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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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Mai25.8 -Andy P.’s Task: Choose Your Favorite List
Option 1. From page 3 of Books About Books and Libraries
What We See When We Read by Peter Mendelsund
* Claim 1 NF ticket*
Option 4 From page 2 of Niche Non-Fiction
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil
* Claim 1 NF ticket*
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 185
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 15
NF Tickets: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
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Out of the Storm by BJ Daniels / OUT is in song #8 "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
Points this post: 5
Total points: 200
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10.10 - Liquid Courage
Read a book with a type of beverage in the title or subtitle.
Listed under Hot Drinks >Coffee>Espresso>Latte
Of Literature and Lattes. Katherine Reay
Points this post: 10
Total points: 205/1050
Tasks completed: 16/59
Books read: 17
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's a Fact ticket: 7
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Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott / 3 P's in the subtitle and author last name (EXPLOSIVES, PHILPOTT)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 220
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Crowbones by Anne Bishop / MPG Fantasy
Points this post: 20
Total points: 240
Cindy FTask 10.9 Her Majesty
Set at least 50% in Australia
Solomon's Song by Bryce Courtenay
Claim 1 BB ticket 671pages
Points this post:10
Total points:40
Books read:5
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:2
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:5
Katrisa10.7 - To The Sea
Read a book with a boat or water vessel on the cover.
I read Beyond the North Wind: The Fall and Rise of the Mystic North
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 310
Cindy FTask 5.10 Swing, Baby, Swing!
Free Choice
Autopsy by Patricia Cornwell
Points this post:5
Total points:45
Books read:6
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:2
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:6
Katrisa15.4 – Summer Road Trip-North and South
Opt 1
Book 1 - Read a book set at least 50% in Florida to Maine, passing through Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine.
I read Never Saw Me Coming set in District of Columbia
Book 2 - Read a book with a motor vehicle on the cover.
I read Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 325
Katrisa20.3 - Best Review - Kathy KS's Task: The Other Side of the Rainbow
Opt 1 - Read a book whose author’s initials (all of them) can be found in his name: L FRANK BAUM.
I read The Baker Street Letters by Michael Robertson
MR - l fRank bauM
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 345
Katrisa25.2 - XBM's Task: A's all around
Opt 1
Book 1 - Read a book with 3 or more A's in the title/subtitle
I read Alligator Candy: A Memoir
AlligAtor cAndy
Book 2 - Read a book with 3 or more A's in the author's name.
I read Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
AnnA-mArie mclemore
Points this post: 25
Points Total: 370
Katrisa30.4- Dlmrose's Task: Sinistromanual
Opt 1 - Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title made of letters typed solely by the left hand on a QWERTY keyboard:
QWERT
ASDFG
ZXCVB
I read Dear Martin word is DEAR
Opt 4 - Read a book by an author who was born in or currently resides in the American South: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia
I read Poet Warrior: A Memoir by Joy Harjo who was born in Oklahoma
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 400
Julia10310.2 - What A Drag It Is Getting Old
At All Costs
The word ALL is in the song title "Don't Stay Out All Night"
This book is 880 pages - claiming 2 BB tickets
This post: 10 points, 2 BB
Total points: 115
BB: 4
GO: 0
NF: 0
Tasks Completed: 9
Books read: 11
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex"
Priestdaddy
Author: Patricia Lockwood
Claim 1 Its a Fact ticket for this one
Totals
Points: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Completed: 1
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.5 - Making the World Go Round
On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth CenturyUnited States Monetary Unit CENT found in the word Century
Claim 1 Its a Fact ticket for this one
Totals
Points: 10
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Completed: 2
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.1 - Cowardly
Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey
Word is FLY
Claim 1 Its a Fact ticket for this one
Totals
Points: 20
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Completed: 3
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.3 - Song of the Century?
Your Time to Thrive: End Burnout, Increase Well-being, and Unlock Your Full Potential with the New Science of MicrostepsWord is YOUR
Song is 3. 'THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND" WOODY GUTHRIE
Claim 1 Its a Fact ticket for this one
Totals
Points: 25
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Completed: 4
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.3 - Press Play
Small Great ThingsPages - 528
Claim 1 Big Book Ticket
Totals
Points: 35
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Completed: 5
Barbara ★20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the Flag
Option 1: Read a book with a flag or bunting on the cover
Axel of Evil - Alina Adams 6/23
Points this task: 20
Total points: 245
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
APRILLEIGH20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - CynBaxter’s Task: The Underscore
Option 3: Read a book that is first in a series.
Fresh Brewed Murder by Emmeline Duncan
Title is #1 in the A Ground Rules Mystery series.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (70)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
It’s a Fact: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (5)
Total Tasks: 5
Amy B30.4- Dlmrose's Task: Sinistromanual
Read two books from two different options.
Required: State the options.
Option 1: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title made of letters typed solely by the left hand on a QWERTY keyboard.
Letters may be repeated. Subtitles are excluded.
Required: State the word.
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer (Greta)
Option 4: Read a book by an author who was born in or currently resides in the American South: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia
Required: Include a reference if the author’s status is not present in the GR bio
These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett (TN)
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 105 Points
Task 15.2 - The Long and the Short of Itbook 1: 100-200 pages
Buttercream Murder
104 pages
book 2: 400+ pages
Cullen: Steel Cobras MC
402 pages
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310 points
3 BB tix
Task 25.10 - Malawi and Zambiaoption 1: #1 in series
Enthroned
row 1125 on ebook sheet
option 2: month MAY in author name
The Adversary by Julian May
640 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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335 points
4 BB tix
ROBIN P15.2 The Long and Short of It
Book 1 - 100-200 pages - The Fig Tree - 186 p
Book 2 - over 400 pages - The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again - 464 p
**claiming 1 IAF ticket for The Upswing, nonfiction**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 145
BB: 3 GO: 1 IAF: 3
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30.7 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs Doubled
Read two books, using 2 different options.
Read a book by a single, male author whose first name begins with the letter "J."
A Prayer for Owen Meany. John Irving
637 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Read a book from Best Southern Literature (page 1)
Big Stone Gap. Adriana Trigiani
Points this post: 30
Total points: 235/1050
Tasks completed: 17/59
Books read: 19
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's a Fact ticket: 7
15.9 - The End of Slavery!Read a book from the first 25 pages of one of these lists : I chose the list Civil War Books
I listened to an audio version of An Extraordinary Union
This book was found on page #2 of the list
New Points: 15
Total Points: 160
IF: 3
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: SinistromanualOption 1: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title made of letters typed solely by the left hand on a QWERTY keyboard
The Time Traders by Andre Norton my word is TRADERS
Option 3: Read a book with the word Left, Lefty or Lefties in the title. For this task, left-hyphenated words and possessives are allowed
The Left-Handed Twin by Thomas Perry
Points this post: 30
Total points: 385
Rasks completed: 21
Books read: 33
Big Book tickets: 8
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Lisa MD20.10 - Group Reads
🦁The Maid by Nita Prose
285 pages
Group Read Discussion Message #19
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 125/1050
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 6/59
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets:
Ava Catherine30.6 - Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger
Option 1. The White:
Read a book meeting SRC requirements from the “White” list: Women in White
page 1; # 29
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 324 pages
Option 4. A Passage to India
Read a book set at least 50% in India.
The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar 321 pages
324+321=645 total pages
points this post= 30
total points= 455
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the StarsOption 1: Read a book with an MPG of DANCE, MUSIC or THEATER/THEATRE, The MPG can be standalone or embedded
Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith, Music MPG
Points this post: 20
Total points: 405
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 34
Big Book tickets: 8
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Ava Catherine10.7 - To The Sea
Read a book with a boat or water vessel on the cover.
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
by Doug Stantonpoints this post: 10
total points: 465
Katrisa30.1 - Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!
Opt 4 - Read a book with an MPG of science
I read Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead, and Live Without Barriers
Science on MPG
Opt 6 - Read a book that is set in the 1600s
I read The Highland Witch set in the time leading up to and including a 1692 Massacre
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 430
Ava Catherine15.10 – Location, Location, Locations
Read a book from the list - 100 Mystery and Thriller Recommendations by Setting
Setting Location on List: At the Theater
Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh
points this post: 15
total points: 480
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 3: First in series
Page Count: 384--Listened to audiobook link to PB edition Amish Outsider
Series: River Haven #1
Amish Outsider
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 335/1050
Tasks Completed:23/59
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)30.5-Sandy's Task: Impress Your Friends!
REQUIRED: State the word you chose for each book/combined page total = 600 pages.
Book 1 – chose 1 word-- title (not subtitle) containing a 4+ letter word made from letters in target word.
Page Count: 1,448
Word: maGnilOquENce/ Gone
Gone with the Wind
Book 2 – second (different) word, single author, one name part that can be made from the letters in the target word.
Page Count: 400
Word: grANDiloquEnT
Author:Dante Medema
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Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 365/1050
Tasks Completed:24/59
Amy B10.7 - To The Sea
Read a book with a boat or water vessel on the cover. The boat must be capable of (even if they aren't visible) carrying at least two people and does not need to have a motor. Rowboats, canoes, rafts, lifeboats, submarines, cruise ships, etc. will work. Single kayaks and airships will not.
Required: Post the cover.
Post York by James Romberger
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 115 Points
ROBIN P30.9 Brooklyn's Task: The Purge
Book 1 - 2-word title starting with The
The Address
Book 2 - part of a series with at least 10 books
Death of a Busybody
This is #5 of at least 37 titles in the Lt. Luis Mendoza series
Points this post: 30
Total points: 175
BB:3 GO:1 IAF:3
Katrisa30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: Consonant Clusters
Book 1 - Read a book by an author with initials (first name then last name, ignore middle initials) that form one of these sound clusters.
My cluster PL
My book - Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively
Book 2 - Playing with Myself
My cluster PL - my word PLAYING
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 460
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Book 1-
Phantom Game by Christine Feehan / GAME is found in magniloquence, 432p
Book 2-
Crave by Adriana Locke / LOCKE is found in kaleidoscopic, 332p
Total pages: 764 > 600
Points this post: 30
Total points: 270
10.4 - Fields of PoppiesI read Boy Soldiers of the Great War: Their Own Stories for the First Time by Richard van Emden.
War > World War I is listed as a MPG.
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Points: 25
Tasks completed: 4
Katrisa 25.9 - Dee's Task: It's Graduation Time…
Opt A
A1 - Read a book with all the words in the title starting with letters found in GOVERNMENT INFORMATION LEADERSHIP
I read Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
DOTR - gOveRnmenT information leaDership
A2 - Read a book set at least 75% in one of the following countries: Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Israel, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Taiwan (for the purpose of this task Taiwan is being counted as a separate country from China), Ukraine, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates.
I read No Longer Human
Set in Japan
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 485
Katrisa10.4 - Fields of Poppies
Read a book with a genre of World War I
I read The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon
WWI on MPG
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 495
EMurphy15.2 The Long and the Short of It
Book 1: 100-200 pages Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark (185 pages)
Book 2: At least 400 pages Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson (417 pages)
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total:
Points: 15
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
LAUREN JODI20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Option B: Set in California
Storm Gathering by Rebecca Zanetti
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 11
Total Tasks Completed: 10/59
MAZZA15.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
free choice book that meets SRC requirements.
The Box in the Woods
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 315
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of PridesOption B. June is Pride Month, celebrating LGBTQ+ history and culture.
Read a book with one of the following MPGs: gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, asexual, non-binary, or queer. MPGs can be stand-alone or embedded.
Jackdaw by Kj Charles
LGBT > Queer
E-book only, approved for length row 1710 of the ebook verification spreadsheet
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 40
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I read
. All of the lettering on the cover - title, author name, and scroll at top (NY Times bestselling author, etc.) is yellow, according to tineye. total points: 65
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I listened to the audio edition of The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, linked to the top pb (no mmpb). Winner of the Audie Best Fiction for 2022.
total points: 75
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I read At Night All Blood is Black. War>World War I is the 9th listed MPG.
total points: 85
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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5.3 - 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.
What’s Your “And”?: Unlock the Person Within the Professional
(This Land is Your Land)
Points this task: 5
It's a Fact tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 5
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 1