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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Oma122925.2 - Simone's Task: Children of the Apocalypse!
One book with Graphic Novel MPG may be used for this task if it has at least 125 pages.
I chose Options #1 and #3
Option 1 Read one of the books by Stephen King from this list: Stephen King Novels
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
Option 3 Read a book that prominently features zombies or undead creatures (must be obvious from the description on GR or shown on the cover)!
Vampire Academy: The Graphic Novel by Richelle Mead
Total Points-575/1205
Total Tasks-35/65
Golden Oldie Books-(2)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Oma122925.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
I chose Options #1 and #2
Option 1: Most Tiresome Tabloid Targets.
For this option, let's avoid tabloids all together by reading 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.
True Evil by Greg Iles
Claiming True Evil as Bib Book as it has 512 pages.
Option 2: Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million Dollars.
For this option, read a book with at least 100,000 ratings on Goodreads.
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
Total Points600/1205
Total Tasks-36/65
Golden Oldie Books-(2)
Big Books-500-749(1);750-999(); 1000+()
PegW30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know”
Option 3: Read the next whole number book in a series that you have begun before the Summer Challenge.
The Bone Tree #5 In the Penn Cage Series that I began before this season.
Option 4: Read a book set at least 50% in a country on a continent different from your own.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie This is set in England and I live in the United States.
*Claiming two Big Book Tickets for The Bone Tree with 804 pages.*
Points this post: 30
Total points: 400
Big Book: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 20
Andy P.Task # 15.8 - Parasite
Read a book set in South Korea
Jade Lady Burning by Martin Limón
Points this post: 15
Total points: 1080
SALLY M.50.1 Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves
1B. one of the 10 books on TBR the longest (Jun 24, 2009, #8 on TBR)
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
2A. page 2 of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
3A. book mentioned in Goodreads' Top Reviewers Pick the 'It' Book of Summer
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
208 + 244 + 314 = 766 > 750 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 855
Tasks completed: 48
Books read: 66
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 2
Kelly L30.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 3: 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.).
The Idea of You by Robinne Lee is about a romance between a young musician and an art gallerist.
Option 6: Read a book that has the MPG Historical Fiction and is set in one of the states in the Appalachian Region. (Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia)
The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall is set in New York, and has an MPG of Historical Fiction.
Points this post: 30
BBT this season: 1
Total points this season: 340
APRILLEIGH10.1 - OK Boomer
Read a book written by a single author who was born between 1946 and 1964 inclusive.
Books That Changed the World by James Andrew Taylor (born in 1952 according to GR)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (10)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (1)
Total Tasks: 1
repost of #3151 to include cover25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 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 WorstRecklessDisregardForHumanLifeAndPublicPropERty: Call Me Zelda by Erika Robuck
Points this post: 25
Total points: 675
Nick KY***REPOST***
30.6 DlmRose’s All I Really Need to Know
Opt. 4 I read The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family and the Birth of Christianity by James D. Tabor set in Israel in the Middle East (continent of Asia, I live on the continent of North America)
Opt. 5 I read Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do by Wallace J. Nichols, Environment>Nature is 4th on GR genre list
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 1060
Nick KY***REPOST***
30.6 DlmRose’s All I Really Need to Know
Opt. 4 I read The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family and the Birth of Christianity by James D. Tabor set in Israel in the Middle East (continent of Asia, I live on the continent of North America)
Opt. 5 I read Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do by Wallace J. Nichols, Environment>Nature is 4th on GR genre list
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 1060
EMurphy20.4 Golden Oldies-Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 4: Start a new series The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
*This series was new to me
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 355
Books Read: 24
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +750: 1
Tasks Completed: 14
Nick KY25.12 Brooklyn’s Task -- Auntie Time!
Opt. 2. GR genre “Music” – I read The Anthropology of Music by Alan P. Merriam
Opt. 4. Title begins with a letter in AMENS. I read Angry Public Rhetorics: Global Relations and Emotion in the Wake of 9/11 by Celeste Michelle Condit.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 1085
Mary P30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
2A :Read 2 books from the same series
Feverborn by Karen Marie Moning
Feversong by Karen Marie Moning
Points this post: 30
Total points: 240
Julia10320.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
Option 1:
(MPG Historical Fiction, person on cover has back to us)This task: 20 points
Total points: 880
BB tickets: 9
GO tickets: 5
Tasks completed: 48
Books read: 68
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)
I have never visited Syria.
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)
MEGSCL10.4 - Ready For A Closeup
Tipping the Velvet - main character is an actress in a music hall
TOTAL TO DATE
505 points
5 big book
MEGSCL30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 3: read a book whose page count contains a 2 and a 3.
Akin - 352 pages
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK.
The Morbids by Ewa Ramsey
TOTAL TO DATE
535 points
5 big book
Amy W10.4 - Ready For A Closeup: Read a book with a central character or subject who is a professional actor or actress. Actor biographies and memoirs work.
I read Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris.
Points This Task: 10
Total Points to Date: 250
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.2: Mindfulness: Option 1: Irish Chain
by Earlene Fowler. The cover shows the interior of a bedroom, including a bedside table cabinet. The cover was approved in help thread post #18.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 175
Books: 11
Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Amy W30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Nights at the Drive-in
I chose Options 1 and 3.
Option 1: Read a book that has a night scene including stars and/or moon on the cover. I read Madame Clairevoyant’s Guide to the Stars: Astrology, Our Icons, and Our Selves by Claire Comstock-Gay. The cover was approved in Post 29 of the help thread.
Option 3: Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where the initial letter of each word is found in FUNNEL CAKES. I read Last Couple Standing by Matthew Norman.
Points This Task: 30
Total Points to Date: 280
Rockynook50.1 - Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves
1: Accomplish a Could Have
Option B: Read one of the ten books that have been on your TBR shelf the longest.
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
Added to my TBR shelf June 20, 2011
2: Accomplish a Should Have
Option A: Read a book from 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Listed on page 1
3: Toss the Rest Away
Option A: pick a book from the 8 Goodreads Summer Reading blog posts
Blog choice: Goodreads Choice Books Available in Paperback
Section: Mystery and Thriller
Book: The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 745
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!
List - Calls to action
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction
Totals
Points: 120
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 16
Total Books read: 16
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing As We Age
Word is MOW
M from Women
O from North
W from Rowing
Totals
Points: 140
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 17
Total Books read: 17
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.5: Cover tropes: Option 4: Deathworld 1
by Harry Harrison is #1 of a new to me series, called DeathWorld.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 195
Books: 12
Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
5.2 I'd Watch That I read City of Thieves by David Benioff -- on page 5 of the list (currently #499)
New Total: 180
10.3 This is CNN I read Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump by Dan Pfeiffer - nonfiction, C in Can, N in Can, N in In
New Total: 190
30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know”Option 3: To remember to finish what I begin.
Wayward Son
Read the first book in the series before the summer challenge
Option 4: To go to interesting places.
Murder by the Sea
I'm in North America and this is set in Europe
I'm not sure what to post to show that it is set in England. If it helps, the entire series is set in England. If that's not enough, I will find another book to fit this task. Thanks!
Points this task: 30
Total points: 395
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G.Q. 30.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 4: Read a book from Books To Read With A Glass of Wine And A Box Of Kleenex
Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok (page 1)
Option 6: Read a book that has the MPG Historical Fiction and is set in one of the states in the Appalachian Region.
Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones (Takes place in Atlanta, Georgia)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 800
Challenges completed: 45
Books read: 63
Pages read: 17, 084
Anja30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
OPTION 1
Read a book with a SINGLE person on the cover
by Amy HarmonRead a book with a title of 5 words or more
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
POINTS:
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 310
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 15
30.10 Andy P.’s Task: Junk Food or Fitness?Book 1. The Women's Health Big Book of Exercises, by Adam Campbell
472 pages
Book 2. The Dalai Lama's Cat and The Four Paws of Spiritual Success, by David Michie
185 pages
Total pages: 657
Points: 30
Total points: 410
25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In ThreesOption A: The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond, by Patricia Evans
THREE in the title The Verbally Abusive Relationship
Option B: The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk, by Al Ries
First published 1993
Points: 25
Total points: 435
LAUREN JODI20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl
Linking word: DAY
1 letter from each word:
D from Do
A from bAd
Y from boYs
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 565/1205
Total Books Read: 42
Tasks Completed: 32/65
KATRINAT10.7 - 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.
The Optician of Lampedusa
Lampedusa is an Italian island.
Points this post: 10
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.1/5.3/5.5/5.9/10.1/10.3/10.5/10.6/10.7/10.9/10.10/15.5/15.6/
20.1/20.2/20.4/20.9/ 25.12/30.1/30.6/30.11
Total points: 320
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.
I listened to an audiobook version of Dead Over Heels
I read book one of the series January 13th 2012
New Points: 15
Total points: 435
GO: 1
KATRINAT25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 1: reading a book with NO people on the cover.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
Option 2: For this option, read a book with at least 100,000 ratings on Goodreads.
The Sun Is Also a Star 176,298 ratings
Points this post: 25
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.1/5.3/5.5/5.9/10.1/10.3/10.5/10.6/10.7/10.9/10.10/15.5/15.6/
20.1/20.2/20.4/20.9/ 25.6/25.12/30.1/30.6/30.11
Total points: 345
KATRINAT30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 4:
*Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK.
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin DiAngelo
lake DistRict national park
Option 5: Japanese Maple
*Read a book set at least 50% in Japan. REQUIRED: If the setting is not clear in the GR description or metadata, include a link to a source establishing the setting.
The Phone Box at the Edge of the World
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/ma...
Points this post: 30
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.1/5.3/5.5/5.9/10.1/10.3/10.5/10.6/10.7/10.9/10.10/15.5/15.6/
20.1/20.2/20.4/20.9/ 25.6/25.12/30.1/30.3/30.6/30.11
Total points: 375
KATRINAT20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
In honor of the show airing 31 seasons, your book must be at least 310 Pages
Option 1: Springfield, Vermont won the contest with 15,367 votes. Read a book with over 15,000 Goodreads ratings. (15,001 or higher)
Dry by Neal Shusterman
21,089 ratings
390 pages
Points this post: 20
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.1/5.3/5.5/5.9/10.1/10.3/10.5/10.6/10.7/10.9/10.10/15.5/15.6/
20.1/20.2/20.4/20.6/20.9/ 25.6/25.12/30.1/30.3/30.6/30.11
Total points: 395
KATRINAT5.10 - Carefree Summer Days
Get away from everything by reading a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Feminists Don't Wear Pink (And Other Lies): Amazing Women on What the F-Word Means to Them
Points this post: 5
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.1/5.3/5.5/5.9/5.10/10.1/10.3/10.5/10.6/10.7/10.9/10.10/15.5/15.6/
20.1/20.2/20.4/20.6/20.9/ 25.6/25.12/30.1/30.3/30.6/30.11
Total points: 400
Jen KTask 25.8 - Amy FL’s Task: I’ll Be Back.
Option 2: Liquid Metal
This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, a Voice That Held It Together
TIC in mimeTIC
Option 4: Don’t Mess With Mom
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
MPG Science Fiction and female author
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 630
Big Books: 5
Jen K25.9 - Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
Option 2: Dirty Dancing
The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
MPG Romance and BO in noBOdy
Option 4: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Storm Front
at least 50% set in Chicago
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 655
Big Books: 5
Jen K25.10 - Rina's Task: Working out during quarantine
Option 1: Fitness Blender
Task 1.: Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews
author is collaboration of married couple as stated in GR profile
Task 2. : Witch Slapped
at least 50% set in Seattle, #1 in series Witchless in Seattle
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 680
Big Books: 5
Joanna T20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 3: Thriller
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
Task total: 20
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Total points: 395
BB: 6
GO: 1
Sarah E20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind
Option 1: number of pages listed as ending with a 5
One of Us Is Next - 375 pages
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback - no MMP
Total Points: 275
Sarah E30.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 3: Memoir of an actor
Poirot and Me by David Suchet
I read a kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback, no MMP
Option 5: main page genre Thriller
The Holiday
I read a kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback, no MMP
Total Points: 305
Coffeegirl25.2 Children of the Apocalypse
Option 1
The Institute by Stephen King
Option 4
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Reposting (Sorry) 25.2 Children of the Apocalypse
Option 1
The Institute by Stephen King
Option 4
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Series from 10 Survival Books - book #2 in the series
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 665
BUCKET30.11 Sandy’s Task: Escape!
Option 2:
Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad. 368 pages.
I have never visited Thailand (but would love to!). This link is more clear than GR that the whole book takes place in Bangkok, Thailand.
Option 5:
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. 247 pages.
Uplifting Fiction list. Page 1, #57.
368+247=615 > 500 pages.
Points this post: 30
Points total: 200
Andy P.Task # 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
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.
No Way Back by Andrew Gross
C in Back
A in Way
N in No
Makes the word Can
Points this post: 20
Total points: 1100
25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the KingOption 2, a book with exactly 5 Os in the title: Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
Option 6, a book that features a continuation of a fictional character: Riviera Gold by Laurie R. King (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #16)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 700
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20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
I chose Option #2
Option 2.
Read a book from this list: Road Trip Books.
This book is found on Page #13
An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris
Total Points-550/1205
Total Tasks-34/65
Golden Oldie Books-(2)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()