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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Jen K25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Option 2: Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
yellOw, Oil, wOman's, fOr, cOuntry
Option 4: Rebel Belle
Metal handle on knife
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 1025
Big Books: 6
Kristi CO10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life by Susan David
Points this post: 10
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 14
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Kristi CO15.9 - Facts Matter!
History
Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Points this post: 15
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 15
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In ThreesOption B: Read a book that was first published in a year that contains a 3.
Some Must Watch
Published in 1933
*Claiming a Golden Oldie. Published in 1933
Option C: Read a book that is part of a trilogy or a 3 book series.
Trent's Last Case
Philip Trent Series
*Claiming a Golden Oldie. Published in 1913
Points this task: 25
Books read this task: 2
Golden oldie claimed this task: 2
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 415
Total Tasks completed: 23
Total Golden oldies: 12
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 1:
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow
Points this post: 20
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 16
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Kristi CO30.11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Option 1: Science Fiction Fantasy
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Option 3: Historical Fiction
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
Points this post: 30
Total points: 300
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 18
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!1. For this option read a book that is part of a series. The book must be a whole number book in the series.
East of West, Vol. 1: The Promise
3. For this option read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in STUFFED ANIMALS.
Serpents in Eden by Martin Edwards
Points this task: 25
Books read this task: 2
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 440
Total Tasks completed: 24
Total Golden oldies: 12
Total Big Book tickets: 0
20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of MindOption 1: What exit?
read a book that has its number of pages listed as ending with a 5.
Carpe Jugulum
425 pages
Points this task: 20
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 460
Total Tasks completed: 25
Total Golden oldies: 12
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Carly20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 2: Read a book with the MPG of Horror.
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
This book has a MPG of Horror.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Golden Oldie books: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
50.1- Bucket's Task: Toss Away the Could Haves and Should HavesBook 1, Option B Read one of the ten books that have been on your TBR shelf the longest.
Caleb's Crossing 318 pages I added this to my Want to Read shelf on January 24th, 2012
Book 2 Option A. Read a book from 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.
I read an ebook version of All Quiet on the Western Front 296 pages. This is found on the first page of the list in slot #59
Book 3 Option Ased The Most Read Books of the 2020 Reading Challenge My book is #35 on this list. I listened to an audio version of
The Dutch House 480 pages
Total pages 1094
New Points: 50
Total Challenge Points: 555
GO: 1
Queen Bee Darlene10.10 You Like Me, You Really Like Me
Average rating of at least 3.5
Walking on Water Current rating: 4.31
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 960
5.6 - Somebody Set the ClockRead a book with the letters VCR found in any order in the title/subtitle, series title, and/or author's name.
The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay by Beverly Jensen
V found in author name Beverly
C and R found in title word Hardscrabble
Task Points: 5
Season Total: 205
This finishes the season for me. Thanks.
Carly20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 1: Read a book first published in 1938 or earlier.
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle The copy that I read was part of a digital omnibus. Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection was the actual copy that I read.
This was first published in 1887.
Claiming a Golden Oldies Ticket since this was first published in 1887.
Total Books: 2
Total Pages: 424
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Golden Oldie books: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Carly20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
Option 1: Back to the History (Read something with MPG of Historical Fiction and all people on the cover must have their backs to you.)
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
The book has a MPG of Historical Fiction and the person on the cover's back is facing the reader.
Total Books: 3
Total Pages: 747
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Golden Oldie books: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Brooke TX5.1 - See You at the Movies
Read a book written by a single author with at least one initial found in the word: MOVIES.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 350
Completed Tasks: 18
Books Read: 91
Brooke TX5.2 - I'd Watch That
Read a book found on the Books That Should Be Made Into Movies Listopia. Found on page 4:
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 355
Completed Tasks: 18
Books Read: 91
Brooke TXUNCLAIM
10.9 - Turn It Up
Read a book with title of at least 3 words where the first letter of every title word appears in a song title from this list of 50 Best Summer Songs. With "SOW" found in "Walking on Sunshine":
Points
This Post: -10
Total Points: 345
Completed Tasks: 18
Books Read: 91
Sarah E25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
Option 2: Come August, Come Freedom: The Bellows, The Gallows, and The Black General Gabriel
cOme, cOme, freedOm, bellOws, gallOws
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is Come August, Come Freedom: The Bellows, the Gallows, and the Black General Gabriel
AR Bookfinder: IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6.0
Option 3: Tooth and Claw - on page 8 of the list, three from the end of the page
I read an ebook but have linked to the top MMP
Total Points: 830
Sarah E25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
Option 2: I Am Number Four - 310,156 ratings
I read a kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback, no MMP
Option 4: The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston
I read a kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback, no MMP
WorstRecklessDisregardForHumanLifeAn dP ublicProperty
Total Points: 855
Kristen IA20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
This is a one book task. REQUIRED: In your post, specify which option you used.
Option 6: Chandler
Read a book with the letters BE intact in the title, not subtitle. Letters can appear in any word, but they must appear in that order.
Beach Read by Emily Henry
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 240/1205
Tasks Completed: 14/65
BB: 1
GO: 0
Suzannesea50.1 -Bucket's Task: Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves
1. Accomplish a could have.
A. Read book you never finished.
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
409 pages
I abandoned Sense and Sensibility in spring 2020 when a library hold came in.
2. Read a book from 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie is on page 2 of the list (#123).
288 pages
3. Read a book mentioned in one of the 8 Goodreads Summer Reading Blog Posts.
Educated by Tara Westover
is #10 on The Most Read Books of the 2020 Reading Challenge.
334 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points to date: 300
Brooke TX5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!
Read a book from a Listopia with the word "Action" intact in the title of the list. Found on Best M/M Action and Adventure Books of 2015:
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 350
Completed Tasks: 19
Books Read: 91
Brooke TX5.5 - Summer Blockbusters
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in the title of one of the 75 Best Summer Blockbusters of All Time. With "Alien" in the title:
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 355
Completed Tasks: 20
Books Read: 91
Mike MATask 10.9 Turn it Up
Audiobook: The Plot Against America by Philp Roth, read by Ron Silver
Song: SaTurdAy in the PArk (#38 on the top summer songs list)
The Plot Against America: first letters all represented
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 170
Books This Task: 1
Total Books Read: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Big Books Read: 1
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Kristen IA30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options or two books from one option.
REQUIRED: Identify which option or options you select when you post.
No books with the genre Childrens or Kids may be used.
Option 3: Peter Rabbit Tales
Read a book whose page count contains a 2 and a 3.
The Guest List by Lucy Foley - 320 pages
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the PB edition for page count.
Option 4: Beatrix Potter Legacy
*Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK.
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo - 532 pages
*******I claim 1 BB Ticket for 532 pages*******
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 270/1205
Tasks Completed: 15/65
BB: 2
GO: 0
Carly30.11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Read 2 books with a combined total of 500 pages.
Option 1: Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy, standalone or embedded.
Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron 389 pages
This book has the MPG of Fantasy.
Option 2: Escape to another country. Read a book set at least 50% in a country you have never visited.
Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer 288 pages
This book takes place in Egypt and I've never been to Egypt.
Total page count: 677 pages
Total Books: 5
Total Pages: 1424
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 90
Golden Oldie books: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Sarah E10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Pumpkin Spice Latte & Murder: An Oceanside Cozy Mystery Book 49
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the paperback - no MMP
Total Points: 865
Carly20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 1: Read a book with over 15,000 Goodreads ratings. (15,001 or higher)
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
This book currently has 87,274 ratings as of this posting.
Claiming a Big Book Ticket. This has 513 pages.
Total Books: 6
Total Pages: 1937
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 110
Golden Oldie books: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Sarah E20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 4: Author initials in PIVOT
Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett
I read an ebook but have linked to the top MMP
Total Points: 885
Carly20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
Curious Toys by Elizabeth Hand
Curious Toys
word that can be made: riot
cuRIous TOys
2 letters used from each word in the title
Total Books: 7
Total Pages: 2312
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 130
Golden Oldie books: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Sarah E20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 1: Published before 1938
Murder in Mesopotamia
I listened to an audio, top MMP is Meurtre en Mésopotamie
Golden Oldie, first published 1936. I claim 1 GO ticket.
Total Points: 905
Total GOs: 6
10.7 What Angels EatThe Night Fire by Michael Connelly
The book takes place entirely in Los Angeles, California
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 295
BUCKET10.1 OK Boomer
Metroland by Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes was born 1/19/46.
Points this post: 10
Points total: 230
Sarah E25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
Option A: All the letters of THREE in the title
Just a Little Run Around the World: 5 Years, 3 Packs of Wolves and 53 Pairs of Shoes
just a littlE Run around THE world
I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Just a Little Run Around the World: 5 Years, 3 Packs of Wolves and 53 Pairs of Shoes
Option B: First published in a year that contains a 3
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal - first published January 4th 2013
I listened to an audio but have linked to the top paperback - no MMP
Total Points: 930
Thanks to the mods and task creators for another fun season.
Jasmiina F5.10 - Carefree Summer Days:
Read a book of your choice:
Rakkaani, kyyhkyläiseni : jännityskertomuksia by Roald Dahl.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 280
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
EMurphy20.3 Best Review Contest-Joanne MI's Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 3: Espionage/Thriller genre The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 425
Books Read: 29
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +750: 1
Tasks Completed: 18
Brooke TX5.9 - Take Me Away
Read a book with the MPG Humor.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 360
Completed Tasks: 21
Books Read: 91
Brooke TX10.1 - OK Boomer
Read a book written by a single author who was born between 1946 and 1964 inclusive. By Bill Willingham, born 1956:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 370
Completed Tasks: 22
Books Read: 91
Brooke TX10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 380
Completed Tasks: 23
Books Read: 91
Brooke TX10.3 - This is CNN.
Read a NONFICTION book that includes the letters CNN in the title and/or subtitle.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 390
Completed Tasks: 24
Books Read: 91
10.9 - Turn It UpWhat If It's Us by Becky Albertalli
❁ WIIU found in #25. Walking on Sunshine -- WI in Walking; IU in Sunshine ❁
Total points: 505 + 10 = 515
25.7 - JenK's task: Jagged Little PillOption 2: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
❁ LL in Hill; BB in Abbi ❁
Option 3: Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey by Jane Goodall
❁ hand on cover ❁
Total points: 515 + 25 = 540
Brooke TX10.4 - Ready For A Closeup
Read a book with a central character or subject who is a professional actor or actress. Memoir by actor George Takei:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 400
Completed Tasks: 25
Books Read: 92
Brooke TX10.5 - From A to Z
Read a book with an A and Z in the title, subtitle and/or author’s name.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 410
Completed Tasks: 26
Books Read: 92
Brooke TX10.6 - 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.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 420
Completed Tasks: 27
Books Read: 92
Brooke TX10.7 - What Angels Eat
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the top producing watermelon locations. Set in Texas:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 430
Completed Tasks: 28
Books Read: 92
Brooke TX10.8 - Go Your Own Way
Read a book from a list found at IndieBound's IndieNext List. Found on the Spring 2018 Kids List for Teen Readers:
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.0 - AR Pts: 1.0
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 440
Completed Tasks: 29
Books Read: 92
Brooke TX10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 450
Completed Tasks: 30
Books Read: 92
NICOLE OH10.9 - Turn It Up
Year of the Monkey My song is The Boys of Summer- Y in Boys, O in Boys, T in The, M in Summer
Points this task: 10
Total: 1150
BB Tickets: 2
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 2: read a book by Ernest Hemingway or by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Total points: 125