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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2021
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Katrisa20.9 - Big Moves
Opt. 3 - Read a book first published between 2014-2021, inclusive. Must be 250+ pages
I read Find Me published 2020. My book was audio - no MMPB, Paperback page count is 286
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 570
Delicious Dee20.3 - Best Review: Bucket's Task: Literary Tourist
I used Alyssa Cole - I read her A Princess in Theory in october 2020
Literature-Map Link for Alyssa Cole
New to me author: Kianna Alexander
Back to Your Love - Kianna Alexander
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 180
10.5 - She Blinded Me With Science Option A: Nonfiction with MPG Science.
I read the ebook of The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World, there is no mmpb, the pb is here: La vie secrète des arbres by Peter Wohlleben.
Points: 10
Total Points: 500
BB: 1
GO: 1
20.1 - Most Improved - Louise's Task: Picking Up The Pieces Option 2: Grow Your Own - GROW in title.
I read the ebook, there is no mmpb, the pb is here: Lord of the Wings by Donna Andrews.
Points: 20
Total Points: 520
BB: 1
GO: 1
20.3 - Best Review: Bucket's Task: Literary TouristGo to the Literature-Map site and search for an author you have read and enjoyed any time since June 1, 2020.
Choose any NEW-TO-YOU author that appears on the lit-map for the author you searched and read a book by them.
The author I chose was Geraldine Brooks, I read Year of Wonders November 20-26th, 2020.
Literary Map: https://www.literature-map.com/gerald...
The NEW TO ME author I chose from this map is Sena Jeter Naslund (She is two names above Geraldine Brooks)
I read Adam Eve by Sena Jeter Naslund
New Points: 20
Total Points: 220
GO: 1
Task 15.3 - Video Killed the Radio StarOption 2: Read one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements.
Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes (2021) by Tim Brady (Hardcover, 298 pages) [940.53]
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the name of one of the artists/groups from this list of Greatest 1980s Music Videos
Artist: roBerT palmer
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that matches exactly a word in the title of one of these Best 80s songs.
WHO in “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (WHO Loves Me)”
00 + 15 = 15
Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 00 + 15 = 15
Books read: 01
Pages read: 298
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 00
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
ROBIN PClaiming 1 BB and 1 GO for The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - I read this edition of 576 pages (this is the full official edition.) It was published in 1848.
25.2 - Shirley Jacksoniana - 2 books
Option 3 - Fiction or nonfiction, with a GR main page genre of Humor - The Great Time Machine Hoax
Option 4 - 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.”
Word is TENANT - T's in The & hauntTing, E in HousE, 2 N's and A in hAuNtiNg,
Book - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Points this task: 25
Total points: 275
BB: 2 GO: 3
DeborahPost #9
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Inge's Task: Queen Beatrix
Option 3:
Read a book with a number of pages that can be found in their birth years and ages: 83, 95, 1926, 1938.
Craven Manor 298 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 155
Books Read:11
Tasks Done: 9
Kim O30.6 - Aprilleigh’s Task: Calling All Ailurophiles
Book 1. Select a pair of intersecting names and read a book that has all the letters in the title/author name.
My intersecting names are cashmere/amanda
How to Drink Like a Mobster
c - Schmid
a (shared) - a
s - mobster
h - how
m - mobster
e - like
r - drink
e - mobster
m - Schmid
a - Albert
n - drink
d - drink
a - A.
Book 2. Select a different pair of intersecting names and read a book that has all the letters in the title/author name.
My intersecting names are pepper/gypsy.
Happy Clouds, Happy Trees: The Bob Ross Phenomenon
p - happy (1)
e - trees
p - happy (1)
p(shared) - happy (2)
e - trees
r - trees
g - Congdon
y - happy (1)
s - trees
y - happy (2)
Points this task: 30
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Totals:
Points: 95
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 4
MARGO30.6 - Aprilleigh’s Task: Calling All Ailurophiles
books approved in task help #41 by Aprilleigh
AMANDA+CASHMERE
The Cornish Connection
by Amanda James
CASHMERE+PEPPER
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
by Phaedra Patrick
Posted paperbacks but read Kindle editions.
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Points this task: 30
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
JUKKA5.1. Excuse the Interruption!
Book whose title/subtitle has all the letters of SIGNAL or HIJACK.
Despair on Danger Island by Luis Loza has all the letters of SIGNAL. This is my one 80-99-page book for the challenge.
Total Points: 5/1070
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/60
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
JUKKA10.8 - Travelin' Man
Book with MPG "Time Travel".
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. Also a Golden Oldie, out first in 1895.
Total Points: 15/1070
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/60
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
CYNBAXTERTask #30.06 – Aprilleigh’s Task: Calling All Ailurophiles
Task Description: Using the provided image, select any two intersecting names and read a book that contains all of those letters (the shared letter only counts once) in the title (no subtitles) and author’s name.
Book 1: MOXIE and PEPPER: The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings by Alexander Pope
**This is a Big Book (528 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket
***This is a Golden Oldie (orig pub = 1717). Claiming 1 GOLDIE ticket
Task Description: Read a book that contains all of a different set of letters (the shared letter only counts once) in the title (no subtitles) and author’s name.
Book 2: CASHMERE and AMANDA: Guides to Straight Thinking, with 13 Common Fallacies by Stuart Chase
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 360 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 1
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
Suzannesea20.9 Moderator's Pet - Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves
Option 1
Read a book set in . . . Colorado. . .
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
301 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points to date; 190
Task 20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves 1 book.
Author's initials in BROADWAY.
I listened to the audiobook, there is no mmpb, pb is here: Murder With Puffins by Donna Andrews.
320 pp.
Points: 20
Total Points: 504
BB: 1
GO: 1
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.3 - Literary Tourist
Jingle all the Slay by Dakota Cassidy
I used Darynda Jones as my starting author. I read a full length book by her in December 2020. The resulting author (Dakota Cassidy) is new to me - https://www.literature-map.com/darynd...
Link to PB edition: Jingle all the Slay (no MMP)
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 235 points
Tasks completed: 13
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
hoodoomends5.3 - Mr. Conductor: a book where the author's initials are found in George Carlin.
O Fio das Palavras by Luiz A.G. Cancello - George CArLin
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This post:
Points: 5
GO: -
BB: -
Total:
Points: 125
GO: 5
BB: -
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.4 - Sweet Tea
The Wife Upstairs: A Novel by Rachel Hawkins
Option 2 - This book has a MPG of romance (noted in Message #30 of the task help thread) AND is set in Alabama (see metadata on the GR main book page)
Link to PB edition: The Wife Upstairs (no MMP)
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 250 points
Tasks completed: 14
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
Julia10310.1 - Eventful Eighties
Witchdame (published 1984)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 240
BB: 3
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 15
Total books read: 19
25.8 – Shelby’s Task: Things to Look Forward To!!!Option 1: Read a book that is set somewhere you’ve always wanted to go (real, not imagined), but never been
The Thirteenth Tale
I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
This book is set in the United Kingdom and I have never been to the United Kingdom.
Option 2: Read any book from a series that matches one or a combination of 6, 6, 4, 3, 2, and 2 months
I listened to audio version of Pretties this is #2 in the Ugly Series.
New Points: 25
Total Points: 245
GO: 1
Sara G30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: The Joys of Home Ownership
Option 1. Read a book with the author’s first and last name initials in the word: PLUMBER.
Lady with a Black Umbrella by Mary Balogh
PLUMBER
Option 4. Read a book that has the word ROOM in the title only.
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
**A Room of One's Own is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1929). I claim one GO ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 305
Andy P.Task # 30.7 - MAZZA1's Task: A Little Of What You Fancy
Option 1
Read the next new-to-you book in a series that you have previously rated 4 or 5 stars
Dead by Dawn by Paul Doiron
This book is new to me and # 12 in series . I have read all 12 and gave 4 stars to 2 and 5 stars to 7 of them. I read all but this one prior to May 15, 2021
Option 2
Read a NEW to you book by a favourite author - for this challenge a favourite author is one you have read at least TWICE before and RATED 4 or 5 stars The Searcher by Tana French This book is new to me . I have read all of her books and rated all either 4 or 5 stars
Points this post: 30
Total points: 295
Julia1035.6. Let's Be Careful Out There!
King Of Shadows (MPG Adventure)
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8.0
This post: 5 points
Total points: 245
BB: 3
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 16
Total books read: 20
15.4 Sweet TeaOption 2 Read a book that fullfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements.
Wish Me Home
Is in the Romance Genre
Set in Key West, Florida and Georgia Mostly Key west Though
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Theresa5.3 - Mr Conductor
The Little French Bistro by Nina George
riNGo starr
Points this post - 5
Total Points - 15
Theresa5.4 - Barkis Is Willing
Heaven Sent Rain by Lauraine Snelling
Points this task - 5
Total Points - 20
5.3. Mr. Conductor Read a book where the author's initials are found in Ringo Starr OR George Carlin. ALL initials must be included.
I read Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes by Ira Rosen, whose initials, IR, are found in BOTH geoRge carlIn and RIngo Starr.
points: 165
books read: 12
tasks completed: 10
task in progress: 1
pages read: 4363
Stephanie1275.8. Who Dun It?: Read a book with the main page genre mystery, standalone, embedded, or as part of a related phrase (such as historical mystery).
The Transmigration of Bodies
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30/1070
Tasks completed: 3/60
Books read: 3
Mod
10.6 - Let's Get Physical
Read a book written by an author with a hyphenated name
One to Watch. Kate Stayman-London. 7.5.21
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 345/1070
Total Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 22/60
Katrisa5.1. Excuse the Interruption!
Read a book in which all the letters of SIGNAL or HIJACK can be found in the title/subtitle.
I read Malibu Rising
SIGNAL - mALibu riSING
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 575
Task 25.4 - MEGSCL's Task: Lucky NumberRolled a 4
Book 1: Deadlier than the Pen: A Diana Spaulding Mystery (Diana Spaulding #1) (2004) by Kathy Lynn Emerson (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 266 pages)
a/ 4 words in title - Deadlier Than the Pen
d/ First published 2004
Book 2: Mort (Discworld #4) (1987) by Terry Pratchett (Mass Market Paperback, 243 pages)
b/ #4 in a series - Discworld
c/ 243 pages
15 + 25 = 40
Tasks Completed: 02
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 15 + 25 = 40
Books read: 03
Pages read: 907
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
15.2 - ON REPEATBOOK 1 - Las Vegas Sidewinders: Drake by Kat Mizera
BOOK 2 - Las Vegas Sidewinders: Karl by Kat Mizera
TOTAL POINTS - 470
10.2 O-KayTell Me You're Sorry by Kevin O'Brien
544 pages. I'd like a BB ticket for this one.
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 105
20.9 Big MovesOption 3 - Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Published 2021. 384 pages.
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 125
MEGSCL5.1. Excuse the Interruption!
SIGNAL in title - The Calculating Stars
TOTAL TO DATE
75 points
2 big book
MEGSCL10.5 - She Blinded Me With Science
a. Read a nonfiction book with the MPG Science - The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World
TOTAL TO DATE
85 points
2 big book
trishhartuk15.9 I Want My MTV
Title contains all the letters MTV.
ToMb with a View, Casey Daniels
Points this task: 15
Books read: 1
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 13
LAUREN JODI5.1 - Excuse the Interruption!
Selkies Are a Girl’s Best Friend by Molly Harper
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 245/1070
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 15/60
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.5 Working Together
Fresh Ink: An Anthology by Lamar Giles, et.al.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 485/1070
Tasks completed: 28/60
Books read: 38
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.10 Cheers!
Fix by J. Albert Mann
Points this post: 5
Total points: 490/1070
Tasks completed: 29/60
Books read: 39
Amy B25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Notes From an Elder Millennial
For this challenge, you must choose an option and read a book 1 and a book 2 for that option.
Required: State the option.
Option C: Digital Natives & Chronically Single
Book 1: Read a book from this list of Computers in Literature.
Required: Include which page your book can be found on when posting.
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (pg. 1)
Book 2: Read a book from one of the following lists: The Bonafide Spinster List or The Bonafide Bachelor List.
Required: Include the name of the list and which page your book can be found on when posting.
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh (Bonafide Spinster List pg. 1)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 295 Points
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.3 Best Review: Bucket's Task: Literary Tourist
Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay
https://www.literature-map.com/betty+...
Betty Hechtman is the beginning author and I read Yarn to Go on January 17, 2021
Jenn McKinlay is a new to me author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 510/1070
Tasks completed: 30/60
Books read: 40
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: The View from Lockdown
While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Wake-Up Call for Mental Health Care in America by Eli Sanders
Points this post: 20
Total points: 530/1070
Tasks completed: 31/60
Books read: 41
Delicious Dee15.6 - Don't You Forget About Me
All the Rage - found on pg 24 of the coming-of-age shelf
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 195
CYNBAXTERTask #25.04 – MEGSCL's Task: Lucky Number
Task Description: Roll one die. Use this single number to meet ALL four different criteria. You can spread these criteria across two books.
a. Number of words in the title (ignore subtitle)
b. Number in a series. The series # must be present in the GR metadata.
c. Number included in page number
d. Year FIRST published ends in number (must be the last number in the year, e.g. 2021 equals a "1" book)
Rolled a 4
Book 1: Mourn Not Your Dead by Deborah Crombie
a. 4 words in title
b. 4th in the series
Book 2: The Bone People by Keri Hulme
a. 464 pages
b. First published in 1984
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 385 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
Jen K20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: The View from Lockdown
All the Birds in the Sky
Word: Sky
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 300
Jessica DTask 25.7 Right Up My Alley
Option 2: All letters in CHARLIE appear in title
Chimes from a Cracked Southern Belle
CHImEs from a cRAcked southern beLle
Option 4: Book by female author that is #1 in a series
The Selection
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 80
Jessica DTask 30.1 Celebrate the Great Outdoors
Option 2: author's initials found in Dendrophile
The Wish by Patricia Davids
Option 3: all letters for HIKE found in title
The Invisible Husband of Frick Island
the InvisiblE Husband of fricK island
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 110
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Golden Oldies: 2
Season Total: 500