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babbling c15.1 - Tsundoku
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in TSUNDOKU.
Plum Island - audiobook Πλαμ Άιλαντ - Mass Market paperback pgs 640 by Nelson DeMille
TSUNDOKU
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Book 2: Read a book that was added to your TBR before June 1, 2020 (last year).
Ever After - kindle Ever After paperback ps. 284 by Kate SeRine
December 17, 2015 – Shelved as: to-read
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 125/1070
Completed Tasks: 7/60
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 3,188
Books read this season: 9
25.3 My Time Has ComeOption 1: A Love Like Blood by Marcus Sedgwick
First published in 2014
Option 4: Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917 by Michael Punke
The initials MP are in SUPERMODS
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 150
30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: The Joys of Home OwnershipOption 1, a book whose author's initials are found in the word PLUMBER: The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
Option 3, fiction book that has a recipe included: Broken Bone China by Laura Childs
One recipe among others: Walnut and Cream Cheese Tea Sandwiches
Points this post: 30
Total points: 310
Lisa MDThis is my first post in a couple of years. Looking forward to participating in the challenge.
10.2 -O'kay
Read a book written by an author with a name part that begins with O'.
When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal
Read ebook
Linked to PB. No MMPB
352 pages
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10/1070
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Lisa MD10.5 - She Blinded Me With Science
a. Read a nonfiction book with the MPG Science
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
MPG: Science (109 users) as of July 10th
Listened to audiobook
Linked to PB. No MMPB
306 pages
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 20/1070
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Lisa MD10.9 - 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.
Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui
Listened to audiobook
Linked to PB. No MMPB
288 pages
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 30/1070
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Lisa MD15.3 - Video Killed the Radio Star
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements.
Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage by Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott initials (AL) found in name of artist Olivia Newton-John from list of Greatest 1980s Music Videos.
Title word "Night" found in the Best 80s song "All Night Long."
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 45/1070
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Lisa MD15.6 - Don't You Forget About Me
Read a book that has been shelved on this list as Coming of Age:
Page 11 - shelved 52 times
Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
Read ebook
Linked to PB. No MMPB
360 pages
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 60/1070
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Lisa MD20.1 - Most Improved - Louise's Task: Picking Up The Pieces
Option 2: Grow Your Own
Read a book with all the letters in one of the words GROW, YOUR, or OWN in the title.
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Word: OWN
"OW" found in Moscow and "N" found in Gentleman
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80/1070
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Lisa MD20.5 - Bigger is Better - Robin P's Task: Introducing Myself
1. Read a book whose title OR author contains at least one J, Q, X, or Z.
Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World by Max Lucado
Title and author both contain the letter "X" - Anxious / Max
Listened to audiobook
Linked to PB. No MMPB
240 pages
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100/1070
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
PegW25.7 - Amy FL's Task: Right Up My Alley
Option 2: Read a book where ALL of the letters in CHARLIE appear in the title. Subtitles are excluded.
If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
Option 3: Read a book that is set at least 50% in either of these states.
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
Points this post: 25
Point total: 130
Lisa MD20.6 - 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.
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell
Listened to audiobook.
Linked to MMPB
388 pages
Page numbers found in age 83 and year 1938
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 120/1070
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Lisa MD25.7 - Amy FL's Task: Right Up My Alley
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.
The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham
Title Word: SOUL
"SO" in Bowlers, "U" in Tour, "L" in Bowlers
Listened to audiobook
Linked to PB. No MMPB
416 pages
Option 2: Read a book where ALL of the letters in CHARLIE appear in the title.
The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears by Mark Batterson
CHARLIE: "C" in Circle, "H" in The, "AR" in Maker, "LIE" in Circle
Listened to audiobook
Linked to PB. No MMPB
240 pages
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 145/1070
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 9/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Amber20.1 - Most Improved - Louise's Task: Picking Up The Pieces
Option 2: Book with all the letters in one of the words GROW, YOUR, or OWN in the title
A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
Total Points: 260
Lisa MD25.8 – 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.
Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French
Home Location: Maryland
Location Chosen: China - I've never been to China, but it is somewhere I would like to go one day.
Read ebook
Linked to PB. No MMPB
272 pages
3. FILM – Read a book with ALL the author's initials in either INDUSTRIAL or INDEPENDENT FILM
Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler (AT) initials found in INDUSTRIAL
Listened to audiobook
Linked to PB. No MMPB
192 pages
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 170/1070
Total Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 10/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Lisa MD30.1 - 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.
Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand
I'm an equal opportunity lover!
Elin Hilderbrand (EH) inititals found in both DENDROPHILE and THALASSOPHILE
384 pages
Option 3: All the letters for either the word CAMP or HIKE must be found in the title, including subtitles.
Kind Is the New Classy: The Power of Living Graciously by Candace Cameron Bure
Word: HIKE
"H" found in the word "the," "IK" found in the word "Kind," "E" found in the word "New"
Listened to audiobook
Linked to paperback. No MMPB
272 pages
Must Total 550 pages
TOTAL PAGES = 656
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 200/1070
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 11/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
babbling c15.10 - Stuck in the Middle
Rebel - kindle Rebel - paperback pgs. 408 by Claire Delacroix
The Prometheus Project #3
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 135/1070
Completed Tasks: 8/60
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 3,596
Books read this season: 10
Katrisa5.3 - Mr. Conductor
Read a book where the author's initials are found in Ringo Starr OR George Carlin.
I read Wisdom from a Humble Jellyfish: And Other Self-Care Rituals from Nature by Rani Shah
Initials R.S. found in Ringo Starr
Points this post: 5
Points Total: 690
Coralie5.1 Excuse the Interruption
Book with all the letters of SIGNAL in title
Signal to Noise
Total to date 165 points
15.4 - Sweet TeaBook 1: Read a book with a main page genre that includes Romance or Romantic.
A Dance With Fate (Warrior Bards #2) by Juliet Marillier
Book 2. Read a book set at least 50% in a southern US state: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia.
No Man's Land (John Puller #4) by David Baldacci
80%++ set in Virginia
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 645
Task 5.5 - Working Togetherthree co-authors
My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows
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365 points
2 BB tix
1 GO tix
Task 15.7 - The 80s Mix Tapecollection of short stories
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
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380 points
2 BB tix
1 GO tix
Task 20.2 - SUNY Brockport Writers ForumWalter Tevis is listed
The Hustler by Walter Tevis
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400 points
2 BB tix
1 GO tix
Task 20.8 - The View from LockdownMOUNTAIN in title
Shelter Mountain
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420 points
2 BB tix
1 GO tix
Task 25.2 - Living with Dogs500+ pages
book 1: fiction with a domestic cat Koko as a main character
The Cat Who Lived High
298 pages
book 2: non-fiction with a dog as a main character - Charley the poodle is named in the title and is a key part of the story
Travels with Charley: In Search of America
277 pages
298+277=575 pages >500
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445 points
2 BB tix
1 GO tix
Task 30.1 - Celebrate the Great Outdoors550+pages
option 2: author initials in THALASSOPHILE
Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein
323 pages
option 4: St. matches Wrangell - St. Elias
The Man from St. Petersburg
384 pages
323+384 = 707pages >550
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450 points
2 BB tix
1 GO tix
Lisa MDTask 20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves
The book must be 250+ pages.
Option Two: Read a book where the main character is either a doctor or a teacher. This job must be evident from the Goodreads Description.
Option Three: Read a book first published between 2014-2021, inclusive.
Grit & Grace: Train the Mind, Train the Body, Own Your Life by Tim McGraw
Published 2019
Listened to audiobook
Linked to HB. No MMPB or PB.
304 pages
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 220/1070
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 12/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
LAUREN JODI15.5 - Tsundoku
Book #1: Author initials in Tsundoku
Twice Tempted by a Rogue by Tessa Dare
Book #2: Book added before June 2020
Hatshepsut's Collar by A.W. Exley
Required: TBR list: Want to read, Added: January 31, 2016
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 290/1070
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 18/60
*** Repost 1097 forgot my IL at the end of my name***Angela IL
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
Angela IL30.8-80's Dynamic Duos
Option 3: Read a book with a female protagonist who is a police officer in a city or town.
Long Bright River by Liz Moore 7/10
Michaela "Mickey" is a female police officer in the town of Kensington, PA
Option 5:
Read a book with a character who has changed their occupation or profession.
Irreplaceable by Stephen Lovely 7/5
Alex was an archeologist then became a waiter when his job suffered layoffs.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 145
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 8/60
20.2 SUNY Brockport Writer's Forum - read a book by author on the listWaiting by Ha Jin
#98 on list
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 20
20.3 Literary TouristRead The Dutch House by Ann Patchett on 3/13/21.
On 5/26/21, I searched Literature Map -Ann Patchett and found Jeffery Eugenides, a new to me author.
Read The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 40
20.9 Big Moves - >250 pgsOpt 3 Read a book first published between 2014-2021, inclusive.
The Big Kahuna - 303 pgs
Pub. 5/7/19
Total: 20
Total/challenge: 60
25.3 My Time has Come - >500 pgs , both, new to you authorsOpt 1 published between the years 2014-2021
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
271 pgs, Pub 2018
James Clear is a new to me author
Opt 4- auth init in SuperMods
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey- 385 pgs
Sujata Massey is a new to me author
271+385=656 pgs
Points: 25
Total/challenge:105
Heather KS (resubmitting after error correction)Task 25.3 My Time Has Come!
***both books read for this challenge were new-to-me
Option 1: Book published between 2014-2021
I read Fake Accounts (272 pages)
Option 4: Author's initials are in the word SUPERMODS
I readMonogamy by Sue Miller (338 pages)
Page total: 610 (must be 500+)
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 55
30.2 Joys of Home OwnershipOpt 3 Fiction book with recipe
Sticks & Scones
Castle Scones recipe in book
Opt 4 "Room" in title
The Escape Room
Points: 30
Total/challenge:135
30.5 Ready to Plan - my home continent is North America- read a book set 50% in country generated by Earth Roulette Book 1 - Europe - Samara, Russia/Freiburg Germany, Mansfield, UK
The Girl in the Tower- set in Russia
Book 2 - Asia - Alappuzha, India/Kas, Turkey/ Dazafu, Japan
The Oracle of Stamboul - set in Turkey
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 165
30.8 80's Dynamic DuosOpt 2 book with an imposter or someone who has assumed a fictious identity
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Impostor
The career con man who convincingly passed himself off as Clark Rockefeller was born in a small village in Germany.
Opt 3 - Female protagonist who is a police officer
Zero Day
Samantha Cole is a local homicide detective
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 195
Task:25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Shirley JacksonianaOption:2 (a nonfiction biography)
Book read:Because He's Jeff Goldblum: The Movies, Memes, and Meaning of Hollywood's Most Enigmatic Actor by Travis M. Andrews
Required: "An irreverent yet deeply researched biography" in the goodreads description, and nonfiction mpg.
Option: 4 (title word of 4 or more letters made from letters in “THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE.”
Book read:The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean
Required: GONE in hauntiNG Of hill housE
Points this task:25
Total points:280
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:1
Books read:19
Tasks completed:14
25.4 - MEGSCL's Task: Lucky NumberI rolled a 3.
Book 1: The Tindalos Asset
A: 3 Words in Title
B: #3 in the Tinfoil Dossier series
Book 2: The Queen's Gambit Audiobook
The Queen's Gambit MMPB 329 Pages
C: 3 in Page Number
D: First Published 1983
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 420
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Mysterious Cities of GoldOption 2: Read a book with the MPGs of both Historical Fiction AND Science Fiction.
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Both MPG's Historical Fiction and Science Fiction
Option 4: Read a book set at least 50% in a capital city.
Hell! Said the Duchess: A Bedtime Story
Set in London, England as per the description and meta data.
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket (first published 1934)
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 445
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
PegW15.7 - The 80s Mix Tape
Read an anthology or collection of short stories, essays and/or novellas (at least 3 works)
There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back In: Three Novellas About Family
Points this post: 15
Point total: 145
Suzannesea25.3 - CYNBAXTER'S Task: My Time Has Come!
Option 1
Read a book first published 2014 - 2021.
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker was first published in 2020.
384 pages
Option 2
Read a book where all the letters of. . . DLMROSE are found in the title.
The Redemption of Alexander Seaton by Shona MacLean
304 pages
thE ReDeMptiOn of aLexander Seaton
Both books are new to me.
Points this date: 25
Points to date: 215
CYNBAXTERTask #30.07 – MAZZA1's Task: A Little Of What You Fancy
Task Description, Option 1: Read the next book in a series that you have previously rated 4 or 5 stars
Book 1: The Shallows by Matt Goldman - I discovered this series in the last SRC, read Gone to Dust 05/10/2021 and gave it 4 stars
Task Description, Option 3: Read a much loved book that you have read AT LEAST TWICE before.
Book 2: Cold River by William Judson
I think this was my 4th or 5th time re-reading it, lol. Just love the story
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 415 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
Sara G30.1 - 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.
When the Moon Is Low by Nadia Hashimi
DENDROPHILE
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 512 pages.
**When the Moon is Low is a Big Book (512 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Option 3:
All the letters for either the word CAMP or HIKE must be found in the title, including subtitles.
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 514 pages.
**The Plot Against America is a Big Book (514 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 370
Katrisa25.2 - Living with Dogs
Book 1 - Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with a domestic animal central to the plot or subject.
I read Homecoming Tales: 15 Inspiring Stories from Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary
My book was audio - the page count is 208 (paperback - no MMPB)
Book 2 - Read a nonfiction book in which an animal or animals are major characters or subjects
I read What It's Like to Be a Dog: And Other Adventures in Animal Neuroscience
My book was audio - the page count is 320 (paperback - no MMPB)
208+300 > 500
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 715
Julia1035.10. Cheers!
Futures Past
This post: 5 points
Total points: 270
BB: 4
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 20
Total books read: 24
JEN B25.3 - CYNBAXTER's Task - My Time has Come!
Option 1: Read a book first published between the years 2014-2021 (inclusive).
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
This book is new to me and was published in 2015
Option 3:
Read a book that has in the title/subtitle, a different word (of at least 4 characters) formed from this word: PERSEVERANCE by using Wordtips - Word Scramble website. Chosen word must stand alone
The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames
The word SEVEN can be made from the letters in perSEVEraNce
This book and author are new to me
Total pages: 464+308=772
TOTAL POINTS: 150
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30.7 - A Little Of What You Fancy
I chose to do option 1 twice - Read the next new-to-you book in a series that you have previously rated 4 or 5 stars
Book 1 - Out of Bounds - I gave it 5 stars
This book is #4 in the series and is new to me. I read A Darker Domain on 2/8/21 and gave it 4 stars and The Skeleton Road on 2/11/21 and gave it 4 stars.
Book 2 - Troy. I gave it 4 stars
This book is #3 in the series and is new to me. I read Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold on 5/2/20 and gave it 4 stars and Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures on 2/26/21 and gave it 5 stars
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 685