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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2021
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top - XBM's Task: SUNY Brockport Writers ForumSeventh Son by Orson Scott Card
Previous total:215
Points 20
Total 235
ROBIN PClaiming one GO point - published 1892
5.10 - Cheers - book of choice
Iola Leroy
Points this post: 5
Total points: 390
BB: 2 GO: 4
MEGSCL15.6 - Don't You Forget About Me
Page 2 of list - The Great Alone
TOTAL TO DATE
165 points
2 big book
5.1. Excuse the Interruption!A book in which all the letters of SIGNAL can be found in the title: A Cup of Silver Linings by Karen Hawkins
Points this post: 5
Total points: 460
Task 15.5 - On Faery Wingssprites & gnome in book (mentioned in blurb)
The House in the Cerulean Sea
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555 points
5 BB tix
1 GO tix
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.6 Don't You Forget About Me
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Found on page 2
Points this post: 15
Total points: 735/1070
Tasks completed: 44/60
Books read: 59
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.6 Aprilleigh’s Task: Calling All Ailurophiles
Two book option
Book 1: Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott Chessman
Used: Amanda and Cashmere
Book 2: Happy People Read and Drink Coffee by Agnes Martin Lugand
Used: Pepper and Cashmere
Points this post: 30
Total points: 765/1070
Tasks completed: 45/60
Books read: 61
delicious dee10.1 - Eventful Eighties
C is for Corpse - first published in 1986
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 300
JUKKA10.10 - Soviet Bloc Crumbles
Book set at least 50% in Soviet Block or aligned countries.
Babylon Berlin by Arne Jysch. Entirely set in Germany.
Total Points: 70/1070
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8/60
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Jasmiina F30.1 - 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:
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss by Hope Edelman.
Word used: dendrophile.
Option 3: All the letters for either the word CAMP or HIKE must be found in the title: Henkäys on ilmaa vain by Paul Kalanithi.
Word used: hike.
Combined Pages: 603.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
25.6 - MY NEW FAVORITE COMEDIANOPTION 2 - When I'm Gone
OPTION 3 - Florida - Scared Stiff by Annelise Ryan
TOTAL POINTS - 620
Nick KY15.8 Translation
I read Child of the Dark: The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus by Carolina Maria de Jesus, translated from the Portuguese by David St. Claire.
My primary language is English. I do not speak Portuguese. Author is female.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 340
Mary P5.10. Cheers!
Celebrate, by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Wedding from Hell Bind-Up by J.R. Ward
Approved for length, message # 8282.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 180
25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Mysterious Cities of Gold 2 books, 2 options.
Book 1 Option 3: MYSTERIOUS in title.
I read the ebook, no mmpb, pb is here: The Mysterious Key and What It Opened by Louisa May Alcott.
Book 2 Option 4: 50% in London.
I read the ebook, mmpb is here: I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella.
Points: 25
Total Points: 815
BB: 1
GO: 1
30.1 - Teri-K's Task: Celebrate the Great Outdoors. 2 books, 2 options, 550 pages.
Option 1: From 50 of the Best Nonfiction Nature Books.
I listened to the audiobook of The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World's Favorite Insect by Wendy Williams. There is no mmpb, the pb is here: La vita e i segreti delle farfalle. Scienziati, ladri e collezionisti che hanno inseguito e raccontato l'insetto più bello del mondo.
Book 2 Option 4: Word in the title also National Park.
"Death" is found in "Death Valley".
Death on the Night of Lost Lizards by Julia Buckley
Pages 300 + 288 = 588
Points: 30
Total Points: 845
BB: 1
GO: 1
Katrisa15.7 - The 80s Mix Tape
Read an anthology or collection of short stories, essays and/or novellas (at least 3 works)
I read Calypso. It is a collection of essays.
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 890
EMurphy20.1 Most Improved-Louise's Task: Picking Up the Pieces
Option 2: All the letters in one of the words GROW, YOUR, or OWN in the title By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie (bY the pRicking Of my thUmb)
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 220
Books Read: 15
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +750: 1
Tasks Completed: 9
Nick KY10.1 Eventful Eighties
1st pub’d in the 1980s
I read The Art of the Novel by Milan Kundera, 1st pub’d 1986.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 350
JUKKA5.6. Let's Be Careful Out There!
Book with main page genre Action or Adventure.
Lazarus, Vol. 2: Lift by Greg Rucka.
Total Points: 75/1070
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 9/60
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
JUKKA20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves
Option 3: Book published between 2014-2021.
Finna by Nino Cipri, first published in 2020.
Total Points: 95/1070
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 10/60
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
20.6 Queen BeatrixOption 3 - Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917 by Michael Punke
Total pages are 352 all of which are contained in the allowed numbers.
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 155
Janice CA20.1 - Picking Up The Pieces
Option 2: Letters in "own" found it title.
title: WalkiNg with ghOsts
Walking with Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne
+20
total: 40
tasks: 2
books: 2
Lisa MD5.6. Let's Be Careful Out There!
Read a book with the main page genre Action or Adventure.
🔸The Road Home by Richard Paul Evans
Listened to Audiobook.
Linked to PB. No MMPB.
MPG: Adventure
336 pages
👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 255/1070
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 14/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Katrisa15.1 - Tsundoku
Book 1 - Read a book written by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in TSUNDOKU
I read Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Initials DS - tSunDoku
Book 2 - Read a book that was added to your TBR before June 1, 2020
I read Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul which I added to my GR To Read shelf on 9/21/2019
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 905
15.6 - Don't You Forget About MeRead a book that has been shelved on this list as Coming of Age
I listened to an audio version of Eleanor & Park
Most polular MMPB is Eleanor i Park
This is found on first page of list (9th down)
New Points: 15
Total Points: 375
GO: 1
Jessrs20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Inge's Task: Queen Beatrix
Option 2:Read a 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.
Where To Begin: A Small Book About Your Power to Create Big Change in Our Crazy Worldby Cleo Wade
New Points: 20
Total Points: 90
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: Summer PlayOption 1
The Unexpected Guest
Mass Market Paperback edition: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Previous total:250
Points 20
Total 270
trishhartuk20.1 Most Improved - Louise's Task: Picking Up The Pieces
Option 4: A Girl’s Best Friend. Read a book with a domestic dog on the cover.
Read the kindle edition. PB here
The dog is over by the door. The book is also set in a bakery (Option 3)
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Total points: 310
Tasks completed: 17
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 0
Shawn H.25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Shirley Jacksoniana
Opt. 3 - GR main page genre of “Humor.”
Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins
***Humor is 2nd Genre on Main Page***
Opt. 4 - word of 4 or more letters in “THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE.”
Beautiful Things: A Memoir by Hunter Biden
****Word Chosen - "THINGS": the HauNTInG of hill houSe
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 40
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 50.1 Trishhartuk's task: 3-2-1
3: 44 Scotland Street by ALexander McCall Smith
Set in Scotland
325 pages
2: The Ghost and the Christmas Spirit by Bobbie Holmes
Haunting Danielle #23
256 pages
1: Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
G found in Ted Rogers.
304 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 815/1070
Tasks completed: 46/60
Books read: 64
MAZZA15.9. All in Good Fun
Read a book with a single author named Alex or one of its related names.
In Black and White Alexandra Wilson
Alex is shortened form of Alexandra
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 630
MAZZA110.3 - Never Bring a Knife to A Gun Fight
Read a book that features an archaeologist as a main character.
The Janus Stone
Ruth Galloway MC is a forensic archeologist
points this post = 10
Points to date = 640
MAZZA110.7 - Sweet Sixteen
Read a book with a number in the TITLE that is in word form.
Fifteen Postcards
points this post = 10
points to date = 650
Sara G30.3 - Bluemoon's Task: My Memories of the 1980's
B2. HALLEY’S COMET – Read a book that has an MPG of Space. Genre may be stand alone or embedded.
The End of All Things by John Scalzi
MPG Space > Space Opera 122 users
C2. PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES – Read a book with the MPG of travel. The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
Time Among the Maya: Travels in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico by Ronald Wright
MPG Travel 22 users
Points this post: 30
Total points: 460
MAZZA115.5 - On Faery Wings
Read a book with at least one fae character.
I listened to this Audio edition
The House in the Cerulean Sea Approved in help thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This is PB edition The The House in the Cerulean Sea
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 665
Nick KY25.8 – Shelby’s Task: Things to Look Forward To!!!
For this task you will need to read two books using two different options.
REQUIRED: State the options you chose.
1. TRAVEL –
Read a book that is set somewhere you’ve always wanted to go (real, not imagined), but never been. The only caveat: it CANNOT be somewhere in your home country. For United States residents this will only apply to your state. So if you’re a resident of California, you could read a book set in New York if that’s your dream location. 50% of the book must take place in that location and be clear from either the description or the book's home page.
REQUIRED: State your home location, the location you’ve chosen, and that you've never been there.
I read Crick Crack, Monkey by Merle Hodge, set in Trinidad.
I live in the continental U.S. I have never been out of the continental U.S. I have always wanted to go to the Caribbean islands, especially those off the coast of Venezuela, and the Creole of Trinidad-Tobago interest me.
2. FAMILY --
I have 6 nieces and nephews, aged 6, 6, 4, 3, 2, and 2 months. Read any book from a series that matches one or a combination of their ages.
I read Ill Wind by Nevada Barr, # 3 in the Anna Pigeon series.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 370
MAZZA115.7 - The 80s Mix Tape
Read an anthology or collection of short stories, essays and/or novellas (at least 3 works)
1066 Turned Upside Down MPG short stories There is no physical edition
Approved for length https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 15
Points to date 680
MAZZA120.6 - 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.
Gods of Jade and Shadow 338 pages
3 (in 83) 38 (1938)
points this post = 20
Points to date = 700
30.2 - THE JOYS OF HOME OWNERSHIPOPTION 1 - The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin
OPTION 3 - Sweet on You
Recipe for Paul Hanson's Carrot Cake included
TOTAL POINTS - 650
MAZZA120.8 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves
Op 3 Read a book first published between 2014-2021, inclusive.
Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd. 336 pages exceeds requirement of 250
points this post = 20
points to date = 720
Task 25.2 - Andy P’s Task: Living with DogsBook 1: Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with a domestic animal central to the plot or subject.
I read Lily and the Octopus
Book 2: Read a nonfiction book in which an animal or animals are major characters or subjects.
I read Eating Animals
Points this task: 25
Total points: 115
MAZZA120.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Marilla of Green Gables
commented on thread here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
points this post = 20
Points to date = 740
MAZZA130.9 - Cat's Task: The Perks of UNO
Option 1: (Two book option) pick two different tasks and read one book for each
Your combined page total must be at least 500 pages
Task A:
Read a book that is at least 50% (as per TinEye) Red,
Hamnet
384 pages 75% red
Extracted color palette
Color map regionsProportional palette
Query image color map
Source image
Query image
71.1 %#a0232d Red
8.4 %#c26c30 Orange
7.8 %#d89532 Orange
5.6 %#b2532f Brown
4.2 %#89272e Red
1.1 %#d19b4d Brown
0.7 %#5a1f20 Brown
0.7 %#e5c252 Yellow
0.4 %#3e1d1b Brown
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.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V.E. Schwab 442 pages
384 +442 = 826 pages
Points this post= 30
Points to date = 770
MAZZA150.1 - Trishhartuk's task: 3-2-1
Read 3 books, one from each of the 3 prompts outlined below.
The three books must total at least 750 pages
As it was a UK game show based on a Spanish format, at least one of the books you choose must be at least 50% set in either the UK or Spain .
3: Read a book by an author with exactly three name parts –
Chasing Windmills Catherine Ryan Hyde 409 pages
2: Read a book that is part of a series AND includes a 2 in its series number
Espresso Tales 342 pages this book is set in Edinburgh Scotland on main page data
1: Read a book with a one-word title, where the initial of the title word can be found in either TED ROGERS
Stardust 248 pages
409+342+248= 999 pages exceeds 750 page requirement
Points this post = 50
Points to date = 820
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Task #30.4 - Opposites Attract
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.I picked the antonyms Never and Always, and read:
Book 1: They Never Learn by Layne Fargo (378p).
Book 2: Always Time to Die by Elizabeth Lowell (480p).
378+480=858p
Total points so far: 385