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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.6 - It's a Fact - Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos Season
Read one book, from one of the following options.
Option 1: MPG(stand-alone/embedded) of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy.
Page Count: 123--Listened to audiobook link to HB edition Rolling in the Deep
MPG:Fantasy & Science Fiction
Rolling in the Deep
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 295/1050
Tasks Completed: 21/59
DOM5.3 - Song of the Century?
Read a book with a word in the title that is also found in the title of one of the top 10 songs (per RIAA) of the twentieth century.
Word chosen: Christmas
Together by Christmas
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 5
30.9 - Brooklyn's Task: The PurgeOption 1: Read a book with a 2 word title where the first word is THE.
The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad #2) by Tana French
1x Bigger is Better tix (544p)
Option 3: Read a book that is part of a series that has at least 10 primary works.
A Question of Identity (Simon Serrailler #7) by Susan Hill
Simon Serrailler Series with 11 books published to date
Total this Post: 30
Bigger is Better: 2
It's a Fact: 1
Season Total: 175
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The UnderscoreOption 3: Read a book that is first in a series.
Risen (Blood Eternal #1) by Cole Gibsen
Total this Post: 20
Bigger is Better: 2
It's a Fact: 1
Season Total: 195
Task 25.2 - A's all aroundone book option - 500+pages
read a book with at least 3 As in the title and 3 As in the author name
Dear Aaron by Mariana Zapata
1 A in deAr, 2 As in AAron = 3 in title
3 As in mAriAnA, 3 As in zApAtA = 6 in author name (might have overachieved there!)
500 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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285 points
3 BB tix
Delicious Dee5.3 - Song of the Century?
Finding Me - word ME from TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME; claiming its a fact ticket
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 235
20.6 - It's a Fact - Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos SeasonOption 1: Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy.
A Torch Against the Night
Total Points: 20
Ava Catherine30.5 - Sandy's Task: Impress Your Friends!
Book 1 –
Read a book with a title containing a word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the letters in the target word.
The Quiet American by Graham Greene 272 pages
"quiet" found in QUInTEssence
Book 2 –
Read a book with a single author with one name part that can be made from the letters in the target word. The name part must have at least 2 letters.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 576 pages
Anne found in grANdiloquENt
272+576=848 pages
points this post: 30
total points:415
Ava Catherine10.8 - Apple II
Read a book that is number #2 in a series.
A New Lease of Death(Inspector Wexford #2) by Ruth Rendell
points this post: 10
total points: 425
25.8 - Andy P's Task: Choose Your Favorites ListOption 1: Choose a book from the Books About Books and Libraries list
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 288 pg pb. On pg 1 of list
Option 4: Choose a book from the Niche Non-Fiction list
Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter Audiobook, no page number for only MMP, 302 pg first listed pb
On pg 1 of list
Total pages: 590
Points this post: 25
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 29
Big Book tickets: 8
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Andy P.Task # 10.7 - To The Sea
Read a book with a boat or water vessel on the cover.
by M. Wylie Blanchet boat capable of carrying six people as it is a memoir of a woman and her 5 children who sailed the waters of British Colombia every summer for quite a while.Points this post: 10
Total points: 160
Bookwrm526Task #10.6 - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Read a book from the first 25 pages shelved as Aliens. I read Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki, from page 10 of the list.
Total points so far: 130
15.7 – If You Don’t Want Me to Read It, I Surely Will!To support freedom to read, read a book from this list: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
Flowers for Algernon
Found on first page of the list (slot #28)
New Points: 15
Total Points: 145
IF: 3
Amy FL5.2- Oscar Time, Baby!
Dream Town - TOWN (Over The raiNboW)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60
Amy FL5.9 - Rescued from the Cutting Room Floor
Take Your Breath Away
Points this post: 5
Total points: 65
Lisa MD15.7 – If You Don’t Want Me to Read It, I Surely Will!
Read a book from this list: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
🦁The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Page 2, #131 on list
224 pages
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 105/1050
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 5/59
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets:
Amy FL10.6 - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Gemina - page 9 of Aliens list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 75
Amy FL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of Prides
Option B: Ace of Spades - MPG Queer (and Lesbian)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Amy FL20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Option B: Malibu Rising - set in California
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
5.4 - The 1938 Hit ParadeAuthor shares a name with a musical artist from 1938 (The Andrews Sisters): The Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews
Points this post: 5
Total points: 100
Mod
10.6 - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Read a book on the Aliens list - this was on page 2
Old Man's War. John Scalzi
Points this post: 10
Total points: 195/1050
Tasks completed: 15/59
Books read: 16
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's a Fact ticket: 7
Joanne MI15.2 – The Long and the Short of It
Book 1 – Read a short book – 100-200 pages.
The Picnic: Recipes and Inspiration from Basket to Blanket 192 pages
Book 2 – Read a long book – at least 400 pages.
The Dragonbone Chair 783 pages
Claiming 2 BB tickets
Points this task 15
Total Points 60
BB's this task 2
Total BB's 2
IAF 2
Kristina Marie5.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex"
Read a book by an author all of whose initials appear in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG.
Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 400 pages.
Sonali Dev EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Kristina Marie5.8 - Meanwhile, Back in Oz....
Read a book with a yellow letter on its cover.
REQUIRED: Specify in your post the letter used.
The Last Green Valley by Mark T. Sullivan
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 458 pages.
The yellow letter I am using is the "A" at the very bottom of the cover in "Author of the #1 Bestseller Beneath the Scarlet Sky."
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Coralie5.3 Song of the Century
Using the word THIS from the song “This land is your land”
This Is Happiness
Total to date 125 points
Mary P15.9 - The End of Slavery!
Read a book from the first 25 pages of one of these lists :
Civil War Books
Antebellum Books
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Found on Antebellum Books list, page 1.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 160
MAZZA115.1 – If I were King of the Forest!
Book 1 – Read a book with King, Queen, Princess, or Prince in its title (not subtitle).
The Ice Princess
AND
Book 2 – Read a book with “Lion” found intact in a word in its title (not subtitle)
The Lion I read an ARC of this book from Netgalley
this is PB edition The Lion
Points this post = 15
points to date = 310
5.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex"Read a book by an author all of whose initials appear in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG.
HArburg
The Tale Teller by Anne Hillerman
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 55
15.6. Leo the Lion.Read a book with the author’s initials (all of them) appearing in LEO THE LION.
lEO
The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 70
15.8 - There's More than One of UsRead a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of collective nouns for animals . https://www.treehugger.com/strange-co... (Collective animal names)
Crows: a murder of crows - murder
The Murder of Halland by Pia Juul
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 85
Mai10.5 - Girls Together
Book written by at least 2 women
Data Feminism by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein
* Claim 1 NF ticket *
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 13
NF Tickets: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Option D: MPG of FAMILY-- 250 pp minimum/No children's
Page Count: 320 Listened to Audiobook link to MMPB Put Out to Pasture
Genre Verification: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Put Out to Pasture
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 310/1050
Tasks Completed: 22/59
Barbara ★20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Option B: Read a book that is set at least 50% in either California or Mexico.
Murder at Sunrise Lake - Christine Feehan 6/22
(set 100% in California)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 225
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: Consonant ClustersBook 1: Read a book by an author with initials ( first initial then last initial, ignore middle initials). State the cluster used.
Someone We Know by Shari Lapena. My cluster is SL
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title only that begins with the same sound cluster as book 1. State the word.
Slip of the Knife by Denise Mina My word is SLip
Points this post: 30
Total points: 355
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 31
Big Book tickets: 8
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
LAUREN JODI15.7 - If You Don’t Want Me to Read It, I Surely Will!
Carrie by Stephen King
On page #2 of the list
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 140/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 9/59
DOM30.1 - Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!
Option 3 - Read a book with a cover that is 75% blue and/or green according to Tineye.
The Soldier's Curse
(On Tineye 77.4% +11.3 Greens)
Option 5 - Read a book set in the 1930s.
Miles Off Course by Sulari Gentill
Set in the early 1930's in Australia
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 7
Angela IL25.5 - Amy FL’s task: Just a Dandy-Lion
Option 1: Read a book with a title word of four or more letters that appears in the lion’s speech.
They Never Learn by Layne Fargo- 6/22
Word Used: They
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BETCHA CAN’T EAT JUST ONE.
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou- 6/8
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 2
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:
JEN B15.6. Leo the Lion
Read a book with the author’s initials (all of them) appearing in LEO THE LION.
Speak by Tunde Oyeneyin
T in "The"
O in "Leo"
**Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket**
TOTAL POINTS: 105
Mod
Option 1 Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in: L FRANK BAUM
The Apartment Upstairs
The author is Lesley Kara & her initials LK are found in L franK baum
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 75 + 20 = 95/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 5
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 2
Mod
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Summer 2022 season.
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
I listened to the audiobook version & have posted in the discussion thread for this book.
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an "It's a fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 95 + 20 = 115/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 6
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 2 + 1 = 3
Nick KY5.5 World Go Round I read The Dime by Kathleen Kent. The monetary word “dime” is in the title.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 225
Nick KY25.5 Amy FL’s Dandy Lion
Opt. 1. The word “Elephant” is in the speech. I read The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami.
Opt. 4. Author's inits in “Betcha can’t eat Just one” I read The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Our Understanding of the Universe by Julian Barbour.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 250
Andy PTask # 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of Prides
Option A. Pride is the collective noun for a group of lions. Read a book with the word LIONS in the title Lie Down with Lions by Ken Follett
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
JaxTask: 30.1
Option 1 - When we visit New Mexico, we stay at the KOA in Santa Fe - read a book where the letters KOA can be found in the title and/or subtitle. The letters need not be found together, just anywhere in the title/subtitle.
The Book of Cold Cases
Option 4 - 109 East Palace on the Plaza was the Santa Fe headquarters of Robert Oppenheimer while he developed the atomic bomb. Read a book with an MPG of science (may be embedded).
Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 95
Kai20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Summer 2022 season.
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
Discussion
New Points: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Claimed for Challenge: 1
Natalie CH20.6 - It's a Fact - Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos Season
Option 2
Read a book at least 50% set in Florida or Illinois USA; Canada; China; or Scotland
Panama by Thomas McGuane
the book is set in Key West, Florida, as is mentioned in the GR book description
Points this post: 20
Tasks completed: 5
Total Points: 40
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
5.5 - Making the World Go Round
Read a book in which a monetary unit is found intact in the title or subtitle
The Wonk Decelerator, by John Joseph Doody
WON=WONk
The won is the official currency in South Korea or North Korea. For details, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_K...
I read as an ebook; pb-168 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 195-5=190
Tasks completed: 10/59-1=9/59
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Kathy KS30.7 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs Doubled
For this task ONE book with MPG of graphic novels may be used.
Read two books, using 2 different options.
Option 1: Read a book by a single, male author whose first name begins with the letter "J."
The Wonk Decelerator, by John Joseph Doody
J=John
I read as an ebook; pb-168 p. (no mmpb)
Option 3:Read a book from the first 25 pages of Best Books of the Decade:2010s. REQUIRED: State the page on which your book is found.
Saga, Volume 4, by Brian K. Vaughan
Found on page 8 (#777) of the list
I read as an ebook; pb-144 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 220
Tasks completed: 10/59
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
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15.8 - There's More than One of Us
Word in title/subtitle from list of collective nouns for animals.Must be EXACT collective name, NOT specific animal, name. Except: plurals/possessives.
REQUIRED: state animal used
Page Count: 320
Animal/Collective Noun: Porpoises-a pod, school, herd or turmoil
The Moonlight School
Points Earned This Post: 15
Points Achieved to Date: 275/1050
Tasks Completed: 20/59