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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Brooklyn 30.6 – “All I Really Need to Know
Option 3: Read a whole number book in a series I begun before the Summer Challenge.
Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb
#20 in the “In Death” series; I started the series in February 2019 which is prior to the start of the challenge
Option 4: Read a book set at least 50% in a country or on a continent I have never visited.
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
100% set in Australia, a country/continent I have never visited (yet!)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 890/1205
Tasks completed: 51/65
Books read: 70
Mel M20.5: Cover Tropes
Option 3: Read a book with main page genre nonfiction (embedded is ok) and a white (or off-white, beige, grey) cover that has only a single object/image depicted, or no image (only words).
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma OluoPoints this task: 20
Total points: 505
Tasks completed: 20
APRILLEIGH10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me”
Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5.
The Orkney Scroll by Lyn Hamilton
(Read the kindle version - mmpb)
At time of posting, the book has a 3.71 rating.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (195)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (19)
Total Tasks: 19
Mel M20.6: Springfield!
This is a one book task...your book must be at least 310 Pages.
Option 1: Read a book with over 15,000 Goodreads ratings.
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
(400 pages)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 525
Tasks completed: 21
Brooklyn 30.7 – Nights at the Drive-in
Option 1: Read a book with a night scene, including stars and moon, on its cover.
by Caitlin MullenApproved in help thread (message #38)
Option 4: Read a book by an author that shares a first or last name with an actress/actor in the movie and a 4+ letter word in the title/subtitle from the lyrics.
They Call Me Crazy by Kelly Stone Gamble
Matching word is “they”; author shares name with actor Kelly Ward.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 920/1205
Tasks completed: 52/65
Books read: 72
Mel M20.7: Small is a State of Mind
This is a one book task...your book must be at least 310 Pages.
Option 1: Read a book that has its number of pages listed as ending with a 5.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (paperback listed as 385 pages)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 545
Tasks completed: 22
Mel M20.8: Codenames
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.
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
word that can be made: stent
The boyS iN thE boaT
1 letter from each word
Points this task: 20
Total points: 565
Tasks completed: 23
APRILLEIGH20.3 - Best Review Contest –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 3: Read a book with a MPG of Espionage or Thriller.
Murder on Russian Hill by M.L. Hamilton
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (215)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (20)
Total Tasks: 20
Mel M20.9: Eureka!
Option 3: Read a book where someone's life changes dramatically, either for the better or for the worse...
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver - Main character comes out to parents as nonbinary and is kicked out of his home, forced to move in with his sister and start at a new school.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 585
Tasks completed: 24
Mel M15.9: Facts Matter!
Read a 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.
Showtime at the Apollo: The Epic Tale of Harlem’s Legendary Theater by Ted Fox
Points this task: 15
Total points: 600
Tasks completed: 25
APRILLEIGH20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 2: Read a book by Ernest Hemingway or by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
Murder in Chinatown by M.L. Hamilton
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (235)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (21)
Total Tasks: 21
Brooklyn 30.9 – Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 1: Read a book set in a beach or coastal town.
Hello, Summer by Mary Kay Andrews
Set in beach town of Silver Bay, Florida, which is described as a "sleepy beach town" in the book's description on Goodreads.
Option 5: Read a book with a MPG of thriller.
The Red Lotus by Chris Bohjalian
Points this post: 30
Total points: 950/1205
Tasks completed: 53/65
Books read: 74
Repost 389725.10 - Rina's Task: Working out during quarantine
The books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.
Option 1: Fitness Blender
TTask 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. Jill Wine-Banks is married to Michael Banks. https://www.jillwinebanks.com 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.
242+350= 592
points: 395
books read: 28
tasks completed: 22
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
pages read: 10, 145
15.4 - A Record Setting Leading PerformerOption 2:
Read 1 book that satisfies the requirements for both books 1 and 2 of option 1. (1. a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word from Hepburn's Filmography and 2. written by a female author)
Ten Women by Marcela Serrano
Requirement #1: Hepburn's Filmography = Little Women. The word Women is in the title.
Requirement #2: the author is a woman.
Task Points: 15
Season Total: 190
APRILLEIGH5.10 - Carefree Summer Days
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
How to Grow Fruits, Vegetables & Houseplants Without Soil by Rick Helweg
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (240)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (22)
Total Tasks: 22
10.6 - Get CountedRead a book that has a number of pages that can be found in 3,939,326 and/or 16 and/or 17 (Ohio, the 17th state).
Bones Never Lie by Kathy Reichs
Page count = 326.
Task Points: 10
Season Total: 200
Brooklyn 30.10 – Junk Food or Fitness?
Book 1: Read a book with a 3+ letter word in its title that can be made from the letters in EXERCISE.
Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan - 336 pages
Word SEX is made from letters in EXERCISE.
Book 2: Read a book by a single author who has none of the letters JUNKFOOD in its name.
Cress by Marissa Meyer - 552 pages
336 + 552 = 888 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 980/1205
Tasks completed: 54/65
Books read: 76
Brooklyn 30.11 – Escape!
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in a country I’ve never visited.
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey – 385 pages
100% set in India, a country I have never been to (yet)
Option 3: Read a book with a MPG of history or historical fiction.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris – 262 pages
MPG of historical fiction
385 + 262 = 647 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1010/1205
Tasks completed: 55/65
Books read: 78
Brooklyn 50.1 – Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves
Book 1A: Read a book I abandoned or never finished.
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø – 521 pages
Originally started reading this in 2009 but never finished.
Book 2A: Read a book from the “1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die” listopia.
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier – 410 pages
Found on pg. 1
Book 3A: Read a book from one of the 8 Goodreads Summer Reading blog posts.
Beach Read by Emily Henry – 361 pages
Found on “A New Season of Reading” blog.
521 + 410 + 361 = 1,292 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 1060/1205
Tasks completed: 56/65
Books read: 81
Bookwrm526Task #30.10 - Junk Food or Fitness?
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. I read Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty. The word SIX can be made from the letters in exercise (364p).
Book 2: 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 Something Read, Something Dead by Eva Gates (320p).
364+320 = 684p
Total points so far: 885
REPOST OF 3903 TO ADD MISSING INFORMATIONChris 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 abandoned 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 on page two of the list
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
Pamela326525.1 - Lois's Task: Hair Love
Option 2: A Timeless Romance Anthology: California Dreamin' CollectionCalifornia Dreamin' Collection by multiple authors – Short Stories MPG
Option 3: Of These Emblems: Coming Closer to Christ Through the Sacrament by S. Michael Wilcox – 102 pages
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 550
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Readerboard Name: List_addict30.5: Sally M’s Task - Two of a Kind
Option 1: Two books that are Retellings of the same source story
Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Somali Dev
Story: Pride and Prejudice
Total this challenge: 235
15.4 A Record Setting Lead PerformerI chose option 2, a book that fits both requirements, and read A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
A) word "woman" matches Hepburn's title "Woman of the Year"
B) female author
New Total: 290
30.5. Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind Option 2: Two books from the same series
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler
These are both from the Philip Marlowe series (#1 and #4).
I am claiming two Golden Oldies tickets for
The Big Sleep (published in 1939)
The Lady in the Lake (published in 1943)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 190 points
BB tickets: 3
GO tickets: 6
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 13
G.Q. 10.5 - From A to Z
Read a book with an A and Z in the title, subtitle and/or author’s name.
Before Watchmen: Nite Owl/Dr. Manhattan by J. Michael Straczynski
Points this task: 10
Total points: 1120
Challenges completed: 60
Books read: 87
Pages read: 23,876
5.10 - Carefree Summer Days McSweeney's 60 by Claire Boyle and contributors.
This journal volume is 92 pages. I am counting it toward my ONE 5-point task that is allowed to be 85-99 pages.
This post: 5 points
Total points: 195 points
BB tickets: 3
GO tickets: 6
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 14
Amy FL25.11 - Delicious Dee's Task: Space X
1. Old Bones by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
2. Bodily Harm by ROBERT Dugoni (published in 2010)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 1205
Made it with a day to spare! Thanks, mods, for another great challenge :-)
Readerboard name: List_addict30.6: D1mrose’s Task - “All I Really Need to Know”
Option 3: The next book in a series begun before the Summer Challenge
The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson
Series: Truly Devious, 1st book read 29 August, 2019
Option 4: A setting on a continent different to your own
The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
Setting: Seattle, Washington
Book: North America, Me: Australia
Total this challenge: 265
Readerboard Name: List_addict25.12: Brooklyn’s Task - It’s Auntie Time!
Option 1: A book that is part of a series
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14.0
Option 3: A single author whose initials can be found in STUFFED ANIMALS
Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
Total this challenge: 290
Pamela326530.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
Option 2: “The Divine Connection: Unlocking Your Infinite PotentialThe Divine Connection: Unlocking Your Infinite Potential” by Lloyd D. Newell – Tent found in poTENTial
Option 6: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Ownes – Set in North Carolina, Historical fiction MPG
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 580
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Julia10315.10 - Let's Travel (Through Books)
Black Dove, White Raven (on page 4 of Best Traveling Vicariously list, #397)
This task: 15 points
Total points: 1040
BB tickets: 12
GO tickets: 5
Tasks completed: 58
Books read: 80
Amy W15.5 - Again, Really?: Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than 1, in which you’ve already read book 1 before May 15.
I read The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny. It is #3 in its series. I completed #1 in the series on 12/16/19.
Points This Task: 15
Total Points to Date: 295
Amy W30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
I chose Option 2-A: Read 2 books from the same series.
I read Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb and Golden in Death by J.D. Robb. These books are #49 and #50 from the “In Death” series.
Points This Task: 30
Total Points to Date: 325
Queen Bee Darlene30.5 Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2A: Read 2 books from the same series
I read The Road to Grace by Richard Paul Evans and A Step of Faith by Richard Paul Evans. These books are #3 & #4 in The Walk Series
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 950
Pamela326525.11 - Delicious Dee's Task: Space X
Option 2: Men of Valor: The Powerful Impact of a Righteous Man by Robert Millett – Originally published in 2007
Option 3: The Angel of Grey Garden by Anita Stansfield – Author’s initials found in ApatoSaurus
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 605
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
25.1 - Lois's Task: Hair LoveOption 2, a book with MPG Short Stories: Homeland and Other Stories by Barbara Kingsolver
Option 3, a book that is short, between 100-200 pages, inclusive: South and West: From a Notebook by Joan Didion
paperback edition South and West: From a Notebook 160 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 965
15.7 Hurricane Season - author's name matches hurricane storm name for 2020Don't Look Back by Amanda Quick
Amanda is on the Pacific Hurricane name list for 2020
Total/post: 15
Total/challenge: 390
Coralie20.3 Saturday Matinee
Option 4 – book where every initial letter in the title can be found in The ben fRanklin library and whose author’s initials can be found in The ramona Theatre
The Rosewater Redemption: Book 3 of the Wormwood Trilogy by Tade Thompson
Total to date 640 points
25.1 - Lois's Task: Hair LoveOption 1: Read a book with the word HAIR or LOVE intact in the title or subtitle.
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Option 3: Read a book that is short, between 100-200 pages, inclusive.
10 Bodies Lying by Stephanie Bond - 174 pages
Total points: 60
25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!Option 1: read a book that is part of a series. The book must be a whole number book in the series.
The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory - #2 in series
Option 4: read a book with a title that begins with a letter in AMENS. All words count.
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Total points: 85
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!Option 1: Read a book with over 15,000 Goodreads ratings. (15,001 or higher)
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - at the time of posting 679,309 ratings
Total points: 105
Coffeegirl15.4 A record Setting Leading Performer
Option 1 and 2:
All Summer Long by Dorothea Benton Frank
1. Movie by Katharine Hepbum: Long Day's Journey into Night (1962) -- LONG in both titles
2. Female Author
Points this task: 15
Total points: 790
Coffeegirl25.8 I'll Be Back
Option 2: Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
LITL found in mImeTic polyaLLy
Option 3: The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
Baby names: #169, #191
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 815
Mod
LAUREN JODI25.9 - Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
Option 3: Independence Day
Ghost Hunter by Jayne Castle
Set on Harmony, a world in an alternate dimension
Option 4: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
Set in Chicago
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 680/1205
Total Books Read: 51
Tasks Completed: 38/65
Brooklyn ***Repost of 3945 to add additional information**30.6 – “All I Really Need to Know”
Option 3: Read the next whole number book in a series began prior to the Summer Challenge.
Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb
#20 in the “In Death” series; I started the series in February 2019, which is prior to the start of the challenge.
Option 4: Read a book set at least 50% in a country or on a continent different from my own.
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
100% set in Australia; I live in North America
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1060/1205
Tasks completed: 56/65
Books read: 81
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20.4: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 2: Read a book by Ernest Hemingway or by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
Educated by Tara Westover
TW = ernesT hemingWay
Points this task: 20
Total points: 485
Tasks completed: 19