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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2021
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INSIYAH25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Notes From an Elder Millennial
Option C: Digital Natives & Chronically Single
Book 1: Book from the Computers in Literature list.
Book: Enigma by Robert Harris
How it fits: No. 24 on page 1 of list.
Book 2: Book from The Bonafide Bachelor's List or The Bonafide Spinster's List
Book: Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (ebook)
How it fits: No. 10 on page 1 of list.
Note: MMP has 276 pages.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 375/1070
Tasks Completed: 21/60
Books Read: 29
SandyL10.1 - Eventful Eighties
Read a book first published in the 1980s
Mort by Terry Pratchett
First published in 1987
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 255
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 19
SandyL10.7 - Sweet Sixteen
Read a book with a number in the TITLE that is in word form
Two Times as Hot by Cat Johnson
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 265
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 20
SandyL10.9 - 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.
The Test by Tawna Fenske
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 275
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 21
SandyL15.1 - Tsundoku
Book 1: Read a book by an author with initials found in TSUNDOKU
Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare
TsunDoku
Book 2: Read a book that was added to your TBR before June 1, 2020
After the Climb by Kristen Ashley
added to TBR April 7, 2020
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 290
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 23
SandyL15.6 - Don't You Forget About Me
Read a book that has been shelved on this list as Coming of Age
Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
Page 22
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 305
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 24
SandyL15.7 - The 80s Mix Tape
Read an anthology
The Knitting Diaries: The Twenty-First Wish\Coming Unraveled\Return to Summer Island by Debbie Macomber and Susan Mallery and Christina Skye
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 320
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 25
SandyL15.9 - I Want My MTV
Read a book with a TITLE that contains MTV
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish by Dorothy Gilman
Mrs pollifax and The whirling derVish
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 335
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 26
Mod
10.10 - Soviet Bloc Crumbles
This book takes place in Cuba, denoted in the GR description.
The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba. Chanel Cleeton. 7.17.21
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 485/1070
Total Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 29/60
APRILLEIGH30.3 - Bluemoon’s Task: My Memories of the 1980s
Option A1: Winter Olympics
Read a book with a word in the title of at least five letters made from letters in THIS IS YOUR MOMENT AND IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN.
The Step-by-Step Instant Pot Cookbook by Jeffrey Eisner
The word is INSTANT.
IST is found in IT’S.
NA is found in ANd.
NT is found in momeNT.
Option B2: Halley’s Comet
Read a book that has MPG Space.
Turn Left at Orion by Guy Consolmagno and Dan M. Davis
Genre verified in the help thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (455)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 2 (34)
Total Tasks: 25
APRILLEIGH5.10 - Cheers!
A book that meets the SRC rules, including MPG Childrens if it is not found in AR Bookfinder.
Everything You Need to Ace American History in One Big Fat Notebook (528 pages)
*** Big Book - one ticket for 500+ pages ***
This title has MPG Childrens because it’s aimed at students, but is not found in either the US or UK AR Bookfinder.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (460)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 1 (4)
Books Read: 1 (35)
Total Tasks: 26
APRILLEIGH5.5 - Working Together
Read a book with 3 or more listed authors.
Dropping Acid by Jamie Koufman, Jordan Stern, and Marc Bauer
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (465)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (4)
Books Read: 1 (36)
Total Tasks: 27
30.9 - Cat's Task: The Perks of UNOOption 1A, a book whose cover is at least 50% yellow: The Bookshop of Second Chances by Jackie Fraser
paperback editionThe Bookshop of Second Chances 448 pages
69.2% yellow + 9.6% yellow + 0.6% yellow
Option 1B, a book by an author with one initial I, V or E: Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand
paperback edition Golden Girl 375 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 455
APRILLEIGH25.7 - Amy FL’s Task: Right Up My Alley
Option 1: Read a book with a title word of four or more letters made from AMATEUR BOWLERS TOUR.
Star Stories by Anthony Aveni
The word is STAR.
S is found in bowlerS.
TAR is found in AmaTeuR.
Option 2: Read a book where all the letters in CHARLIE appear in the title.
The Lighter Step-by-Step Instant Pot Cookbook by Jeffrey Eisner
C is found in Cookbook.
HRLIE is found in LIgHtER.
A is found in instAnt.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (490)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (4)
Books Read: 2 (38)
Total Tasks: 28
APRILLEIGH10.2 - O’kay
Read a book written by an author with a name part that begins with O'.
Deep-Sky Companions: The Messier Objects by Stephen James O’Meara
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (500)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (4)
Books Read: 1 (39)
Total Tasks: 29
babbling c15.2 - On Repeat
Book 1: The Darkest Surrender - Audiobook The Darkest Surrender - mass market paperback pgs. 426 Gena Showalter
and
Book 2: The Darkest Seduction - audible The Darkest Seduction mass market paperback pgs. 504 by Gena Showalter
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 150/1070
Completed Tasks: 9/60
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 4,526
Books read this season: 12
Julia10310.4 - E.T. Phone Home
Starsight (on page 5 of list)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 290
BB: 4
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 22
Total books read: 26
babbling c25.9 - 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.
Conventionally Yours - kindle Conventionally Yours - paperback pgs 400 Annabeth Albert
Book 2: Read a book with the word "ME" found intact in the title or subtitle.
Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors - audiobook Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors paperback pgs. 528 by James Patterson
America's
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 175/1070
Completed Tasks: 10/60
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 5,454
Books read this season: 14
VAL TX30.9 - Cat's Task: The Perks of UNO - Option 1: (Two book option) pick two different tasks and read one book for each.
Task A: Read a book that is at least 50% (as per TinEye) Red, Yellow, Green or Blue.
63.8 % Blue
29.4 % Grey
3.1 % Blue
2.6 % Blue
1.0 % Grey
Task B: Read a book written by a single author who has a name part that starts with the initial (any name part will work) I, V or E.
Gulf Dreams by Emma Pérez
Books have a combined page total of 721.
We Are Water has 561 pages, claiming one BB ticket.
This post:
Points – 30
BB tickets – 1
Total:
Points – 80
BB tickets – 1
20.3 - Best Review: Bucket's Task: Literary TouristThe Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin is a new to me author. Andy Weir was the base author. Read Jan 20 2021
https://www.literature-map.com/andy+weir
Previous total:165
Points 20
Total 185
DeborahPost #11
25.8 – Shelby’s Task: Things to Look Forward To!!!
2) FAMILY: 6, 6, 4, 3, 2, and 2 months. Read any book from a series that matches one or a combination of their ages.
Wildfire (Hidden Legacy #3)
3) FILM: Read a book with ALL the author's initials in either INDUSTRIAL
Lord of the Wings by Donna Andrews
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 205
Books Read:15
Tasks Done: 11
Delicious DeeTask 20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves
option 4 - Namesake - Adrienne Young - AY found in Broadway
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 290
Scooter&Siam20.5 - Bigger is Better - Robin P's Task: Introducing Myself
I chose Option 1.
1. Read a book whose title OR author contains at least one J, Q, X, or Z. Subtitles are excluded.
Read The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Points: 20
Total: 60
30.1 - Teri-K's Task: Celebrate the Great Outdoors.Option 2: DENDROPHILE
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
Paperback edition 352 pages
Option 3: HIKE
Kitty Takes a Holiday 303 pages
Previous total:185
Points 30
Total 215
Katrisa5.8 Who Dun It?
Read a book with the main page genre mystery
I read The Sanatorium
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 850
**Reposting and hope link to book works this time!**SandyL
15.7 - The 80s Mix Tape
Read an anthology
The Knitting Diaries: The Twenty-First Wish\Coming Unraveled\Return to Summer Island by Debbie Macomber and Susan Mallery and Christina Skye
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 335
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 26
trishhartuk's 50pt idea 3-2-1 Three books, at least 750 pages.
Task 3: Author with three name parts.
I read the ebook, no mmpb, pb is here: Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams.
Task 2: 2 in its series number.
I listened to the audiobook of Miss Seeton Draws the Line, the mmpb is here: Miss Seeton kann's nicht lassen by Heron Carvic.
This book is set in the England, evidenced by the description references to Miss Seeton working for Scotland Yard.
Task 1: One-word title initial in DUSTY BIN.
I read the ebook, mmpg here: Delicious by Susan Mallery.
Pages: 338 plus 216 plus 384 equals 938.
Points: 50
Total Points: 760
BB: 1
GO: 1
Amy B5.10. Cheers!
Celebrate, by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Power Politics by Margaret Atwood (poetry) - 58 pgs
Bright Dead Things by Ada Limon (poetry) - 105 pgs
This Task - 5 Points
To Date - 460 Points
Amy BEDIT POST 1510
5.10 Cheers!
Total points should be 350, not 460. (sorry)
Rest of the post is correct
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lois's Task: Group Reads Rejects Group Reads nominee, didn't win.
I read the ebook, no mmpg, pb is here: Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl.
Points: 20
Total Points: 780
BB: 1
GO: 1
Kim O30.8 - Lauren Jodi's task: 80s Dynamic Duos
Option 2: REMINGTON STEELE - Read a book with an imposter – the character must be impersonating someone else OR have assumed a fictitious identity.
Catch Me If You Can
Option 3: CAGNEY & LACEY - Read a book with a female protagonist who is a police officer in a city or town.
Night Rounds
Points this task: 30
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Totals:
Points: 155
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 6
Mod
30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: Ready to Plan
Read two books based on Earth Roulette.
Home continent: North America -
Book 1 - Khabarovsk, Russia; Chartres, France; Sitges, Spain
A Moveable Feast. Ernest Hemingway. 7.10.21 - set in Paris, France
Book 2 - Ballarat, Australia; Perth, Australia; Hamilton Island, Australia
The Rosie Project. Graeme Simsion - set in Melbourne, Australia
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 515/1070
Total Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 30/60
10.8 - Travelin' ManAnother Time, Another Place
MPG of Science Fiction>Time Travel
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70
25.3 - CYNBAXTER's Task - My Time has Come!Option 1:
A Pho Love Story
Book was published in 2021 and is new-to-me.
416 pages
Option 2:
The Egyptian Antiquities Murder
AndyP is found in the title and is new-to-me.
221 pages
416+221=637 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 95
Katrisa20.8 - The View from Lockdown
Read a book that has one of the words WATER, CITY, MOUNTAIN or SKY in the title
I read Tales of the City
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 870
30.9 - Cat's Task: The Perks of UNOTask A:
The Soulmate Equation
368 pages
80.1 % #f5be1b Yellow
6.3 % #cc7e41 Orange
3.6 % #f8f4ec White
2.4 % #8f4c52 Violet
2.0 % #f4e3b3 Yellow
2.0 % #e2bc5d Yellow
1.6 % #c6594a Red
1.0 % #be2d64 Pink
0.6 % #71336b Violet
0.4 % #dd9ec0 Pink
Task C:
The Queen's Gambit
from 80s shelf
243 pages
368+243=611 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 125
Sara G30.4 - Sandy's Task: Opposites Attract.
Pick a pair of antonyms from the following list:
Michigan Proficiency Exams Antonym List.
Read 2 books, the titles (NOT subtitles) of which each contain one of the words in the pair you've chosen. Words must match exactly. REQUIRED: Specify your word pair in your post.
I chose GOOD and BAD.
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
and
The Bad Seed by William March
Points this post: 30
Total points: 430
JUKKA10.2 - O'kay
Book whose author has a name part that begins with O'.
Scott Pilgrim, Volume 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley.
Total Points: 60/1070
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7/60
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Task 15.4 - Sweet Teaone book option
Romance MPG, set in South Carolina (mentioned in the book blurb)
A Lowcountry Bride
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515 points
5 BB tix
1 GO tix
Jayme(the ghostreader)10.1 Eventful Eighties
Arrows of the Queenby Mercedes Lackey
published 1987
Task +10
Grand Total: 45
CYNBAXTERTask #05.10 – Cheers!
Task Description: Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
Book: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 475 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 4
Katrisa5.7 - The Bechdel test
Read a book with at least 2 women and no adult men on the cover.
I read You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 875
50.1 - Trishhartuk's task: 3-2-13: Read a book by an author with exactly three name parts.
They're Watching by Michael David Wilson Audiobook
They're Watching PB 218 Pages
Reference for UK Setting: The Book Preview on Scribd (bottom of the page) has quotes such as "His new home was a small seaside town on the South Coast. Emphasis on small, it was a far cry from the Midlands..." and also mentions Birmingham and Sainsbury's, proving the setting is in an unnamed location in the UK.
2: Read a book that is part of a series AND includes a 2 in its series number in grayscale parenthesis after the title.
Black Helicopters Audiobook
Black Helicopters PB 202 Pages
Tinfoil Dossier #2
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.
Goblin: A Novel in Six Novellas Audiobook
Goblin: A Novel in Six Novellas PB 376 Pages
G appears in roGers
218 + 202 + 376 = 796 Pages
Points Earned This Post: 50
Total Points Earned: 550
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Christine V30.4 - Sandy's Task: Opposites Attract
Word pair: Peace/War
Book 1: A Desolation Called Peace
Book 2: The Poppy War
The top PB (no MMPB available) of The Poppy War has 527 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Points this post: 30
BB tickets this post: 1
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
10.4 - E.T. Phone Home Aliens Books list.
I read the ebook, no mmpb, pb is here: One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews.
On page 2 of the list.
Points: 10
Total Points: 790
BB: 1
GO: 1
Jessrs15.6 - Don't You Forget About Me
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
found on pg 2 of Coming of Age list
Total Points: 15
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30.3 - Bluemoon's Task: My Memories of the 1980's
A. THE OLYMPICS.
1. WINTER OLYMPICS – Read a book with a word in the TITLE of at least five letters that can be made from the letters in the phrase THIS IS YOUR MOMENT AND IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN.
🔸Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Title Word: RISING
"R" in Your, "IS" in This," "I" in Is, "NG" in Going
384 pages
B. SPACE EXPLORATION
1. CHALLENGER – Read a book with at least 2 digits from 773 in its page count.
🔸The Push by Ashley Audrain
307 pages
👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 250/1070
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 13/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0