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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2021
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Katrisa15.10 - Stuck in the Middle
Read a whole number book in a series that is NOT the first or the last/most recently published book in the series.
I read Cress which is book 3 in the Lunar Chronicles (the last whole number book published in this series was #4)
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 1015
Katrisa25.5 - The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Opt. 2 - Option 2: Read a book with the MPGs of both Historical Fiction AND Science Fiction
I read The Anubis Gates - Historical fiction and Science Fiction on MPG
Opt. 3 - Read a book with the word MYSTERIOUS found in the title or subtitle.
I read The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 1040
Katrisa30.2 - The Joys of Home Ownership
Opt. 1 - Read a book with the author’s first and last name initials in the word: PLUMBER
I read Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser
EL - pLumbEr
Opt. 4 - Read a book that has the word ROOM in the title only
I read Giovanni's Room
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 1070
Lisa MD20.3 - Best Review: Bucket's Task: Literary Tourist
Go to the Literature-Map site and search for an author you have read and enjoyed any time since June 1, 2020. - I searched William Kent Krueger, who I enjoy and read on December 27, 2020.
Choose any NEW-TO-YOU author that appears on the lit-map for the author you searched and read a book by them. - I chose Paul Doiron, who is a new author to me.
🔸The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron
https://www.literature-map.com/willia...
368 pages
👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 310/1070
Total Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 17/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Task 30.7 - A Little Of What You Fancy1 Kids book OK
option 1: read a new-to-me book that is in a series where I rated an earlier book 4*
Messenger of Truth
I rated book #1 4*, which I read in Aug 2015
this book is new-to-me
option 3: read a book I've read at least twice before, pub before 2011
Reaper Man
pub 1991
IL: UY
I've read this book at least three times before now
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625 points
7 BB tix
1 GO tix
EMurphy30.9 Cat's Task: The Perks of UNO
Option 1: Cover is at least 50% Red, Yellow, Green, or Blue Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff (53.8% Blue, 13.8% Orange, 12.3% White, 11.3% Grey, 4.9% Blue, 1.4% Grey, 1.3% Brown, 0.7% Brown, 0.4% Grey)
*390 pages
Option 2: Single author who has an initial I, V, or E The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
*304 pages
390+304=694 pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 275
Books Read: 19
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +750: 1
Tasks Completed: 11
Jessica DTask 5.8: Who Dun It?
Murder in the Storybook Cottage
MPG of mystery
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 240
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PegW5.6. Let's Be Careful Out There!
Read a book with the main page genre Action or Adventure.
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Points this post: 5
Point total: 185
PegW20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lois's Task: Group Reads Rejects
Go to the Group Reads polls for the current challenge and read one of the nominees in any of the three categories that did not win.
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
Points this post: 20
Point total: 205
PegW25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Shirley Jacksoniana
For this task, read two books, one from each of two of the following options.
I chose Options 3 & 4.
Option 3: Read any book, fiction or nonfiction, with a GR main page genre of “Humor.”
Fool
Option 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.” Word-Hail
Project Hail Mary
Points this post: 25
Point total: 230
10.1 - Eventful EightiesRead a book first published in the 1980s (1980 - 1989, inclusive).
The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy
First published in 1981.
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 860
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Joanne MI30.1 - Teri-K's Task: Celebrate the Great Outdoors.
Option 2. author's first and last initials are found in DENDROPHILE
White Rose, Black Forest byEoin Dempsey 270 pages
Option 4. a book with at least one word in the title that is also in the name of a U.S. National Park.
The Last Green Valley 458 pages
The word is Valley from Kobuk Valley Park in Alaska
Total pages 728
Points this task 30
Total Points 140
Total BB's 1
MAZZA1 10.2 -O'kay
Read a book written by an author with a name part that begins with O'.
Scenes of a Graphic Nature Caroline O'Donoghue
Points this post =10
Points to date = 920
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Kim O25.3 - CYNBAXTER's Task - My Time has Come!
Option 1: Read a book first published between the years 2014-2021 (inclusive).
The Lost Vintage This book is new to me. This book has 384 pages.
Option 2: Read a book where all the letters of either ANDYP or DLMROSE are used in the TITLE only.
The Crocodile's Last Embrace (DLMROSE) This book is new to me. This book has 400 pages.
Page count (384 + 400 = 784) > 500 pages.
Points this task: 25
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Totals:
Points: 210
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks completed: 8
MAZZA115.1 - Tsundoku
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.
For Your Own Good Samantha Downing
Book 2: Read a book that was added to your TBR before June 1, 2020 (last year).
Come Tumbling Down i listened to audio edition
there are no MMP or PB edition hardcover is
Come Tumbling Down
This was added to my want to read shelf https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... in May 2020
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 935
MAZZA115.9 - I Want My MTV
Read a book with a TITLE that contains all the letters MTV.
How to Love Animals: In a Human-Shaped World
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 950
MAZZA120.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: Summer Play
2. Read a book (does not need to be a play) by an AUTHOR on this https://www.stagemilk.com/best-playwr...
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
Number 17 on that list
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 970
MAZZA125.2 - Andy P’s Task: Living with Dogs
2 books
The sum of the pages of both books must be 500 pages or more.
Read two books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1. Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with a domestic animal central to the plot or subject.
Dog on It 336 pages
Book 2. Read a nonfiction book in which an animal or animals are major characters or subjects.
The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood 272 pages
Combined total is 336 +272 = 608
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 995
FLY Task #10.3 - Never Bring a Knife to A Gun Fight
task: Read a book that features an archaeologist as a main character.
book: Crocodile on the Sandbank
how it fits: The Emerson brothers are archeologists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocodi...
Points this post: 10
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 11 /60
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
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LAUREN JODI30.3 - Bluemoon's Task: My Memories of the 1980's
Option A1 - Winter Olympics
A Likely Story by Jenn McKinlay
Required word: Story
Option A2 - Summer Olympics
Always Be My Banshee by Molly Harper
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 450/1070
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 25/60
MAZZA125.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Notes From an Elder Millennial
For this challenge, you must choose an option and read a book 1 and a book 2 for that option.
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.
I read an ARC of this book via Netgalley Both of You
PB edition is hereBoth of You: A Novel
Book 2: Read a book with the word "ME" found intact in the title or subtitle.
I read an ARC via netgalley The Island Home this is PBHet eiland
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 1020
Andy P.Task # 30.8 - Lauren Jodi's task: 80s Dynamic Duos
Option 3.
Read a book with a female protagonist who is a police officer in a city or town. The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen Jane Rizzoli is a major female character and a police officer in this novel.
Option 5.
Read a book with a character who has changed their occupation or profession. Lost Light by Michael Connelly This book is used as an example in the task description
Points this post: 30
Total points: 590
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lois's Task: Group Reads RejectsGo to the Group Reads polls for the current challenge and read one of the nominees in any of the three categories that did not win.
Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 880
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Sara G30.9 - Cat's Task: The Perks of UNO
One book option:
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.
and
Task C: Read a book from my 80s shelf.
Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 1035 pages.
**Sarum is a Big Book (1035 pages). Claiming 3 BB tickets.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 550
Christine V20.5 - Bigger is Better - Robin P's Task: Introducing Myself
Option 1: The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=3)
BUCKET5.2 Cowabunga!
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
(Set in the 15th century. See plot summary here.)
**BIG BOOK: 510 pages
**GOLDEN OLDIE: First published 1831
Points this post: 5
Points total: 115
BB this post/total: 1/2
GO this post/total: 1/2
BUCKET15.7 The 80s Mix Tape
Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins
Points this post: 15
Points total: 130
BB this post/total: 0/2
GO this post/total: 0/2
BUCKET15.8 Found in Translation
Marta Oulie by Sigrid Undset
(My primary language is English. This book was written in Norwegian.)
**GOLDEN OLDIE: First published 1907
Points this post: 15
Points total: 145
BB this post/total: 0/2
GO this post/total: 1/3
10.7 - Sweet SixteenRead a book with a number in the TITLE that is in word form.
I read Day Million by Frederick Pohl.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 140
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
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.
I read Dragons, Elves, and Heroes, edited by Lin Carter.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 145
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Barbara ★25.3 - CYNBAXTER's Task - My Time has Come!
Option 1: Read a book first published between the years 2014-2021
The 18th Abduction - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (383 pages) 6/15
(pub April 29, 2019; this book is new to me)
Option 3: Read a book that has in the title/subtitle, a different word (of at least 4 characters) formed from this word: PERSEVERANCE
Gwynneth Ever After - Linda Poitevin (334 pages) 7/30
(this book is new to me)
(EVER in persEVERance)
TOTAL PAGES: Book 1 (383 pages) + Book 2 (334 pages) = 717 pages > 501 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 455
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Jen K5.6. Let's Be Careful Out There!
Float Plan
MPG Adventure
Confirmed in Task Help
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 485
Jen K10.1 - Eventful Eighties
Nervous Conditions
Published 1988
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 495
Jen K10.2 -O'kay
The Impossible First: From Fire to Ice—Crossing Antarctica Alone by Colin O'Brady
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 505
Jen K10.4 - E.T. Phone Home
The Three-Body Problem
Page 1 of list
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 515
25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Shirley JacksonianaOption 3, MPG Humor: Leave it to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse
Option 4, a word of 4 or more letters in the title that can be made from the letters in THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE: Of Literature and Lattes by Katherine Reay
The word is Lattes.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 605
FLY Task #10.9 - Rain Man
task: 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.
book: Hug It Out
how it fits: title is 3 words. word lengths are 3-2-3
Points this post: 10
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 12 /60
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
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Julia10330.8 - Lauren Jodi's task: 80s Dynamic Duos
Option 1:
(2 men on cover, approved in post 81 of task help thread)Option 2: Six Degrees of Separation (Paul is pretending to be the son of actor Sidney Poitier, approved in post 42 of task help thread)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 375
BB: 6
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 26
Total books read: 33
Line5.1 excuse the interruption!
read a book in which all the letters of SIGNAL or HIJACK can be found in the title
I read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, where all the letters of SIGNAL can be found.
points for this task: 5
total points: 125
books read: 13
tasks completed: 11
15.2 - On RepeatBook 1: Read a book that meets SRC rules.
Buried to the Brim by Jenn McKinlay
Book 2: Read another book written by the same authorWedding Cake Crumble by Jenn McKinlay
Total points: 15
25.10 - Bookwrm526's Task: BingewatchingOption 1: read a book with the main page genre humor
My Boyfriend Barfed in My Handbag . . . and Other Things You Can't Ask Martha by Jolie Kerr
Option 3: read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word can be found in the phrase WANDAVISION
Doom with a View by Victoria Laurie
Total points: 40
MAZZA115.8 - Found in Translation
Read a book by a female author originally written in a language other than your primary language.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Originally written in French - my first Language is English
points this post = 15
Points to date = 1035
PegW20.3 - 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.
I read Stuart Turton on Jan 13 2021 The Devil and the Dark Water.
The map took me to Natasha Pulley https://www.literature-map.com/stuart... who is a new to me author
The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
Points this post: 20
Point total: 250
Amy B5.3. Mr. Conductor
Read a book where the author's initials are found in Ringo Starr OR George Carlin. ALL initials must be included.
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions by Neil Gaiman (IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15.0) - NG in Ringo
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 415 Points
Amy B15.4 - Sweet Tea
Select an option. Required: Indicate the option when you post.
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements.
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre that includes Romance or Romantic. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
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.
All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin (Tennessee on Main Page)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 430 Points
Sara G15.3 - Video Killed the Radio Star
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements.
Book 1- initials NM in Michael Jackson
Book 2 - Love in Love Shack
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
**The Pursuit of Love is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1945). I claim one GO ticket.**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 565
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10.10 - Soviet Bloc Crumbles
Read a book set in at least 50% in one or more Soviet Bloc countries or other aligned states
I read The Bear and the Nightingale which is set in Russia
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 1000