose. No Children's books are allowed for this task.
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.
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Option 4: Read a book from one of these Summer or Beach Reads Lists: Beach Reads, Best Summer Romance Books, Summer List
REQUIRED: Include in your post the name of the list and the page number on which your book is found
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (#126 on Summer List)
This Task: 25 points
To Date: 580 Points
30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in a country you have never visited.
Homes: A Refugee Story Audiobook
Homes: A Refugee Story PB 220 Pages
Over 50% takes place in Syria (see GR description)
Option 3: Read a book with the main page genre history or historical fiction or time travel.
Burn Audiobook
Burn PB 383 Pages
MPG Historical Fiction
220 + 383 = 603 Pages
Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 595
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 1 (1000)
Sara G30.8 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The Karate Fan Club
Book 1: A FICTION book with all of the letters in both KARATE and DOJO found in the title (ignore subtitles) and/or author’s name.
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson
This was approved in the help thread here.
Book 2: A NON-FICTION book with all of the letters in both KARATE and DOJO found in the title (ignore subtitles) and/or author’s name.
The Stardust Revolution: The New Story of Our Origin in the Stars by Jacob Berkowitz
This was approved in the help thread here.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 580
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Task # 15.7 - Hurricane season is here again!
Read a book whose author's name matches the name of a 2020 Atlantic hurricane name.
My Life as a Villainess by Laura Lippman
Laura is Atlantic hurricane name
Points this post: 15
Total points: 1055