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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2021
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10.7 - Sweet Sixteen Number in TITLE in word form.
I read the ebook, no mmpb, pb is here: Reservations for Two by Jennifer Lohmann.
Points: 10
Total Points: 325
BB: 1
GO: 1
15.2 - On RepeatBook 1: He Is Watching You (Maddie Ives #1) by Charlie Gallagher
Book 2: He Will Kill You (Maddie Ives #2) by Charlie Gallagher
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 2
Season Total: 305
Katrisa25.9 - Notes From an Elder Millennial
Opt A The Era - Book 1: Read a book first published between 1981 and 1996, inclusive.
Book 2: Read a book by an author born between 1981 and 1996 inclusive.
Required: If this information is not included on the author's GR page, please include a link to establish their year of birth.
Book 1 - I read Preludes & Nocturnes (first published 1991)
Book 2 - I read An Outsider's Guide to Humans: What Science Taught Me about What We Do and Who We Are
Camilla Pang was born in 1993
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camilla...
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 410
PegW15.8 - Found in Translation
Read a book by a female author originally written in a language other than your primary language.
Seven Years of Darkness
My primary language is English and this book was original published in and translated from South Korean.
Points this post: 15
Point total: 90
Reposting 552 to include coverTask 30.9 – Cat's Task: The Perks of UNO
Option 2
Book chosen:
(ebook)Fits task: color blue: 77.0%+4.1%=81.1%; 81.1% is more than 50% (Task A); book found on the 80s shelf (Task C); book has more than 500 pages
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 976 (paperback edition)
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 200 points
Maureen20215.2. Cowabunga!
Read a book set in Italy, or in the 14th-16th centuries (1300 - 1599). REQUIRED: If the place or date of the setting is not clearly indicated in the GR description or metadata, include a reference to establish this.
Set in Tuscany, Italy.
The Tuscan Child
New Points: 5
Total 50
BB 1
Task 5.3 - Mr. Conductorauthor initials in STARR
First Comes Like by Alisha Rai
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235 points
2 BB tix
Nick KY5.2. Cowabunga!
Read a book set in Italy, I read The Dead Season: A Mystery in Florence by Christobel Kent.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 185
Nick KY10.2 -O'kay
I read The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 195
Nick KY15.2 - On Repeat
Repeat Day is June 2, an opportunity to do things over and over again.
Read one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book that meets SRC rules. I read Against An African Sky And Other Stories by Farida Karodia.
Book 2: Read another book written by the same author or co-authors (all must match) as Book 1. I read A Shattering of Silence by Farida Karodia.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 210
Angela IL20.6- Seasoned Reader- Inge's Task
Option 3: Read a book with a number of pages that can be found in their birth years and ages: 83, 95, 1926, 1938.
Undressing The Moon by T. Greenwood-6/22
288 pages
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 95
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7/60
TessaVanessa Challenge 5.4 Barkis is Willing
Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhilo
Points this post: 5
Total points: 220/1070
Tasks completed: 13/60
Books read: 16
TessaVanessa Challenge 5.9 All in Good Fun
Stranded by Alex Kava
Points this post: 5
Total points: 225/1070
Tasks completed: 14/60
Books read: 17
TessaVanessa Challenge 10.10 Soviet Bloc Crumble
Your Heart My Sky by Margarita Engle
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 3.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 235/1070
Tasks completed: 15/60
Books read: 18
Bookwrm526Task #25.7 - Right Up My Alley
Option 3: Read a book that is set at least 50% in either of Florida or New York. I chose New York and read One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston, set entirely in New York City, mentioned in Goodreads description.
Option 4: Read a book by a FEMALE author that is the first (#1) in a series. I read Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala, listed on Goodreads as the first book in the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery Series.
Total points so far: 165
trishhartuk25.6 Delicious Dee's Task: My New Favorite Comedian
2. Florida Man: Read a book where at least 80% of the book is set in Florida.
Death in Four Courses, Lucy Burdette
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Set 100% in Key West, Florida
3. The Table: Read a book where the author's first and last name initials appear in ONE of states ...CALIFORNIA...
Feel Great Lose Weight, Rangan Chatterjee
Read the kindle edition. The only PB with a page count is here
CalifoRnia
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 12
5.7. The Bechdel test 2 women on the cover.
by Debbie Macomber 6/25Points: 5
Total Points: 330
BB: 1
GO: 1
Andy P.Task # 10.1 - Eventful Eighties
Read a book first published in the 1980s
Sign of Chaos by Roger Zelazny
First published in 1987
Points this post: 10
Total points: 190
Andy P.Task # 10.10 - Soviet Bloc Crumbles
Read a book set in at least 50% in one or more Soviet Bloc countries or other aligned states:
Niki: The Story of a Dog by Tibor Déry takes place in Hungary
Points this post: 10
Total points: 200
MAZZA110.10 - Soviet Bloc Crumbles
. Read a book set in at least 50% in one or more Soviet Bloc countries
I Shot the Buddha
Set in Laos in GR Blurb "Laos, 1979: Retired coroner Siri Paiboun and his wife,"
points this post = 10
Points to date = 270
20.1 - Most Improved - Louise's Task: Picking Up The PiecesOption 2: Beartown
Letters in OWN in title
Total points: 20
Kathy KS15.10 - Stuck in the Middle
Read a whole number book in a series that is NOT the first or the last/most recently published book in the series.
Major Operation, by James White
This is "(Sector General #3)". There are about 9 more in the series
(mmpb=192p.)
This title was read in the omnibus, Beginning Operations, pages 365-516
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 125
Tasks completed: 6
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
MAZZA120.2 - Rookie at the Top - XBM's Task: SUNY Brockport Writers Forum
Read a book by one of the AUTHORS on this list: Authors From the Brockport Writers Forum.
Lila number 7 on that list
points this post = 20
Points to date = 290
MAZZA120.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: The View from Lockdown
Read a book that has one of the words WATER, CITY, MOUNTAIN or SKY in the title
Big Sky
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 310
MAZZA125.4 - MEGSCL's Task: Lucky Number
Read two books.
I rolled 1
Book 1 fits a) Number of words in the title (ignore subtitle)
Mercy 1 word title
book 2 The Gilded Ones fits
b. Number in a series. = 1
c. Number included in page number pages 416
d. Year FIRST published in 2021
points this post = 25
Points to date = 335
MAZZA125.8 – Shelby’s Task: Things to Look Forward To!!!
1. TRAVEL –
Read a book that is set somewhere you’ve always wanted to go (real, not imagined), but never been.
Absence of Grace set in Alaska a place outside my own country that i have always wanted to visit. I particularly would love to cruise there
2. FAMILY
I have 6 nieces and nephews, aged 6, 6, 4, 3, 2, and 2 months. Read any book from a series that matches one or a combination of their ages.
Treachery in Death #32
which uses 2 of your nieces and nephews ages
points this post = 25
Points to date - = 360
30.7 - MAZZA1's Task: A Little Of What You FancyOption 1: A Traitor to Memory
This book is new to me, I read the previous 10 books in the series prior to 15/05/2021 and rated all but one of them 4*.
*** 3 Big Book Tickets claimed - 1009 pages
Option 2: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
This book is new to me, and I have also read The Remains of the Day (I rated 5*) and Never Let Me Go (I rated 4*) by the same author.
Total points: 50
Big Book Tickets: 3
MAZZA130.7 - MAZZA1's Task: A Little Of What You Fancy
This is a 2 book task
You may use the same OR different options BUT your books MUST be by different authors
Option 3
Read a much loved book that you have read AT LEAST TWICE before. This book should be MORE than 10 years old (First published before June 2011)
Required: State that you have read this book at least TWICE before.
Pride and Prejudice first published 1813
Sophie's World first published 1991
I have read both of these books at least twice before
points this post = 30
Points to date = 390
25.8 – Shelby’s Task: Things to Look Forward To!!!Option 2: Read any book from a series that matches one or a combination of their ages (6, 6, 4, 3, 2, and 2 months).
Ghost Hunters
Ed & Lorraine Warren #2
Read a book with ALL the author's initials in either INDUSTRIAL or INDEPENDENT FILM.
Cormorant Lake by Faith Merino
FM appears in FilM
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 240
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
15.10 - Stuck in the MiddleRead a whole number book in a series that is NOT the first or the last/most recently published book in the series.
The Haunted: One Family's Nightmare
Ed & Lorraine Warren #3 (6 Books in the Series)
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 255
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Amber15.4 - Sweet Tea
Option 2: MPG Romance + set at least 50% in a southern US state - this book takes place entirely in Kentucky, mentioned in the GR description
This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith
Total Points: 60
Stephanie1275.10. Cheers! Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales This book is a childrens book not found in AR Bookfinder.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25/1070
Tasks completed: 2/60
Books read: 2
Amber20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: Summer Play
Option 1: MPG of Plays or Drama
The Pact by Jodi Picoult
**The Pact is a Big Book (535 pgs in MMPB). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Total Points: 80
BB Tickets: 2
Amber20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: The View from Lockdown
Book that has one of the words WATER, CITY, MOUNTAIN or SKY in the title
The House of Deep Water by Jeni McFarland
Total Points: 100
Barbara ★readerboard shows I have 170 points as of post 600. I should have 180 as of post 597. Can you double check please?
30.7 - 30
30.9 - 30
30.3 - 30
25.6 - 25
25.7 - 25
25.8 - 25
5.5 - 5
10.2 - 10
Barbara ★15.2 - On Repeat
Book 1: Read a book that meets SRC rules.
Shiver of Fear - Roxanne St. Claire 6/23
Book 2: Read another book written by the same author or co-authors (all must match) as Book
Hunt Her Down - Roxanne St. Claire 6/25
Points this task: 15
Total points: 195
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
30.5 - GET READY TO PLANI live in the US so I chose to travel to Europe and South America
BOOK 1 - EUROPE - ITALY - Lizzie & Dante
Results: Sentra, Portugal, Sassari, Italy, Graz, Austria
BOOK 2 - SOUTH AMERICA - CHILE - Murder on Easter Island
Results - Florianopolis, Brazil, San Martin de los Andes, Argentina, Iquique, Chile
TOTAL POINTS - 310
ROBIN P25.8 Shelby's Task: Things to Look Forward to
Option1. Somewhere you've never been & want to go -
The Survivors - set in Australia. I live in the US and have never been to Australia. (I would like to go to see the very different wildlife and the coral reefs before they disappear.)
Option 2: Book from series that matches kids' ages - one is 6
Death of a Colonial (Sir John Fielding, #6)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 130
BB:1 GO:1
DeborahPost #7
30.3 - Bluemoon's Task: My Memories of the 1980's
A1. WINTER OLYMPICS
Radio Silence
RADIO: THIS IS YOUR MOMENT AND IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN
B1. CHALLENGER
The Flip Side
371 pages: Read a book with at least 2 digits from 773
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 120
Books Read:9
Tasks Done: 7
20.1 - Most Improved - Louise's Task: Picking Up The PiecesOption 2: Read a book with all the letters in one of the words GROW, YOUR, or OWN in the title only.
He Knows Your Secrets (Maddie Ives #4) by Charlie Gallagher
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 2
Season Total: 325
5.3. Mr. ConductorHe Will Find You (Maddie Ives #3) by Charlie Gallagher
author's initials, CG, found in George Carlin
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Season Total: 330
Task 5.9 - All in Good Funauthor name Alex
Defending The Guilty: Truth And Lies In The Criminal Courtroom by Alex McBride
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240 points
2 BB tix
Task 25.7 - Right Up My Alleyoption 1: MORT can be made from the phrase
Mort
IL: UY
option 3: set in New York ("upper-class precincts of Manhattan" in blurb)
The Privileges
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265 points
2 BB tix
Task25.5 - The Mysterious Cities of Goldoption 2: MPGs Historical AND Science Fiction
Another Time, Another Place
verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
option 4: set in London, capital of UK
The Minority Council
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290 points
2 BB tix
25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Shirley JacksonianaOpt. 3. read any book, fiction or nonfiction, with a GR main page genre of “Humor.”
Meddling and Murder (Singaporean Mystery #4) by Ovidia Yu
Opt. 4. Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title or subtitle which can be made from the letters in “THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE.”
The Word Ghost by Christine Paice
5-letter word in title, GHOST, can be found in THe hauntinG of hill hOuSe
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 2
Season Total: 365
Julia10315.3 - Video Killed the Radio Star
The Last Dance by Martin L. Shoemaker
Option 2:
Book 1 - author initials MLS are in Michael Jackson
Book 2 - DANCE is in "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)”
This post: 15 points
Total points: 160
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 9
Total books read: 13
MAZZA125.4 - MEGSCL's Task: Lucky Number
Read two books. to fit dice roll
I rolled 1
Book 1 Cecily
a 1 word title
d. Year FIRST published in 2021
book 2 The Gilded Ones fits
b. Number in a series. = 1
c. Number included in page number pages 416
points this post = 25
Points to date = 390
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Total points: 175