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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2021
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Sarah E30.9 - Cat's Task: The Perks of UNO
Option 2 - one book
I read an ebook, top paperback is La vida invisible de Addie LaRue - 500 pages
Task A: 88.5 % Blue
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79.6 % #052048 Blue
5.3 % #ecedee White
4.0 % #7eb3dd Blue
3.5 % #576076 Grey
3.0 % #3d7aba Blue
2.5 % #a1a7b3 Grey
1.9 % #5079a2 Blue
0.2 % #aab3a0 Grey
Task B: Author V.E. Schwab
Big Book, 500 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total points: 85
Total BBs: 2
Hannelore --- REPOST 2Task 30.7 - MAZZA1's Task: A Little Of What You Fancy:
A 2 book task. You may use books with the genre Children's [...].
Option 2: read a book new to you by a favourite author - for this challenge a favourite author is one you have read at least twice and rated 4 or 5 stars.
Book: Dead Reckoning
How it fits: read many of her books before, of which 4 rated with 4 stars. This book is new to me.
Option 3: Read a much loved book that you have read AT LEAST TWICE before. This book should be more than 10 years old.
Book: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
How it fits: I have read this book four times before, I estimate. Certainly more than twice.
It was first published in 1997, so it is more than 10 years old.
Extra information from the Bookfinder page:
IL: MY - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 12.0
Points this task: 30
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 12
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
INSIYAH15.3 - Video Killed the Radio Star
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements.
Book: The Color Purple by Alice Walker (ebook)
Note: Paperback has 295 pages.
How it fits:
Book 1 (author name in artist name in the "Greatest 1980s Music Videos" list): Initials AW in 16. David Bowie and Mick Jagger;
Book 2 (word in title matches song in " Best 80s song" list): Purple in Purple Rain
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 670/1070
Total Books Read: 52
Tasks Completed: 39/60
20.1Option 2: all the letters in OWN in the title
On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn
points this post: 20
+previous points: 285
=total points: 305
Julia10325.3 - CYNBAXTER's Task - My Time has Come!
Option 1: Governor (published 2021)
Option 4: The Marten and the Scorpion by Robin Shortt (RS in SUPER)
total pages: 496 + 272 = 768
This post: 25 points
Total points: 615
BB: 8
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 36
Total books read: 50
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: Summer PlayOption 1. Read a book that has a Main Page Genre (MPG) of either "Plays" or "Drama".
I listened to an audio version of
A Midsummer Night's Dream
***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket, first published in 1595***
New Points: 20
Total Points: 550
GO: 2
BB: 2
20.3 - Best Review - Bucket's Task: Literary TouristPoison Study by Maria V. Snyder
💜 links to [Seanan McGuire]💜
💜 I read A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire on 10/25/20 and gave it 5*💜
💜 Maria V. Snyder is a new-to-me author 💜
Total points: 90 + 20 = 110
Coralie10.2 O’kay
Book by an author with a name part beginning O’
Velocity Weapon by Megan E. O'Keefe
Total to date 575 points
Julia10325.3 - CYNBAXTER's Task - My Time has Come! - repost
Option 1: Governor (published 2021)
Option 4: The Marten and the Scorpion by Robin Shortt (RS in SUPER)
Both these books are new to me.
total pages: 496 + 272 = 768
This post: 25 points
Total points: 615
BB: 8
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 36
Total books read: 50
Mod
15.10 - 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. This is book 5 out of 16, in the Home Repair is Homicide series.
Wreck the Halls. Sarah Graves
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 930/1090
Total Books Read: 70
Tasks Completed: 54/60
****Edited to correct total (930 not 920)
Jen K5.9. All in Good Fun
The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek
******
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 710
Jen K15.2 - On Repeat
Book 1: Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Book 2: Finale by Stephanie Garber
*****
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 725
Jen K25.7 - Amy FL's Task: Right Up My Alley
Option 3: Black Buck
Set 100% in New York
Option 4: Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
#1 in series and female author
*******
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 750
Barbara ★15.4 - Sweet Tea
Book 1: August is Read a Romance Month. Read a book with a main page genre that includes Romance or Romantic. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Really Unusual Bad Boys - MaryJanice Davidson 7/16
(MPG Romance)
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.
The Killing Hills - Chris Offutt 8/15
(A literary master across genres, award-winning author Chris Offutt's latest novel, The Killing Hills, is a compelling, propulsive thriller in which a suspicious death exposes the loyalties and rivalries of a deep-rooted and fiercely private community in the Kentucky backwoods).
Points this task: 15
Total points: 570
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Amy FL30.1 - Teri-K's Task: Celebrate the Great Outdoors.
Option 2: No Exit by Taylor Adams - TA in ThAlassophile
Option 3: The Venice Sketchbook - HIKE ((tHE venIce sKetchbook)
I linked to the editions I completed, but the combined total of pages for the paperbacks is 708 (296 + 412).
Points this post: 30
Total points: 825
Bookwrm526Task #15.1 - Tsundoku
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in TSUNDOKU. I read Bone Hook by Toby Neal.
Book 2: Read a book that was added to your TBR before June 1, 2020 (last year). I read Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames by Lara Maiklem, which I added to my offline TBR (a giant spreadsheet of doom) when I heard about it on a podcast shortly after it came out, at the end of 2019.
Total points so far: 655
Amy FL30.4 - Sandy's Task: Opposites Attract.
Bad - Good
Bad Memory
The Good Sister
I linked to the versions I completed, but there 652 combined pages in paperback editions.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 855
Rochelle20.6 - 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. Letters can only be used as often as they appear. Subtitles should be ignored.
The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig
Points: 20
Total points: 100
Amy FL50.1 - Trishhartuk's task: 3-2-1
3. Brave Girl, Quiet Girl by Catherine Ryan Hyde
2. A Gambling Man - Archer #2
1. Rubbernecker - first letter "R" in ted Rogers (set in Wales)
I linked to the versions I completed; the combined total of pages in the paperback editions is >1000.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 905
PegW25.10 - Bookwrm526's Task: Bingewatching
Option 1: Read a book with the main page genre humor. The genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
Sourcery
Option 2: Read a book with the main page genre mystery AND where the author’s first and last initials can be found in STRATFORD UPON AVON.
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 25
Total points: 385
DeborahPost #16
10.7 - Sweet Sixteen
Six Impossible Things
Points this post:10
Total Points: 325
Books Read:24
Tasks Done: 16
trishhartuk30.1 Teri-K's Task: Celebrate the Great Outdoors
Option 2: Read a book whose author's first and last initials are found in THALASSOPHILE.
Riot Baby, Tochi Onyebuchi
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (Polish?) here (214pg).
English HB (no PB) here (176pg)
ThalassOphile
Option 4: At least one word in the title that is also in the name of a U.S. National Park.
BLACK Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse
Read the kindle edition. PB here (496pg)
Park: BLACK Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado
Total pages: Polish PB for book one: 214 + 496 = 710pg
Total pages: English HB for book one: 176 + 496 = 672pg
Points this task: 30
Books read: 2
Total points: 410
Tasks completed: 22
Golden oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 1
Jasmiina F15.7 - The 80s Mix Tape:
Read an anthology or collection of short stories, essays and/or novellas:
Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories by Diana Wynne Jones.
*Big Book Ticket with 590 pages.*
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 21.0
Points this post: 15
Total points: 155
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (500+)
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Task 20.10 - Group ReadsO Pioneers!
comment: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
pub 1913 - claiming 1 GO tix
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930 points
4 GO tix
9 BB tix
FLY Task #25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
task: Option 2: MPGs of both Historical Fiction AND Science Fiction
book: Sandstorm (I did audio, link is to mmpb)
how it fits: both genres are MPGs
**claiming Big Book ticket** 1st mmpb is 608 pages
task: Option 4: Read a book set at least 50% in a capital city.
book: Everything Belongs to Us
how it fits: set almost entirely in Seoul (see description)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 305
Tasks completed: 19 /60
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Amy B15.2 - On Repeat
Read one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book that meets SRC rules.
The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
Book 2: Read another book written by the same author or co-authors (all must match) as Book 1.
The Devil's Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 620 Pooints
Coralie30.1 Celebrate the Great Outdoors
Option 2 – book by an author whose initials are found in dendRopHile
Fatherland by Robert Harris
Option 3 – book with all the letters of HIKE in the title
H in what, I in brings, K & E in darkness
What Darkness Brings
Total to date 605 points
JUKKA10.5 - She Blinded Me With Science
Option B: book whose author's initials are in SCIENCE.
Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max by Noelle Stevenson.
Total Points: 205/1070
Total Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 19/60
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 2
Bookwrm526Task #5.2 - Cowabunga!
Read a book set in Italy. I read The Wings of the Sphinx by Andrea Camilleri.
Total points so far: 660
Jessica DTask 15.10: Stuck in the Middle
Book in a series, not first/last/most recent
A Good Yarn
Points this task: 15
Total points: 310
Jessica DTask 15.3: Video Killed The Radio Star
Book 1: Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand (author initials in aErosmitH)
Book 2: Survive the Night (from song title All Night Long)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 325
ZachFor Task 15.3 - Video Killed the Radio Star I completed
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements. by reading Black Panther, Vol. 2: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book Two
Book 1 Requirements- initials TNC in Run DMC Vs Aerosmith
Book 2 Requirements - Nation in Rhythm Nation
Points this post: 15
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Totals
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Points: 130
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 0
Task 10.8 - Travelin' ManMPG Time Travel
The Time Machine
pub 1895 - claiming 1 GO tix
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940 points
5 GO tix
9 BB tix
Sarah E25.7 - Amy FL's Task: Right Up My Alley
Option 1: Mort can be found in AMATEUR BOWLERS TOUR
Mort
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is Mort
Option 4: Darklight (Darklight #1) by Bella Forrest
I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Darklight
Total Points: 110
PegW15.10 - 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.
Sourcery
It is #5 in the Discworld series
MPG of children present -
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 13.0
Points this post: 15
Total points: 375
PegW30.1 - Teri-K's Task: Celebrate the Great Outdoors.
Option 1:
Read a book from the list of 50 of the Best Nonfiction Nature Books
Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction (342 pages)
Option 3:
All the letters for either the word CAMP or HIKE must be found in the title, including subtitles.
Using HIKE:
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (351 pages)
Books 550+ in pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 405
Nick KY25.9 Brooke TXs Elder Millenial – Option C. Digital Natives & Chronologically Single
Book 1. I read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, on page 1 of the Computers in Literature list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
Book 2. I read The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, on page 1 of the Bonafide Bachelor’s List: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 800
HanneloreTask 5.3 - Mr. Conductor
Read a book where the author's initials are found in 'Ringo Starr' OR 'George Carlin'.
All initials must be included.
Book: De autist en de postduif
How it fits: The author's name is Rodaan Al Galidi. 'RAG' can be found in 'RinGo stAr'.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 13
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Andy P.Task 3 25.10 - Bookwrm526's Task: Bingewatching
Option 2. Read a book with the main page genre mystery AND where the author’s first and last initials can be found in STRATFORD UPON AVON. Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza
F in Stratford, N in Upon Mystery first mpg on home page
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 Alone in Amsterdam: The diary of an American woman by PK Engelbrecht
WANDAVISION
Points this post: 25
Total points: 855
HanneloreTask 15.6 - The 80's Mix Tape
Read an anthology or collection of short stories, essays and/or novellas (at least 3 works).
Book: Van de ballen verstand: Vrouwen die van voetbal houden
How it fits: This book is a collection of short stories from women about football (/soccer).
On this Amazon page all the names of the writers can be found: https://www.amazon.nl/Van-ballen-vers...
Points this task: 15
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 14
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.2 - Cowabunga!
Rome Is Where The Heart Is by Tilly Tennant
This book is set in Rome, Italy. From the description: "...so she hops on a plane to Rome."
Link to PD edition (no MMP): Rome Is Where the Heart Is
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 540 points
Tasks completed: 29
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
Line20.6 seasoned reader - inge’s task
i chose option 2 - read a book with at least three words in which the first letter of every word can be found in BEATRIX WILHELMINA ARMGARD
i read Du elsket alltid havet. D, E, A and H can be found in the name.
points for this task: 20
total points: 180
books read: 17
tasks completed: 14
ROBIN P25.7 Amy FL's Task: Right Up My Alley
Option 3: Set at least 50% in NY or FL - Behold the Dreamers is set almost exclusively in New York City and Long Island - GR description starts "Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem"
Options 4: 1st in series by a female author - Still Life first in Three Pines mystery series by Louise Penny
Points this task: 25
Total points: 735
BB: 4 GO: 8
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.1 - Shirley Jacksoniana
Book 1 -
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon
Option 2 - This book is a nonfiction biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Link to HB edition (no MMP, no PB): Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Book 2 -
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Option 3 - This book has a main page genre of “Humor" (shelved by 208 users)
Link to PB edition (no MMP): Dial A for Aunties
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 565 points
Tasks completed: 30
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
Bookwrm526Task #30.2 - The Joys of Home Ownership
Option 1: Read a book with the author’s first and last name initials in the word: PLUMBER. I read A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo.
Option 3: Read a fiction book that has a recipe included within the book. I read Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke, which has multiple recipes: Strawberry Shortcake Swensen, Apricot Bread Pudding, Oatmeal Raisin Crisp, Cocoa Snaps, Hawaiian Flan, and Chocolate Highlander Cookie Bars.
Total points so far: 690
jessrs5.7. The Bechdel test
The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical by Saundra Mitchell , Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin, Matthew Sklar
New Points: 5
Total points: 130
Line10.8 read a book with the MPG “time travel”
i read [Slaughterhouse Five or the Children’s Crusade|6682370], which has the MPG time travel
points for this task: 10
total points: 190
books read: 18
tasks completed: 15
Line10.8 read a book with the MPG “time travel”
i read Slaughterhouse Five or the Children’s Crusade, which has the MPG time travel
points for this task: 10
total points: 190
books read: 18
tasks completed: 15
20.1 Picking up the PiecesOption 4: Dog on cover
by Sarah SmileyNew points: 20
Total points: 105
I wish I'd finished this in time to post a review for consideration. It was such a warm and cozy book, which I think we need more of in the world! Highly recommended!
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25.3 CYNBAXTER’s Task: My Time has Come!
Option 1
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
(New to me book. Pub’d 2017. 285 pages.)
Option 4
The Overstory by Richard Powers
(New to me book. RP in SUPER. 502 pages.)
**BIG BOOK: The Overstory has 502 pages, worth 1 big book ticket.
285 + 502 = 787 pages > 501
Points this post: 25
Points total: 220
BB this post/total: 1/3
GO this post/total: 0/4