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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.3: Gardening lessons: Option 3: Ghost Dancer by Robert Westbrook.
has 320 pages, has both 2 & 3.
Option 4: Preaching to the Corpse by Roberta Isleib, single author has first and last initials RI in LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK.
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 380
Books: 23
Tasks: 19
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0 750+: 1; 1000+: 0
15.9 - Facts Matter!This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
MPG = Science
Total: 210
Queen Bee Darlene5.9 Take Me Away
MPG Humor
The Cat Who Tailed a Thief by Lilian Jackson Braun The Cat Who Tailed a Thief
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 890
Queen Bee Darlene30.2 Cat's Task: Reading in the Valleys
2) Humor or Satire Genre
Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton Walking Across Egypt
3) letters WALES in title/sub
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
hotEL on the corner of bitter And SWeet
One book must be reread - I read Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet previously on 9/25/13
Points this post: 30
Total points: 920
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.6: All I really want to know: Option 3: The Maze by Catherine Coulter is #2. I read the first book in the series FBI thriller in 2012.
Option 4: Treasure of the Golden Cheetah by Suzanne Aruda is set enterily in Africa, in Nairobi, Kenya and in the area around Mount Kilimanjaro, I reside in the US, and am originally from Europe.
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 410
Books: 25
Tasks: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0 750+: 1; 1000+: 0
25.tenThe 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. Books with multiple authors will work as long as all authors are married. REQUIRED: Include a reference to establish the marital status of the author if it is not mentioned in the GR author profile.
I read The Watergate Girl, by Jill Wine-Banks. She is married to Michael Banks.
This book has 242 pp
Task 2. Read a book set at least 50% in Seattle. If the setting is not clear from the GR description or metadata, include a link to a source establishing the setting.
I read Who In Hell Is Wanda Fuca?. This book is set in Seattle. It has 350 pp.
Points: 395
books read: 28
tasks completed: 22
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
pages read: 10,145
That is it for me! Thank you, mods, for continued Awesomeness!!!
PAULA S10.3 - 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.
This is a non-fiction book
C in Charmen
N in charmeN
N in tarmeN
I listened to the audiobook, PB link for reference: Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ.
(There is a Japanese MMPB, but it lacks a lot of information (such as isbn and number of pages))
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 300/1205
Total Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 25/65
PAULA S10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 310/1205
Total Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 26/65
Chris MD 5.7 Mysterious Women
Female author and has MPG of mystery
Well-Schooled in Murder by Elizabeth George
Total points: 205
Chris MD 5.8 Harry Potter Turns 40
First published in a year that includes a 4 and a 0
Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich
First published in 2004
I listened to the audio version of this book. The MMP has 319 pages.
Total points: 210
PegW10.6 - 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.
A Museum Miscellany with160 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 465
Big Book: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 24
Chris MD 50.0 Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves
Option 1A: A book that you abandoned
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
I abondoned this book not once but twice before finally reading it through. I marked it as abandoned on GR on March 23, 2016, but the first abandonment was well before 2010.
The book has 661 pages. Claiming 1 Big Book ticket.
Option 2A: From the 1001 Books You Must read Before You Die list
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The book has 581 pages. Claiming 1 Big Book ticket.
Currently listed as #134
Option 3A: From the Beloved Authors Recommendations list
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Book1 661 pages
Book2 581 pages
Book 3 338 pages
Total 1,580 pages
Total points: 260
You can cash me out for this challenge. Thanks, moderators!
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 1: The Book of Essie
Totals
Points: 180
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 20
Total Books read: 20
NICOLE OH20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Option 3: The Futures
The main characters are married and they both go through big changes with their careers post college. The husband is in finance but loses his job when he helps his superior with a dirty deal. Also both characters change dramatically as they are maturing post college which causes them to drift apart, resulting in divorce by the end of the novel. Sorry for spoiler but I HAVE TO finish it and make sure this counts. LOL
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 1105
BB Tickets: 2
NICOLE OH25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
Option 1: Impulse book 1 in a series
Option 3: Every Day by David Levithan D in Stuffed, L in Animals
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 1130
BB Tickets: 2
Mel M50.1: Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves
Read one book for each of the 3 items below. For each of the 3 books state which option you chose.
1. Accomplish a could have.
B. Read one of the ten books that have been on your TBR shelf the longest.
Love or Something Like It by Deirdre Shaw (on TBR shelf since Nov. 18, 2011)
2. Accomplish a should have.
A. Read a book from 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (appears on first page of list)
3. Toss the rest away.
A. Dive into summer and read any book mentioned in any of the 8 Goodreads Summer Reading blog posts.
Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby (appears on The Top 40 Hit Books of the Year list)
Points this task: 50
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 6
NICOLE OH10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Pumpkinheads 4.10 average rating
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 1140
BB Tickets: 2
Mel M30.1: Stay Home/Stay Safe
For TWO book option read one book from the choices for Book 1 and and one book from the choices for Book 2.
Book 1:
B. Read a book with a SINGLE person on the cover
A Very Punchable Face by Colin JostBook 2:
A. Read a book with a title of 5 words or more
The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson
Points this task: 30
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 7
Mel M30.3: Gardening Lessons
Read one book from two different options or two books from one option.
Option 1: Read a book first published in December or May of any year.
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld (published May 2020)
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK.
Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia
KR = laKe distRict national park
Points this task: 30
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 8
Mel M30.4: Brockian Ultra-Cricket
Read one book from two different options.
Option 2: Read a book that has a piece of sporting or gaming equipment on the cover.
The Resisters by Gish Jen (has baseball bat on cover)Option 3: Read a book that has all the letters in either APOLOGIZE or SORRY in the book's title/subtitle.
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds
SORRY = Stamped: Racism, antiRacism, and YOu
Points this task: 30
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 9
Mel M30.9: Let's Go Have Some Summer Fun
Choose two options from the list below and read two books, one for each option.
Option 1: Read a book set in a coastal or beach town.
No Judgments by Meg Cabot
Option 5: Read a book with the main page genre Thriller.
The Herd by Andrea Bartz
Points this task: 30
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 10
Mel M30.11: Escape!
Choose two of the following options, and read one book for each.
1. Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy, standalone or embedded.
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
3. Read a book with the main page genre history or historical fiction or time travel.
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Points this task: 30
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 11
G.Q. 25.9 - Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
Option 1: 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".
In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway
Option 3: 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.
Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon (Takes place on a space colony that is not on the planet Earth)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 1110
Challenges completed: 59
Books read: 86
Pages read: 23,588
Mel M25.1: Hair Love
This is a 2-book task, chosen from two of the options listed below.
Option 3: Read a book that is short, between 100-200 pages, inclusive.
The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell
Option 4: Read a graphic novel or graphic memoir (MPG Sequential Art>Graphic Novels)
Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence by Joel Christian Gill
Points this task: 25
Total points: 315
Tasks completed: 12
30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know”Option 3:
Wayward Son
This is #2 in the Simon Snow series. I read #1 in the series before this season.
Option 4:
Murder in the Shadows
Set more than 50% in Europe (London is mentioned in Goodreads description). I live in North America so it is a different continent.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 430
Mel M25.3: Good Things Come in Threes
...read two books, one from each of two different options
Option A: Read a book that has all the letters of THREE in the title (NOT SUBTITLE).
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
THREE= THE RosiE project
Option B: Read a book that was first published in a year that contains a 3
Double Indemnity by James M. Cain (published 1936)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 340
Tasks completed: 13
25.1 - Lois's Task: Hair LoveOption 1:
Love & Murder
Love intact in title
Option 3:
Hijinks & Murder
Book is between 100 and 200 pages with 127 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 455
5.3 World CinemaMorality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith
The setting is Botswana
Points this post: 5
Total points: 200
GO Tickets: 2
BB tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 23
Mel M25.7: Jagged Little Pill
Choose one from each of two different options
Option 1: Read a book with a 2 and a 5 in the page number.
Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
(352 pages in paperback edition)
Option 2: 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.
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
haPPened/jeNNy
Points this task: 25
Total points: 365
Tasks completed: 14
Mel M25.8: I'll Be Back
This is a two-book task; choose one book from each of two different options.
Option 2: Read a book with a title of three or more words (subtitles should be ignored) where the first letter of each word appears in MIMETIC POLYALLOY
Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter & Organize to Make More Room for Happiness by Gretchen Rubin
OOIC = mImetiC pOlyallOy
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose name is comprised of two first names (middle names should be ignored). Use this list: Top Baby Names of the Decade
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Emily is 8th on girls' list, Henry is 35th on boys' list.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 15
50.1- Bucket's Task: Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves1.
Option A:
Death in Avignon
I had abandoned this book right before Covid started because I just couldn't get into it at that time.
352 pages
2.
Option B
The Maltese Falcon
Started to read in my senior year of high school, but then ended up choosing something else.
213 pages
3.
Option A
In Five Years
This book was on the list The Top 40 Hit Books of the Year and is #4 on their fiction list.
272 pages
352+213+272=837 pages total so over the 750 minimum.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 505
15.9 - Facts Matter!(nonfiction book with one of the original trivial pursuit genres listed on its main page - geography, entertainment, history, arts or literature, science or nature, sports or leisure)
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou (MPG: science)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 205
Total Books Read: 17
Big Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 11
Brooklyn 5.1 – See You at the Movies
Read a book by a single author with at least one initial found in MOVIES.
The Switch by Beth O'Leary
Points this post: 5
Total points: 735/1205
Tasks completed: 42/65
Books read: 58
Brooklyn 5.10 – Carefree Summer Days
Read a book of your choice.
The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine
Points this post: 5
Total points: 740/1205
Tasks completed: 43/65
Books read: 59
Brooklyn 10.5 – From A to Z
Read a book with an A and Z in its title/subtitle/author’s name.
Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
Points this post: 10
Total points: 750/1205
Tasks completed: 44/65
Books read: 60
Brooklyn 10.9 – Turn It Up
Read a book with a 3+ word title where the initial letter of each word can be found in a song from the list.
Chosen song: “Summer in the City” by Lovin’ Spoonful, #4 on the list
The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri
Points this post: 10
Total points: 760/1205
Tasks completed: 45/65
Books read: 61
Kathy KS***UNCLAIM!!***
10.7 - What Angels Eat
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these top producing watermelon locations: [...] California.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
*****updated totals
Points for this task: 0
Total points : 520-10=510
Tasks completed: 24
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
Brooklyn 15.8 – Parasite
Read a book set in South Korea or by an author born in South Korea.
If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
Points this post: 15
Total points: 775/1205
Tasks completed: 46/65
Books read: 62
Brooklyn 15.9 – Facts Matter!
Read a non-fiction book with a MPG of geography, entertainment, history, arts or literature, science or nature, or sports or leisure.
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
MPG of science
Points this post: 15
Total points: 790/1205
Tasks completed: 47/65
Books read: 63
APRILLEIGH10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother”
Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Murder in the Tenderloin by M.L. Hamilton
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (170)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (16)
Total Tasks: 16
Kathy KS50.1- Bucket's Task: Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves
Your three books must have a combined total of at least 750 pages.
1. Accomplish a could have.
B. Read one of the ten books that have been on your TBR shelf the longest. REQUIRED: State when this book was added to your to-read shelf/list.
Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist, by Michael J. Fox
This one was #3 on my older paper TBR list. I added it sometime between 2009-2012.
276 pages
2. Accomplish a should have.
A. Read a book from 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. REQUIRED: State the page of the list on which your book is found in your post.
Saturday, by Ian McEwan
Today, the novel is #359 on page 4 of the list
289 pages
3. Toss the rest away.
B. Choose any book you have rated 5 stars and read something on its "similar books" list. REQUIRED: When you post, state which book you rated 5 stars.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
Found as a similar book for my 5-star rated Foundation and Empire, by Isaac Asimov.
244 pages
Total pages: 276+289+244=809 (>750)
*****
Points for this task: 50
Total points : 560
Tasks completed: 25
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
Brooklyn 20.6 – Springfield!
Option 1: Read a book with at least 15,001 ratings.
The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
Points this post: 20
Total points: 810/1205
Tasks completed: 48/65
Books read: 64
Mel M25.10: Working Out During Quarantine
Choose one option and complete 2 different tasks from this option.
Option 1: Fitness Blender
Task 1. Read a book written by a married author.
Elevation by Stephen King
Task 2. Read a book set at least 50% in Seattle.
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
link to setting
Points this task: 25
Total points: 415
Tasks completed: 16
Brooklyn 25.2 – Children of the Apocalypse!
Option 1: Read a book by Stephen King from the list.
The Outsider by Stephen King
Option 3: Read a book that prominently features undead creatures.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
One of the main characters is a vampire.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 835/1205
Tasks completed: 49/65
Books read: 66
APRILLEIGH10.8 - Go Your Own Way
Read a book from a list found at IndieBound's IndieNext List.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
(IL: MG+)
Found right at the top of the Fall 2008 Kids Indie Next List.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (180)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (17)
Total Tasks: 17
Mel M25.11: Space X
...read 2 books from different options...AT LEAST one of your books must have been published prior to 2011.
1. Partnership
Read a book that is written by 2 or more authors.
The Toni Morrison Book Club by Juda Bennett, Winnifred Brown-Glaude, Cassandra Jackson and Piper Kendrix Williams
3. Stowaway
Read a single author book where the author's initials (including middle initial) can be found in APATOSAURUS.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (published in 2010)
RS = apatoSauRus
Points this task: 25
Total points: 440
Tasks completed: 17
Brooklyn 25.11 – Space X
Option 1: Read a book by two or more authors that is not an anthology.
The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in APATOSAURUS.
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith
First published in 2009
Points this post: 25
Total points: 860/1205
Tasks completed: 50/65
Books read: 68
Mel M25.12: It's Auntie Time!
This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different options and read 1 book for each.
Option 3: For this option read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in STUFFED ANIMALS.
Severance by Ling Ma
LM = stuffed aniMaLs
Option 4: Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in AMENS.
Most Likely by Sarah Watson
Points this task: 25
Total points: 465
Tasks completed: 18
APRILLEIGH5.7 - Mysterious Women
Read a book written by a female author that also has the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Dystopia.
The Thai Amulet by Lyn Hamilton
(Read the kindle version - mmpb)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (185)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (18)
Total Tasks: 18
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30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
Option 3: Both a 2 and a 3 in the page count
The Hoarder - 352 pages
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback - no MMP
Option 4: Author initials in LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback - no MMP
Total Points: 805