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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2021
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30.6 - Aprilleigh’s Task: Calling All AilurophilesBook 1, CASHMERE and AMANDA letters in title/author's name: Death by Cashmere by Sally Goldenbaum
Book 2, CASHMERE and PEPPER letters in title/author's name: The Peppermint Tea Chronicles by Alexander McCall Smith
Points this post: 30
Total points: 860
Shelby
5.3. Mr. Conductor
Read a book where the author's initials are found in Ringo Starr OR George Carlin.: Killman Creek, by Rachel Caine
How Fits: Author - Rachel Caine
Points this post: 5
Total points: 215
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.2 -O'kay
Read a book written by an author with a name part that begins with O'.: Chef in the Wild, by M.J. O'Shea
How Fits: Author - M.J. O'Shea
Points this post: 10
Total points: 225
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.3 - Never Bring a Knife to A Gun Fight
Read a book that features an archaeologist as a main character.: Birthright, by Nora Roberts
How Fits: MC - from description..."When five-thousand-year-old human bones are found at a construction site in the small town of Woodsboro, the news draws archaeologist Callie Dunbrook out of her sabbatical and into a whirlwind of adventure, danger, and romance."
Claiming 1 Big Book Tickets - 502pgs
Points this post: 10
Total points: 235
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.4 - E.T. Phone Home
Read a book on the Aliens Books list.: Mostly Harmless, by Douglas Adams
How Fits: Page 5 on Aliens List
Points this post: 10
Total points: 245
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.5 - She Blinded Me With Science
Option B
Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in SCIENCE.: The Soldati General, by Charlie Cochet
How Fits: Author - Charlie Cochet
Points this post: 10
Total points: 255
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.7 - Sweet Sixteen
Read a book with a number in the TITLE that is in word form.: Fourth Point of Contact: The Warden and the General, by A.J. Sherwood
How Fits: Title - Fourth Point of Contact
Points this post: 10
Total points: 265
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.9 - Rain Man
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.: Slow Burn, by Pamela Clare
How Fits: Title - 2 words all 4 characters Slow Burn
Points this post: 10
Total points: 275
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
15.3 - Video Killed the Radio Star
Book 1
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the name of one of the artists/groups from this list of Greatest 1980s Music Videos.: Firekeeper's Daughter, by Angeline Boulley
How Fits: Artist - David Bowie, Author - Angeline Boulley
AND
Book 2
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that matches exactly a word in the title of one of these Best 80s songs.: Made Mine, by Sloane Kennedy
How Fits: Song - Sweet Child of Mine, Title - Made Mine
Points this post: 15
Total points: 290
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
15.3 - Video Killed the Radio Star
Read a whole number book in a series that is NOT the first or the last/most recently published book in the series.: Waking Bel, by Jocelynn Drake
How Fits: #3 of 5 in Lords of Discord
Points this post: 15
Total points: 305
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
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.: Once Bitten, by Kalayna Price
How Fits: Lit Map / Author Ilona Andrews read on May 4, 2021 / Kalayna Price is a NTY author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 325
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
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.: Unexpected, by Sloane Kennedy
How Fits: Author - Sloane Kennedy
Points this post: 20
Total points: 345
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.7 - 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.: Aurora Rising, by Amie Kaufman
How Fits: Runner up on Young Adult Science Fiction
Points this post: 20
Total points: 365
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season.: Eat a Peach, by David Chang
How Fits: Group Comment
Points this post: 20
Total points: 385
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Shirley Jacksoniana
Option 3
Read any book, fiction or nonfiction, with a GR main page genre of “Humor.”: Equal Rites, by Terry Pratchett
How Fits: MPG - Humor
AND
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.”: Spell or High Water, by Scott Meyer
How Fits: Word - High / Title: Spell or High Water
Points this post: 25
Total points: 410
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
30.3 - Bluemoon's Task: My Memories of the 1980's
B. Space Exploration - Option 1
Read a book with at least 2 digits from 773 in its page count.: Mate, by Piper Scott
How Fits: Page Count - 378
AND
B. Space Exploration - Option 2
Read a book that has an MPG of Space.: Starlight, by Lisa Henry
How Fits: MPG - Space
Points this post: 30
Total points: 440
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
30.4 - Sandy's Task: Opposites Attract.
Book 1
Pick a pair of antonyms from the following list:
Michigan Proficiency Exams Antonym List.: The Next Always, by Nora Roberts
How Fits: Antonym - Always / Title: The Next Always
AND
Book 2
Pick a pair of antonyms from the following list:
Michigan Proficiency Exams Antonym List.: Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover, by Sarah MacLean
How Fits: Antonym - Never / Title: Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover
Points this post: 30
Total points: 470
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
30.6 - Aprilleigh’s Task: Calling All Ailurophiles
Book 1
Using the above image, select any two intersecting names and read a book that contains all of those letters in the title and author’s name. : Death By Cashmere, by Sally Goldenbaum
How Fits: Words - Cashmere & Amanda / Title & Author - DeAth by Cashmere & SAlly GoldeNbAuM
AND
Book 2
Select another two intersecting names. You can re-use one name but not both. Read a book that contains all of those letters in the title (no subtitles) and author’s name: The Party Boy's Guide to Dating a Geek, by Piper Vaughn
How Fits: Words - Piper & Gypsy / Title & Author - The PartY BoY'S Guide to Dating a Geek & Piper Vaughn
Points this post: 30
Total points: 500
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
30.8 - Lauren Jodi's task: 80s Dynamic Duos
Option 1
Read a book with exactly two men on the cover.: In Deeper Waters, by F.T. Lukens
How Fits: Cover - 2 Men
AND
Option 2
Read a book with an imposter – the character must be impersonating someone else OR have assumed a fictitious identity. : Outing the Quarterback, by Tara Lain
How Fits: MC goes by the assumed name Will Smith so he can pursue his art unrecognized as the star college QB, William Elliot Ashford III
Points this post: 30
Total points: 530
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
50.1 - Trishhartuk's task: 3-2-1
Option 3
Read a book by an author with exactly three name parts: Slippery Creatures, by K.J. Charles
How Fits: Author - K.J. Charles & Location - England
AND
Option 2
Read a book that is part of a series AND includes a 2 in its series number. : Jon's Crazy Head-Boppin' Mystery, by A.J. Sherwood
How Fits: #2 in Jon's Mysteries
AND
Option 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.: Nailed, by K.M. Neuhold
How Fits: Title - Nailed
Points this post: 50
Total points: 580
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Julia1035.8. Who Dun It?
My Lady Judge (MPG Mystery)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 620
BB: 8
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 37
Total books read: 51
JUKKA15.10 - Stuck in the Middle
Book that is not the first or the latest in a series.
Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max by Noelle Stevenson.
Total Points: 210/1070
Total Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 19/60
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 2
trishhartuk15.1 Tsundoku
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in TSUNDOKU.
Wally Funk's Race for Space, Sue Nelson
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Book 2: Read a book that was added to your TBR before June 1, 2020 (last year).
Grace Against the Clock, Julie Hyzy
Added to my GR “to-read” shelf on 22 February 2017
Points this task: 15
Books read: 2
Total points: 425
Tasks completed: 24
Golden oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 1
Nick KY25.7 Amy FLs Right Up My Alley –
Opt. 3 -- set in New York. I read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Opt. 4 -- female author, first book in a series. I read Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Ancestral Night at 512 pp.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 825
Big Books So Far: 5
JUKKA30.1 - Teri-K's Task: Celebrate the Great Outdoors.
Option 2: Book whose author's first and last initials are found in DENDROPHILE or THALASSOPHILE.
The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood
Option 4: Book with word in title that's also in the name of a US National Park.
Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers has "death" from Death Valley. Read as part of The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Whose Body? / Clouds of Witness, / Unnatural Death. First published in 1927 and Golden Oldie.
Total Points: 240/1070
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 20/60
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 3
Andy P.Task # 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: The View from Lockdown
Read a book that has one of the word WATER in the title Plurals acceptable.
Siren of the Waters by Michael Genelin
Points this post: 20
Total points: 875
Angela IL25.9- Notes From an Elder Millennial
OPTION B: Generation Y/Generation Me
Book 1: Read a book where a word in the title begins with a Y.
Things You Won't Say by Sarah Pekkanen- 8/12
(You)
Book 2: Read a book with the word "ME" found intact in the title or subtitle.
Know My Name by Chanel Miller- 8/18
(NaME)
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 395
Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 19/60
trishhartuk15.6 Don't You Forget About Me
Read a book that has been shelved on this list as Coming of Age.
Looking for Alaska, John Green
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Page 1, #5 on the list
Just in case: AR Quiz No. 224978 EN Fiction; IL: UY - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11.0
Points this task: 15
Books read: 2
Total points: 440
Tasks completed: 25
Golden oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 1
BUCKET15.6 Don’t You Forget About Me
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
(Page 4 of the list.)
Points this post: 15
Points total: 235
BB this post/total: 0/3
GO this post/total: 0/4
Picking Up the PiecesOption 2 - Grow Your Own
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
OWN
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 265
Jessica DTask 15.9: I Want My MTV
Book with M T V in title
People We Meet on Vacation
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 340
INSIYAH15.8 - Found in Translation
Female author and translated
Book: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (ebook)
How it fits: Female author, translated from Japanese
Note: English paperback has 163 pages.
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 685
Tasks Completed: 40
Books Read: 53
FLY Task #10.1 - Eventful Eighties
task: Read a book first published in the 1980s
book: Arrows of the Queen
how it fits: first published 1987
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 15.0
Points this post: 10
Total points: 315
Tasks completed: 20 /60
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
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25.7 Right Up My AlleyOption 1: Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey
Word is LOST
Option 3: We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange
Takes place in New York
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 290
Jen K30.4 - Sandy's Task: Opposites Attract.
Antonym Pair: Bad-Good
Book 1: The Bad Muslim Discount- 368 pages
Book 2: The Only Good Indians - 310 pages
368+310 > 600
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 780
30.3 My Memories of the 80sOption A1 - Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr
PRUSSIAN - IS in this, S in is, UR in your, AN in and, P in happen
528 pages - a Big Book ticket
Option B1 - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Total pages 377
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 320
Lisa MD20.7 - 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.
🔸The Killings at Kingfisher Hill: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery by Sophie Hannah
Poll #8 - Continuation Novel
288 pages
👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 425/1070
Total Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 25/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Kathy KS15.7 - The 80s Mix Tape
Read an anthology or collection of short stories, essays and/or novellas (at least 3 works)
Photographers: A Sourcebook for Historical Research, by Peter E. Palmquist
How it fits: Contains eight (8) essays on research/photography: six in the body of the work and two in the appendix.
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 525
Tasks completed: 23
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Mod
15.1 - Tsundoku
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in TSUNDOKU.
The Patchwork Bride. Sandra Dallas
Book 2: Read a book that was added to your TBR before June 1, 2020 (last year).
Home for the Summer. Holly Chamberlin
Added to my GR TBR on June 1, 2017.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 945/1090
Total Books Read: 72
Tasks Completed: 55/60
5.7. The Bechdel test
Red Hood's Revenge by Jim C. HinesPoints This Post: 5
Grand Total Points: 345/1070
Total Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 27/60
Big Book Tickets 500+ pgs: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: Summer PlayOption 1: Fire Inside by Kristen Ashley
Drama is listed as main page genre.
Points This Post: 20
Grand Total Points: 365/1070
Total Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 28/60
Big Book Tickets 500+ pgs: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Mysterious Cities of GoldOption 2: A Rogue In A Kilt by Sandy Blair
Historical fiction & Science fiction are MPG's
Option 4: Only You by Elizabeth Lowell
Setting is in Denver, Co
Points This Post: 25
Grand Total Points: 390/1070
Total Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 29/60
Big Book Tickets 500+ pgs: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
25.7 - Amy FL's Task: Right Up My AlleyOption 1: Trouble in Paradise by Carolyn Brown
"Trouble" was used as the title word
Option 4: Finders Keepers by Shirl Henke
Female author, first in a series
Points This Post: 25
Grand Total Points: 415/1070
Total Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 30/60
Big Book Tickets 500+ pgs: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: Ready to PlanOption 1: The Intrigue at Highbury: Or, Emma's Match by Carrie Bebris
My home country is USA. Continent selected: Europe
Results given: Girona, Spain; Limburg an der Lahn, Germany; Ashbourne, England, United Kingdom
Book is set in England
Option 2: Mr. Sinful by Serenity Woods
Continent selected: Oceania - Results given: Thredbo, Australia; Dunedin, New Zealand; Noumea, New Caledonia
Book is set in New Zealand
Points This Post: 30
Grand Total Points: 445/1070
Total Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 31/60
Big Book Tickets 500+ pgs: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
30.8 - Lauren Jodi's task: 80s Dynamic DuosOption 4: The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov
Listed on Page 1, #22
Option 5: Rogue Soldier by Dana Marton
"former special agent" is in the book description
Points This Post: 30
Grand Total Points: 475/1070
Total Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 32/60
Big Book Tickets 500+ pgs: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
FLY Task #5.10. Cheers!
task: book of your choice that meets SRC rules
book: The Clockwork Girl
how it fits: GN, 120 pages, not found in AR Bookfinder
Points this post: 5
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 21 /60
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
25.8 – Shelby’s Task: Things to Look Forward To!!!Option 2: Peaches for Father Francis
#3 in Chocolat series
Option 3: Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
Author initials in INDEPENDENT FILM
Total points: 185
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