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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2021
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Delicious Dee30.3 - Bluemoon's Task: My Memories of the 1980's
Option A.1. - Malibu Rising - the letters from RISING, can be found in the provided sentence - THIS IS YOUR MOMENT AND IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN
Option B.2 - The Galaxy, and the Ground Within - shelved as Space by 50ppl
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 225
30.4 - Sandy's Task: Opposites AttractMe-You
You Should See Me in a Crown (Me)
and
I'll Give You the Sun (You)
Total Points: 120
25.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: My New Favorite Comedian 2 books, 2 options.
Book 1 Option 3. The Table –Authors initials in FLORIDA.
I listened to the audiobook, mmpb is here: Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews.
Book 2 Option 4. CHAOS KNOWS NO SIDES – First letters of title words in CHAOS KNOWS NO SIDES.
I read the ebook, the mmpb is here: A Stardance Summer by Emily March.
Points: 20
Total Points: 580
BB: 1
GO: 1
Katrisa10.4 - E.T. Phone Home
Read a book on the Aliens Books List
I read Scarlet. It is on page 1 of the list.
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 620
Jen K20.10 - Group Reads
Scythe
Message 8 on discussion thread
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 320
Katrisa10.4 - Rain Man
Read a book with a title that has at least 2 words AND none of the words in the title have more than 4 characters in them.
I read Riot Baby
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 630
25.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: My New Favorite ComedianOption 2: Read a book where at least 80% of the book is set in Florida.
I listened to an audio version of The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession 284 pages
Option 5: Read a book by a single author whose name is DREW...
I listened to an audio version of Wildflower by Drew Barrymore 288 pages
Total of 572 pages
New Points: 25
Total Points: 295
GO: 1
Katrisa5.6 - Let's Be Careful Out There!
Read a book with the main page genre Action or Adventure.
I read InterWorld.
It has a MPG of Adventure
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 635
15.7 80s Mix TapeCollection of short stories
Reasons to Live by Amy Hempel
New points: 15
Total points: 60
Bookwrm526Task #15.7 - The 80s Mix Tape
Read an anthology or collection of short stories, essays and/or novellas (at least 3 works). I read Amora: Stories by Natalia Borges Polesso.
Total points so far: 265
Amber15.10 - Stuck in the Middle
Whole number book in a series that is NOT the first or the last/most recently published book in the series
Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb
Total Points: 220
20.1 - Most Improved - Louise's Task: Picking Up The PiecesOption 2: Grow Your Own
Road Out of Winter
Word: Own
Previous total:0
Points 20
Total 20
Barbara ★25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Shirley Jacksoniana
Option 3. Read any book, fiction or nonfiction, with a GR main page genre of “Humor.”
Maybe This Time - Jennifer Crusie 7/8
(MPG humor)
Option 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.” Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
Required: State the word.
Half Bad - Sally Green 6/5
(HALF - the HAunting oF hiLl house)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 250
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves
Option 1: Read a book set in Michigan, Indiana, Colorado, Arizona, Washington state, Florida, Tennessee, or Massachusetts. Must be set 50%+ in that location.
Styx's Storm - Lora Leigh (100% in Colorado) 7/4
Points this task: 20
Total points: 270
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★15.10 - 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.
Hometown Girl - Mariah Stewart (#4 of 12 in series) 7/6
Points this task: 15
Total points: 285
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Kathy KS30.8 - Lauren Jodi's task: 80s Dynamic Duos
This is a TWO book task. Choose ONE book from TWO different options below.
Option 2: REMINGTON STEELE
Read a book with an imposter – the character must be impersonating someone else OR have assumed a fictitious identity.
Miss Grimsley's Oxford Career, by Carla Kelly
from GR description: “...society would reel in a scandalized shock at the idea of Ellen donning Gordon's student robes to do his work. But an even greater scandal loomed when a handsome lord in humble scholar's disguise…” [so, both MCs actually fit this task]
The above book was read as part of the omnibus version: Mrs. Drew Plays Her Hand And Miss Grimsley's Oxford Career. Each book had it's own pagination. The read novel has 224 p.
Option 5: SPENSER FOR HIRE
Read a book with a character who has changed their occupation or profession. Required: Explain how the book fits the task.
Every Broken Trust, by Linda Rodriguez
MC Skeet was a police officer for the Kansas City Police Department, but is now the Chief of the Security for a suburban Missouri college.
Approved for use for option 5 in task help message 59: by Lauren.
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 200
Tasks completed: 9
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
10.3 - Never Bring a Knife to A Gun FightA book that features an archaeologist as a main character: The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley
Points this post: 10
Total points: 280
Coralie5.9 All in good Fun
Book by an author named one of the related names to Alex – Alastair – Scottish version
Revenger by Alastair Reynolds
Total to date 160 points
Angela 20.2-Rookie at the Top
Read a book by one of the AUTHORS on this list: Authors From the Brockport Writers Forum.
The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty-7/8
# 28 on list
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8/60
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25.7 - Amy FL's Task: Right Up My Alley
Read two books:
Option 1: Read a book with a title word of four of more letters that can be made from the letters in AMATEUR BOWLERS TOUR. Letter
The Printed Letter Bookshop. Katherine Reay. 6.15.21
Option 4: Read a book by a FEMALE author that is the first (#1) in a series.
Murder in the White House. Margaret Truman. 7.9.21
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 410/1070
Total Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 25/60
Bookwrm526Task #20.1 - Picking Up The Pieces
Option 2: Read a book with all the letters in one of the words GROW, YOUR, or OWN in the title only. I chose the word OWN and read Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby (OW in wolves, N in thirteen).
Total points so far: 285
Barbara ★20.5 - Bigger is Better - Robin P's Task: Introducing Myself
Option 2: Read a book where at least 50% takes place in one of the following countries: Canada, France, Switzerland
Half Wild - Sally Green 6/24
(takes place 50% in Switzerland and 50% in Germany)
(I'm back in Switzerland), p9
Points this task: 20
Total points: 305
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Kim O30.1 - Teri-K's Task: Celebrate the Great Outdoors
Option 2: Read a book whose author's first and last initials are found in DENDROPHILE or THALASSOPHILE. I chose THALASSOPHILE.
The Blazing World This book has 368 pages.
Option 4: Read a book with at least one word in the title that is also in the name of a U.S. National Park. The park I chose is White Sands.
Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies This book has 398 pages.
Page count (368 + 398 = 766) > 550.
Points this task: 30
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Totals:
Points: 125
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 5
Amber20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Inge's Task: Queen Beatrix
Option 2: Book with a title of at least 3 words in which the first letter letter of every word can be found in BEATRIX WILHELMINA ARMGARD
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Total Points: 240
5.8. Who Dun It?Read a book with the main page genre mystery.
The Original
MPG Mystery
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 375
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Notes From an Elder MillennialOPTION A: The Era
Book 1: Read a book first published between 1981 and 1996, inclusive.
Werewolf
First Published 1991
Book 2: Read a book by an author born between 1981 and 1996 inclusive.
Yearbook by Seth Rogen
Born in 1982 as stated on his Wikipedia page.
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 400
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Katrisa20.2 - SUNY Brockport Writers Forum
Read a book from this list
Authors from the Brockport Writers Forum
#13 on the list is by Margaret Atwood
I chose The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 655
Amy FL10.8 - Travelin' Man
Recursion - MPG Time Travel (648 users)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 270
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: Summer Play1. Read a book that has a Main Page Genre (MPG) of either "Plays" or "Drama".
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (107 pages)
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub. 1947)
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 3
Season Total: 590
Amy FL15.2 - On Repeat
Book 1: The Last Agent by Robert Dugoni
Book 2: Damage Control by Robert Dugoni
Points this post: 15
Total points: 295
Amy FL30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: The Joys of Home Ownership
Option 1: A Lonely Resurrection by Barry Eisler (plumBEr)
Option 4: The Havana Room (ROOM)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 325
JEN B25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Notes From an Elder Millennial
OPTION B: Generation Y/Generation Me
Book 1: Read a book where a word in the title or the author's first or last name begins with a Y. Subtitles are excluded.
You Have a Match by Emma Lord
The word YOU begins with Y
Book 2: Read a book with the word "ME" found intact in the title or subtitle.
A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin
The word ME can be found in "woMEn"
TOTAL POINTS: 125
15.7 - The 80s Mix TapeTales of Lunis Aquaria by Tessa Hastjarjanto
a collection of 9 short stories
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 3
Season Total: 605
30.1 - CELEBRATE THE GREAT OUTDOORSOPTION 3 - HIKE - The Last Kings of Sark
OPTION 4 - NEW RIVER GORGE - Virgin River
TOTAL POINTS - 510
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Inge's Task: Queen BeatrixOption 3: Black Monday
352 pages
Previous total:20
Points 20
Total 40
Task 20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big MovesOption Three:Winter World
published 2019
Previous total:40
Points 20
Total 60
LAUREN JODI25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Option 2: MPG History and Science Fiction
Nefertiti's Heart by A.W. Exley
Option 4:
Required: Set in London - Capital city of the UK
The Secret of My Seduction by Caroline Linden
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 275/1070
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 17/60
25.10 - Bookwrm526's Task: BingewatchingOption 3: read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word can be found in the phrase WANDAVISION.
Angel of Storms (Millennium’s Rule #2) by Trudi Canavan
3-word title with first letter of each words, AOS, found in WAndaviSiOn
1x Bigger is Better tix (608p)
Option 4: read a book where ALL the letters in SCORPION can be found in the title and/or subtitle.
Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe by Wayne Macauley
SCORPION counf in bluePRINtS fOr a barbed-wire CanOe
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 630
5.2. Cowabunga! Set in Italy.
I read the graphic novel ebook here is no print version: One Summer in Italy... by Nanami Akino.
Approved for length in message 8275, here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....
Points: 5
Total Points: 590
BB: 1
GO: 1
Julia1035.9. All in Good Fun
The Secrets of Jin-shei by Alma Alexander (Alexander is related name.)
I read the Kindle edition. There is no MMP. Top paperback The Secrets of Jin-shei is 504 pages so claiming one BB ticket.
This post: 5 points, 1 BB
Total points: 265
BB: 4
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 19
Total books read: 23
10.9 - Rain ManRead a book with a title that has at least 2 words AND none of the words in the title have more than 4 characters in them.
The Bear
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 410
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
*UNCLAIMING BOOK*15.7 - The 80s Mix Tape
Goblin: A Novel in Six Novellas
Points Earned This Post: -15
Total Points Earned: 395
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.3 - Best Review: Bucket's Task: Literary Tourist Literature-Map site, author read since June 1, 2020.
My starting book is A Stardance Summer by Emily March, I read it July 8, 2021.
Lit map is here: https://www.literature-map.com/emily+...
The new-to-me author is Susan Wiggs.
I read the ebook, there is no mmpb, pb is here: The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs
Points: 20
Total Points: 610
BB: 1
GO: 1
CEELEETask 15.9: I Want My MTV
To celebrate the launch of MTV (Music Television) on August 1, 1981, read a book with the letters M T V in thta Title. Subtitles should be ignored.
I read A Ghoul's Guide To Love And Murder by Victoria Laurie
A Ghoul's Guide to Love and Murder
M...Murder
T....To
V...loVe
I liked it OK. Too much yakking for my patience and I don't agree with the methods the "ghost busters" used. Not realistic
Total Points for Task: 15
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed or Task: 0
Total Points for Summer Challenge 2021: 25
Total Tasks Completed for Summer Challenge 2021: 2
Total Books Read for Summer Challenge 2021: 2
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2021: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2021: 0
PegW15.1 - Tsundoku
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in TSUNDOKU.
Dog Logic by Tom Strelich
Book 2: Read a book that was added to your TBR before June 1, 2020
Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America added to my TBR list on June 10, 2018.
Points this post: 15
Point total: 105
babbling c10.9 - Rain Man -
all words 4 letters or less
The Way Back - kindle The Way Back - paperback pgs. 288 by Stephanie Doyle
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 105/1070
Completed Tasks: 6/60
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 2,264
Books read this season: 7
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Challenge 15.3 Video Killed the Radio Star
Option 1:
Book 1: The Sixth Man by David Baldacci
Artist: David Bowie
Book 2: My Book of Life by Angel by Martine Leavitt
Song: You make MY dreams come true
AR information: IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3.0
Points this post: 15
Total points: 575/1070
Tasks completed: 33/60
Books read: 45