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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2021
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10.1 - Eventful Eighties(Read a book first published in the 1980s (1980 - 1989, inclusive)).
I read Your Eyelids Are Growing Heavy, first published in 1981.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 120
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
10.6 - Let's Get Physical(Read a book written by an author with a hyphenated name.)
I read Nausea, by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 130
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
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30.4 - Sandy's Task: Opposites Attract
Read 2 books totaling at least 600 pages with antonyms in their titles. My pair was Big/Little.
Book 1: Big Lies in a Small Town. Diane Chamberlain. 7.21.21
391 pages
Book 2: Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery. Jenny Colgan. 7.11.21
320 pages
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 555/1070
Total Books Read: 42
Tasks Completed: 32/60
CEELEETask 20.10: Group Reads
Read a book from the Group Read choices and participate in the group's discussion.
I chose O Pioneers! by Willa Cather.
O Pioneers!
Since the book was originally published in 1913, I am claiming a Golden Oldies Ticket for this task.
My post in the discussion was made Monday July 19, 2021 2:33 pm, #10
Good book but ultimately disappointing.
Total Points for Task: 20
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Goldin Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 1
Total Points for Summer Challenge 2021: 45
Total Tasks Completed for Summer Challenge 2021: 3
Total Books Read for Summer Challenge 2021: 3
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2021: 0
Total Gulden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2021: 1
EMurphy15.3 Video Killed the Radio Star
Option 1: Single author whose initials can be found in the name of one of the artists/groups from the list Mind of Winter by Laura Kasischke (michaeL jacKson)
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 235
Books Read: 16
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +750: 1
Tasks Completed: 10
30.9 - Cat's Task: The Perks of UNOOption 2: (One book option) pick two tasks and read one book that meets the requirements of both
Option A: Read a book that is at least 50% (as per TinEye) Red,
Option C: Read a book from my 80s shelf
Wolf Hall
Tineye Scores:
67.1 %#dd262bRed
15.9 %#180000Black
7.1 %#fbf8f6White
2.2 %#d57678Pink
2.2 %#e5b5b2Pink
2.1 %#b89d2eBrown
1.6 %#a3784fBrown
0.8 %#cabcc1Violet
0.7 %#44100fBrown
***Claiming a Big Book Tickets, as book has 604 pages***
New Points: 30
Total Points: 405
GO: 1
BB: 1
Katrisa10.8 - Travelin' Man
Read a book with the MPG "Time Travel."
I read The Silver Dream
Science Fiction>Time Travel on mpg
AR Finder lists this book as MG+
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 915
Laurah3030.1 - Teri-K's Task: Celebrate the Great Outdoors
opt 2 Read a book whose author's first and last initials are found in DENDROPHILE or THALASSOPHILE.
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave. 320 p
LD in dendrophile
opt 3 All the letters for either the word CAMP or HIKE must be found in the title, including subtitles.
HIKE - lIllian boxfisH taKEs a walk
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk 287 p
total pages = 607 p
This post: 30 points,
Total points: 90
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 4
Total books read: 5
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.1 - Celebrate the Great Outdoors.
Book 1 -
No Exit by Taylor Adams
Option 2 - Author's initials can be found in ThAlassophile
368 pages
Book 2 -
Witch Way To Spellbinder Bay by Sam Short
Option 4 - One word in the title is also in the name of a U.S. National Park: Glacier Bay, Alaska
Link to PB edition (no MMP): Witch Way To Spellbinder Bay: A Spellbinder Bay Cozy Paranormal Mystery - Book One, 306 pages
368 + 306 = 674 pages (at least 550 pages)
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 400 points
Tasks completed: 20
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.3 - My Memories of the 1980's
Book 1 -
Must Love Otters by Eliza Gordon
Option A1 - A word in the title of at least five letters can be made from the letters in the phrase THIS IS YOUR MOMENT AND IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN - OTTER (OT in moment; T in this, E in happen, R in your)
Link to PB edition (no MMP): Must Love Otters
Book 2 -
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Option B2 - Book has a MPG of Space
Link to PB edition (no MMP): Projekt Hail Mary
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 430 points
Tasks completed: 21
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
5.6. Let's Be Careful Out There! MPG Action.
I read the ebook, mpb is here: Identity: Unknown by Suzanne Brockmann.
Points: 5
Total Points: 850
BB: 1
GO: 1
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
Character Talia is a Gnome
ref “The children each have their own rooms. In these first few days, I have seen the interiors of those belonging to the gnome Talia” p 162
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 820
*Unclaiming Books - I will repost with new books*30.3 - Bluemoon's Task: My Memories of the 1980's
Option A1: The Con Season
Option A2: The Harpy
Points Earned This Post: -30
Total Points Earned: 540
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
30.3 - Bluemoon's Task: My Memories of the 1980'sOption A1: 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.
The Patient
PATIENT appears in IT's going To hAPpEN
Option A2: Read a book where all of the Author’s initials can be found in DEATH OF A DREAM.
The Harpy by Megan Hunter
MH appears in deatH of a dreaM
Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 570
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
15.1 - TsundokuBook 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in TSUNDOKU.
1922 by Stephen King
SK appears in tSundoKu
Book 2: Read a book that was added to your TBR before June 1, 2020 (last year).
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing: Life, Death and the Thrill of the Catch
I downloaded this audiobook on February 20th 2020, and it has been on my personal off-GR TBR since then.
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 585
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
5.6. Let's Be Careful Out There!Read a book with the main page genre Action or Adventure.
Falling
MPG Action
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 590
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
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5.4. Barkis is Willing
Read a book with a title of at least three words, where the initial letters of each word of the title are found in CHARLES DICKENS.
A Christmas Secret. Anne Perry. 7.21.21
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 560/1070
Total Books Read: 43
Tasks Completed: 33/60
Coralie5.7 The Bechdel Test
Book with two female characters and no male characters on cover
Total to date 270 points
Laurah3020.5 - Bigger is Better - Robin P's Task: Introducing Myself
Read a book where at least 50% takes place in one of the following countries: Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, the Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Haiti, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo and Vanuatu.
The Sanatorium
This book is set in the Swiss Alps (Switzerland)
This post: 20 points,
Total points: 110
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5
Total books read: 6
Katrisa5.5. Working Together
Read a book with 3 or more listed authors
I read Eternity's Wheel by Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves and Mallory Reaves
This book has an AR finder level of MG+
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 920
Heather KSTask 5.10. Cheers!
Celebrate, by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
I read Discernment of Spirits in Marriage: Ignatian Wisdom for Husbands and Wives
Points this post: 5
Total points: 130
Heather KSTask 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Robin P's Task: Introducing Myself
Option 1: Read a book whose title OR author contains at least one J, Q, X, or Z. Subtitles are excluded.
I read The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer by Liza Rodman (author name contains a Z)
Points this post: 20
Total point: 150
50.1 - 3-2-13 - Zero Hour (a Prequel to Zero Tolerance): Lost Kings MC #11.5 by Autumn Jones Lake
2 - Shelter Mountain
1 - Royal which is set in England
TOTAL POINTS - 700
Jasmiina FTask 20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves:
Option 3: Read a book first published between 2014-2021, inclusive:
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab.
The book was published 2016.
*Big Book Ticket with 512 pages*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (500+)
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
FLY Task #10.2 -O'kay
task: Read a book by an author with a name part that begins with O'.
book: Wild Irish Heart
how it fits: author = Tricia O'Malley
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 8 /60
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Julia10315.2 - On Repeat
Book 1: Partners In Necessity by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Book 2: Plan B by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Partners In Necessity is 842 pages - claiming 2 BB tickets
This post: 15 points, 2 BB
Total points: 305
BB: 6
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 23
Total books read: 28
JUKKA5.8. Who Dun It?
Book with MPG Mystery.
Normandy Gold by Megan Abbott et al.
Total Points: 80/1070
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 10/60
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Jen K25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Notes From an Elder Millennial
OPTION B: Generation Y/Generation Me
Book 1: The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun
Yun
Book 2: Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
sumMEr
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 425
Nick KY5.10 Cheers! I read The Teachings of Confucius - Special Edition
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 375
Nick KY25.10 - Bookwrm526's Task: Bingewatching
I’ve become obsessed with a few new (to me) television shows during the lockdown from COVID, and they have inspired this task.
For this task you will need to read two books using two different options.
REQUIRED: State the options you chose.
Option 1: Taskmaster – in this absolutely ridiculous but hilarious, and difficult to describe, British show, a panel of comedians are set ridiculous tasks to complete, and then they review the results in front of a live studio audience.
For this option, read a book with the main page genre humor. The genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
I read Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris.
Option 2: Shakespeare and Hathaway – another British show, this one features private investigators in Stratford-on-Avon.
For this option, read a book with the main page genre mystery (stand-alone or embedded) AND where the author’s first and last initials can be found in STRATFORD UPON AVON. Letters may only be used as many times as they appear in the phrase.
I read Winter of Secrets by Vicki Delany. -- “stratforD upon aVon”
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 400
Andy P.Task # 30.1 - Teri-K's Task: Celebrate the Great Outdoors.
Option 1:
Read a book from this list of 50 of the Best Nonfiction Nature Books. Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch # 13 on list, 379 p.
Option 2 Read a book whose author's first and last initials are found in DENDROPHILE
A Cold Trail by Robert Dugoni
DENDRPHiLE 358 p
page count: 379 +379 = 737 >550 minimum
Points this post: 30
Total points: 470
Bookwrm526Task #20.3 - Literary Tourist
I searched the Literature-Map site for Sujatta Massey (https://www.literature-map.com/sujata...), whose most recent book I finished on June 3, 2021. From her Literature-Map, I chose the author Vaseem Khan, who is new to me, and read The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra.
Total points so far: 405
Katrisa15.9 - I Want My MTV
I read Everything That Remains: A Memoir by the Minimalists
MTV - eVeryThing that reMains
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 935
JUKKA10.7 - Sweet Sixteen
Book with a number word in the title.
Kill 6 Billion Demons, Book 1 by Tom Parkinson-Morgan has "billion".
Total Points: 90/1070
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 11/60
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
5.4. Barkis is Willing Initial letters of title are found CHARLES DICKENS.
In Her Sights by Katie Ruggle.
Points: 5
Total Points: 855
BB: 1
GO: 1
JEN B30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: Ready to Plan
My home continent = North America
Book 1: Continent Selected = Europe
Roll 1: Pleven, Bulgaria
Roll 2: Alcudia, Spain
Roll 3: Betws-y-Coed, UK
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
This book takes place in Spain.
Book 2: Continent Selected = Asia
Roll 1: Chennai, India
Roll 2: Chiayi, Taiwain
Roll 3: Luang Prabang, Laos
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal
This book takes place in India
TOTAL POINTS: 220
Janice CA5.4. Barkis is Willing
Title words begin with letters found in "chArleS dickenS".
Snips and Snails by Louise Baker
+5
total: 45
tasks: 3
books: 3
SandyL5.1. Excuse the Interruption!
Read a book with all the letters of SIGNAL
Single Dad Seeks Juliet by Max Monroe
SINGLe dAd seeks juliet
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 340
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 27
SandyL5.7. The Bechdel test
Read a book with at least 2 women and no adult men on the cover.
The Stepsisters by Susan Mallery
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 345
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 28
SandyL15.8 - Found in Translation
Read a book by a female author originally written in a language other than your primary language
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
My primary language - English; Book originally written in Japanese
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 360
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 29
SandyL20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Inge's Task: Queen Beatrix
Option 2: Read a book which the first letter letter of each word is in BEATRIX WILHELMINA ARMGARD.
Any Day Now by Robyn Carr
beAtrix wilhelmiNa armgarD
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 380
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 30
SandyL25.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: My New Favorite Comedian
Option 3: Read a book where the author's initials appear in CALIFORNIA
Always Only You by Chloe Liese
CaLifornia
Option 4: Read a book with a title where ALL the first letters of the title are found in CHAOS KNOWS NO SIDES.
Our Italian Summer by Jennifer Probst
chaOS knows no sIdes
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 405
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 32
SandyL25.7 - Amy FL's Task: Right Up My Alley
Option 2: Read a book where ALL of the letters in CHARLIE appear in the title
Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief by Dorothy Gilman
mRs polLIfax And tHE seCond thief
Option 4: Read a book by a FEMALE author that is the first in a series.
Lost and Found Sisters by Jill Shalvis
Wildstone #1
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 430
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 34
SandyL30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: Ready to Plan
Home continent - North America
Continent #1 - Europe = Narvick Norway, Catania Italy, Vladamir Russia
Bright Midnight by Karina Halle
Set in Norway
Continent #2 - Oceana = Sidney/Manley Australia, Perth Australia, Wellington New Zealand
In Too Deep by Tracey Alvarez
Set in New Zealand
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 460
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX20.2 - Rookie at the Top - XBM's Task: SUNY Brockport Writers Forum
Read a book by one of the AUTHORS on this list: Authors From the Brockport Writers Forum.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 460
Completed Tasks: 28
Books Read: 48
20.3 - Best Review: Bucket's Task: Literary TouristHaunted Ground by Erin Hart, an author who is new to me
Erin Hart appears on the Literature Map for Jacqueline Winspear.
I read The Consequences of Fear by Jacqueline Winspear on Apr 27, 2021.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 480
JUKKA5.5. Working Together
Book with at three different authors.
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 01 by John Wagner, Pat Mills, Kelvin Gosnell et al.
Total Points: 95/1070
Total Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 12/60
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Kathy KSDO NOT USE; SEE REPOST
50.1 - 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. ...at least one of the books you choose must be at least 50% set in either the UK (England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland - but not Eire) or Spain . Required: State which book (3, 2, 1) fulfills the setting requirement. If the setting is not clearly indicated in the GR description or metadata, include a reference.
3: Read a book by an author with exactly three name parts
When Stars Collide, by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
I read this as an ARC; 528 p.
CLAIMING 1 Big Book ticket**
2: Read a book that is part of a series AND includes a 2 in its series number in grayscale parenthesis after the title (#0.2, #2, #12, #21, #22, #3.2, etc).
Mr. Cavendish, I Presume, by Julia Quinn
Series: (Two Dukes of Wyndham, #2)
Over 50% of the book is set in England
370 p.
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.
Daggerspell, by Katharine Kerr
D=Dusty bin
I listened to the audio; mmpb=454 p.
Pages 528+370+454=1352 (>750)
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Points for this task: 50
Total points : 305
Tasks completed: 13
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
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I chose Kacen Callender from the Casey McQuiston lit map and read Felix Ever After.
The lit map URL is: https://www.literature-map.com/casey+..., I read McQuiston's Red, White, and Royal blue May 26th, 2021, and Kacen Callender is a new to me author.
Points this post: 20
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Points: 115
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 0