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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2021
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Laurie METask 10.5: She Blinded Me with Science: MPG of science.
When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 85
Laurie METask: 10.6: Let's Get Physical: Author with hyphenated name
The Mythology of Richard III by John Ashdown-Hill
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 95
Laurie METask 10.7: Sweet Sixteen: number in title spelled out
The Nine Tailors
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 105
Laurie METask: 10.9: Rain Man: Title 2+ words, all words no longer than 4 letters.
The Path of the Pole
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 125
Angela IL30.4 - Opposites Attract
Antonym Pair: Always/Never
Book 1: We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby-8/9 (272 pgs)
Book 2: Always the Last to Know by Kristan Higgins-8/22 (377 pgs)
649 pages total
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 425
Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 19/60
30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: Ready to PlanMy home continent is North America.
Book 1:
Europe Spins
Ioannina, Greece
Subotica, Serbia
Solothurn, Switzerland
The Last
Set entirely in Switzerland, as stated in the description.
Book 2:
South America Spins
Sorocaba, Brazil
La Serena, Chile
Taganga, Columbia
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Set more than 50% in Brazil, as listed in the metadata.
Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 1020
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Cindy FTask 5.4 Barkis Is Willing
Title of at least 3 words where initial letters are found in CHARLES DICKENS (A,S,D)
A Superior Death by Nevada Barr
Points this post:5
Total points:105
Books read:10
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:2 tickets
Tasks completed:9
Cindy FTask 20.1 Picking Up the Pieces
Option 2: All letters OWN in title
The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
Points this post:20
Total points:125
Books read:11
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:2 tickets
Tasks completed:10
Cindy FTask 15.10 Stuck in the Middle
Whole book in series that is not the first published or the last/most recent published
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
#4 of 16
Points this post:15
Total points:140
Books read:12
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:2 tickets
Tasks completed:11
Cindy FTask 5.8 Who Dun It?
Main page genre Mystery
The Hangman by Louise Penny
87 pages My 1 book 80-99 pages for ONE 5 point task
Points this post:5
Total points:145
Books read:13
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:2 tickets
Tasks completed:12
Kim O30.9 - Cat's Task: The Perks of UNO
Option 2: (One book option) pick two tasks and read one book that meets the requirements of both
This book has 834 pages.Task A: Read a book that is at least 50% (as per TinEye) Red, Yellow, Green or Blue.
TinEye score
83.1 %#273976Blue
4.2 %#d9c4b1Pink
3.1 %#9b8e83Grey
3.0 %#6e6e75Grey
2.0 %#575d77Grey
1.7 %#1d1e1fBlack
1.1 %#b3a074Brown
0.8 %#d7b97cBrown
0.7 %#212038Violet
0.3 %#548ec8Blue
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83.4 blue
Task B: Read a book written by a single author who has an initial (any name part will work) I, V or E.
Points this task: 30
Big book tickets claimed: 2
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Totals:
Points: 240
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks completed: 9
HanneloreTask 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.
Book: Rood
How it fits: Was nominated but did not win in the category YA SF.
The english version of the book has the title 'Red Rising'.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 345
Tasks completed: 16
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
Scooter&Siam20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Inge's Task: Queen Beatrix
Choosing Option 2
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.
Read A Town Like Alice
Points: 20
Total: 155
repost of #285230.4 Opposites Attract - >600 pgs Used cold/hot from list
Bk 1 - Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook -512 pgs
Bk 2 - Running Hot - 337 pgs
512+337=849 pgs
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 340
Kelly L30.9 - Cat's Task: The Perks of UNO
Option 1: (Two book option) pick two different tasks and read one book for each
Task A: Read a book that is at least 50% (as per TinEye) Red, Yellow, Green or Blue.
Somebody's Daughter is 66.4% blue, according to TinEye. # of pages = 224
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.
Summer of '69 by [[E]]lin Hildebrand
For both options, your combined page total must be at least 500 pages 224 + 432 = 656
This post = 30 points
Total this season = 135 points
Kelly LTask 20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves
This is a one book task. Choose one option and read a book for it; The book must be 250+ pages. Required: Identify the option.
Option One: Read a book set in Michigan, Indiana, Colorado, Arizona, Washington state, Florida, Tennessee, or Massachusetts. Must be set 50%+ in that location.
With Teeth is set in Florida (see GR description) and 304 pages long.
This post = 20 points
Total this season = 155 points
MEGSCLUNCLAIMING!
Task 20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves
Option 1: set in michigan (per metadata) - Beach Read
TOTAL TO DATE
470 points
3 big book
Kelly L10.2 -O'kay
In 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor is nominated as the first female Supreme Court Justice. Read a book written by an author with a name part that begins with O'.
The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary
This post = 10 points
Total this season = 165 points
MEGSCL30.1 - Teri-K's Task: Celebrate the Great Outdoors.
Option 2:Read a book whose author's first and last initials are found in DENDROPHILE. Beach Read by Emily Henry
Option 3: All the letters for either the word HIKE must be found in the title, including subtitles. Walk Through Walls: A Memoir
TOTAL TO DATE
500 points
3 big book
MEGSCLTask 20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves
Option 3: Read a book first published between 2014-2021, inclusive. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TOTAL TO DATE
520 points
3 big book
Julia10315.6 - Don't You Forget About Me
All the Light We Cannot See (on page 2 of list)
This book is 531 pages so claiming one BB ticket.
This post: 15 points, 1 BB
Total points: 650
BB: 10
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 39
Total books read: 53
MEGSCL25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Notes From an Elder Millennial
OPTION A: The Era
Book 1: Read a book first published between 1981 and 1996, inclusive. Picture Perfect
Book 2: Read a book by an author born between 1981 and 1996 inclusive. Who Gets to Be Smart by Bri Lee (born 13 December 1991 according to Wikipedia, but gr won’t let me link it)
TOTAL TO DATE
545 points
3 big book
Bookwrm526Task #15.9 - I Want My MTV
Read a book with a TITLE that contains all the letters MTV. I read Moonlight Falls on Seven Sisters by M.L. Bullock (MT in moonlight, V in seven).
Total points so far: 780
Task 30.7 -- A Little Of What You FancyYou may use the same option BUT your books MUST be by different authors.
Option 1
Read the next new-to-you book in a series that you have previously rated 4 or 5 stars
I read the next new-to-me book in the Wayward Children series.
Across the Green Grass Fields (Wayward Children #6) (2021) by Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 174 pages)
The previous books in the series that I have read and rated 4* or 5* are:
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children #1) 5* Finished on: March 24, 2019
Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children, #2) 5* Finished on: June 02, 2019
Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3) 5* Finished on: August 09, 2019
In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4) 4* Finished on: February 08, 2020
**Book #5 of series I rated 3 stars**
Option 1
Read the next new-to-you book in a series that you have previously rated 4 or 5 stars
I read the next new-to-me book in the Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery series.
Dyeing Wishes (Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery #2) (2013) by Molly MacRae (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 292 pages)
The previous book in the series that I have read and rated 4* is:
#1 Last Wool and Testament Finished on: January 31, 2020 rated 4 stars
235 + 30 = 265
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 235 + 30 = 265
Books read: 18
Pages read: 4,910
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
babbling c10.7 - 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.
A Thousand Perfect Things - kindle A Thousand Perfect Things - paperback pg 292 by Kay Kenyon
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 400/1070
Completed Tasks: 20/60
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 12,223
Books read this season: 31
5.10. Cheers! Firestorm audible - Firestorm paperback pgs 292 by Rachel Caine
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 405/1070
Completed Tasks: 21/60
Golden oldies:
******
Pages read this season: 12,515
Books read this season: 32
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.10 - Stuck in the Middle
The Left Hand of Darkness
Totals
Points: 160
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 11
Total Books read: 13
FLY Task #15.3 - Video Killed the Radio Star
task: Option 2: one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements.
1: single author whose initials can be found in the name of one of the artists/groups from Greatest 1980s Music Videos
2: word in the title matches exactly a word in the title of Best 80s songs
book: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
how it fits: author is Stieg Larsson, initials SL
artist - PauL Simon
song - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
**claiming 2 big book tickets for reading mmpb edition, 820 pages**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 24 /60
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
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INSIYAH10.8 - Travelin' Man
MPG Time Travel
Book: The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
How it fits: MPG Time Travel
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 790
Tasks Completed: 45/60
Books Read: 61
Inge 25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Shirley Jacksoniana
Option 2
Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II
option 4
Ooit aten we dieren
word: aten
Points this task: 25
total points: 415
task completed: 25
Inge30.3 - Bluemoon's Task: My Memories of the 1980's
option A1
Paris Letters
Word: Paris
option A2:
Op zee
Toine Hermans, TH in death
Points this task: 30
total points: 445
task completed: 26
CoralieI wish to CANCEL post 2672
30.1 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 670 points
Coralie30.1 Celebrate the Great Outdoors
Option 2 – book by an author whose initials are found in dendRopHile
The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez
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 700 points
Coralie25.5 The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Option 2 – book with MPG’s of both Science Fiction and Historical Fiction
Fatherland
Option 4 – book set in a capital city
A Bookshop in Algiers
Set in Algiers - capital of Algeria
Total to date 725 points
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.10 - Stuck in the Middle
Mistletoe and Mr. Right by Sarah Morgenthaler
This is Book #2 of a currently published 3 book series (Moose Springs, Alaska Series)
Link to PB edition (no MMP): Mistletoe and Mr. Right
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 580 points
Tasks completed: 31
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.1 - Tsundoku
Book 1 -
Dust by Kara Swanson
This book was written by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in TSUNDOKU.
Link to PB edition (no MMP): Dust
Book 2 -
The Substitute by Denise Grover Swank
This book was added to my "own-on-nook" shelf on December 30, 2018.
Link to PB edition (no MMP): The Substitute
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 595 points
Tasks completed: 32
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
Delicious Dee30.7 - MAZZA1's Task: A Little Of What You Fancy
Option 1 - Isn't It Bromantic? - #4 in the Bromance Book Club - book is NEW to me; I've previously read all the books in the series the most recent being #3 (Crazy Stupid Bromance) in January 2021 and I gave it 4 stars
Option 3 - Years - i've lost track of how many times i've read this over the years - but its been at least twice before - probably more like 10 times
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 520
Sara G25.10 - Bookwrm526's Task: Bingewatching
Option 1: Taskmaster – For this option, read a book with the main page genre humor.
The Witches are Coming by Lindy West
Option 2: Shakespeare and Hathaway – For this option, read a book with the main page genre mystery (stand-alone or embedded) AND where the author’s first and last initials can be found in STRATFORD UPON AVON.
A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman
STRATFORD UPON AVON
Points this post: 25
Total points: 705
Boston Kate
20.10 Group Reads
Eat a Peach
commented in discussion thread post 20
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Nick KY10.4 E.T.Phone Home –
I read Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, on p. 3 (bottom) of the list.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 845
Nick KY30.5 DlmRose’s Continents –
I live in North America.
Asia: Munnar, India
Angkor Archaeological Park, Cambodia
Aleppo, Syria
I chose Cambodia and read Death in the Rainy Season by Anna Jaquiery, set in Phnom Phen.
South America: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Quito, Ecuador
Natal, Brazil
I chose Argentina and read Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig, set in Buenos Aires.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 875
Sarah E20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Inge's Task: Queen Beatrix
Option 2: BEATRIX WILHELMINA ARMGARD
A Man Lay Dead
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is A Man Lay Dead
Golden Oldie, first published 1934. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Total points: 280
Total GOs: 2
Sarah E30.6 - Aprilleigh’s Task: Calling All Ailurophiles
Two book option
Book 1: CASHMERE and PEPPER
Chocolate Peppermint & Murder by Susan Gillard
I read the kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Chocolate Peppermint & Murder
Book 2: CASHMERE and AMANDA
My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is My Italian Bulldozer
Total points: 310
LAUREN JODI15.5 - On Faery Wings
Spellbinder by Thea Harrison
Fae character: Isabeau, Queen of the Light Court
* I claim a Big Book ticket for this book, which is 512 pages long. *
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 705/1070
Big Book Tickets: 3
Total Books Read: 53
Tasks Completed: 36/60
LAUREN JODI25.8 - Shelby’s Task: Things to Look Forward To!!!
Option 2: FAMILY
Beyond Seduction by Stephanie Laurens (6th in series)
Book #3: FILM
Angels Fall by Nora Roberts
Author initials in INDUSTRIAL
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 730/1070
Big Book Tickets: 3
Total Books Read: 55
Tasks Completed: 37/60
Andy P.Task # 15.6 - Don't You Forget About Me
Read a book that has been shelved on this list as Coming of Age
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt Found on page 1 of list.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 965
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25.8 – Shelby’s Task: Things to Look Forward To!!!Help Thread
It’s been a long year for all of us and I for one and looking forward to this summer for all the things it’s going to let me FINALLY do. I’ve already got a few things planned for this summer that I haven’t been able to do with all the restrictions of the pandemic. Each of these tasks is modeled after one of the things I’m most looking forward to this summer…
For this task you will need to read two books using two different options.
REQUIRED: State the options you chose.
2. FAMILY – Read any book from a series that matches one or a combination of their ages.
I read Stiletton which is #2 in the Checquy series. This book has 583 pp and is a ******BIG BOOK ******
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.
I read Lilyville: Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I've Played by Tovah Feldshuh whose initials can be found in independenT Film.
points: 275
books read: 24
tasks completed: 18
tasks in progress: 3
Big Books: 1
pages read: 8616
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Total Points: 75