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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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LAUREN JODI20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the Stars
Option #1 - MPG Music
Play by Kylie Scott
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 210/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 16
Total Tasks Completed: 13/59
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Two book task, one from each option:
Book 1: read a book set in one or more sub-Saharan country or countries.
Baden Powell’s Fighting Police: The S.A.C
This book is set entirely in South Africa, which is clearly identified as being SubSaharan on the link.
This is non-fiction so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
Book 2: read a book set in India
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
This is set 100% in India (Mumbai)
This is non-fiction so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 190 + 25 = 215/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 11
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 4+2 = 6
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30.2
Some of the most common 2-letter consonant clusters are: bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl, br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr, sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, tw.
Cluster: CL
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. State the cluster used when posting.
The Abolition of Man
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title only (not subtitle) that begins with the same sound cluster as used in Book 1. State the word.
Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Originally:
Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 7
Points: 125
Now:
Points 30:
Tasks Completed: 9
Total Points: 170
MAZZA115.2 – The Long and the Short of It
Book 1 – Read a short book – 100-200 pages.
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 163 pages
Book 2 – Read a long book – at least 400 pages.
Meredith, Alone: The most uplifting and beautifully written debut of the summer 400 pages
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 435
5.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex" Author's initials in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG: This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
Points this post: 5
Total points: 180
5.8 - Meanwhile, Back in Oz....A yellow letter on the cover: The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams
Points this post: 5
Total points: 185
MAZZA120.4 - Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of Prides
Option 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.
Tales of the City
embedded MPG = Queer
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 455
ROBIN P20.8 - Nickels and Dimes- Lucy Bookworm’s Task: Flying the Flag
Option 2- at least 3 people on cover
When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today
** Nonfiction, requesting 1 IAF point
Points this post: 20
Total points: 235
BB:3 GO.:1 IAF:4
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the FlagOption 2) Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover.
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 175
It's A Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara FallsOption 1, featuring a circus: The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman
Option 2, set in the U.K.: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Points this post: 25
Total points: 210
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2022 SRC
10.9 - Her Majesty
Read a book set in the U.K.
Bridget Jones's Diary - set in the U.K.
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 130
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
25.1 - MegSCL's Task:Best and Worst of the Spring ChallengeBook 1: Use your favourite book durung the spring challenge period {The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
Option 1: Read a book by the same author as your favourite book
The Eye of the Heron by Ursula K. Le Guin
Book 2: Use your least favourite book during the spring challenge period (Hello, Friends!: Stories from My Life and Blue Jays Baseball by Jerry Howarth
Optiom 3: Read a book listed as "traders also enjoyed" on your book's main page
The Last Goodbye by Fiona Lucas
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 630
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 49
Big Book tickets: 8
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
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I read a kindle ARC of Dark Earth, linked to the hardcover edition (no mmpb or pb). "EARTH" can be found in ovER THe rAinbow.
total points: 120
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I listened to an audiobook of Dandelion Wine, linked to the top mmpb. "Wine" is a main category on the wikipedia page.
total points: 130
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Book 1 - I listened to an audiobook of The Other Queen, linked to the top pb (no mmpb). Word "queen" in title.
Book 2 - I read The Lioness - the word "lion" found intact in title.
total points: 145
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I read the kindle edition of Detective Inspector Huss by Helene Tursten, linked to the top pb (no mmpb).
Author intitals, HT, found in leo THe lion.
total points: 160
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I used option 2 and listened to an audiobook of
- 3 people on cover. (for page purposes, mmp is
)total points: 180
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For book 1, I listened to an audiobook of Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). Heath is the 6th MPG listed, and Health>Medicine is the 9th.
Book is 348 pages and was new to me.
For book 2, I listened to an audiobook of Lake Silence, linked to the MMPB. Fantasy>Urban Fantasy is the 2d listed MPG.
Book is 433 pages and was new to me.
total points: 210
Julia10325.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and Zambia
Option 1: Pemberley: Mr. Darcy's Dragon (Jane Austen's Dragons, #1)
Option 4 - Murder & Spice by Wendy Meadows (initials WM in MALAWI)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 225
BB: 8
GO: 0
NF: 0
Tasks Completed: 15
Books read: 20
TessaVanessaReposting: Challenge 30.1 Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!
Option 1: Unlock Your Storybook Heart by Amanda Lovelace
Option 3:
by Alice Hoffman91.5 %#1b5fa5Blue
3.1 % #aacfedBlue
1.9 % #284176Blue
1.2 % #8288b6Blue
0.9 % #a9c2caGrey
0.7 % #75ccf1Blue
0.6 % #dbb2caPink
Points this post: 30
Total points: 240/1050
Tasks completed: 14/59
Books read: 19
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the StarsOption 2: Read a book where the single author’s initials (all of them) can be found in PINK UKELELE.
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu
author's initials, KL, found in pinK ukuLele
Total this Post: 20
Bigger is Better: 7
It's a Fact: 2
Season Total: 380
TessaVanessa Challenge 10.9 - Her Majesty
Joe Victim by Paul Cleave
Book takes place in ChristChurch in New Zealand.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 250/1050
Tasks completed: 15/59
Books read: 20
Nick KY10.1 Cowardly I read Deadly Summer Nights by Vicki Delany. The -ly word is “Deadly.”
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 405
Nick KY10.10 Liquid Courage I read Gin and Panic by Maia Chance. “Gin” is the liquid courage..
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 415
Nick KY15.5 Brave I read Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen with a GR genre of “Adventure.”
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 430
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.7 To The Sea
by Chip CheekPoints this post: 10
Total points: 260/1050
Tasks completed: 16/59
Books read: 21
Andy P. Task # 15.1 – If I were King of the Forest!
Book 1 – Read a book with King, Queen, Princess, or Prince in its title (not subtitle). King Rat by James Clavell
Book 2 – Read a book with “Lion” found intact in a word in its title (not subtitle) A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion by Anthony Bourke
Points this post: 15
Total points: 210
Task:20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family VacationsOption: C- a MALE author whose first and last initials are in ROAD TRIP
Book read:Mort by Terry Pratchett
Required: TP in TriP
Points this task:20
Total points:160
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:10
Tasks completed:9
5.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex" Yip Harburg (Edsel Yipsel Harburg) wrote all of the lyrics to the songs in the Wizard of Oz movie. Read a book by an author all of whose initials appear in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG.
I read After She Wrote Him by Sulari Gentill easel yips harburG
points: 115
books read: 10
tasks completed: 7
tasks in progress: 1
Big Books: 1
pages read: 3437
Pat10.7 ~ 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.
Float Plan by Trish DollerRead ~ 7.6.22
Pages ~ 272
How it Fits ~ Sailboat with two people on the cover
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Points this Task ~ 10
Total Points ~ 240
Total Books ~ 15
Total Pages ~ 5,281
Angela IL25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in the U.K.
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris 7/6
About 80 percent of this book is in the UK (if my math is right/ 293 page book/ 60 of these pages is in Thailand)
Option 4: Read a book with a word in the title (ignore subtitles) found on this list of car parts: https://www.enchantedlearning.com/wor...
The Bright Side Of Disaster by Katherine Center- 7/2
Word Used: Side from Side Airbags
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 6
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:
Lisa MD15.3 – Just Call Me Judy
Option 1:
Book 1 - Read a book written by an author whose initials (all) can be found in Judy Garland.
🦁Sister Stardust by Jane Green
304 pages
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.
🦁The Confidence Men by Margalit Fox
Title Initials: TCM found in franCes eThel gumM
Listened to Audiobook. Linked to PB. No MMPB.
352 pages
I claim one nonfiction ticket.
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 195/1050
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 11/59
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 1
Lisa MD20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Required Book must be a minimum of 250 pages
Option B:
• Read a book that is set at least 50% in either California or Mexico.
🦁The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
Setting: Hollywood, California
391 pages
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 215/1050
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 12/59
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 1
MEGSCL30.1 - Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!
Option 1 - letters KOA can be found in the title and/or subtitle
The Improbable Life of Ricky Bird
Option 3 - A cover that is 75% blue
90.0 %#74c4ceBlue
3.3 %#b1dde0Blue
3.0 %#e5f3f4White
1.5 %#0e1718Black
1.1 %#c1bcb5Violet
0.7 %#e9a79bPink
0.4 %#e2b9a2Pink
TOTAL
250 points
3 big book - 1 It’s a Fact - 1 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL15.8 - There's More than One of Us
Crows: a murder or horde
The A.B.C. Murders
**published 1936 - 1 go ticket
TOTAL
265 points
3 big book - 1 It’s a Fact - 2 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL20.3 - Best Review-Kathy KS's Task: The Other Side of the Rainbow
Option 1. author’s initials in L FRANK BAUM
The Trivia Night by Ali Lowe
TOTAL
285 points
3 big book - 1 It’s a Fact - 2 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL20.10 - Group Reads
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
My comment in message #35
TOTAL
305 points
3 big book - 1 It’s a Fact - 2 Golden Oldie
5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
Total this Post: 5
Bigger is Better: 7
It's a Fact: 2
Season Total: 385
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2022 SRC
20.3 - Best Review-Kathy KS's Task: The Other Side of the Rainbow
Option 1. Read a book whose author’s initials (all of them) can be found in his name: L FRANK BAUM.
Freaks by Brett Riley, BR in l fRank Baum
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 150
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Katrisa15.10 – Location, Location, Locations
Read a book from Mysteries by location list
I read The Paris Apartment from the "In a Creepy Apartment" section of the list
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 700
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of PridesOption C, focus on one of the Pride and Prejudice characters: The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet by Katherine Cowley
Points this post: 20
Total points: 230
Coralie30.7 Doublejs Doubled
Option 1: Book by a male author whose first name begins with the letter “J”
Coming Home by Jack McDevitt
Option 2: book with MPG of Horror
Flowers for the Sea
Total to date 275 points
Janice CA10.1 - Cowardly
A word in the title ends with "ly".
word: Molly
Hello, Molly! by Molly Shannon
+10
total: 25
tasks: 2
books: 2
HanneloreTask 10.8 - Apple II
Read a book that is number #2 in a series.
Book:A Bone to Pick
How it fits: Is #2 in Aurora Teagarden series.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
HanneloreTask 5.2- Oscar Time, Baby!
Read a book with a word of four or more letters in the title/subtitle that can be made from "OVER THE RAINBOW".
Book: Three Bedrooms, One Corpse
How it fits: 'three' -> 'ovER THE'
Points this task: 5
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 2
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
Joanne MI20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Option A: Outdoor nature scene on the cover
Remember Me: A Spanish Civil War Novel
Points this task 20
Total Points 115
BB's 2
IAF 4
ROBIN P20.4 Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of Prides
Option 2: MPG QueerThe Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy LGBT/Queer on main page
Listened to audiobook, linked first paperback (no mmpb)
Points this post: 20
Total points 255
BB: 3 GO: 1 IAF: 4
Ava Catherine25.7 - Hannelore’s Task: Hoi! Nice to meet you!
Option 1:
Read a book by an author who has one name part that is a palindrome. The entire name part counts.
Devotion by Hannah Kent
palindrome=Hannah
Option 3:
Read a book from the following list:
Art & Artists in Fiction
page 1; #53
Headlong by Michael Frayn
points this post: 25
total points: 630
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25.1 - MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
Book 1 - use your favourite book read during the spring challenge period
The Red Rose Girls: An Uncommon Story of Art and Love
Option 2 - read a book with a word in the title (Girls)
Bloomsbury Girls. Natalie Jenner. 7.7.22
Book 2 - use your least favourite book read during the spring challenge period
44 Cranberry Point
Option 3 - read a book listed as "Readers also enjoyed" on your book's main page.
A Slice of Heaven. Sherryl Woods. 7.4.22
Points this post: 25
Total points: 330/1050
Tasks completed: 21/59
Books read: 25
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact ticket: 7
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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25.5 - Amy FL’s task: Just a Dandy-Lion
Read a book for two different options and list the options you’ve chosen in your post.
Option 2: Read a book with an exclamation point or question mark in the title or subtitle.
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BETCHA CAN’T EAT JUST ONE. All initials count.
Recursion by Blake Crouch
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 185 Points