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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Amy FL15.10 - Let's Travel (Through Books)!
A Walk Across the Sun - Best Traveling Vicariously, page 5 (#420)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 795
Whitnie I25.1 - Lois's Task: Hair Love
This is a 2-book task, chosen from two of the options listed below. One of the books may be sequential art format.
REQUIRED: Indicate the options when you post.
Option 3: Read a book that is short, between 100-200 pages, inclusive.
The Awakening this book has 195 pages
Option 4: Read a graphic novel or graphic memoir (MPG Sequential Art>Graphic Novels)
Hellblazer, Volume 5: Dangerous Habits
Total this Post: 25
Total Points: 905
BB Tickets: 10
Amy FL25.1 - Lois's Task: Hair Love
Option 2: Dear Life (Short stories)
Option 3: In the Heat of the Night (185 pages)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 820
Amy FL25.9 - Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
Option 1: An Easy Death (...neED A bigger…)
Option 2: The Rules for Disappearing (Romance and author Ashley Elston (a in bAby, e in cornEr)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 845
NICOLE OH15.2 - The BAFTAs
Book 1: Self-Regulation in the Classroom: Helping Students Learn How to Learn by Richard M. Cash
Richard Attenborough 1964
Book 2: The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain
Diane Keaton 1977
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 870
BB Tickets: 2
Amy FL25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
Option 1: City of the Lost (Rockton #1)
Option 4: Never Change - Never (ameNs)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 870
NICOLE OH30.8 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The Karate Fan Club
Book 1: A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson approved in task help thread
Book 2: Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir by Joshua David Stein (Kwame Onwuachi wrote it with him, but I am using his name per task parameters and as approved in task help thread)
Total Pages= 640
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 900
BB Tickets: 2
Nick KY30.10 Andy P.’s Task: Junk Food or Fitness?
This is a two book task. The total number of pages in the two books should exceed 600 pages (at least 601), and no book which has a main page genre of Children or kid’s may be used for either book.
Book 1. Read a book, the title/subtitle of which must contain the word EXERCISE (exactly, no variations) OR have a word in the title or subtitle that can be made using only the letters in EXERCISE. The word must contain at least 3 letters. How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe by Thomas Cahill 246 pp --The word "Rise" is in "exeRcISE."
Book 2. Read a book, the author of which must be the sole author of the book and must NOT have any of the letters in JUNKFOOD in his/her name. I read Blues Highway Blues by Eyre Price, 412 pp
Total = 658 pp > required 600
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 1115
StaceyNC25.2 - 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)!
Book: And After
Completed: 7/6/209
MPG Zombies
4. Read a book from these two lists.
Book: Variant
Completed: 7/31/20
Found on 10 Survival Books
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 440
Tasks Completed: 21
StaceyNC25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home
Help Thread
This is a 2-book task. Read one book for each option.
1. Books in Hand
Read a book that you have had in your possession before 1 January 2020.
Book: The Mistake
Completed: 8/15/20
Purchased 2015
2. New books
Support those authors with cancelled launches by reading a book first published in March - July 2020.
Book: Hands Down
Completed: 7/23/20
Published: 7/2/20
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 465
Tasks Completed: 22
ED30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Opt. 1-
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
309p. - IL-MG BL 5.5 AR 12.0
MPG-Fantasy
Opt. 3- historical fiction
Death on the Cliff Walk by Mary Kruger
256p.
309p + 256p= 565p
Points these task: 30
Total points: 375
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 6
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 14
StaceyNC25.10 - Rina's Task: Working out during quarantine
Help Thread
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.
Book: Magic Triumphs
Completed: 7/21/20
Author: Ilona Andrews From GR page:"Ilona Andrews is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing team."
Pages: 327
Task 2. Read a book set at least 50% in Seattle.
Book: Her Final Breath
Completed: 7/24/20
Series description: The police procedural featuring Seattle Homicide Detective Tracy Crosswhite
Pages: 426
Total Pages: 753
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 490
Tasks completed: 23
Mod
For my first book, I used option 4, and read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB). The list 10 Survival Books includes the Hunger Games trilogy, and this book was specifically listed in the task description as usable for this option.
For my second book, I used option 5 and read The Book of the Unnamed Midwife. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). As the GR description explains, this book is about survival in the aftermath of a terrible pandemic.
Total points: 920
Mod
For my first book, I used option 2 and read True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). Title initial letters are TCAM, found in MimeTiC polyAlloy.
For my second book, I used option 4 and read Sea Change by Nancy Kress. I read a kindle ARC, linked to the paperback (no MMPB). Science fiction is top listed main page genre. Nancy Kress is a female author.
total points: 945
Mod
For my first book, I used option B and read Medicine Show. This was #5 on my TBR when I chose it, added 2/25/10. 261 pages.
For my second book, I used option A and read Paradise of the Blind, found on page 9 of the list (#827). 270 pages.
For my third book, I used option A and read This Is How You Lose the Time War I listened to the audiobook and linked to the top pb (no MMPB. This was found on the Goodreads Choice Award Books Now Available in Paperback, in the Fantasy and Science Fiction section. 224 pages.
261 + 270 + 224 = 755 pages.
total points: 995
Queen Bee Darlene50.1 Bucket's Task: Toss Away the Could Haves and the Should Haves
1A) book abandoned previously
The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian The Flight Attendant 354 pgs
I abandoned this book Sept 2019
2A) book from 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray 272 pgs
Page 1, #11 on list
3B) choose any book I have rated 5 stars and read something on its similar books list
The War on Cops by Heather Mac Donald The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe 248 pgs
I rated 5 stars: Please Stop Helping Us by Jason L. Riley Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed
Minimum 750 pages: 354+272+248 = 874
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 535
Julia10315.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performer
Option 2: The Woman on the Orient Express
"Woman" in title is in "Woman of the Year" movie. Female author Lindsay Jayne Ashford
This task: 15 points
Total points: 895
BB tickets: 9
GO tickets: 5
Tasks completed: 49
Books read: 69
MEGSCL30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
1. Escape to another world. Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy, standalone or embedded.
Lanny
3. Escape to another time. Read a book with the main page genre history or historical fiction or time travel. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Hamnet
TOTAL TO DATE
565 points
5 big book
DeborahPost #17
5.3 - World Cinema
Golden Boy AR bookfinder: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14.0
Takes place in Tanzania which is listed in message 2 of the task help thread of qualifying countries
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 305
Books Read: 23
Tasks Done: 17
Coralie20.4 A Few of My Favourite Things
Option 2: Book by an author whose initials can be found in ernesT hemingwAy
Spoils of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Total to date 535 points
trishhartuk30.2 Cat’s Task: Reading in the Valleys
1. Read a book by Terry Pratchett, Charles Dickens or John le Carre
Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here
This is my reread - I previously read this about thirty years ago, close to when it first came out!
3. Read a book with the letters WALES in the title / subtitle.
The Cats that Walked the Haunted Beach, Karen Anne Golden
Read the kindle. PB: here
WALE in WALkEd, S in catS
Points this task: 30
Books read: 2
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 310
Tasks completed: 19
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 2 (500+ = 2)
Amy B25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Read two books from two different options to help Frodo and Sam in their perilous quest!
Option 2: Read a book with exactly 5 "O"s in the title and/or subtitle. You may use or ignore any subtitles.
Overdose: Heartbreak and Hope in Canada's Opioid Crisis by Benjamin Perrin
Option 5: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in VOLCANO.
The Dyzgraphxst by Canisia Lubrin
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 605 Points
Rockynook30.4 - Brockian Ultra-Cricket
Option 2: Read a book that has a piece of sporting or gaming equipment on the cover.
Miracle at St. Andrews: A Novel by James Patterson
Equipment: Golf ClubOption 3: Read a book that has all the letters in either APOLOGIZE or SORRY in the book's title/subtitle.
Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger by Beth Harbison
Word: SORRY
ChOSe the WRong GuY, Gave Him the WRong Finger
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 775
Sarah H30.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 3: Let’s go to the Theater/Pavilion – Read a book where the main character is a musician
Daisy Jones & The Six
I listened to the audiobook. The MMPB is Daisy Jones & The Six
Option 5: Let’s Go Ride a Roller Coaster – Read a book with the main page genre Thriller
The Family Upstairs
Points this task: 30
Total points to date: 50
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 2
Books read: 3
15.6. The Red Carpet.Read a book with something red on the cover.
Superman's cape is red.
Points this task: 15
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 225
Total Tasks completed: 16
Total Golden oldies: 7
Total Big Book tickets: 0
trishhartuk25.1 Lois’s Task: Hair Love
Option 2: Read a book with the main page genre Short Stories.
Exhalation: Stories, Ted Chiang
Read the kindle edition. PB Exhalation
Shelved as Short Stories by 1,381 users
Option 3: Read a book that is short, between 100-200 pages, inclusive.
Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain and Ireland, Robin Harford (164pg)
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 20
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 2 (500+ = 2)
ED30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Opt.2-
Around the Edge by Peter Ford
This book is set in several Central American countries...but over 50% of the time it is set in Nicaragua...a country I have never visited.
Here is a link that discusses the setting(s)- https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-re...
368p.
Opt. 3- historical fiction
Death on the Cliff Walk by Mary Kruger
256p.
368p + 256p= 624p
Points these task: 30
Total points: 375
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 6
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 14
Queen Bee Darlene30.10 Andy P's Task: Junk Food or Fitness?
1) word in title/sub that can be made using only the ltrs in EXERCISE - 3 letter min
The ICE at the End of the World by Jon Gertner The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey Into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future
exerCIsE
418 pgs
2) single author with no letters in JUNKFOOD in his/her name
Kopp Sisters on the March by Amy Stewart Kopp Sisters on the March
355 pgs
Min 601 pgs - 418 + 355 = 773
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 565
APRILLEIGH10.6 - 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. Numbers may only be used as often as they appear in 39393261617.
Murder on Alcatraz by M.L. Hamilton (316 pages)
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (20)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (2)
Total Tasks: 2
Queen Bee Darlene25.3 Kaora's Task: Good Things Come in Threes
A) all ltrs THREE in title
Whistle in the Dark by Emma Healey Whistle in the Dark 336 pgs
wHisTlE in thE daRk
B) Part of a trilogy
One Year After by William R. Forstchen One Year After This is book 2 of 3 in After Trilogy
302 pgs
Min 500 pgs - 336 + 302 = 638 pgs
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 590
APRILLEIGH10.5 - From A to Z
Read a book with an A and Z in the title, subtitle and/or author’s name.
Rage by Zygmunt Miłoszewski
A in title
Z in author's name
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (30)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (3)
Total Tasks: 3
APRILLEIGH5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40
Read a book first published in a year that includes a 4 and a 0.
Murder on Treasure Island by M.L. Hamilton (PY 2014)
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (35)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (4)
Total Tasks: 4
ED20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind
Option 1-
Angel On My Shoulder by John Pope
125p.
approved for length- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points these task: 20
Total points: 395
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 6
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 15
APRILLEIGH5.5 - Summer Blockbusters
Read 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.
Required: State which word you used when you post.
The Mediterranean Diet for Every DAY
Title contains the word DAY, found in: Terminator 2: Judgment DAY (#54)
NOTE: At time of posting the link wasn’t working, but the list can also be found in post 2 of the tasks’s help thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (40)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (5)
Total Tasks: 5
ED20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 1-
A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
38,905 ratings
321p.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 415
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 6
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 16
APRILLEIGH10.9 - Turn It Up
Pick one song from this list of 50 Best Summer Songs.
Required: State the song.
Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan
(IL: UG - just in case)
Title initials are found in: UnDer tHe BoArDwalk
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (50)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (6)
Total Tasks: 6
APRILLEIGH15.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performer
Option 2: Read 1 book that satisfies the requirements for both books 1 and 2.
Book 1: Read a book with a word in the titlethat matches a word from Hepburn's Filmography.
Book 2: Read a book written by a female author.
The AFRICAN Quest by Lyn Hamilton
(Read the kindle version - mmpb)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (65)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (7)
Total Tasks: 7
Andy P.Task # 15.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performer
Option 2:
Read 1 book that satisfies the requirements for both books 1 and 2 of option 1. read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word from Hepburn's Filmography and be written by a female author
The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams
The film is On Golden Pond, matching word Golden, female author Beatriz Williams
Points this post: 15
Total points: 1115
APRILLEIGH10.3 - This is CNN
Read a nonfiction book that includes the letters CNN in the title.
Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child’s Education by Susan Wise Bauer
C in SChool
C in Charge
N in RethiNking
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (75)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (8)
Total Tasks: 8
APRILLEIGH20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ciprian's Task: Mindfulness
Option 3: Read a book (A) first published in 2002 or (B) having the author's first and last initials in SOLARIS.
Required: State which alternative you chose.
The Etruscan Chimera by Lyn Hamilton
(Read the kindle version - mmpb)
Alternative A: first published in 2002
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (95)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (9)
Total Tasks: 9
APRILLEIGH5.6 - 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.
The Magyar Venus (Lara McClintoch Archaeological Mystery #8) by Lyn Hamilton
(Read the kindle version - mmpb)
V in Venus
C in McClintoCh
R in MagyaR
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (100)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (10)
Total Tasks: 10
APRILLEIGH5.3 - 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.
Required: State which country the book is set in when you post.
The Moai Murders by Lyn Hamilton
(Read the kindle version - mmpb)
The story takes place almost entirely on Easter Island, part of Chile. According to to the Wikipedia list, only 9.53% of Chile’s population speaks English.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (105)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (11)
Total Tasks: 11
APRILLEIGH20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B’s task: The One With All the Books
Option 3: Phoebe
Read a book with a title of three or more words whose initials can be found in SMELLYCAT.
The Chinese Alchemist by Lyn Hamilton
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
Title initials found in smellyCAT
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (125)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (12)
Total Tasks: 12
Whitnie I20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
REQUIRED: State which option you chose. For all options, include the cover in your post
Option 1: Back to the History
Read a book with the main page genre Historical Fiction (embedded is OK) and one or more people facing away from you on the cover. All persons depicted on the cover must have their back to you.
This book has 599 pages so I'm claiming 1 BB ticket.Points this post: 20
Total Points: 925
BB Tickets: 11
APRILLEIGH10.7 - 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.
Murder in the Presidio by M.L. Hamilton
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
Story is set entirely in the area of San Francisco, California.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (135)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (13)
Total Tasks: 13
PAULA S5.2 - I'd Watch That
Read a book found on the Books That Should Be Made Into Movies Listopia.
#196 on page 2
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Points This Post:5
Total Points: 75/1205
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 10/65
PAULA S5.5 - Summer Blockbusters
Read 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
A Memory Called Empire - using word EMPIRE to match Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes BackI read the kindle edition, PB link for reference (no MMPB): A Memory Called Empire
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post:5
Total Points: 80/1205
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 11/65
APRILLEIGH20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's task: Springfield!
Option 1: Read a book with over 15,000 Goodreads ratings.
Your book must be at least 310 pages.
The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid (592 > 310 pages)
(Read the ebook version - mmpb)
*** Big Book - one ticket for 500+ pages ***
At time of posting, the book has 18,831 Goodreads ratings.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (155)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 1 (1)
Books Read: 1 (14)
Total Tasks: 14
APRILLEIGH5.1 - See You at the Movies
Read a book written by a single author with at least one initial found in the word: MOVIES.
Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L. Trump
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (160)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 1 (1)
Books Read: 1 (15)
Total Tasks: 15
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15.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performer
Option 2: The Night Before
1. Long Day's Journey into "Night"
2. female author: Wendy Walker
Points this post: 15
Total points: 780