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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Blueberry10.2 Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller.
The Jackal's Head
Pts: 10
Total pts: 460
Blueberry10.9 read a book with title of at least 3 words where the first letter of every title word appears in the song title.
The Wild Truth: A Memoir
Song: You took the Words Right Out of My Mouth
Pts: 10
Total pts: 470
Blueberry10.10 Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5.
Wintering.
rating 3.75
Pts: 10
Total pts: 480
Sue T5.10 - Carefree Summer Days
book of choice that meets SRC rules - Calling for the Money by Cathy Perkins - approved for length line 603
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 45/1205
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Sue T10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Book with rating of at least 3.5
Potions Are for Pushovers by Tamara Berry
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 55/1205
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Margaret LTask#25.3 -Good Things Come In Threes
Option A: all the letters of “THREE” in the title
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
THE cRuEl prince
Option C: book is part of trilogy/3 book series
The Wicked King by Holly Black
Book 2 of The Folk of the Air trilogy (referenced in description ) https://www.goodreads.com/series/1596...
Points this post: 25
Total points: 240
Joanne MIModerators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
I chose option 2-Read a book in which a character is either out of their element or is often made to feel like an outsider.
The Bastard =Philippe, the main character is born in France, fathered by an English Noble. His mother takes him to his father's death bed to set his legal claim-here he is written as a young man trying to fit into the English Nobility-When that he fails, he flees to the new colonies, where again he is an outsider.
Claiming 1 BB ticket at 528 pages
Points this task 20
Total points 410
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 8
30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”OPTION 1
B. Read a book with a SINGLE person on the cover – it does not need to be a full figure, as long as it can be seen as a single person
(single person on cover)
Claiming a Golden oldie. Published in 1928
Book 2
A. Read a book with a title of 5 words or more
The Rupa Book of Great Suspense Stories
Points this task: 30
Books read this task: 2
Golden oldie claimed this task: 1
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 305
Total Tasks completed: 18
Total Golden oldies: 9
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Sara G15.6. The Red Carpet.
Read a book with something red on the cover.
REQUIRED: In your post, include the cover and specify the "something red."
by Eva LeighThe woman's dress is red.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 625
Scooter&Siam20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 1: Read a book with over 15,000 Goodreads ratings. (15,001 or higher)
Read The House of the Spirits
Points: 20
Total: 170
ED15.10 - Let's Travel (Through Books)!
Bangkok 8 by John Burdett
located on p. 6 of the Best Traveling Vicariously List
Points these task: 15
Total points: 530
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 6
Books read: 32
Tasks completed: 22
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I read A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail - I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB. This is found on page 1 of Favourite Travel Books (#1 on list)).
total points: 1010
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I used option 2. For my first book, I used task 1 and read Hollowland - top main page genre is Horror>Zombies. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top paperback edition (no MMPB). 312 pages.
For my second book, I used task 3 and read Spy, Spy Again, with a comma in the title. 336 pages.
312 + 336 = 648 (greater than required 500)
total points: 1035
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For my first book, I used option 1 and read
.For my second book, I used option 3 and read an ARC of A Killing Frost - AKF found in Funnel cAKes.
total points: 1065
15.7 - Hurricane season is here again!A book whose author's name matches an Atlantic hurricane name 2020: My Life as a Villainess by Laura Lippman
Points this post: 15
Total points: 740
Queen Bee Darlene25.8 Amy FL's Task: I'll Be Back
2) title of 3 or more words where 1st ltr of each word appears in MIMETIC POLYALLOY
Call Me Evie by J.P. Pomare Call Me Evie
MimEtiC polyalloy
3) author whose name is comprised of 2 first names
Please Stop Helping Us by Jason L. Riley Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 670
JEN B25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home
1. Books in Hand
Read a book that you have had in your possession before 1 January 2020.
The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani
I have owned this book on my Kindle since 2013
2. New books
Support those authors with cancelled launches by reading a book first published in March - July 2020.
Her Last Flight by Beatriz Williams
This book was first published on June 30, 2020
TOTAL POINTS: 600
Whitnie I25.11 - Delicious Dee's Task: Space X
read 2 books from different options. AT LEAST one of your books must have been published prior to 2011.
2. The Astronauts
Read a single author book where the author's name is either DOUGLAS, DOUG, ROBERT, BOB - names may appear in any position, but must match exactly.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Douglas Adams This book was published in 1987
3. Stowaway
Read a single author book where the author's initials (including middle initial) can be found in APATOSAURUS.
Of Love and Evil Anne Rice
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 1040
BB Tickets: 11
GO - 1
Barbara ★25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Option 2: Read a book with exactly 5 "O"s in the title and/or subtitle.
By Book or By Crook - Eva Gates 8/20
Option 4: Read a book with something metallic on the cover.
Courting Darkness - Robin LaFevers (sword on cover) 6/2
Points this task: 25
Total points: 835
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
20.4 A Few of My Favorite ThingsOption 2: The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
ernest heMinGway
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 275
DeborahPost #18
30.10 Andy P.’s Task: Junk Food or Fitness?
1) Sex, Murder and a Double Latte 328 pages
S, E, X found in EXerciSe
2) The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie 274 pages
Agatha Christie has no letters from JUNKFOOD
328+274=602 task requires at least 600 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 335
Books Read: 25
Tasks Done: 18
G.Q. (POST 3167)30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know” (UNCLAIM)
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)
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 4: To go to interesting places.
Read a book set at least 50% in a country on a continent different from your own.
Required: Identify your continent
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (I'm from North America, and the book takes place in Europe in the UK)
G.Q. 30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2: Companion Reads
A - Read 2 books from the same series
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett & Sourcery by Terry Pratchett (Both are part of the Discworld series)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 830
Challenges completed: 46
Books read: 65
Pages read: 17, 733
NICOLE OH5.2 - I'd Watch That
Fangirl found on page 2
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 905
BB Tickets: 2
NICOLE OH5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption first published in 2014
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 910
BB Tickets: 2
Task 10.4 - Ready For A Closeupread a book about/by an actor
The Moon's a Balloon by David Niven
David Niven is an Oscar-winning actor
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1205 points - FINISHED! :)
17 BB tix
REPOST30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Nights at the Drive-in
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.
Curses and Smoke by Vicky Alvear Shecter
3 words title with initials, CAS, found in CAkeS
Option 4: Read a book by an author that shares a first or last name with an actor/actress in the movie AND has a word of at least 4 letters in the title/subtitle from the lyrics .
An Amish Heirloom: A Legacy of Love, The Cedar Chest, The Treasured Book, a Midwife's Dream by Amy Clipston, Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, & Kelly Irvin
Word from lyrics found in subtitle: LOVE
author, Kelly Irvin, matched cast Kelly Ward
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 19
Season Total: 1,055
Jasmiina F20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness:
Option 3: Read a book (A) first published in 2002:
Angels by Marian Keyes.
First published in 2002.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
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Readerboard Name: List_addict20.2: Rookie at the Top - Ciprian’s Task: Mindfulness
Option 2: A book from the list: Road Trip Books
Alice Isn't Dead by Joseph Fink
Page 7
Total this challenge: 85
Sunshine20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind
Option 1:
Book: The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince by Serena Valentino 8/10/20
How it Fits: 215 Pages
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 345
Books Read: 25
Sunshine25.10 - Rina's Task: Working out during quarantine
Option 1: Fitness Blender
Task 1:
Book: We Shouldn't by Vi Keeland 7/28/20
How it Fits: "She resides in New York with her husband and their three children..."
Pages: 400
Task 3:
Book: Off Base by Annabeth Albert 8/6/20
How it Fits: F & B in the title
Pages: 304
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 370
Books Read: 27
Sunshine20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 1:
Book: Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski 8/9/20
How it Fits: 85,115 Ratings
Pages: 374
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 390
Books Read: 28
Sunshine20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 2:
Book: The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey 7/30/20
How it Fits: Author's initials: RY found in ERNEST HEMINGWAY
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 410
Books Read: 29
Sunshine30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Task 1:
Book: Obsidian Curse by Barbra Annino 8/14/20
How it Fits: MPG Fantasy
Pages: 320
Task 2:
Book: Scotland or Bust by Kira Archer 8/21/20
How it Fits: Takes place in Scotland, (description mentions Europe). I have never been to Scotland or Europe.
Pages: 210
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 440
Books Read: 31
Joanne MI30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 1: Emily Dickinson/Gardener
Read a book first published in December or May of any year
Age of Empyre Published May 2020
Option 2: Beatrix Potter/Gardener
Read a book with the main page genre gardening
The Complete Illustrated Book of Herbs
Points this task 30
Total Points 435
Total BB's 8
Bookwrm526Task #30.9 - Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 2: Read a book with the letters “TENT” found intact in a single word in the Title/subtitle. I read Tentacle by Rita Indiana.
Option 6: Read a book that has the MPG Historical Fiction and is set in one of the states in the Appalachian Region. I read The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels. The description mentions Appalachia, but doesn't explicitly say that the book is set in Ohio. It is mentioned in several of the reviews, and Here is a quote from one of the early chapters "Hello. Here I am in Chester, Ohio. My hometown." The main character has returned to his hometown to try to reconnect with his family before he dies.
Total points so far: 805
Joanna TThis post is to Unclaim Task #30.5, which was originally claimed in Post #2037.
Here is the original post:
Joanna T
30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2A - 2 books from the same series
These are books 3 and 4 from the Unwanteds series:
Island of Fire by Lisa McMann
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12.0
Island of Legends by Lisa McMann
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13.0
This book has 512pp, so I am claiming one big book ticket.
Points this post: 30
BB this post: 1
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Unclaimed points: -30
Unclaimed BB: -1
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Season total: 365
BB: 5
GO: 1
Joanna T30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2A - 2 books from the same series
These are books 3 and 4 from the Unwanteds series:
Island of Shipwrecks by Lisa McMann
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12.0
Island of Legends by Lisa McMann
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13.0
This book has 512pp, so I am claiming one big book ticket.
Points this post: 30
BB this post: 1
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Total points: 395
BB: 6
GO: 1
ED15.9 - Facts Matter!
Just Kids by Patti Smith
NF and MPG of "Art"
Points these task: 15
Total points: 545
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 7
Books read: 33
Tasks completed: 23
ED15.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performer
Option 2:
-1 Book option
No Place for Women by Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar
"Women" matches "Women" in Hepburn's film "Little Women"
Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar is a female author
Points these task: 15
Total points: 560
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 7
Books read: 34
Tasks completed: 24
Joanna T15.6. The Red Carpet
Island of Fire by Lisa McMann
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12.0
The cape on the cover is red.
Task total: 15
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Grand total: 410
BB: 6
GO: 1
Joanna T15.5 - Again, Really?
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
I read the first book in this series in November 2019.
Task total: 15
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Grand total: 425
BB: 6
GO: 1
Coffeegirl15.7 Hurricane season is here again!
The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce
Pacific Hurricane name: Rachel
Points this task: 15
Total points: 680
coffeegirl30.7 Nights at the Drive In
Option 1: The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
Option 3: Second Chance Friends by Jennifer Scott
SCF - Funnel CakeS
Points this task: 30
Total points: 710
ED10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
The Volcano, Montserrat and Me: Twenty Years with an Active Volcano by Lally Brown
4.41 rating
Points these task: 10
Total points: 570
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 7
Books read: 35
Tasks completed: 25
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15.2 - The BAFTAs
Book 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).
Soul Scorched - Donna Grant (1994 Hugh Grant) 8/20
AND
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)
Messenger's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 7/29
(1957 Heather Sears)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 810
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (1) 1000 (0)