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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2021
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Task 5.8 - The Bechdel Testthree women on the cover
Witches Abroad
IL: MY - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 12.0
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635 points*
7 BB tix
1 GO tix
* I think I've gone awry with my points - readerboard says 625
as of this post I think I've claimed
8 off 5 point tasks (40 points)
4 off 10 point tasks (40 points)
6 off 15 point tasks (90 points)
8 off 20 point tasks (160 points)
5 off 25 point tasks (125 points)
6 off 30 point tasks (180 points)
Repost20.3 - Best Review: Bucket's Task: Literary Tourist
One Day in December by Josie Silver
Date Read: 22/7
How It Fits: New to me author on Emily Henry Literature Map
Beach Read by Emily Henry Date Read: 6/5/21
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 185/1070
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 17
BB Tickets: 2
5.1 - Excuse the Interruption!
Air And Angels by Susan Hill
Date Read: 26/7
How It Fits: All the letters of SIGNAL in title - AIr aNd anGeLS
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 190/1070
Total Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 18
BB Tickets: 2
delicious dee15.5 - On Faery Wings
The Magic Knot - the main character Rose discovers she is a pixie; and the main guy is a fairy
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 320
5.9 - All in Good Fun
Black Rose by Alex Lukeman
Date Read: 28/6
How It Fits: Author Alex Lukeman
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 195/1070
Total Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 19
BB Tickets: 2
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Inge's Task: Queen BeatrixOption 1
Queen Bee by Jane Fallon
Date Read: 15/7
How It Fits: Queen in title
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 215/1070
Total Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 20
BB Tickets: 2
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lois's Task: Group Reads Rejects
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman
Date Read: 8/7
How It Fits: Nominee Science Fiction
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 235/1070
Total Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 21
BB Tickets: 2
25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Shirley JacksonianaBook 1: Option 3
Swamp Team 3 by Jana Deleon
Date Read: 22/7
How It Fits: MPG Humor
Book 2: Option 4
The House on the Shore by Victoria Howard
Date Read: 9/6
How It Fits: HOUSE - the HOUSE on the shore
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 260/1070
Total Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 22
BB Tickets: 2
Task 10.10 - Soviet Bloc Crumblesset in Latvia (listed in ex-Soviet countries)
Soviet Milk
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645 points
7 BB tix
1 GO tix
25.3 - CYNBAXTER's Task - My Time has Come!Book 1: Option1
The Recovery of Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
Date Read: 7/6
Pages: 402
How It Fits: First published March 17th 2020; new to me book.
Book 2: Option 3
Pecan Pies and Dead Guys by Angie Fox
Date Read: 4/7
Pages: 314
How It Fits: PECAN - PErseverANCe; new to me book
Total Pages: 402 + 314 => 716
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 285/1070
Total Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 23
BB Tickets: 2
25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Notes From an Elder MillennialOption B
Book 1:
Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli
Date Read: 18/6
How It Fits: YES in title begins with Y
Book 2:
The Marrying Game by Kate Saunders
Date Read: 13/6
How It Fits: ME intact in title "the marrying gaME"
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 310/1070
Total Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 24
BB Tickets: 2
30.1 - Teri-K's Task: Celebrate the Great Outdoors.Book 1
Option 2
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Date Read: 7/6
Pages: 432pgs
How It Fits: Author Initials TH - THalassophile
Book 2
Option 3
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Date Read: 23/6
Pages: 496
How It Fits: HIKE - fIrEKeeper's daugHter
Total Pages: 432 + 496 => 928
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 340/1070
Total Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 25
BB Tickets: 2
Amber10.7 - Sweet Sixteen
Book with a number in the TITLE that is in word form
One by One by Ruth Ware
Total Points: 290
Amber50.1 - Trishhartuk's task: 3-2-1
At least 1 book must be set in either the UK or Spain - #1 is set fully in London, England
#3: Book by an author with exactly three name parts
The Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
#2: Book that includes a 2 in its series number
The Long Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
#1: Book with a one-word title, where the initial of the title word can be found in either TED ROGERS or DUSTY BIN
Saturday by Ian McEwan
Total Points: 340
Readerboard Name: Kathy PRepost with correct edition
15.3 - Video Killed the Radio Star
Option 2:
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... and it's all small stuff
Author: Richard Carlson
Initials in PRINCE
Song - Don't Stop Believin’ - word is DON'T
Totals
Points: 80
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 7
Total Books read: 8
Readerboard Name: Kathy PTask 20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves
Option 3:
The Starless SeaTotals
Points: 100
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 8
Total Books read: 9
Lisa MD25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Option 3: Read a book with the word MYSTERIOUS found in the title or subtitle. MYSTERY or MYSTERIES are also acceptable
🔸The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Listened to audiobook
Linked to MMPB
182 pages
First published 1920
Claiming a Golden Oldies Ticket
Option 4: Read a book set at least 50% in a capital city.
🔸Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams
Setting: Capital city of Russia - Moscow
Listened to audiobook
Linked to PB
448 pages
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 335/1070
Total Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 18/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Mod
20.3 - 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.
Lit Map
I read Fortune and Glory on 2.17.21.
Sara Petresky is NEW TO ME.
Indemnity Only. Sara Paretsky. 7.31.21
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 730/1070
Total Books Read: 55
Tasks Completed: 42/60
ROBIN P15.2 On Repeat
2 books by same author
1. listened to audio Rogue Protocol
paperback is here Kaçak Protokol - author Martha Wells
2. listened to audio Exit Strategy
paperback is here Çıkış Stratejisi - author Martha Wells
Points this task: 15
Total points: 580
BB: 2 GO: 5
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!**
Task 20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves
book must be 250+ pages. Required: Identify the option.
Option One: Read a book set in... Tennessee...
The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: Stories of My Family's Journey to Freedom, by John F. Baker Jr.
The plantation is in Robertson County, Tennessee.
432 pages (>250)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 315-20=295
Tasks completed: 12
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
INSIYAH25.10 - Bookwrm526's Task: Bingewatching
Option 1: MPG Humor
Book: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (ebook)
How it fits: MPG Humor
Note: MMP is 491 pages.
Option 2: MPG Mystery AND author first and last initials found in STRATFORD UPON AVON
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (ebook)
How it fits: MPG Mystery, AS in Stratford
Note: MMP has 372 pages.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 470
Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 26/60
Kathy KS20.5 - Bigger is Better - Robin P's Task: Introducing Myself
1. Read a book whose title OR author contains at least one J, Q, X, or Z.
The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: Stories of My Family's Journey to Freedom, by John F. Baker Jr.
J=John
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 315
Tasks completed: 13
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Kathy KSTask 20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves
The book must be 250+ pages. Required: Identify the option.
Option Three: Read a book first published between 2014-2021, inclusive.
Playing the Palace, by Paul Rudnick
First published: May 25th 2021
272 pages (>250)
I read an ARC provided by NetGalley
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 335
Tasks completed: 14
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Kelly L10.7 - Sweet Sixteen
Read a book with a number in the TITLE that is in word form. The number may be a cardinal number or an ordinal number, but it must be in word form, not numerical form.
Station Eleven
Numeral = Eleven
This post = 10 points
Total this season = 10 points
20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves Option 3, a book first published between 2014-2021: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab, first published 2020
paperback edition The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 560 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 625
Kelly L20.6 - 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. Numbers may only be used as often as they appear in the list. For example a page number of 283 or 195 would be allowed, 226 would not.
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
512 Pages, 5 found in 95, and 1 2 found in 1926
This post = 20 points
Total this season = 30 points
Kelly L25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Shirley Jacksoniana
For this task, read two books, one from each of two of the following options.
Read any book which is a nonfiction biography of anyone who has ever lived.
Widow Basquiat: A Love Story
MPG Biography
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.
That Summer
[T]he [HA]un[T]ing of Hill House = THAT
This post = 25 points
Total this season = 55 points
Kelly L25.8 – 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.
God Spare the Girls is set in Texas, USA. I live in Maryland, a different state.
3. FILM – Read a book with ALL the author's initials in either INDUSTRIAL or INDEPENDENT FILM for the two projects I hope to have going.
One Two Three by Laurie Frankel
LF found in INDEPENDENT [F]I[L]M
This post = 25 points
Total this season = 80 points
Kelly L25.10 - Bookwrm526's Task: Bingewatching
For this task you will need to read two books using two different options. REQUIRED: State the options you chose.
Option 1: Taskmaster – For this option, read a book with the main page genre humor. The genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
Me Talk Pretty One Day
MPG Humor
Option 3: WandaVision – For this option, 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. Letters may only be used as many times as they appear in the phrase.
Of Women and Salt = OWAS found in WAndaviSiOn
This post = 25 points
Total this season = 105 points
Task 10.9 - Rain ManRead 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. Subtitles should be ignored.
Top Dog (1996) by Jerry Jay Carroll (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 330 pages)
120 + 10 = 130
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 120 + 10 = 130
Books read: 10
Pages read: 2,853
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Coralie15.3 Video Killed the Radio Star
Using 1 book option –
Author’s initials in MichaEl JackSon
Word in title NIGHT from All Night Long
Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel
Total to date 430 points
Coralie10.1 Eventful Eighties
Book published in the 1980’s
The Changeling Sea published 1988
Total to date 440 points
Boston Kate
5.7. The Bechdel test
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
5.3. Mr. ConductorRead a book where the author's initials are found in Ringo Starr
G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton
Total points: 45
10.10 - Soviet Bloc Crumbles Set in East Germany.
I read the ebook, no mmpb, the pb is here: The Other Side of the Wall by Simon Schwartz.
Points: 10
Total Points: 925
BB: 1
GO: 1
LAUREN JODI30.7 - MAZZA1's Task: A Little Of What You Fancy
Option 1 - New to me in series
The Accidental Countess by Valerie Bowman
This book is new to me
Book #1 read December 2020 and rated 5 stars
Option 2 - Favorite Author
The Ideal Bride by Stephanie Laurens
This book is new to me.
I have read this author more than twice and rated her books 4 or 5 stars, specifically
A Rogue's Proposal - rated 5 stars
A Fine Passion - rated 4 stars
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 480/1070
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 26/60
INSIYAH20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lois's Task: Group Reads Rejects
One of the nominees that didn't win from the polls
Book: Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (ebook)
How it fits: Young Adult Science Fiction poll
Note: Paperback has 480 pages.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 490
Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 27/60
Kathy KS20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season: Continuation Novel - Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy
REQUIRED: You must participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
Marilla of Green Gables, by Sarah McCoy
My discussion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I listened to the audio; mmpb=432 p. (Le bruissement du papier et des désirs)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 355
Tasks completed: 15
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Julia10320.6 - Seasoned Reader - Inge's Task: Queen Beatrix
Option 3: The Reckoning (592 pages)
This book has 592 pages, claiming one BB ticket
This post: 20 points, 1 BB
Total points: 395
BB: 7
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 27
Total books read: 34
Nick KY30.9 Cat’s Perks of UNO –
Task A: Majority of the book’s over is blue. I read A Sudden Light by Garth Stein. The cover is 95.4% blue: https://labs.tineye.com/color/2a75eba... I listened to the audiobook and that is the cover I used.
There is no MMPB. The most common paperback is 432 pp.
A Sudden Light
Task B: One of the Author’s inits is “E.” I read The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore. 194 pp.
Total pp = 628 > required 500.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 555
Scooter&SiamTask 20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves
Choosing Option 3
Option Three: Read a book first published between 2014-2021, inclusive.
Read The Jekyll Revelation
Points: 20
Total: 100
APRILLEIGH15.5 - On Faery Wings
Read a book with at least one fae character (includes selkies and kelpies).
The Water Witch by L.E. Gordon
Book is Kindle-only - approved for length here and in line 3674 of the spreadsheet.
Title includes at least three fae characters of the types listed in the task description: the titular character’s husband is a selkie (which would make both of her kids half-selkie), and during their investigation she and another witch interview a kelpie and his mate. There are other fae characters of types not listed in the task description. This review specifically mentions the selkie character.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (535)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 0 (6)
Books Read: 1 (43)
Total Tasks: 33
Bookwrm526Task #30.5 - Ready to Plan
Go to Earth Roulette Click "generate my destination". At the top left under "Filters" select a continent other than your home continent. Click "Apply and spin". Read a book set at least 50% in the country of one of the resulting destinations.
Book 1: I chose the continent Asia and got the results Ajunna, India; Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; and Kors, Turkey. I went with Malaysia and read Black Water Sister by Zen Cho.
Book 2: I chose the continent South America and got the results Santiago de Chile, Chile; Rosario, Argentina; and Guayaquil, Ecuador. I went with Ecuador and read Poso Wells by Gabriela Alemán.
Total points so far: 490
Jen K5.3. Mr. Conductor
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott
gEorge cArlin
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 520
Jen K5.8. Who Dun It?
Witch Is When Everything Went Crazy
MPG Mystery
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 525
Task:30.3 - Bluemoon's Task: My Memories of the 1980'sOption: A 1. WINTER OLYMPICS [word in the title of 5+ letters from THIS IS YOUR MOMENT AND IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN]
Book read:The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Required: word chosen: OTHER. OT in mOmenT HE in HappEn R in youR
Option: A 2. SUMMER OLYMPICS [author's initials in DEATH OF A DREAM]
Book read:The Harpy by Megan Hunter
Required: Initials MH in dreaM deatH
Points this task:30
Total points:370
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:1
Books read:25
Tasks completed:17
Jen K15.6 - Don't You Forget About Me
Clap When You Land
Page 8 of list
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 540
Jen K15.7 - The 80s Mix Tape
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Collection of essays
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 555
Jen K20.3 - Best Review: Bucket's Task: Literary Tourist
I read Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo on July 13, 2021
Lit-Map for Elizabeth Acevedo:
https://www.literature-map.com/elizab...
From the map, I read Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Woodson is a New To Me author
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 575
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 2: Read a book with all the letters in one of the words GROW, YOUR, or OWN in the title only.
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
YOUR - RED, WHITE, & ROYAL BLUE
Points: 20
Total Points: 80