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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2021
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20.10 - Group Reads 1 book.
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
My comment is #15, here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Published 1913, Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Point.
Points: 20
Total Points: 1020
BB: 1
GO: 2
INSIYAH5.4. Barkis is Willing
3+ Word Title with Initials in CHARLES DICKENS
Book: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (ebook)
How it fits: A, C in Charles, C in DiCkens; 3 word title
Note: MMP has 160 pages.
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 750
Tasks Completed: 43
Books Read: 58
Joanne 25.4 - MEGSCL's Task: Lucky Number
My number was 3
Book 1: The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
#3 in the series
Published 2013
Claiming 2 BB 's 871 pages
Book 2: Lord of Emperors
Three word title
531 Pages
Claiming 1 BB 531 pages
Points this task 25
Total Points 275
BB's this task 3
Total BB's 6
Andy P.Task # 25.5 - 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 Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
Option 5: Read a book found on the Gold list
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything by John D. MacDonald found on page 2 of list (#89 when I last checked)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 935
StaceyNC5.10. Cheers!
Celebrate, by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Book: The Beast of Blackmoor
Completed: 6/29/21
Approved for length -- Post 8264
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 335
Tasks Completed: 19
StaceyNC20.1 - Most Improved - Louise's Task: Picking Up The Pieces
Option 4: A Girl’s Best Friend
* Read a book with a domestic dog on the cover. No silhouettes. The dog must be clearly visible.
Book:
Completed: 7/25/21
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 355
Tasks Completed: 20
StaceyNC25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Shirley Jacksoniana
Opt. 3. As Jackson also wrote two nonfiction humorous books concerning family life in the 1950s, read any book, fiction or nonfiction, with a GR main page genre of “Humor.”
Book: Mourning Wood
Completed: 8/3/21
MPG Humor noted post 46, Cleared for children's post 293
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.”
Book: The Last Place You Look
Completed: 8/9/21
Word: Last
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 21
StaceyNC30.2 - 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.
Book: My Sinful Temptation
Completed: 6/25/21
Author: Lauren Blakely
Option 3. Since the kitchen is the first room we’ve tackled, read a fiction book that has a recipe included within the book.
Book: I Dare You
Completed: 8/5/21
Recipe: Nana's Super Secret Pecan Pie, Double Chocolate Muffins
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 410
Tasks Completed: 22
StaceyNC30.3 - Bluemoon's Task: My Memories of the 1980's
A. THE OLYMPICS
1. WINTER OLYMPICS –
Read a book with a word in the TITLE of at least five letters that can be made from the letters in the phrase THIS IS YOUR MOMENT AND IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN.
Book: A Heart of Blood and Ashes
Completed: 7/9/21
Word: Heart or Ashes
2. SUMMER OLYMPICS
Read a book where all of the Author’s initials can be found in DEATH OF A DREAM. Letters can only be used as many times as they appear.
Book: The Hardest Fall
Completed: 6/23/21
Author: Ella Maise
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 440
Tasks Completed: 23
StaceyNC50.1 - Trishhartuk's task: 3-2-1
Read 3 books, one from each of the 3 prompts outlined below.
The three books must total at least 750 pages.
3: Read a book by an author with exactly three name parts – these can be initials, full names, etc.
Book: From Blood and Ash
Completed: 8/20/21
Pages: 500
2: Read a book that is part of a series AND includes a 2 in its series number in grayscale parenthesis after the title (#0.2, #2, #12, #21, #22, #3.2, etc).
Book: The Ex Effect
Completed: 7/31/21
Book #2 in Washington Wolves
Pages: 240
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.
Book: Blindsided
Completed: 8/15/21
Pages: 320
Location: London, England Review
Total Pages: 1060
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 490
Tasks Completed: 24
15.7 - The 80s Mix TapeRead an anthology or collection of short stories, essays and/or novellas (at least 3 works)
The Last Stair into Darkness
20 short stories, as stated in the description.
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 930
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
30.8 - Lauren Jodi's task: 80s Dynamic DuosOption 1: Read a book with exactly two men on the cover.
Option 5: Read a book with a character who has changed their occupation or profession.
All's Well
Description describes the main character as an "actor-turned-college theater professor."
Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 960
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Sarah E30.8 - Lauren Jodi's task: 80s Dynamic Duos
Option 1:
Option 4: From the Robots With Feelings list, page 1 currently #4
Exit Strategy
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is Çıkış Stratejisi
Total Points: 210
Laurie METask: 5.2: Cowabunga! - set in Italy or between 1300-1599; set in Italy.
Season of Storms
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 5
Laurie METask: 5.3: Mr. Conductor - Author's initials found in RINGO STARR or GEORGE CARLIN: GA from either.
The Discovery of King Arthur
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Laurie METask 5.4: Barkis Is Willing: title 3+ worlds, initial letters found in CHARLES DICKENS: AIC
Artists in Crime
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Laurie METask: 5.5: Working Together: 3+ authors in one book, together or separate:Dogs and Goddesses
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Laurie METask: 5.6: Let's Be Careful Out There: MPG: action or adventure.
The Fellowship of the Ring
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Laurie METask: 5.7: The Bechdel Test: 2 adult or teenaged women on cover:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 30
Laurie METask: 5.9: All in Good Fun: Author's name - Alex (or variant).
JFK-Secrets of Camelot Revealed by Alex Malcolm
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 40
Laurie METask 5.10: Cheers! Book of Choice:
The Return of the King
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 45
Reposting of # 2800Joanne Mi
25.4 - MEGSCL's Task: Lucky Number
My number was 3
Book 1: The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
#3 in the series
Published 2013
Claiming 2 BB 's 871 pages
Book 2: Lord of Emperors
Three word title
531 Pages
Claiming 1 BB 531 pages
Points this task 25
Total Points 275
BB's this task 3
Total BB's 6
Mod
25.4 - MEGSCL's Task: Lucky Number
My number was 6.
Book 1:
To Capture What We Cannot Keep. Beatrice Colin
a. 6 words in title
d. First Published 2016
Book 2:
Temptation Ridge. Robyn Carr
b. #6 in a series (Virgin River)
c. 416 pages
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 970/1090
Total Books Read: 74
Tasks Completed: 56/60
Amy FL5.8. Who Dun It?
The Round House - MPG Mystery (459 users at time of posting)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 910
Amy FL20.1 - Most Improved - Louise's Task: Picking Up The Pieces
Option 2: The Body Counter - YOUR (the bOdY coUnteR)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 930
Amy FL25.3 - CYNBAXTER's Task - My Time has Come!
Option 1: Find You First - published in 2021
Option 4: The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner (Super Mods)
Both books were new to me at time of reading. I linked to the audio editions since those are what I completed, but the combined pages exceeds 800.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 955
30.6 - Aprilleigh’s Task: Calling All Ailurophiles2 Book Option.
Book 1: Cashmere & Pepper
Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream by Katherine Manning
CASHMERE & PEPPEr appears in PEPPERCoRnS kAtHErinE Manning
Book 2: Cashmere & Amanda
Portuguese Irregular Verbs by Alexander McCall Smith
CASHMERE & aMANDA appears in AlExANDER McCAll SMitH
Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 990
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Kristi CO25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Shirley Jacksoniana
Option 3: humor
Broken by Jenny Lawson
Option 4: 'life' in The Haunting of Hill House
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Points this post: 25
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO30.1 - Teri-K's Task: Celebrate the Great Outdoors
Option 2: DENDROPHILE
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave (320 pg)
Option 3: camp
The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis (368 pg)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 9
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
30.8 - Lauren Jodi's task: 80s Dynamic DuosOption 3: CAGNEY & LACEY
Golden in Death
Option 5: SPENSER FOR HIRE
Cold Storage
The male lead who is noted as an ex-con on the description used to be in the military and he is now a security guard at a storage facility.
Previous total:570
Points 30
Total 600
Bookwrm526Task #35.6 - My New Favorite Comedian
Option 3: Read a book where the author's first and last name initials appear in ONE of states: FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, LOUISIANA or NEVADA. I chose NEVADA and read The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo.
Option 4: Read a book with a title of at least three words, where ALL the first letters of the title words can be found in CHAOS KNOWS NO SIDES. I read We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix (WOS in KNOWS; S in SIDES).
Total points so far: 715
5.8 Who Dun ItRead a book with the mpg Mystery (stand alone or embedded)
The Stolen Boys by Joy Ellis
MMP = 371pp
Points earned this post: 5
Total points earned: 80
5.10 Cheers! Book of your choice.
The Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima
MMP: 598pp
Points earned this post: 5
Total points earned: 85
20.1 Louise's Task: Picking Up The PiecesOption 2 Grow your own: Read a book with all of the letters of one of the words 'Grow, your, or own.
OWN
The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L. Armentrout
MMP: 645pp
Points earned this post: 20
Total points earned: 105
20.9 Elizabeth P's Task: Big MovesOptions 3: Read a book first published between 2014-2021, inclusive.
Devolution by Max Brooks
Published May 14th 2020. MMP = 304pp
Points earned this post: 20
Total points earned: 125
25.5 Sarah E's Task: The Mysterious Cities of GoldOption 1: Read a book set in the 16th century (1500-1599).
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Set in 1580's Warwickshire.
Option 4: Read a book set at least 50% in a capital city. For the purposes of this task, the city must be found on this List of national capitals.
The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke by Tina Makereti
Set at least 50% in London (smaller % in Te Whanganui a Tara -Wellington; capital of NZ)
MMP = 336pp
Points earned this post: 25
Total points earned: 150
30.3 Bluemoon's Task: My Memories of the 1980'sOption A: Olympics / 1 - Winter Olympics. Read a book with a word in the TITLE of at least five letters that can be made from the letters in the phrase THIS IS YOUR MOMENT AND IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. Subtitles are excluded. State the word.
Word = Spring
Rebel Spring by Morgan Rhodes
MMP = 401pp
Option B: Space Exploration / Challenger. Read a book with at least 2 digits from 773 in its page count. Digits may only be used as often as they appear. ex, 177 pages, 237 pages, 370 pages.
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Pb 317pp
Points earned this post: 30
Total points earned: 180
25.8 – Shelby’s Task: Things to Look Forward To!!!Option 2 - Family: Any book from a series that matches one or a combination of nieces/nephews ages. (I chose #3)
The Fourth Friend (Jackman & DS Evans #3) by Joy Ellis Joy Ellis
MMP: 263pp
Option 3. Film: All the author's initials in INDUSTRIAL (A & L)
Consent by Annabel Lyon
MMP: 224pp
Points earned this post: 25
Total points earned: 205
babbling c30.3 - Bluemoon's Task: My Memories of the 1980's
A. THE OLYMPICS
1. WINTER OLYMPICS -
Read a book with a word in the TITLE of at least five letters that can be made from the letters in the phrase THIS IS YOUR MOMENT AND IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. Subtitles are excluded.
Crown of Death -kindle Crown of Death - paperback pgs. 264 by Keary Taylor
D in and
e a in happen
th in this
2. SUMMER OLYMPICS
Read a book where all of the Author’s initials can be found in DEATH OF A DREAM. Letters can only be used as many times as they appear
Awaken the Darkness - kindle Awaken the Darkness - paperback pgs. 260. by Dianne Duvall
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 335/1070
Completed Tasks: 15/60
Golden oldies:
******
Pages read this season: 9,783
Books read this season: 25
Task 20.3 - Literary TouristGo to the Literature-Map site and search for an author you have read and enjoyed any time since June 1, 2020.
I chose this book:
Book Read: Homegoing
Author of Book: Yaa Gyasi
Date Finished Reading: February 07, 2021
I looked at the lit-map for Yaa Gyasi
https://www.literature-map.com/yaa+gyasi
I picked NEW-TO-ME author Celeste Ng
And I read:
Little Fires Everywhere (2017) by Celeste Ng (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 338 pages)
195 + 20 = 215
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 195 + 20 = 215
Books read: 15
Pages read: 4,135
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 06
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
FLY Task #10.5 - She Blinded Me With Science
task: b. Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in SCIENCE.
book: What Doesn't Kill Her
how it fits: author Carla Norton initials CN in SCIENCE
Points this post: 10
Total points: 330
Tasks completed: 22 /60
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
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Amy B25.7 - Amy FL's Task: Right Up My Alley
Choose two of the following options and read one book for each. Required: Identify the options you’ve selected in your post.
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. Required: State the word.
Butter Honey Pig Bread (Butter) by Francesca Ekwuyasi
Option 3: Read a book that is set at least 50% in either of these states. Required: If the location is not apparent from the GR description or metadata, please provide a link to confirm the New York or Florida setting.
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (NY) - location is stated in first sentence in second paragraph of main page description
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 645 Points
Line30.7 mazza1’s task
i chose option 2 and 3
option 2 - read a new to me book by a favourite author i’ve read at least twice before and rated 4 or 5 stars. The author I chose was Neal Shusterman. I read The Toll. Previously i’ve read Scythe, which i gave 4 stars, and Thunderhead, which i gave 5 stars. The toll was a new to me book.
option 3 - read a much loved book that i’ve read at least twice before. I read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. i’ve read this book at least twice before, and the book is over 10 years old (published in 2005). It has a children’s MPG, but the tasks states that one book can have the children’s genre.
points for this task: 30
total points: 220
books read: 20
tasks completed: 16
Task 25.10 - Bingewatchingoption 1: Humour MPG
Guards! Guards!
IL: UY
option 3: Mystery MPG & author initials in INDEPENDENT
Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett
MPG verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
IL: UY
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990 points
9 BB tix
5 GO tix
Bookwrm526Task #30.6
Two Book Option
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. I chose the names Pepper and Cashmere and read The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap by Paulette Mahurin. For PEPPER, PEER in persecution, P in dunlap, P in paulette; for CASHMERE, the R doesn't have to be repeated, CS in persecution, a in dunlap, M H in mahurin, ER in mildred, E in the.
Book 2: Select another two intersecting names (you can re-use one name) and do the same as book 1: I chose the names Cashmere and Amanda, and read Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli.
For CASHMERE, CE in becky, AS in sapiens, HM in homo, RE in albertalli; for AMANDA the first A doesn't have to be repeated, MN in simon, ADA in agenda.
Total points so far: 745
Lisa MD25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Notes From an Elder Millennial
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.
🔸Regretting You by Colleen Hoover
Title word You starts with "Y"
Read ebook.
Linked to PB. No MMPB.
366 pages
Book 2: Read a book with the word "ME" found intact in the title or subtitle.
🔸Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
ME found intact in subtitle word Times
241 pages
👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 450/1070
Total Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 26/60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Bookwrm526Task #20.10 - Group Reads
I chose to read Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy and posted in the discussion at post #10.
Total points so far: 765
20.1 Picking Up the PiecesOpt 2 - letters of OWN in title
Go Set a Watchman
O - gO,
W,N - WatchmaN
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 215
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2 books.
Book 1. Domestic animal central to the plot or subject.
Hemingway's Cats by Lindsey Hooper
Book 2.Nonfiction book, animals are subjects.
Sweetness and Light: The Mysterious History of the Honeybee by Hattie Ellis
272 pp + 256 pp = 528 pp
Points: 25
Total Points: 1000
BB: 1
GO: 1