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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2021
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Angela IL20.5 Bigger is Better
Option 1: Read a book whose title OR author contains at least one J, Q, X, or Z.
Author J in Jenkins
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid- 8/27
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 465
Books Read: 33
Tasks Completed: 21/60
Barbara ★10.10 - Soviet Bloc Crumbles
Read a book set in at least 50% in one or more Soviet Bloc countries or other aligned states.
The Girl in the Tower - Katherine Arden 8/27
(set 100% in Russia)
Points this task: 1
Total points: 595
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!**
10.10 - Soviet Bloc Crumbles
Read a book set in at least 50% in one or more Soviet Bloc countries or other aligned states: Eastern Bloc Countries.
Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing
How it fits: Set in POLAND
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 610-10=600
Tasks completed: 27-1=26
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
Line15.8 found in translation
read a book by a female author originally written in a language other than your primary language
I read The Husband’s Secret . This book was originally written in english, and my primary language is norwegian.
points for this task: 15
total points: 310
books read: 26
tasks completed: 19
Kathy KS25.8 – 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. REQUIRED: State your home location, the location you’ve chosen, and that you've never been there.
Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing, by Maryla Szymiczkowa
How it fits: Set in POLAND.
I live in North America and have never been to Poland.
[Bonus: I have a grandson there right now and would love to visit him!]
3. FILM – Read a book with ALL the author's initials in either INDUSTRIAL or INDEPENDENT FILM
The Rynox Murder, by Philip MacDonald
PM=indePendent filM
mmpb=143 pages ; 1st published 1930
I read this in the omnibus, Three for midnight, p. 319-437.
***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket for 1930 pub. date***
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 625
Tasks completed: 27
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
Delicious Dee5.2. Cowabunga!
The Longest Echo - set primarily in Italy
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 525
Delicious Dee10.5 - She Blinded Me With Science
The Effing List - Cherise Sinclair - CS found in Science
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 535
Coralie30.7 A Little of What You Fancy
I used Option 2 twice and read
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
In 2019 I gave A Memory Called Empire 4 stars
Homeland by Cory Doctorow
In 2013 I gave Little Brother 4 stars
Total to date 775 points
Barbara ★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, but no other variations.
Mystery at the Fair - Connie Cockrell 8/27
Option 5: Read a book found on the Gold list.
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea - Gary Kinder 8/10
(found on Page 1)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 620
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Julia10325.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: My New Favorite Comedian
Option 1: Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy by Ben Macintyre (author name Ben)
Option 4: Agents of Influence (AO in CHAOS, I in SIDES)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 695
BB: 10
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 41
Total books read: 56
Heather KS15.9 - I Want My MTV
Read a book with a TITLE that contains all the letters MTV.
I read People We Meet on Vacation
Points this post: 15
Total points: 300 ***Whooo hooooo!!!! Goal reached!!***
Task 5.8 Who Dun It?Read a book with the main page genre mystery, standalone, embedded, or as part of a related phrase (such as historical mystery).
Peaches and Screams (A Savannah Reid Mystery #7) (2002) by G.A. McKevett (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 290 pages)
290 + 05 = 295
Tasks Completed: 14
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 290 + 05 = 295
Books read: 21
Pages read: 5,719
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 20.1 - Picking Up The PiecesOption 2: Grow Your Own
* Read a book with all the letters in one of the words GROW, YOUR, or OWN in the title only. Subtitles are excluded.
OWN: WOmeN
The Women in Black (1993) by Madeleine St. John (Paperback, 209 pages)
295 + 20 = 315
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 295 + 20 = 315
Books read: 22
Pages read: 5,928
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
INSIYAH10.9 - Rain Man
At least 2 words in Title & All Words should have a max of 4 characters
Book: If I Stay by Gayle Forman
How it fits: Three word title, all words are 4 characters or less
Points This Task: 10
Total Points : 845
Tasks Completed: 49
Books Read: 66
FLY Task #20.1 - Most Improved - Louise's Task: Picking Up The Pieces
task: Option 2: * Read a book with all the letters of OWN in the title
book: The Warlord Wants Forever
how it fits: OWN is in WarlOrd waNts
Points this post: 20
Total points: 380
Tasks completed: 25 /60
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
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25.4 - MEGSCL's Task: Lucky NumberRolled a #2
Book 1: Sweet Haven by K.C. Lynn
A: 2 words in the title
B: #2 in the Sweet series
Book 2: Maid for Murder by Barbara Colley
C: Page Count is 264
D: First published in 2002
Points This Post: 25
Grand Total Points: 630/1070
Total Books Read: 50
Tasks Completed: 39/60
Big Book Tickets 500+ pgs: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
PAULA S25.8 – Shelby’s Task: Things to Look Forward To!!!
2. FAMILY - Read any book from a series that matches one or a combination of their ages (6, 6, 4, 3, 2, and 2 months.).
- Christer Wijk #24I read the ebook, PB link for reference (no MMPB): Morderens bog
3. FILM - Read a book with ALL the author's initials in either INDUSTRIAL or INDEPENDENT FILM
- author initials ML found in independent fiLMI read the ebook, PB link for reference (no MMPB): Mord i operaen
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 1/60
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: The Joys of Home OwnershipOption 1: Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs
Author's initials PB are found in "PLUMBER"
Option 4: Ballroom Blitz by Lorelei James
"ROOM" is found in the word Ballroom
Points This Post: 30
Grand Total Points: 660/1070
Total Books Read: 52
Tasks Completed: 40/60
Big Book Tickets 500+ pgs: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Delicious Dee25.7 - Amy FL's Task: Right Up My Alley
Option 1 - The Woman with the Blue Star - BLUE can be spelt in AMATEUR BOWLERS TOUR - BLE in BOWLER; U in Tour
Option 3 - The Road Home - #1 in series but a female author
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 560
LAUREN JODI20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: Summer Play
Option 2: Oscar Wilde is #17 on the list
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
* I claim a Golden Oldie ticket for this book, which was published in 1895 *
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 790/1070
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Total Books Read: 60
Tasks Completed: 41/60
Christine V15.6 - Don't You Forget About Me
Among Others Found on page 4 of the Coming of Age list.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=4)
This is a correction points 3030.7 A Little of What You Fancy
Option 2 New to You By Favorite author rated 4 or 5 stars How to Raise an Elephant by Alexander McCall Smith
Option 3 Book I have read twice The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Stephen King
HanneloreTask 5.1 Excuse the Interruption!
Read a book in which all the letters of SIGNAL or HIJACK can be found in the title/subtitle.
Book: De andere kant van het succes : voetbaltragiek in de lage landen
How it fits: SIGNAL in: 'de andere kant van het succes : voetbaltragiek in de lage landen'
Points this task: 5
Total points: 365
Tasks completed: 19
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
HanneloreTask 5.8 Who Dun It?
Read a book with the main page genre mystery, standalone, embedded, or as part of a related phrase (such as historical mystery).
Book: Living Dead in Dallas
How it fits: Book has the main page genre Mystery.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 370
Tasks completed: 20
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
INSIYAH10.5 - She Blinded Me With Science
Option a) MPG Science, non-fiction
Book: A Brief History Of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking (ebook)
How it fits: Non-fiction, MPG Science
Note: MMP has 211 pages.
Points This Task: 10
Total Points : 855
Tasks Completed: 50
Books Read: 67
ROBIN P30.4 Sandy's Task: Opposites Attract
Antonyms from list in titles & total over 600 pages
I used first & last
First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen - 308 pages
One Last Stop - 422 pages
Total 730 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 825
BB: 4 GO: 11
Task:25.8 – Shelby’s Task: Things to Look Forward To!!!Option: 2. FAMILY [6, 6, 4, 3, 2, and 2 months. Read any book from a series that matches one or a combination of their ages]
Book read:Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
Required: book 2 in the arc of a scythe series.
GO/BB?: this has 504 pages so I clam 1 big book ticket.
Option: 3. FILM [author's initials in either INDUSTRIAL or INDEPENDENT FILM ]
Book read:The Toll by Neal Shusterman
Required: author initials NS in iNduStrial
GO/BB?: this book is 625 pages so I claim 1 big book ticket.
Points this task:25
Total points:470
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:3
Books read:32
Tasks completed:23
Task:15.10 - Stuck in the Middle [book in a series that is NOT the first or the last/most recently published]Book read:Take Two by Perdita Cargill
Required: number 2 in the waiting for callback series (Waiting for Callback #2), which is a 3 part series.
Points this task:15
Total points:485
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:3
Books read:33
Tasks completed:24
UNCLAIMING THIS POSTTask:30.3 - Bluemoon's Task: My Memories of the 1980's
Option: 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
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:On the Other Side by Carrie Hope Fletcher
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:485
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:3
Books read:33
Tasks completed:24
Task:15.7 - The 80s Mix Tape (anthology or short stories)Book read:The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Required: mpg short stories (more than 3 short stories included, 5 referenced in goodreads description)
Points this task:15
Total points:500
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:3
Books read:34
Tasks completed:25
Kai5.5 Working Together
The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White
New Points: 5
Total Points: 55
Books Claimed: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
Kai25.8 Shelby’s Task: Things to Look Forward To!!!
OPTION 1: Read a book set somewhere you've always wanted to go, but have never been (Japan)
The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura
OPTION 2: Read any book from a series that matches one or a combination the numbers 6,4,3,2.
Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz
New Points: 25
Total Points: 80
Books Claimed: 6
Tasks Completed: 5
Sarah E10.9 - Rain Man
The Firm
Big Book, 512 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total Points: 380
Total BBs: 4
Kai5.1 Excuse the Interruption!
Read a book in which all the letters of SIGNAL or HIJACK can be found in the title/subtitle.
Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things by Amanda Lovelace (SIGNAL)
New Points: 5
Total Points: 85
Books Claimed: 7
Tasks Completed: 6
Sarah E25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Shirley Jacksoniana
Option 3: MPG Humor
Guards! Guards!
I read an ebook, top MMP is Guards! Guards!
Option 4: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE - my word is FATE
The Fate of Mercy Alban
I listened to an audio, paperback - no MMP - is The Fate of Mercy Alban
Total Points: 405
Kai10.10 Soviet Bloc Crumbles
Read a book set in at least 50% in one or more Soviet Bloc countries or other aligned states.
The Great Fortune by Olivia Manning (Romania)
New Points: 10
Total Points: 95
Books Claimed: 8
Tasks Completed: 7
Sarah E30.3 - Bluemoon's Task: My Memories of the 1980's
Option A1
The Shooting in the Shop
I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is The Shooting in the Shop
My word is SHOOTING
SH in tHiS
O in yOur
OT in mOmenT
ING in goING
Option A2 - Author initials in DEATH OF A DREAM
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is The Midnight Library
Total Points: 435
Kai20.1 Most Improved - Louise's Task: Picking Up The Pieces
OPTION 4: Read a book with a domestic dog on the cover.
Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley
New Points: 20
Total Points: 115
Books Claimed: 9
Tasks Completed: 8
Laurie METask 25.3: CYNBAXTER's Task: My Time Has Come!
the books are new to me.
option 2: book published between 2014-2021 - pub. 2017
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
Option 3: creeper
Virginia Creeper
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 425
Kai15.10 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.
The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters (#2 of 20)
New Points: 15
Total Points: 130
Books Claimed: 10
Tasks Completed: 9
Kai10.1 Eventful Eighties
Read a book first published in the 1980s (1980 - 1989, inclusive).
According to Mark by Penelope Lively
Published 1984
New Points: 10
Total Points: 140
Books Claimed: 11
Tasks Completed: 10
Laurie METask 25.5: Sarah E's Task: The Mysterious Cities of God:
option 3: title contains word Mysterious
The Troubled Life and Mysterious Death of Johnny Ringo
option 5: read book from Gold list - found on page 2 (#169)
The Chinese Gold Murders
Points This post: 25
Total Points: 450
Laurie METask 25.7: Amy FL's Task: Right Up My Alley
option 3: read book set in NY or FL; book set in NY
The Betrayed
option 4: book by female author, 1st in series
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 475
Mary P20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: The View from Lockdown
Read a book that has one of the words WATER, CITY, MOUNTAIN or SKY in the title (not subtitle).
Water from My Heart by Charles Martin
Points this task: 20
Total points: 305
Laurie METask 25.8: Shelby's Task: Things to Look Forward To!
option 1: book set in desired real destination - I live in Maine, USA, book set in Finland
The Seven Symphonies: A Finnish Murder Mystery
option 2: Read any book from a series that matches one or a combination of their ages - 6, 6, 4, 3, 2, and 2 months. book is #2 in series
The Source of Magic
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 500
Laurie METask 25.9: Brooke TX's task: Notes from an Elder Millennial:
Option B:
1. author's first or last name starts with Y: Yatasha
Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture by Ytasha L. Womack
2. ME found intact in title: reMEmber
Elephants Can Remember
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 525
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