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3.1 - Bethany
2.4 - Susan
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1.7 - Tessa
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MOST POINTS
Mickslibrarian - 1
¤ Linda C - 10(+1)=11
¤ ••Susan - 8(+4)=12
Marilyn - 5
¤ ☆☆Bethany - 12(+5)=17
Tessa - 9
¤ Amber - 4(+3)=7
MOST PAGES
Mickslibrarian - 208
Linda C - 2772
Susan - 2569
Marilyn - 1626
☆☆Bethany - 3784
••Tessa - 3099
Amber - 1503
1.3 TWISTER - d. Right hand: YELLOW
How They Choked: Failures, Flops, and Flaws of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg 6/5/21 208 p.Task points: 1
Task pages: 208
Total Points: 1
Total Pages: 208
Task 1.4 POPSICLE "Frozen ice on Read a book with a 5 in page count.
Scones & Bones (A Tea Shop Mystery, #12) – Laura Childs (2 stars) 6/6/21 [305]
Task points: 1
Task pages: 305
Total Points: 1
Total Pages: 305
1.6 READING THROUGH THE ALPHABET: LETTER KRead a book that starts with the Letter K
Kentucky Rich - Fern Michaels 420 pp. 2021-06-04
• Date: 2021-06-04
• Task Points: 1
• Task Pages: 420
• TOTAL POINTS: 1
• TOTAL PAGES: 420
Task 1.7 (Linda C's task) FLIP A COIN DAY – June 1Flip a Coin – Read 1 book
Heads - Non-Fiction
Tales (note spelling) – anything else
Headline: Murder – Maggie K. Black (4 stars) 6/9/21 [224] – tales a mystery
Task points: 1
Task pages: 224
Total Points: 2
Total Pages: 529
1.4 POPSICLE "Frozen ice on a stick"11 year old Frank Epperson invented this frozen treat in 1905 and received a patent in 1923. Each popsicle cost 5 cent each..
Read a book with a 5/11 in page count.
Aleutian Sparrow by Karen Hesse--6/4/21--156 pages
Total points: 1
Total pages: 156
Task 1.3 TWISTERd. Right hand: YELLOW
Read a book with a predominantly YELLOW cover (50%+).
The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock - Jane Riley (4 stars) 6/13/21Task points: 1
Task pages: 308
Total Points: 3
Total Pages: 837
Task 1.5 BUZZWORDJune words: NAMES/TITLES
Read a book with a Name in the title
Eland and Jeanne (Tales of the Shareem, #0.5) – Allyson James (3 stars) 6/14/21 [128]
Task points: 1
Task pages: 128
Total Points: 4
Total Pages: 965
Task 1.8 FIXER UPPERProject Manger: BETHANY Project: LIVING ROOM
Choose one of the following tasks:
b. Traditionally, the living room space was more relaxed than the formal parlor. Read a book that helps you relax.
700 Sundays – Billy Crystal (4 stars) 6/15/21 2005 [182] - great humor and family love, very relaxing
Task points: 1
Task pages: 182
Total Points: 5
Total Pages: 1147
1.7 (Linda C's task) FLIP A COIN DAY – June 1Flip a Coin – Read 1 book
Heads - Non-Fiction
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre--6/14/21--384 pages
Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 384
Total points: 2
Total pages: 540
Task 2.2 IT HAPPENED IN JUNE1. GREASE
Read a book set in NEW YORK CITY
An Invisible Thread – Laura Schroff & Alex Tresniowski (4 stars) 6/16/21 [251] – set in NYC
2. DRIVE-IN THEATERS
Read a book with a car/truck on the cover (show cover)
Turnip Blues – Helen Campbell (3 stars) 6/17/21 [221]Task points: 1
Task pages: 221
Total Points: 6
Total Pages: 1368
I have gotten rather behind on my posting, sorry!1.7 (Linda C's task) FLIP A COIN DAY – June 1
Heads--nonfiction
The Useful Book: 201 Life Skills They Used to Teach in Home Ec and Shop by David Bowers 6/12 417 pgs
1.5 BUZZWORD
Deacon King Kong by James McBride 6/21 371 pgs
Total points: 2
Total pages: 788
TESSATask 2.1 Wheel of Fortune
# 3 -
✔ – 17June21 (269 pg) # 5 -
✔ – 18June21 (352 pg) THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 621 pg
Total points earned to date - 2 points
Total pages read to date - 621 pgs
2.1 WHEEL OF FORTUNERead 2 Books
June Wheel of Fortune
> The numbers are 3 and 5
#3 -
Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads Paul Theroux 485 pp. 2021-06-24
#5 -
The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood 325 pp. 2021-06-18• Date: 2021-06-24
• Task Points: 2
• Task Pages: 810
• TOTAL POINTS: 3
• TOTAL PAGES: 1230
Task 2.3 (Mickslibrarian's Task) PRIDE MONTH1. Read a book with an LGBTQ+ character (give the name)
Second Street Station (A Mary Handley Mystery #1) – Lawrence H. Levy (5 stars) 6/24/21 [336] - Roscoe
2. Read a book with a cover that does not contain more than 50% of any color (show cover)
Oolong Dead (A Tea Shop Mystery, #10) – Laura Childs (2 stars) 6/14/21 2009 NC [326]Task points: 2
Task pages: 662
Total Points: 8
Total Pages: 2030
1.1 FATHER'S DAY (6/20)Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes and Nathan H. Lents 6/25
Father's name is Donald.
Points: 1
Pages: 255
Total points: 3
Total pages: 1043
1.8 FIXER UPPERProject Manger: BETHANY Project: LIVING ROOM
b. Traditionally, the living room space was more relaxed than the formal parlor. Read a book that helps you relax.
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy--6/24/21--256 pages
Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 256
Total points: 3
Total pages: 796
1.8 FIXER UPPERThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 6/25 442 pgs
1.4 POPSICLE "Frozen ice on a stick"
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 6/26 325 pgs
Points: 2
Pages: 767
Total points: 5
Total pages: 1810
5.1 SURF CITY USARead 5 Books
Spell-out one of the ALL-CAPPED Beaches below:
PADRE Island
P - Paperwhite Narcissus, The (Martha's Vineyard Mystery #5) Cynthia Riggs 200 pp. 2021-06-13
A - Avery Flynn The Wedding Date Disaster 233 pp. 2021-06-13
D - Dust: Before and After (Dust #1) S.E. Smith 271 pp. 2021-06-25
R - Recruitment (The Resistance Trilogy #1) K.A. Riley, 315 pp. 2021-06-01
E - Eva Gates Something Read, Something Dead (Lighthouse Library Mystery #5) 320 pp. 2021-06-13
• Date: 2021-06-25
• Task Points: 5
• Task Pages: 1339
• TOTAL POINTS: 8
• TOTAL PAGES: 2569
1.3 TWISTERa. Left foot: RED
Read a book with a predominantly RED cover (50%+).
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson 06.25.21
Task pages 417
Task points 1
1.5 BUZZWORDJune words: NAMES/TITLES
Read a book with a Name in the title
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie 06.26.21
Task pages 295
Task points 1
Total pages 712
Total points 2
1.8 FIXER UPPERProject Manger: BETHANY Project: LIVING ROOM
b. Traditionally, the living room space was more relaxed than the formal parlor. Read a book that helps you relax.
Premeditated Peppermint by Amanda Flower 06.28.21
Task pages 332
Task points 1
Total pages 1044
Task points 3
1.4 POPSICLE "Frozen ice on a stick"11 year old Frank Epperson invented this frozen treat in 1905 and received a patent in 1923. Each popsicle cost 5 cent each..
Read a book that is 5th/11th in a series -OR- with a 5/11 in page count.
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins 06.22.21
Task pages 459
Task points 1
Total pages 1503
Total points 4
TESSATask 1.2 - Beach Reads - a beach on the cover
✔ – 26June21 - 384 pg THIS TASK
points earned - 1
pages read - 384 pg
total points earned to date - 3
total pages read to date - 1005 pg
TESSATask 1.3 = Twister - Right hand - BLUE cover
✔ – 07June21 - 444 pgTHIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 444 p
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Task 1.3 - Twister (BONUS) - Right Hand - YELLOW
(NOTE: directions have right hand listed twice ... obviously one of these should be LEFT)
✔ – 24June21 - 384 pTHIS TASK
points earned - 1
pages read - 384 pg
Total points earned to date - 5
Total pages read to date - 1833 pg
TESSATask 1.7 - Linda C - Flip a Coin - TALES, anything else
The High Tide Club ✔ – 09June21 - 496 p
THIS TASK
points earned - 1
pages read - 496 pg
Total points earned to date - 6
Total pages read to date - 2329 pg
TESSATask 1.4 - Popsicle - Total pages includes a '5'
The Virgin Suicides ✔ – 20June21 - 250 pg
THIS TASK
points earned - 1
pages read - 250 pg
Total points earned to date - 7
Total pages read to date - 2579 pg
TESSA2.3 - MicksLibrarian - Pride Month
Rainbow - multi-colored cover -
✔ – 09June21 - 260 pgLGBTQ author & MPG - John Paul Brammer / ¡Hola Papi! ✔ – 27June21 - 260 pg
THIS TASK
points earned - 2
pages read - 520 pg
Total points earned to date - 9
Total pages read to date - 3099 pg
Task 2.1 WHEEL OF FORTUNEBook 1: #3 The Scent Keeper - Erica Bauermeister (3 stars) 6/29/21 [320]
Book 2: #5 A Tale for the Time Being – Ruth Ozeki (3 stars) 6/21/21 [422]
Task points: 2
Task pages: 742
Total Points: 10
Total Pages: 2772
2.1 WHEEL OF FORTUNERead 2 Books
#3 The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another--6/13/21--328 pages
#5 The Overstory--6/30/21--502 pages
Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 830
Total points: 5
Total pages: 1626
2.3 (Mickslibrarian's Task) PRIDE MONTH1. Read a book with an LGBTQ+ character (give the name) OR by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+ OR with MPG: LGBT/GLBT
This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp 6/29 282 pgs
Sylv and Autumn are gay.
3. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase "RAINBOW PRIDE"
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman 6/5 462 pgs
Points: 2
Pages: 744
Total points: 7
Total pages: 2554
5.1 SURF CITY USAP Patient Zero: Solving the Mysteries of Deadly Epidemics by Marilee Peters 6/2 168 pgs
A Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America's Most Dangerous Amusement Park by Andy Mulvihill 6/30 342 pgs
Dick Gregory, The Most Defining Moments in Black History According to Dick Gregory 6/29 240 pgs
R Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi 6/25 176 pgs
Elizabeth Lesser Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes 6/28 304 pgs
Points: 5
Pages: 1230
Total points: 12
Total pages: 3784
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