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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2021
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Kristen IATask 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 Three: Read a book first published between 2014-2021, inclusive.
Mother May I by Joshilyn Jackson - 336 pages, published in 2021
I read the ebook and listened to the audiobook. I linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 250/1070
Tasks Completed: 14/60
BB: 3
GO: 0
ED15.9 - I Want My MTV
Mountolive by Lawrence Durrell
"MTV" found in "MounToliVe"
Post Total= 15
Total Points: 235
Books Read=16
GO: 1
BB: 1
ED15.8 - Found in Translation
The Master Key by Masako Togawa
My primary language is English and this book was originally written in Japanese.
Post Total= 15
Total Points: 250
Books Read=17
GO: 1
BB: 1
Brooke TX30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: Ready to Plan
My home continent is North America.
Book 1 - Europe: My 3 destinations were: Southampton, United Kingdom; Ragusa, Italy, and Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. Set in Hertfordshire, England, UK:
Book 2 - Asia: Datong, China; Prambanan, Indonesia; Mangalore, India. Set 50%+ in Beijing, China:
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 605
Completed Tasks: 34
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX30.7 - MAZZA1's Task: A Little Of What You Fancy
Both of these books are new to me.
Option 1: Read the next new-to-you book in a series that you have previously rated 4 or 5 stars. I have previously read Every Heart a Doorway, the first book in the Wayward Children series, on 1/23/16 and rated it 5 stars.
Option 2: Read a NEW to you book by a favourite author. I have previously read Neverwhere and American Gods by this author and rated them 5 stars.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 635
Completed Tasks: 35
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX30.9 - Cat's Task: The Perks of UNO
Task A: Read a book that is at least 50% (as per TinEye) Red, Yellow, Green or Blue. According to TinEye: 69.1% Blue, 6.3% Grey, 5.9 % Blue, 5.4% Grey, 5.1% Blue, 4.3% Blue, 1.9% Grey, 1.2% Green, 0.8% Grey
Task B: Read a book written by a single author who has a name part that starts with the initial I, V or E.
IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 8.0
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 665
Completed Tasks: 36
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Shirley Jacksoniana
Opt. 3. Read any book, fiction or nonfiction, with a GR main page genre of “Humor.”
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.” With HEAT in the title:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 690
Completed Tasks: 37
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX25.2 - Andy P’s Task: Living with Dogs
Both books approved in Task Help thread message 2.
Book 1. Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with a domestic animal central to the plot or subject.
Book 2. Read a nonfiction book in which an animal or animals are major characters or subjects.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 715
Completed Tasks: 38
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX25.3 - CYNBAXTER's Task - My Time has Come!
Both books are new to me.
Option 1: Read a book first published between the years 2014-2021.
Option 3: Read a book that has in the title/subtitle a word of at least 4 characters formed from the word PERSEVERANCE. With NEAR in the title:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 740
Completed Tasks: 39
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX25.4 - MEGSCL's Task: Lucky Number
I rolled a 2.
Book 1: Two word title, published in 2012, 2 in page count.
Book 2: #2 in a series.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 765
Completed Tasks: 40
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Option 2: Read a book with the MPGs of both Historical Fiction AND Science Fiction.
Option 4: Read a book set at least 50% in a capital city. Set mostly in London:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 790
Completed Tasks: 41
Books Read: 83
Task 5.4– Barkis is Willing Book chosen: Sansei and Sensibility
Fits task: Title with at least three words, initial letter of each word found in CHARLES DICKENS - S, A, and S
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 224 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 780 points
Task 15.4– Sweet Tea Option1:
Book 1 chosen: Beyond the Olive Grove
Fits task: MPG Romance
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 276 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Transcendent Kingdom
Fits task: set at least 50% in Alabama
Format read: audio
# of pages: 264 (printed edition)
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 795 points
Task 25.10– Bookwrm526's Task: Bingewatching Option 1: Book chosen: The Lutheran Ladies' Circle: Plucking One String
Fits task: MPG Humor
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 222 (printed edition)
Option 2: Book chosen: Survive the Night
Fits task: author's first and last initial (Riley Sager = R + S) found in STRATFORD UPON AVON
Format read: audio
# of pages: 324 (printed edition)
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 820 points
Task 30.2– TessaVanessa's Task: The Joys of Home Ownership Option 1: Book chosen: Broken Monsters
Fits task: author's initials (Lauren Beukes = L + B) in PLUMBER
Format read: audio
# of pages: 441 (printed edition)
Option 4: Book chosen: Scoot Over and Make Some Room: Creating a Space Where Everyone Belongs
Fits task: ROOM in the title
Format read: audio
# of pages: 224 (printed edition)
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 850 points
Task 30.5– Dlmrose's Task: Ready to Plan Book 1 chosen: As Good As Dead : The True WWII Story of Eleven American POWs Who Escaped from Palawan Island
Fits task: continent: Asia - chosen: El Nido, Philippines; book set in the Philippines
Format read: audio
# of pages: 358 (printed edition)
Book chosen: Out of Africa
Fits task: continent: Africa - chosen: Mombasu, Kenya; book set in Kenya
Format read: audio
# of pages: 401 (printed edition)
Home continent: Europe
First continent and countries: El Nido, Philippines - Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia - Vadodara, India
Second continent and countries: Abu Simbel, Egypt - Mombasa, Kenya - Sidi Bou Said, Tunesia
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 880 points
Brooke TX25.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: My New Favorite Comedian
Option 3. Read a book where the author's first and last name initials appear in CALIFORNIA.
Option 5. Read a book by a single author whose name is DREW, LYNCH, CHARLIE, LIZ, or ELIZABETH.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 815
Completed Tasks: 42
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX25.8 – Shelby’s Task: Things to Look Forward To!!!
Option 2. Read any book from a series numbered 6, 4, 3, 2, or #.1-#.9.
Option 3. Read a book with ALL the author's initials in either INDUSTRIAL or INDEPENDENT FILM.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 840
Completed Tasks: 43
Books Read: 83
Unclaiming #548!!!! Task 5.8 – Who Dun It?
Book chosen: Miss Merkel: Mord in der Uckermark
Fits task: MPG Cozy Mystery
Format read: audio
# of pages: 320 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 110 points
Task 25.1– Nick KY's Task: Shirley Jacksoniana Book 1 chosen: Option 3: Miss Merkel: Mord in der Uckermark
Fits task: MPG of "Humor"
Format read: audio
# of pages: 320 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Option 4: Long Way Down
Fits task: Long = word in title with 4 or more letters and can be made from THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
Format read: audio
# of pages: 306 (printed edition)
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 910 points
New post for task 5.8: (with the changes, I'm not sure if my total is still correct)Task 5.8 – Who Dun It?
Book chosen: Death at the Gates
Fits task: MPG Cozy Mystery
Format read: ebook/audio
# of pages: 248 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 915 points
Brooke TX25.9 - 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.
Book 2: Read a book by an author born between 1981 and 1996 inclusive. Nino Cipri was born in 1985 according to Fantastic Fiction:
(https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/ni...)
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 865
Completed Tasks: 44
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX25.10 - Bookwrm526's Task: Bingewatching
Option 1: Read a book with the main page genre humor.
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.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 890
Completed Tasks: 45
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX20.3 - Best Review: Bucket's Task: Literary Tourist
I read R. Cooper on 4/30/21.
https://www.literature-map.com/r.+cooper
Kaje Harper is new to me.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 910
Completed Tasks: 46
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: Summer Play
Option 1. Read a book that has a Main Page Genre (MPG) of either "Plays" or "Drama".
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 930
Completed Tasks: 47
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX20.8 - 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.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 950
Completed Tasks: 48
Books Read: 83
Brooke TXTask 20.9 -Moderator's Pet: Elizabeth P's Task: Big Moves
Option Three: Read a book first published between 2014-2021.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 970
Completed Tasks: 49
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX15.8 - Found in Translation
Read a book by a female author originally written in a language other than your primary language. My primary language is English, this book was originally written in Japanese.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 985
Completed Tasks: 50
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX15.10 - 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.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 1000
Completed Tasks: 51
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX10.6 - Let's Get Physical
Read a book written by an author with a hyphenated name.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 1010
Completed Tasks: 52
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX10.7 - Sweet Sixteen
Read a book with a number in the TITLE that is in word form.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 1020
Completed Tasks: 53
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX10.8 - Travelin' Man
Read a book with the MPG "Time Travel."
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 1030
Completed Tasks: 54
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX10.10 - Soviet Bloc Crumbles
Read a book set in at least 50% in one or more Soviet Bloc countries or other aligned states. Set mostly in Russia:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 1040
Completed Tasks: 55
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX5.8. Who Dun It?
Read a book with the main page genre mystery.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 1045
Completed Tasks: 56
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX5.9. All in Good Fun
Read a book with a single author named Alex or one of its related names.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 1050
Completed Tasks: 57
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX5.4. Barkis is Willing
Read a book with a title of at least three words, where the initial letters of each word of the title are found in CHARLES DICKENS.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 1055
Completed Tasks: 58
Books Read: 83
Brooke TX5.10. Cheers!
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 1060
Completed Tasks: 59
Books Read: 83
ED10.7 - Sweet Sixteen
The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht
pub. 1928
*** I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET***
Post Total= 10
Total Points: 260
Books Read=18
GO: 2
BB: 1
ED10.1 - Eventful Eighties
Blood Brothers by Willy Russell
pub. 1985
Post Total= 10
Total Points: 270
Books Read=19
GO: 2
BB: 1
Brooke TX10.1 - Eventful Eighties
Read a book first published in the 1980s (1980 - 1989, inclusive).
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 1070
Completed Tasks: 60
Books Read: 84
ED15.4 - Sweet Tea
Option 1:
Book 1- First Love by Ivan Turgenev
pub. 1860
*** I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET***
Book 2- A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor
set in Tennessee
Post Total= 15
Total Points: 285
Books Read=21
GO: 3
BB: 1
ED15.2 - On Repeat
Book 1- Double Blank by Yasmina Khadra
Book 2- Autumn of the Phantoms by Yasmina Khadra
Post Total= 15
Total Points: 300
Books Read=23
GO: 3
BB: 1
ED15.1 - Tsundoku
Book 1-
Marta Oulie by Sigrid Undset
"SU" found in "tSUndoku"
pub. 1907
*** I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET***
Book 2-
Waverley by Walter Scott
pub. 1817
*** I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET***
This book was added to my GR Want to Read list on November 13, 2019
Post Total= 15
Total Points: 315
Books Read=25
GO: 5
BB: 1
ED10.10 - Soviet Bloc Crumbles
The Price of Paradise by Susana López Rubio
set in Cuba
Post Total= 10
Total Points: 325
Books Read=26
GO: 5
BB: 1
ED20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: Summer Play
Option 1- Educating Rita by Willy Russell
MPG-"Plays"
Post Total= 20
Total Points: 345
Books Read=27
GO: 5
BB: 1
Shelby
5.4. Barkis is Willing
Read a book with a title of at least three words, where the initial letters of each word of the title are found in CHARLES DICKENS.: Reunion in Death, by J.D. Robb
How Fits: Title - Reunion in Death
Points this post: 5
Total points: 585
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
15.4 - Sweet Tea
Option 2
Read one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements.: White Hot, by Ilona Andrews
How Fits: Location - Texas & MPG: Romance
Points this post: 15
Total points: 600
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
15.5 - On Faery Wings
Read a book with at least one fae character.: Bloodfever, by Karen Marie Moning
How Fits: MC - Lord V'lane a fae lord -- From description "V’lane, the insatiable Fae who can turn sensual arousal into an obsession for any woman"
Points this post: 15
Total points: 615
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
babbling c5.9. All in Good Fun
Read a book with a single author named Alex or one of its related names.Behind the Names - Alex. The name can be in any position, but must match exactly.
Darkness Betrayed - kindle Darkness Betrayed - paperback 208 by Alexandra Ivy
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 430/1070
Completed Tasks: 23/60
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 13,097
Books read this season: 34
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Post Total= 15
Total Points: 220
Books Read=15
GO: 1
BB: 1