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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2021
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APRILLEIGH10.9 - Rain Man
Read a book with a title of at least two words where none of the wordshave more than four characters.
The Toll by Neal Shusterman (625 pages)
*** Big Book - one ticket for 500+ pages ***
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (520)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 1 (6)
Books Read: 1 (42)
Total Tasks: 32
15.3 - Video Killed the Radio StarOption 2
Michael Jackson
I Wanna Dance with Somebody
The Dance of the Seagull by Andrea Camilleri
Previous total:310
Points 15
Total 325
Inge10.7 - Sweet Sixteen
His Cinderella's One-Night Heir
Points this task: 10
total points: 265
task completed: 16
JUKKA15.5 - On Faery Wings
Book with at least one fae character.
Fire and Flight by Wendy Pini & Richard Pini has elves. Lots of elves.
Total Points: 115/1070
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 14/60
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Inge's Task: Queen BeatrixOption 1, a book with the word Queen in the title: How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole
Points this post: 20
Total points: 580
Kim O30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: Ready to Plan
My home continent is North America.
First set of destinations: Africa - Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in the country of one of the resulting destinations.
Death on the Nile (Egypt)
Golden Oldie -- first published November, 1937
Second set of destinations: Europe - Greece, Belgium, United Kingdom
Book 2: Select a continent other than the continent used for book 1 or your home continent and repeat the process. Read a book set at least 50% in the country of one of the resulting destinations.
Bridgerton: The Duke and I (United Kingdom)
Points this task: 30
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 185
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks completed: 7
Task 5.4 - Barkis is Willing3 word title, initials in CHARLES DICKENS
An Incomplete Revenge
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575 points
7 BB tix
1 GO tix
JEN B30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: The Joys of Home Ownership
Option 1. Read a book with the author’s first and last name initials in the word: PLUMBER.
When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
Author initials PM
Option 3. Read a fiction book that has a recipe included within the book. State the name of the recipe when you post.
Through the Grinder by Cleo Coyle
This book has recipes in the back, including one for Coffee-Marinated Steak
TOTAL POINTS: 270
JEN B25.7 - 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. Letters can be used only as often as they appear. Subtitles are excluded.
Every Last Fear by Alex Findlay
The word LAST can be made from the letters in the phrase:
L and S in bowLerS
A and T in AmaTeur
Option 3: In 1987, we moved from New York to Florida. Read a book that is set at least 50% in either of these states.
Good Company by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
This book is mostly set in New York (shown in GR description)
TOTAL POINTS: 295
JEN B25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Shirley Jacksoniana
Opt. 3. Read any book, fiction or nonfiction, with a GR main page genre of “Humor.”
Cure for the Common Breakup by Beth Kendrick
This book shows an MPG of Humor
Opt. 4. Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title or subtitle which can be made from the letters in “THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE.” Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
Required: State the word.
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
The word THIS can be made from the letters in the phrase
TH in THe
I in hIll
S in houSe
TOTAL POINTS: 320
EMurphy25.8 Shelby's Task: Things to Look Forward To!!!
Option 1: Set somewhere you've always wanted to go, but never been Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
*My home location in New York, USA. Book set in England, I have not been but I would love to someday
Option 2: Book from a series that matches one or a combo of 6, 6, 4, 3, 2 Righteous by Joe Ide (Book #2 in IQ series)
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 245
Books Read: 17
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +750: 1
Tasks Completed: 10
DeborahPost #13
25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Notes From an Elder Millennial
B1)Read a book where a word in the title or the author's first or last name begins with a Y.
Skip·Beat!, Vol. 45 by Yoshiki Nakamura
B2) Read a book with the word "ME" found intact in the title or subtitle.
The Shortest Way Home
Using HOME
Points this post:25
Total Points: 260
Books Read:19
Tasks Done: 13
INSIYAH30.3 - Bluemoon's Task: My Memories of the 1980's
Option B2: MPG Space
Book: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (ebook)
How it fits: MPG Space
Note: Paperback has 478 pages.
Author shares a name with an actor in The Breakfast Club
Book: I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
How it fits: Nelson shared with Judd Nelson
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 425
Books Read: 33
Tasks Completed: 24
Angela IL25.10- Bingewatching
Option 2: MPG Mystery AND author’s first and last initials can be found in Stratford upon aVon.
Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughn-7/26
Option 3: Title of at least three words where the first letter of each word can be found in the phrase WAndavISion
When All Is Said by Anne Griffin- 7/23
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 270
Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 14/60
trishhartuk5.10 Cheers!
Reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Mull and Iona: 40 Favourite Walks, Paul Webster, Helen Webster (96pg)
Used under the “One book between 80 -99 pages may be used for ONE 5 point task” rule (and the print is really tiny!)
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 19
Golden oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 0
5.10. Cheers!Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Water for Drowning
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 750
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
10.2 -O'kayRead a book written by an author with a name part that begins with O'.
Girl by Edna O'Brien
O'Brien starts with O'
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 760
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Kai20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Lois's Task: Group Reads Rejects
The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah
(from Continuation Novel poll)
New Points: 20
Total Points: 50
Books Claimed: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Jessica DTask 25.10: Bingewatching
Option 1: Bossypants
genre: humor
Option 3: All Are Welcome
title of 3+ words with initial letters (AAW) found in WAndAvision
Points this task: 25
Total points: 225
ROBIN P30.1 Mazza1's Task: A Little of What You Fancy
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
Required: State that you have read the author at least twice before and that you rated more than one of their books 4 or 5 stars and this this book is NEW-to-you.
Midwinter Magic is new to me. I listened to the audiobook and have linked the paperback. It is the latest in the Rockcliffe series. I have read the previous 6 books and given them each 4 stars. Two specific ones are Hazard read Oct 2018 and Cadenza read June 2019, which I rated 4 stars each. I listened to the audiobooks and have linked the paperback.
Option 3
Read a much loved book that you have read AT LEAST TWICE before. This book should be MORE than 10 years old (First published before June 2011)
Required: State that you have read this book at least TWICE before.
Strong Poison was first published in 1930. I read it along with the entire series in 1976 and again in 1982.
**Claiming one GO point for age of book**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 525
BB: 2 GO: 5
5.4. Barkis is WillingRead 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.
North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors
NKC appears in diCKeNs
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 765
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Nick KY15.4 - Sweet Tea
Option 1: Read one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre that includes Romance or Romantic. I read The Professor by Charlotte Brontë.
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.
I read Georgia Boy by Erskine Caldwell.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 475
Nick KY15.7 - The 80s Mix Tape
Read an anthology or collection of short stories, essays and/or novellas (at least 3 works)
I read Shadows of Death by H.P. Lovecraft.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 490
Jessica D Task 10.8 Travelin' Man
In Five Years
MPG of Time Travel (approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 235
Nick KY15.10 - Stuck in the Middle
The 2nd Saturday of August is Middle Child's Day. Read a whole number book in a series that is NOT the first or the last/most recently published book in the series. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title.
I read Tracks by Louise Erdrich, # 3 in the Love Medicine series. [7 primary works: https://www.goodreads.com/series/211660]
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 505
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Suzannesea20,5 Bigger Is Better - Robin P's Task: Introducing Myself
Option 1
Read a book whose. . . author's name contains at least one. . . Z.
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
cruZ
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 275
Mod
15.6 - Don't You Forget About Me
Read a book from the Coming of Age list - state page where it can be found. (This was found on page 1)
The Outsiders. S.E. Hinton 7.27.21
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 670/1070
Total Books Read: 51
Tasks Completed: 39/60
Bookwrm526Task #25.8 - Things to Look Forward To!!!
Option 2: 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 Murder in the East End by Jennifer Ashley, book 4 in the series.
Option 3: Read a book with ALL the author's initials in either INDUSTRIAL or INDEPENDENT FILM. I chose the phrase INDEPENDENT FILM and read Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (ML both in FILM).
Total points so far: 435
Line15.2 on repeat
book 1. read a book that meets SRC rules. I read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 32.0
book 2. read a book written by the same author. i read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
IL: MG +
points for this task: 15
total points: 100
books read: 11
tasks completed: 9
JUKKA10.3 - Never Bring a Knife to A Gun Fight
Book with an archaeologist main character.
Indiana Jones Omnibus, Vol. 1 by William Messner-Loebs et al.
Total Points: 125/1070
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 15/60
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Scooter&Siam20.1 - Most Improved - Louise's Task: Picking Up The Pieces
Choosing Option 2
Option 2: Grow Your Own
* Read a book with all the letters in one of the words GROW, YOUR, or OWN in the title only. Subtitles are excluded.
Read Young Americans- your
Points: 20
Total: 80
Mod
I read
- 5 young women on the cover, no men. (I read the kindle, hardcover is Dying with Her Cheer Pants On.total points: 625
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I read The Palace Guard, first published 7/1/81. I read the kindle edition, linked to the MMPB.
total points: 635
Mod
For my first book, I used option 1 and read Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service, published in 2021 (so between 2014-2021. Book is 492 pages. This book was new to me.
For book 2, I used option 4 and read Angel of the Overpass by Seanan McGuire. Author initials SM found in SuperMods. Book is 301 pages. This book was new to me.
492+301= 793 pages (greater than required minimum).
total points: 660
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I rolled a 4.
For my first book, I read Think Like a Freak - I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
a - 4 word title
c - 304 pages
d - first published 2014
For my second book, I read The Bilbao Looking Glass - I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
b - #4 in the Kelling & Bittersohn series.
total points: 685
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For my first book, I used option 2 and read While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams. 367 pages.
Author initials, SA, found in thAlaSsophile.
For my second book, I used option 3 and read The Book of Magic. I read a kindle ARC, linked to the hardcover (no pb or mmpb). 400 pages.
HIKE found in tHE booK of magIc.
367 + 400 = 767 (greater than required minimum)
total points: 715
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For my first book, I used option A2 and read MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood - I read the audiobook, linked to the MMPB.
Author initials, MA, found in deAth of a dreaM.
For my second book, I used option B1 and read The Rules of Magic. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
book has 367 pages, so has 2 digits from 773 - 3 and 7.
total points: 745
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10.2 -O'kay
Read a book written by an author with a name part that begins with O'.
The Switch. Beth O'Leary. 7.27.21
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 680/1070
Total Books Read: 52
Tasks Completed: 40/60
Amy FL5.2. Cowabunga!
Eternal - set in Rome, Italy
From the description on the GR page in bold at the top: ...the tale of a love triangle that unfolds in the heart of Rome...in the creeping shadow of fascism.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 465
Amy FL15.9 - I Want My MTV
Mark of the Raven (MTV: Mark of The raVen)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 480
Amy FLTask 20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves
Option 3: The Nowhere Child (published in 2018)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 500
Amy FL25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Shirley Jacksoniana
Option 3: Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated (Humor MPG by 57 users at time of posting)
Option 4: Thin Air (THIN - HauNTIng...)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 525
Amy FL25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Option 4: The Warsaw Orphan - set in Warsaw, Poland
Option 5: Gold Coast - on page 2 of Gold list
Points this post: 25
Total points: 550
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20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves
option 3, first published 2021: Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza, 400 pages
total = 985
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25.3 - CYNBAXTER's Task - My Time has Come!
option 1, first published 2021, a new-to-me book: The Shadow People by Joe Clifford, 304 pages
option 4, initials SS in Super modS, a new-to-me book: Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn't Ours by Sarah Sentilles, 432 pages
304 + 432 = 736 pages
total = 1010
Amy FL25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Notes From an Elder Millennial
Option B: Generation Y/Generation Me
Book 1: Lola on Fire by Rio Youers (author's last name begins with Y)
Book 2: Wish Me Home (wish ME home)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 575
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30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: Ready to Plan
I live in the U.S. - North America
Book 1- continent Oceania
Port Vila, Vanuatu
Katoomba, Australia
Nelson, New Zealand - set in New Zealand: An Olive Grove at the Edge of the World: How two American city boys built a new life in rural New Zealand by Jared Gulian
I read the kindle.
Book 2 - continent Europe
Kiev, Ukraine
Piraeus, Greece
Saint Johann im Pongau, Austria - set in Austria: To Die in Vienna by Kevin Wignall
From the description: As he’s forced into a lethal dance across Vienna...
I read the kindle.
total = 1040
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5.3 - Mr. Conductor
Read a book where the author's initials are found in RINGO STARR.
Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (504 pages)
*** Big Book - one ticket for 500+ pages ***
N found in riNgo.
S found in Starr.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (510)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 1 (5)
Books Read: 1 (41)
Total Tasks: 31