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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Julia10320.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 4 - Legend
This is book #1 in Legend series. This series is new to me.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 90
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
10.7 - What Angels EatA book set in Florida: Flight Patterns by Karen White
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60
10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5.
Book read: Vision in Silver
How it fits: average rating of 4.27
Claiming 1 BB Ticket - 511 pages (MMPB Edition: Vision in Silver)
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Total points: 105
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 8
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
Scooter&Siam10.3 This is CNN. Read a book with a C and 2 NNs in the title or subtitle.
Read Catherine of Aragon: The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII
Post: 10
Total: 10
Helen 15.8 - Parasite
If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
Book set in Seoul, South Korea.
Total points: 65
Repost with correct reader board name.Helen B
15.8 - Parasite
If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
Book set in Seoul, South Korea.
Total points: 65
Bookwrm526Task #5.3 - 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. I read Our Man in Iraq by Robert Perišić, set in Croatia.
Total points so far: 135
Andy P.Task # 5.1 - See You at the Movies
Read a book written by a single author with at least one initial found in the word: MOVIES.
Murmur by Will Eaves Last name begins with an E
Points this post : 5
Total points: 80
Oma12295.10 - Carefree Summer Days
Get away from everything by reading a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules. For this task, a book with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used if it is not found in AR Bookfinder.
Ajax Penumbra 1969 by Robin Sloan
Total Points-65/1205
Total Tasks-7/65
Golden Oldie Books-()
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Oma122920.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
I chose Option #4
Option 4: Ross
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the word PIVOT (middle initials can be ignored)
The Titian Committee by Iain Pears
Total Points-85/1205
Total Tasks-8/65
Golden Oldie Books-()
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Oma122920.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
I chose Option #2
Option 2 - Read a book with the MPG of Horror.
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
Claiming The Canterville Ghost as Golden Oldie as it was published in 1887
Total Points-105/1205
Total Tasks-9/65
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Oma122910.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5.
The Isles of the Blest by Morgan Llywelyn-rating is 3.68
Total Points-115/1205
Total Tasks-10/65
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
LAUREN JODI15.5 - Again, Really?
Don't Look Back by Amanda Quick
Book #1 read February 13th, 2020
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 65/1205
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6/65
Joanne MI10.6 - 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
Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II- 391 pages
Points This Task 10
Total Points 70
BB's 1
5.8 - Harry Potter turns 40I read No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Chris Baty.
The book was first published in 2004 (which includes a 4)
Points: 5
Total points: 75
15.6 - The red carpetI read While My Eyes Were Closed by Linda Green.
. The cover has a red balloon.Points: 15
Total points: 90
Andy P.Task # 5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!
I read a book from the Listopia, Best Action Adventure novels: link here
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne page 1 # 100
Points this post: 5
Total points: 85
JEN B20.10 Group Reads
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
My comment in the discussion thread is post #4
TOTAL POINTS: 80
Task 15.4 - A Record Setting Leading PerformerOption 2:
Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope, by Megan Phelps-Roper, finished 6/13
"Journey" from "Long Day's Journey Into Night"
Points this task: 15
Total points: 170
Julia10330.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
Option 1
Book 1 A - Fledgling (one word title)
Book 2 C - Saltation (Liaden Universe series has more than 5 books)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 120
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
Julia10315.5 - Again, Really?
Ghost Ship
This is book #3 in Theo Waitley series.
I first read Book 1 (Fledgling) in 2009 and shelved it in January 2012 when I joined Goodreads.
This post: 15 points
Total points: 135
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 11
Julia1035.5 - Summer Blockbusters
Dragon Ship
The word Dragon is in "How To Train Your Dragon 2" (#65)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 140
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 12
Christine V25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
I read one book of at least 500 pages.
Options A&C: The Mirror & the Light
I read the Kindle edition. The top PB (no MMPB available) has 884 pages.
***Claiming 2 Big Book Tickets***
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets this post: 2
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=3)
Elizabeth PTask 5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40
Book first published in year that contains 4 and 0
Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews
First published 2014
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 5
5.7 Mysterious WomenEvery Stolen Breath by Kimberly Gabriel
Mystery, thriller by a female author
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
10.5 From A to Z Devoted by Dean Koontz
A and Z are in the author's name
Points this post: 10
Total points: 15
10.10 "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Average rating of 3.81 at the time of this post
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Coralie 25.12 It’s Auntie Time
Option 3: Book by a single author whose inithials are found in sTuffed aniMals
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Option 4: Book with a title that begins with a letter in amenS
Sixty Days and Counting
Total to date 25 points
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know”
Option 3: To remember to finish what I begin.
Glory in Death
I began this series in July 2019
Option 6: To Make Friends
Flowers in the Attic Fabian rated it 5 stars
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 80
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
hoodoomends5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!
× from a listopia with the word "action" intact in its title ×
Laranja Mecânica
(on page 1 of Best Action-Adventure Novels - A Clockwork Orange)
×-×-×-×-×
This post
Points: 5
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 85
GO: 1
BB: -
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 30.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 1: Let’s Go to the Beach – Read a book set in a coastal or beach town.
Jaws
Option 2: Let’s Go Camping (in a tent, RV’s don’t count) – Read a book with the letters “TENT” found intact in a single word in the Title/subtitle.
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 110
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
Option 1: 25 Years
Lotus Avenue - 225 pages
Option 3: Hand in My Pocket
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 135
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 25.1 - Lois's Task: Hair Love
Option 3: Read a book that is short, between 100-200 pages, inclusive.
The Shadow Elf - 199 pages
Option 4: Read a graphic novel or graphic memoir (MPG Sequential Art>Graphic Novels)
Churchill: A Graphic Biography
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 160
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 5: Joey
Read a book whose title has a word of at least three letters that can be made from the letters in GOINGCOMMANDO
Flesh and Blood, word is AND
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 180
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5.
The Other avg rating of 4.0
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 190
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 15.6. The Red Carpet.
Read a book with something red on the cover.
- there are red blood splatters on the book titlePoints this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 205
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
15.1 Moms and DadsBook 1. Read a book by a female author that was first published during your mother's lifetime, but not your own.
Anne of Ingleside (published 1939)
My mom was born in 1937. I was born in 1979.
AND
Book 2. Read a book written by a male author, first published during your father's lifetime, but not your own.
The Stranger (published 1942)
My dad was born in 1935.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
5.1 - See You at the MoviesSaturday by Ian McEwan
author's initials, IM, found in MovIe
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 130
hoodoomends5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40
× first published in a year that includes a 4 and a 0 ×
O falecido Mattia Pascal
1st published in 1904 - ** I'm claiming a GO ticket **
×-×-×-×-×
This post
Points: 5
GO: 1
BB: -
Total
Points: 90
GO: 2
BB: -
10.3 - This is CNN.Read a NONFICTION book that includes the letters CNN, at least one C and two Ns, in the title and/or subtitle.
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
CNN appears in blaCk digNity iN
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 30
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
SALLY M.5.1 See You at the Movies: at least one author initial in MOVIES
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot by Mikki Kendall
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 0
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
SALLY M.5.2 I'd Watch That: page 1 of Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
The Selection by Kiera Cass
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 0
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
SALLY M.5.3 World Cinema: at least 50% in a country where the total number of English speakers is below 50% (India)
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 0
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
SALLY M.10.3 This is CNN.: non-fiction + letters CNN in title/subtitle
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 0
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
SALLY M.15.8 Parasite: book set in South Korea
Wicked Fox by Kat Cho
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 0
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
SALLY M.25.3 Good Things Come in Threes
Option A: all the letters of THREE in title
The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Option B: first published in 2013
The Elite by Kiera Cass
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 0
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
SALLY M.30.9 Let's Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 3: main character in theater/tv/movies (Jo works for TV as a showrunner/writer/producer)
Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner
Option 5: MPG Thriller (verified)
Fragments of the Lost by Megan Miranda
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 0
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
Delicious Dee5.7 - Mysterious Women
Murder in Little Italy - Victoria Thompson - female author; shelved as mystery 290 times
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 180
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
For 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
The Wake Up by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Word that can be made: pea
thE wAke uP
1 letter from each word
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 6