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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Queen Bee Darlene25.2 Simone's Task: Children of the Apocalypse!
1) Stephen King Novels list
Carrie by Stephen King Carrie
1st book on list
5) book that features survival in a dystopian setting
One Second After by William R. Forstchen One Second After EMP attack destroys all technology
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 615
50.1- Bucket's Task: Toss Away the Could Haves and Should HavesRead one book for each of the 3 items below.
1. Accomplish a could have.
B. Read one of the ten books that have been on your TBR shelf the longest.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Shelved on May 31, 2012
Pages 208
2. Accomplish a should have.
A. Read a book from 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.
Suite Française
Listed on page 3
Pages 416
3. Toss the rest away.
Choose any book you have rated 5 stars and read something on its "similar books" list.
Cold Comfort Farm
Pages: 233
Claiming a Golden Oldie. Published in 1932
Book originally rated 5 star this book is similar to : The Diary of a Nobody
Total number of pages= 857
Points this task: 50
Books read this task: 3
Golden oldie claimed this task: 1
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 275
Total Tasks completed: 17
Total Golden oldies: 8
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Whitnie I25.9 - Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
Read 2 books, from 2 of the following options. REQUIRED: State the options you chose.
Option 1: Jaws
read a book with a title of at least three words where the initial letter of each word is found in the phrase "YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT". Letters may only be used as many times as they appear in the phrase, subtitles can be ignored.
Alice in Deadland
Option 3: Independence Day
For this option, 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.
Out of the Silent Planet I'm claiming a GO ticket for this book as it was published in 1938
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 950
BB Tickets: 11
GO - 1
Beth NC5.1 - See You At The Movies The Widow's War by Sally Gunning
Author intial in movieS
Points: 5
Total Points 415
Total Tasks 24
Total Books 34
Total Pages 12399
Big Books 2
Beth NC5.3 World Cinema Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
Set in Egypt
Points: 5
Total Points: 42
Total Tasks: 25
Total Books: 35
Total Pages: 12879
Beth NC5.4 Lights, Camera, Action! Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
From Listopia Urban Fantasy non romance/action Page 1
Points: 5
Total Points: 425
Total Tasks: 26
Total Books: 36
Total Pages: 13267
Beth NC5.5 Summer Blockbusters Fury Awakened by Yasmine Galenorn
Used Mad Max: Fury Road
Points: 5
Total Points: 430
Total Tasks: 27
Total Books: 37
Total Pages: 13573
Beth NC5.6 Somebody Set the Clock Caraval by Stephanie Garber
CaRaVal
Points: 5
Total Points: 435
Total Tasks; 28
Total Books: 38
Total Pages: 13978
Beth NC5.8 Harry Potter Turns 40 The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
Published July 1st 2014
Big Book Ticket 561 Pages
Points: 5
Total Points: 440
Total Tasks: 29
Total Books: 39
BIg Book Tickets: 3
Total Pages: 14539
Kelly L25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
Option 2: Jagged Little Pill
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. The book must have a single author.
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown. LL in STILL, and NN in CHANNING.
Option 3: Hand in My Pocket
Read a book with a clearly defined hand or fist seen on the cover.
Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America; EssaysPoints this post: 25
BBT this season: 1
Total points this season: 335*
*New total reflects removal of points from 30.7
Task 30.8 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The Karate Fan ClubBook 1: Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal, finished 8/19
Book 2: Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl: A Memoir by Jeannie Vanasco, finished 7/26
Points this task: 30
Total points: 1205!
Whitnie I15.10 - Let's Travel (Through Books)!
Read a book from one of these lists: Favourite Travel Books or Best Traveling Vicariously.
REQUIRED: Include in your post the name of the list and the page number on which your book is found.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress This book is on the Best Traveling Vicariously list, page 1 #52
Points this post: 15
Total Points; 965
BB Tickets: 11
GO Tickets: 1
Sara G30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Nights at the Drive-in
Option 1: Drive-in memories
Read a book that has a night scene including stars and/or moon on the cover.REQUIRED: Include the cover when you post.
by Jennifer Zeynab JoukhadarOption 3: Concession foods
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where the initial letter of each word is found in FUNNEL CAKES. Letters may only be used as many times as they appear.
Flesh and Spirit by Carol Berg
FUNNEL CAKES
Points this post: 30
Total points: 610
Jen K30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 1: Emily Dickinson/Gardener
Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump
Published May 2020
Option 4: Beatrix Potter Legacy
Burn by Patrick Ness
PN in National Park
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 710
Big Books: 5
Bookwrm526 Task #20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season and participate in the group discussion. I read My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman and posted in the discussion at message 19.
Total points so far: 745
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Sphere
MPG - Thriller
Totals
Points: 150
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 18
Total Books read: 18
Anja10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller.
Der Insasse by Sebastian Fitzek
Thriller 98 users
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 320
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 16
Anja25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home
1. Books in Hand
Read a book that you have had in your possession before 1 January 2020.
Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus
I've had this book since October 2019
2. New books
Read a book first published in March - July 2020.
Reaper's Wrath by Jamie Begley
Published June 30th 2020
pages approved here
POINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 345
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 17
Task 25.8 - Amy FL’s Task: I’ll Be BackOption 2, a book whose title initials appear in MIMETIC POLYALLOY: One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Option 3, a book by an author whose name is comprised of two first names from Top 200 Baby Names of the Decade (Sarah #44; Morgan #106): The Christmas Sisters by Sarah Morgan
Points this post: 25
Total points: 725
15.4 - A Record Setting Leading PerformerOption 1:
Book 1 - read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word from Hepburn's Filmography.
Aussie Grit: My Formula One JOURNEY by Mark Webber
Word in subtitle, Journey, found in movie title "Long Day's JOURNEY into Night"
Book 2 - read a book written by a female author.
Déessert by Elsa Puspita
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 19
Season Total: 1,025
ED20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
Option 1-
Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi
Points these task: 20
Total points: 435
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 6
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 17
KATRINAT5.7 - Mysterious Women
Read a book written by a female author that ALSO has the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Dystopia.
The Snakes mpg mystery and thriller
Points this post: 5
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.1/5.3/5.5/5.7/5.9/5.10/10.1/10.3/10.5/10.6/10.7/10.9/10.10/15.5/15.6/
20.1/20.2/20.4/20.6/20.9/ 25.6/25.12/30.1/30.3/30.6/30.11
Total points: 405
KATRINAT25 Point Tasks
25.1 - Lois's Task: Hair Love
Option 3: Read a book that is short, between 100-200 pages, inclusive.
The Bookshop 156pages
Option 4: Read a graphic novel or graphic memoir (MPG Sequential Art>Graphic Novels)
Noughts Crosses Graphic Novel
Points this post: 25
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5.1/5.3/5.5/5.7/5.9/5.10/10.1/10.3/10.5/10.6/10.7/10.9/10.10/15.5/15.6/
20.1/20.2/20.4/20.6/20.9/25.1/ 25.6/25.12/30.1/30.3/30.6/30.11
Total points: 430
Julia10310.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Engaging the Enemy (average rating 4.07)
This task: 10 points
Total points: 905
BB tickets: 9
GO tickets: 5
Tasks completed: 50
Books read: 70
ED20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 2-
Camino Real by Tennessee Williams
pub. 1948
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
"TW" found in "ernesT hemingWay"
Points these task: 20
Total points: 455
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 28
Tasks completed: 18
LAUREN JODI20.3 - Best Review Contest –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 3: MPG Thriller
Ambush by Barbara Nickless
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 585/1205
Total Books Read: 43
Tasks Completed: 33/65
LAUREN JODI30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know”
Option 3: To remember to finish what I begin.
Real Men Will by Victoria Dahl
First book read before the 2020 summer challenge (August 2019)
Option 4: To go to interesting places.
The Mech Who Loved Me by Bec McMaster
My continent: Asia
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 615/1205
Total Books Read: 45
Tasks Completed: 34/65
Christine V10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Harrow the Ninth
MPG Horror was confirmed in the genre verification thread here.
I read the Kindle edition. The top PB Harrow the Ninth (no MMPB available) has 528 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 280
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 16
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=4, 750=2, 1000=1 (Total BB tickets=11)
ED20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind
Option 1-
Arabian Nights: The Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights Volume I of II by Jack D. Zipes
595p.
pub. 800
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
*****I CLAIM 1 BB TICKET*****
Points these task: 20
Total points: 435
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 6
Books read: 28
Tasks completed: 18
Nick KY30.8 AprilLeigh’s Karate Dojo
Book 1. KARATEDOJO in title/author’s name of fiction book, I read: Invasion Of The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
invasion Of the bODy snATchERs – JAcK finney 216 pp
Book 2. KARATEDOJO in title/author’s name of nonfiction book, I read: John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon by John M. Logsdon
JOhn F. KenneDy And ThE RAce to the mOon by John M. Logsdon 308 pp
Total pp = 524 > required 500
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 1145
Bookwrm526Task #30.7 - Nights at the Drive-In
Option 1: Read a book that has a night scene including stars and/or moon on the cover. I read They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera.
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 A Fatal Collection by Mary Ellen Hughes (F in funnel, AC in cakes).
Total points so far: 775
Joanne MITask 10.1 OK Boomer
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Marillier was born 7/27/48 per this Wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliet_...
Claiming 1 BB ticket at 544 pages
Points this task 10
Total Points 385
BB's this post 1
Total BB's 7
trishhartuk10.7 What Angels Eat
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these top producing watermelon locations: ...Florida
An Appetite for Murder, Lucy Burdette
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Set in Key West, Florida
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 345
Tasks completed: 21
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 2 (500+ = 2)
Sue T20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Cindie - Small is a State of Mind
Option 2 - book from Down by the Sea list - Lowcountry Bombshell by Susan M. Boyer which is on page 5 of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 35/1205
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
ED20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer
MPG-Thriller
Points these task: 20
Total points: 455
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 6
Books read: 29
Tasks completed: 19
Sue T5.7 - Mysterious Women
book written by a female author that ALSO has the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Dystopia
The Advocate by Teresa Burrell
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 40/1205
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Queen Bee DarleneAva Catherine's Task: Gardening Lessons
1) 1st pub Dec or May of any year
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol
1st pub Dec 17, 1843
3) page count contains 2 and 3
Malorie by Josh Malerman Malorie
320 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 645
Whitnie I25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home
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. REQUIRED: State you have had this book before 1 January 2020.
The Druid of Shannara I had this book prior to January 1, 2020
2. New books
reading a book first published in March - July 2020.
REQUIRED: State first publication date
Peace Talks This book was published July 14, 2020.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 990
BB Tickets: 11
GO: 1
Andy P.Task # 20.7 Small is Better: 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. A Fair Maiden by Joyce Carol Oates 165 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 1135
Sarah E15.8 - Parasite
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Min Jin Lee was born in Seoul, according to her GR bio
I read a kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback - no MMP
Big Book, 502 pages. I claim 1 BB ticket.
Total Points: 320
Total BBs: 3
Sarah E20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 1: Chair and table on cover
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is A Twist in the Tail: An absolutely purrfect cozy mystery
Total Points: 340
Sarah E25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home
Book 1: A Gentleman of Leisure
I had this book (for many years) before 1 January 2020
Golden Oldie, first published 1910. I claim 1 GO ticket.
Book 2: The Jetsetters - Published March 3rd 2020
I listened to the audio but have linked to the top paperback - no MMP
Total Points: 365
Total GOs: 2
Mod
10.9 - Turn It UpEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Song: (Sittin’ on the) Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding
Total: 180
ED20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
IL-MG BL 5.5 AR 12.0
located on p. 17 of the list
in the book, the main character Harry Potter competes in a game of Quidditch...a magical version of soccer played in the air while riding on brooms.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 495
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 6
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 20
Joanna T25.10 - Rina's Task: Working out during quarantine
Option 1 - Fitness Blender
Task 1 - Married Author
Island of Shipwrecks by Lisa McMann
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Mc... (says lives with husband)
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12.0
480pp in paperback (I read an ebook)
Task 3 - Title contains both F and B
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
358pp in paperback (I read an ebook)
Total pages = 838 (greater than 600)
Task total: 25
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Season total: 420
BB: 6
GO: 1
Whitnie I25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
read two books from two different options
Option 4: If it's not one monster, it's another.
Read a book with something metallic on the cover.
REQUIRED: Post the cover and point out the metallic object.
There is a sword on the cover.Option 5: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in VOLCANO.
Claude Lecouteux. The C & L are both found in volcano.Points this post: 25
Total Points: 1015
BB tickets: 11
GO: 1
Blueberry20.10 Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Discussion comment post #20.
Pts: 20
Total pts: 450
ED20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 6-
Life Being the Best & Other Stories by Kay Boyle
"BE" found in "BEing"
Points these task: 20
Total points: 515
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 6
Books read: 31
Tasks completed: 21
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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).
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Points This Post:5
Total Points: 85/1205
Total Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 12/65