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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2022 SRC
5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
Relax to some great old-time music (preferably by Arlen or Harburg) as you select your free choice book that meets SRC requirements. Books with the MPG children or kids that are NOT found in ARBF may be used for this task.
Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 100
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Kathy KSRead a book from this list: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich
Found on page 2 of the list, #106
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb=164 p. (Una paga da fame. Come (non) si arriva alla fine del mese nel paese più ricco del mondo)
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 275
Tasks completed: 13/59
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
JUKKA10.1 - Cowardly
Book with word in title that ends in -LY.
Deadly Class, Volume 2: Kids of the Black Hole by Rick Remender.
Total Points: 75/1050
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 2
Coralie5.4 The 1938 Hit Parade
Book by an author with the name “Andrew”
The Bear by Andrew Krivak
Total to date 175 points
JUKKA20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Poppy the three-legged dog
Book with three Ps in title, subtitle, series name and author name.
Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film: Rant Against the Regime by Kirk Combe, in the series Routledge Studies in Speculative Fiction. Two Ps in title, one in series name.
Total Points: 95/1050
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 2
Task 30.4 - Sinistromanualoption 1: FATE is made from LHS letters
Postern of Fate
option 4: author lives in North Carolina (per GR bio)
In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens
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365 points
4 BB tix
1 NF tix
Task 25.9 - It's Graduation Time…option A
1: initials letters of title in INFORMATION LEADERSHIP
Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders: A Dominion of the Fallen Story
2: set in UK,100%
Troubled Blood
927 pages - claiming 2 BB tix
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390 points
6 BB tix
1 NF tix
Task 25.6 - Niagara Fallsoption 2: set 50% in England
A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians
the blurb indicates parts set in Haiti (o more than 10%), France (40%) as well as England (50%)
531 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
option 3: MPG Space
Intervention
806 pages - claiming 2 BB tix
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415 points
9 BB tix
1 NF tix
Task 15.8 - There's More than One of UsGAMES in title - matches GAME of swans (plurals OK)
Nemesis Games
532 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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430 points
10 BB tix
1 NF tix
Kathy KSREPOST to add task number
15.7 – If You Don’t Want Me to Read It, I Surely Will!
Read a book from this list: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich
Found on page 2 of the list, #106
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb=164 p. (Una paga da fame. Come (non) si arriva alla fine del mese nel paese più ricco del mondo)
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 275
Tasks completed: 13/59
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
5.8 - Meanwhile, Back in Oz....Read a book with a yellow letter on its cover.
All letters are in yellow, so let's say E.
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 150
It's A Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Pat20.3 ~ The Other Side of the Rainbow
Pick one of the following options and read a book that meets the requirements.
Required: Identify the option.
Option 2 ~ Read a book that includes a natural disaster. If the disaster is not mentioned in the GR description, provide a link that provides that information.
For a list of allowable natural disasters, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural...
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree by Ann WeisgarberRead ~ 6.30.22
Pages ~ 321
How it Fits ~ Drought (from the blurb..."It hasn't rained in months..."
also see ~ https://historicalnovelsociety.org/re... (Paragraph 2)
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Points this Task ~ 20
Total Points ~ 200
Total Books ~ 12
Total Pages ~ 4,331
Mai30.6 - Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger.
Opt. 2. Tiger – Letters “T I G E R” in the title
Moralizing Technology: Understanding and Designing the Morality of Things by Peter-Paul Verbeek
200 pages
*Claim 1 NF ticket*
Opt. 3. 2008 – Book first published in 2008.
Nudge: The Final Edition by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
384 pages
*Claim 1 NF ticket*
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 21
NF Tickets: 12
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Julia10310.8 - Apple II
Longbourn: Dragon Entail (Jane Austen's Dragons #2)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 160
BB: 4
GO: 0
NF: 0
Tasks Completed: 12
Books read: 15
Barbara ★10.5 - Girls Together
Read a book written by at least 2 women. The women may be co-authors, two authors writing under one pen name*, or contributors to an anthology or collection . Girls only- no male contributors.
The Unquiet - J.D. Robb 6/30
(anthology with 5 female authors)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 295
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.7 - To The Sea
An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Totals
Points: 45
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Completed: 6
Katrisa20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Opt A - Read a book with an outdoor nature scene on the cover, including water scenes. No buildings should be visible.
I read Gone by Midnight
My book was audio - PB pages 400 (no MMPB)
Points this post: 20
Points Total: 620
Coralie30.2 Consonant Clusters
I chose the consonant cluster CL
Book 1. Book by an author shoes initials are CL
The Passion According to G.H. by Clarice Lispector
Book 2. Book with a word in the title beginning CL – cloud
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Total to date 205 points
25.9 - Dee's Task: It's Graduation Time...Option C: The Electives
Book 1: Read a book found on the first 15 pages of the Gender Books shelf
Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution by Susan Stryker, on page 1 of shelf
Book 2: Read a book where all the letters in IARPA can be found in the title only, with no letters from a subtitle
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
THE ENCHaNTED apriL
I'm claiming a GO ticket for The Enchanted April, FP 1922
Points this post: 25
Total pointd: 530
Tasks completed: 28
Books fead: 43
Big Book tickets: 8
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Joanne MI20.3 - Best Review-Kathy KS's Task: The Other Side of the Rainbow
Option 2.-Book features a natural disaster
The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet
Claiming 1 IFA ticket
Points this task 20
Total Points 80
BB's 2
IAF 3
Joanne MI15.8 - There's More than One of Us
A book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of collective nouns for animals
Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945
" A thunder of hippos"
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this task 15
Total Points 95
BB's 2
IAF 4
Mai30.7 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs Doubled
Option 1: Book by a single, male author whose first name begins with the letter "J"
New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future by James Bridle
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Option 3: Book from the first 25 pages of Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
(From page 9)
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 280
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 23
NF Tickets: 13
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Nick KY5.8 Back in Oz I read Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers, “R” and “P” in author’s name are completely yellow. This and other parts of the cover make the cover 38.7 % yellow, according to tineye extraction.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 345
5.6 - Happy Happy Joy JoyRead a book set 50% or more in one of the 10 happiest countries in the world ( per the World Happiness Report):
Norway
The Caller by Karin Fossum
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 130
Task 20.10 - Group ReadsAn Enemy of the People
comment: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
published 1882 - claiming 1 GO tix
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435 points
10 BB tix
1 NF tix
1 GO tix
15.3 – Just Call Me JudyOption 2 – Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books for option 1.
Book 1 - Read a book written by an author whose initials (all) can be found in Judy Garland.
J G - Judy Garland and John Green
Book 2 – Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, with the initial letter of each word found in Frances Ethel Gumm.
fRAnces eThel
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 145
Nick KY25.1 MegSLC’s Best and Worst
I used option 2 for both books.
Book 1. The best book I read last challenge was The Spiral of Memory: Interviews by Joy Harjo.
For this task I read Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War by Mark Danner with the word “Spiral” in the title.
Book 2. The book I liked the least last challenge was Odd & True by Cat Winters.
For thiss taskI read Odd Girl Out by Timothy Zahn with the word “Odd” in the title.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 370
JUKKA20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the Flag
Option 2: Book with at least three people on the cover.
Paranoia: First Edition by Dan Gelber et al.
Total Points: 115/1050
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 9/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 2
15.6 Leo the Lion - all auth init in leothelioN - INSuite Française by Irène Némirovsky
Points: 15
Total/challenge: 15
20.6 Hugo's SeasonOpt 2 - 50% set in Florida or Illionois
Metro Girl - set in Miami, FL
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 35
20.10 Group ReadAn Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
Discussion Post #15 6/4/22
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 55
30.3 Escaping my Box - both new to you and >300 pagesOpt 1 Non Fiction - Health genre
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal- 399 pages
Opt 2 Epic Fantasy or Urban Fantasy
Angels' Blood- Urban Fantasy, 339 pages
Both books are new to me
Points: 30
Total/challenge:
Katrisa20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Poppy the three-legged dog
Read a book with exactly three P's in any combination of title, sub-title, series name and author
I read Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life
I used the 3 Ps in the subtitle: ja(P)anese wisdom for a (P)erfectly im(P)erfect Life
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 640
30.4 SinistromanualOpt 1 - word in title typed entirely with left hand - TREES
The People in the Trees
Opt 4 - author lives in American South
Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial by Corban Addison - lives in Virginia
Points; 30
Total/challenge: 115
30.6 White Tiger >500 pgsOpt 3 Published in 2008
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto- 205 pgs
Published Jan 1, 2008
Opt 4 set in India
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur - 384 pgs.
set in Jaipur, India
205+384 +589 pgs
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 145 pgs
30.9 The PurgeOpt 1 - 2 word title that begins with the word "THE"
The Circle
Opt 2 - author uses at least one initial in name
Cartier's Hope by M.J. Rose
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 175
Ava Catherine25.1 - MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
Book 1 - Use your favourite book read during the spring challenge period (March, April, May).
Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel (favorite book)
Option 1 - read a book by the same author as your favourite book
Learning to Talk by Hilary Mantel
Book 2 - use your least favourite book read during the spring challenge period (March, April, May)
The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid
(least favorite book)
Option 2 - read a book with a word in the title (no subtitles) that is the same as a word in the title (no subtitles) of your least favourite book.
In This Grave Hour by Jacqueline Winspear
word in title that is same= grave
points this post: 25
total points: 595
Ava Catherine10.10 - Liquid Courage
Read a book with a type of beverage in the title or subtitle.
Drink milk found on List of breakfast drinks.
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
points this post: 10
total points: 605
APRILLEIGH10.2 - What a Drag It Is Getting Old
Read a book with a title word of at least three letters from one of the listed song titles.
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
DOWN appears in two song titles:
DOWN the Road Apiece
Ride ‘Em on DOWN
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (135)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
It’s a Fact: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (10)
Total Tasks: 10
APRILLEIGH5.9 - Rescued from the Cutting Room Floor
Read a book without the word THE in the title, and that is not part of a series.
This House Is Haunted by John Boyne
Title is not part of a series.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (140)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
It’s a Fact: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (11)
Total Tasks: 11
10.5 - Girls TogetherRead a book written by at least 2 women. The women may be co-authors, two authors writing under one pen name*, or contributors to an anthology or collection .
Shady Hollow - Juneau Black
Required: *Include a reference if the pen name authors are not identified on the GR record.
Juneau Black is the pen name of authors Jocelyn Cole and Sharon Nagel.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 10
10.2 - What A Drag It Is Getting OldRead a book with a word of at least three letters in the title or subtitle from a song title from the setlist. "The" is excluded. The word must match exactly.
The Tuesday Night Survivors' Club] - Lynn Cahoon
Song: Don't Stay Out All Night
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 20
5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!Relax to some great old-time music (preferably by Arlen or Harburg) as you select your free choice book that meets SRC requirements.
The Woman in the Library - Sulari Gentill
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 25
30.9 - Brooklyn's Task: The PurgeFor this task choose 2 of the following options and read 1 book for each. No books with children or kids as MPG can be used.
Option 3: Donut Disturb - Ellie Alexander
Bakeshop Mystery, 15 books so far
Option 4:
- Daryl Wood GerberPoints This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 55
30.4- Dlmrose's Task: SinistromanualRead two books from two different options.
Option 1: Death by Beach Read - Eva Gates
Read
Option 4: A Fatal Booking - Victoria Gilbert
North Carolina
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 85
15.8 - There's More than One of UsHelp Thread
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of collective nouns for animals .
Murder Most Grave - G.A. McKevett
"Crows: a murder" - the word is "murder"
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 100
10.8 - Apple IIRead a book that is number #2 in a series.
Seven-Year Witch - Angela M. Sanders
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 110
25.2 - XBM's Task: A's all aroundOption 1:
Read 2 books, one of each.
Book 1: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the title/subtitle
The Diva Says Cheesecake!
Book 2: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the author's name. All name parts are included. Single authors only.
Murder in Mesopotamia - Agatha Christie
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 135
10.1 - CowardlyRead a book with a word in the title that ENDS in LY. Subtitles are excluded.
A Likely Story - Jenn McKinlay
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 145
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Option A: Read a book with more than one lion ob the cover or with the word LIONS in the title (subtitles encluded)
I am using the title option
Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 505
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 41
Big Book tickets: 8
Golden Oldies tickets: 2