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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2021
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Brooke TX15.7 - The 80s Mix Tape
Read an anthology or collection of short stories, essays and/or novellas.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 350
Completed Tasks: 16
Books Read: 42
Katrisa50.1 3-2-1
*1 book set in UK or Spain
3: Read a book by an author with exactly three name parts
I read His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae by Graeme Macrae Burnet
This book is set in the UK (Scotland)
My book was audio so page count is 280 (Paperback - no MMPB)
2: Read a book that is part of a series AND includes a 2 in its series number
I read Flash Fire which is book #2 in the Extraordinaries series (Not really a comic book approved in the thread message 99)
My book was audio - page count is 368 (Paperback - no MMPB)
1: Read a book with a one-word title, where the initial of the title word can be found in either TED ROGERS or DUSTY BIN.
I read Yearbook (Y in Dusty)
My book was audio - page count is 288 (Hardcover - no MMPB or PB)
280+368+288 > 750
Points this Post: 50
Points Total: 770
BUCKET20.3 Bucket’s Task: Literary Tourist
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
(Found on the litmap for J.M. Coetzee. I read his book Disgrace in September 2020. Ralph Ellison is a new-to-me author.)
**BIG BOOK: 581 pages
Points this post: 20
Points total: 110
BB this post/total: 1/1
GO this post/total: 0/1
Brooke TX15.1 - Tsundoku
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in TSUNDOKU.
Book 2: Read a book that was added to your TBR before June 1, 2020. Added to my Goodreads TBR on December 4, 2019:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 335
Completed Tasks: 15
Books Read: 42
Brooke TX15.5 - On Faery Wings
Read a book with at least one fae character. From book description: "David is in love with Tulip, a kind and unusually quiet fairy in his social circle."
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 350
Completed Tasks: 16
Books Read: 42
Brooke TX10.2 -O'kay
Read a book written by an author with a name part that begins with O'.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 360
Completed Tasks: 17
Books Read: 42
Brooke TX10.3 - Never Bring a Knife to A Gun Fight
Read a book that features an archaeologist as a main character. From the book's Wikipedia page: "The Last Camel Died at Noon is the sixth in a series of historical mystery novels, written by Elizabeth Peters and featuring fictional sleuth and archaeologist Amelia Peabody."
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 370
Completed Tasks: 18
Books Read: 42
Brooke TX10.4 - E.T. Phone Home
Read a book on the Aliens Books list. Found on page 12:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 380
Completed Tasks: 19
Books Read: 42
Brooke TX10.5 - She Blinded Me With Science
b. Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in SCIENCE.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 390
Completed Tasks: 20
Books Read: 42
Brooke TX5.1. Excuse the Interruption!
Read a book in which all the letters of SIGNAL or HIJACK can be found in the title/subtitle.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 395
Completed Tasks: 21
Books Read: 42
Brooke TX15.9 - I Want My MTV
Read a book with a TITLE that contains all the letters MTV.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 410
Completed Tasks: 22
Books Read: 42
Cassandra30.9 - UNO, Option 1
A, Color cover:
(85.4% Yellow, 495p)B, IVE Author: The Aeneid by Virgil (442p)
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 30
30.7 - MAZZA1's Task: A Little Of What You FancyOption 1: Read the next new-to-you book in a series that you have previously rated 4 or 5 stars
Killing Orders This book was new to me
I read book 1 in the series in November 2017 and rated it 4 stars, I read book 2 in the series in March 2019 and rated it 4 stars.
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
New to me book I read is The Things We Do for Love by Kristin Hannah
I had previously read The Nightingale, The Great Alone, and The Four Winds all of which I rated 5 stars.
New Points: 30
Total Points: 360
GO: 1
CYNBAXTERTask #15.09 – I Want My MTV
Task Description: Read a book with a TITLE that contains all the letters MTV.
Book: A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
***This is a Golden Oldie (orig pub = 1908). Claiming 1 GOLDIE ticket
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 470 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 1
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 4
Brooke TX10.9 - 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.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 420
Completed Tasks: 23
Books Read: 42
Brooke TX5.3. Mr. Conductor
Read a book where the author's initials are found in Ringo Starr OR George Carlin.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 425
Completed Tasks: 24
Books Read: 42
Brooke TX5.5. Working Together
Read a book with 3 or more listed authors, either writing together, or in separate short stories/essays.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 430
Completed Tasks: 25
Books Read: 42
Brooke TX5.6. Let's Be Careful Out There!
Read a book with the main page genre Action or Adventure.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 435
Completed Tasks: 26
Books Read: 42
Brooke TX5.7. The Bechdel test
Read a book with at least 2 women and no adult men on the cover.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 440
Completed Tasks: 27
Books Read: 42
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.4 - Opposites Attract.
The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
Link to PB edition (no MMP): The Good Sister (336 pages)
No Bad Deed by Heather Chavez
Link to PB edition (no MMP): No Bad Deed (320 pages)
Good and Bad are are pair of antonyms from the Michigan Proficiency Exams Antonym List
336 + 320 = 656 pages
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 300 points
Tasks completed: 16
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
Katrisa30.6 - Calling All Ailurophiles
2 book option
Book 1:select any two intersecting names and read a book that contains all of those letters
Cashmere/Amanda (cashmeremanda)
I read The Miracles of Ordinary Men by Amanda Leduc
cashmeremanda - tHE MiRACleS of ordinary mEn aMANDA leduc
Book 2: Select another two intersecting names.
Cashmere/Pepper (cashmerepeppe)
I read The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
cashmerepeppe - tHE CuriouS chARMs of arthur PEPPEr phaEdra patrick
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 800
Coralie25.8 Things to Look Forward To
Option 2 FAMILY
Book that is #3 in series
Apex
Option 3 FILM
Book by an author whose initials are in FilM
Johannesburg by Fiona Melrose
Total to date 230 points
Coralie25.9 Notes from an Elder Millenial
Option B: Generation Y/ Generation Me
Book 1 – book with a word in title that begins with Y – year
Next Year in Havana
Book 2 – Book with word ME found intact in title – in woMEn and in MEn
Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran
Total to date 255 points
LAUREN JODI25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Notes From an Elder Millennial
Option B: Generation Y/Generation Me
Book #1: Word beginning with "Y"
Year One by Nora Roberts
Book #2: "me" intact in title
First Comes Scandal by Julia Quinn
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 335/1070
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 21/60
APRILLEIGH5.1 - Excuse the Interruption!
Read a book with all the letters of SIGNAL in the title/subtitle.
Orion Telescope Observer’s Guide: 60 Easy Celestial Objects for Beginners by Richard J. Bartlett
SIGN found in beGINnerS.
AL found in celestiAL.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (290)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (2)
Books Read: 1 (21)
Total Tasks: 17
APRILLEIGH15.2 - On Repeat
Book 1: Read a book that meets SRC rules.
Astronomy Hacks by Robert Bruce Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson
Book 2: Read another book written by the same author or co-authors as Book 1.
Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders by Robert Bruce Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson (520 pages)
*** Big Book - one ticket for 500+ pages ***
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (305)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 1 (3)
Books Read: 2 (23)
Total Tasks: 18
APRILLEIGH25.8 - Shelby’s Task: Things to Look Forward To!!!
Option 2: FAMILY
Read any book from a series that matches one of their ages (includes ‘4’).
Red Velvet Revenge by Jenn McKinlay
Book is #4 in the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series.
Option 3: FILM
Read a book with all the author's initials in INDEPENDENT FILM.
Instant Pot Miracle 6 Ingredients or Less by Ivy Manning
IM found in fIlM.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (330)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 2 (25)
Total Tasks: 19
APRILLEIGH15.10 - Stuck in the Middle
Option 2: FAMILY
Read a whole number book in a series that is not the first or the last published book in the series.
Going, Going, Ganache by Jenn McKinlay
Book is #5 in the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series, which currently has 13 books.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (345)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 1 (26)
Total Tasks: 20
Mod
APRILLEIGH25.10 - Bookwrm526’s Task: Bingewatching
Option 3: WandaVision
Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word can be found in WANDAVISION.
Sugar and Iced by Jenn McKinlay
SAI found in wAndavISion.
Option 4: Scorpion
Read a book where all the letters in SCORPION can be found in the title/subtitle.
Composting Basics: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started by Eric Ebeling
SCOPION found in COmPOStIN.
R found in staRted.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (370)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 2 (28)
Total Tasks: 21
APRILLEIGH30.2 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Joys of Home Ownership
Option 1: Read a book with the author’s first and last initials in PLUMBER.
Instant Pot Miracle Healthy Cookbook by Urvashi Pitre
UP found in PlUmber.
Option 3: Read a fiction book that has a recipe included within the book.
Vanilla Beaned by Jenn McKinlay
Recipes included: Vanilla Beaned [Cupcakes], Snickerdoodle Cupcakes ,The Elvis [Cupcake], and Cherry Cola Cupcakes.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (400)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 2 (30)
Total Tasks: 22
APRILLEIGH5.8 - Who Dun It?
Read a book with MPG mystery.
Caramel Crush by Jenn McKinlay
Genre verified in the help thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (405)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 1 (31)
Total Tasks: 23
Mod
30.6 - Aprilleigh’s Task: Calling All Ailurophiles
2-book option
book 1, Amanda Cashmere: Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
book 2, Pepper Cashmere: Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream by selected author Katherine Manning
total = 640
APRILLEIGH20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Elizabeth P’s Task: Big Moves
Option 3: Read a book first published between 2014 and 2021, inclusive.
A Stargazing Program for Beginners by Jamie Carter (419 pages)
First published in 2015.
419 > 250 pages
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (425)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 1 (32)
Total Tasks: 24
Laurah30Task 20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves
opt 3 Read a book first published between 2014-2021, inclusive.
Malibu Rising pub 2021, 384 p
This post: 20 points,
Total points: 40
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Total books read: 2
Laurah3020.3 - Best Review: Bucket's Task: Literary Tourist
Choose any NEW-TO-YOU author that appears on the lit-map for the author you searched and read a book by them.
Brit Bennett is a new to me author. I read The Vanishing Half
I searched for Katherine Center. The book i read was How to Walk Away (Oct 13, 2020)
https://www.literature-map.com/kather...
This post: 20 points,
Total points: 60
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 3
Total books read: 3
INSIYAH25.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: My New Favorite Comedian
Option 3: Author's first and last initials in FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, LOUISIANA or NEVADA.
Book: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
How it fits: AR in Florida
Option 4: Title of at least 3 words, all title first letters in CHAOS KNOWS NO SIDES
Book: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
How it fits: SS in Sides, A in Chaos
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 350/1070
Tasks Completed: 20/60
Books Read: 27
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.2 Rookie at the Top - XBM's Task: SUNY Brockport Writers Forum
Lust & Wonder: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
Points this post: 20
Total points: 700/1070
Tasks completed: 41/60
Books read: 56
Task:30.8 - Lauren Jodi's task: 80s Dynamic DuosOption 1: SIMON & SIMON [exactly two men on the cover, identifiable as adult/teen male]
Book read:
by Kevin van WhyeRequired: 2 teen males on the cover
Option 2: REMINGTON STEELE [ a book with an imposter]
Book read:
by Lucy ClarkeRequired:The pilot Mike turns up after 2 years, he has faked his death and has been living under the alias Charlie on an island in Fiji (not a spoiler, this kicks off the main action in the book). Erin also pretends to be a family member of one of the the people in the plane crash in order to get into the hospital room to try and find out more about the mystery.
Points this task:30
Total points:310
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:1
Books read:21
Tasks completed:15
Nick KY5.1 Excuse the Interruption!
Read a book in which all the letters of HIJACK can be found in the title/subtitle.
I read Jack Kerouac: A Biography by Tom Clark.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 285
5.6. Let's Be Careful Out There!Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Total Points = 5
15.5 - On Faery WingsHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
*features Dobby the elf as well as other creatures*
Total Points = 20
15.10 - Stuck in the MiddleHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
*this is book 3 out of 7*
Total Points = 35
15.6 - Don't You Forget About MeHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
*page 1*
Total Points = 50
FLY Task #5.1. Excuse the Interruption!
task: Read a book with all the letters of SIGNAL in the title
book: Last Night at the Lobster
how it fits: SIGNAL in LASt NIGht
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 5 /60
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
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Nick KY5.7 Bechdel Test
Read a book w/ 2+ women on the cover.
I read The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 290
Angela IL 30.1- Celebrate the Great Outdoors
Option 2:Read a book whose author's first and last initials are found in THALASSOPHILE
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert-6/26
(373 pgs)
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.
Used Big Bend in Texas
Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner-7/15
(354 pages)
Total pages over 550
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 10/60
BB Ticket: 1
Nick KY15.1 - Tsundoku
Tsundoku - a Japanese word for acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them.
Read one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in TSUNDOKU. I read Songs for the Missing by Stewart O'Nan.
Book 2: Read a book that was added to your TBR before June 1, 2020 (last year).
Your To-Be-Read list may be your GR shelf, a custom GR shelf, or an off-GR list.
Required: Identify your TBR list and state the date the book was added to your list.
I read Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre.
From the book's update page on my GR bookshelf, you can see that it was added to my GR TBR in Feb 2018. https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 305
Delicious Dee30.9 - Cat's Task: The Perks of UNO
Task B - Tokyo Ever After - Emiko Jean
Task C - B is for Burglar
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 270
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15.6 - Don't You Forget About Me
Read a book that has been shelved on this list as Coming of Age. Found on page 4:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 335
Completed Tasks: 15
Books Read: 42