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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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15.10 – Location, Location, Locations
Read a book from this list - 100 Mystery and Thriller Recommendations by Setting
The setting was library
The Cartographers. Peng Shepherd
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55/1070
Tasks completed: 4/60
Books read: 4
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact ticket: 0
5.5 - Making the world go roundRead a book in which a monetary unit is found intact in the title or subtitle.
I read Cents And Sensibility by Maggie Alderson.
'Cents' are monetary units.
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Points: 10
Tasks completed: 2
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
discussion post
Total this Post: 20
It's a Fact: 1
Season Total: 20
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Poppy the three-legged dogAn A-List for Death (Poppy McGowan Mysteries #2) by Pamela Hart
3 Ps in series name: PoPPy
Total this Post: 20
It's a Fact: 1
Season Total: 40
Task:30.9 - Brooklyn's Task: The PurgeOption:1- a 2 word title where the first word is THE.
Book read:The Binding by Bridget Collins
Required: word 1: The, word 2: Binding
Option:2- a single author who uses at least 1 initial
Book read:Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger
Required: Author uses initials J. D.
Points this task:30
Total points:30
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:2
Tasks completed:1
30.7 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs DoubledOption 1: Read a book by a single male author whose first name starts with the letter "J"
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
Option 3: Read a book from the Best Books of the Decade 2010s
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, on pg 1 of list
I'm claiming 2 BB tickets for The Goldfinch pb 771 pg and 2 BB rickets for NOS4A2 Audiobook, 763 pg for first listed MMP
Points this post: 30
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Andy P.[Task # 10.6 - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Read a book from the first 25 pages shelved as Aliens
[book:Dawn|60929] by Octavia E. Butler
Found on page 2 of list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Andy P.Please disregard previous post
This is a corrected version:
Task # 10.6 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Read a book from the first 25 pages shelved as Aliens
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
found on page 2 of list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Andy P.Task # 10.9 - Her Majesty
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the following countries Northern Ireland
Cold Steel by Paul Carson
well over 50% set in Dublin, Ireland
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
MAZZA110.1 - Cowardly
Read a book with a word in the title that ENDS in LY.
I read the Audio version of The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily
There is no MMP this is PB editionThe Twelve Days of Dash and Lily
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 55
Task 20.5 – Bigger is Better – Book Concierge – Family VacationsOption D – Male author whose first and last initials are in ROAD TRIP - A T
Amor Towles / The Lincoln Highway
Audiobook / No MMPB / Paperback: The Lincoln Highway - 576 p
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 576 pages
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 20 points
NONfiction Books read: 0
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
MAZZA125.2 - XBM's Task: A's all around
Option 1:
Book 1: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the title/subtitle
The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
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Book 2: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the author's name. All name parts are included. Single authors only.
i read an ARC kindle edition of this book Reputation
Sarah Vaughan
This is PB editionReputation
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 80
Nick KY5.3 Song of the Century I read This Census-Taker by China Miéville. Title word "This" is also in the song title "This Land is Your Land."
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 5
Katrisa5.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex"
Read a book by an author all of whose initials appear in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG
I read Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
SR - edSel yipsel haRburg
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 30
Nick KY10.3 Press Play I read The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin. I listened to the audiobook. The most popular paperback is The City We Became. It is the 2020 Audie winner for science fiction.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 15
5.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex"Read a book by an author all of whose initials appear in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG.
I listened to an audio book of River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
New Points: 5
Total Points: 35
MAZZA125.8 -Andy P.’s Task: Choose Your Favorite List
the combined total of the pages must be 500 pages or more.
Option 1. Choose a book from this list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much Page 1 of that list
274 pages
This book has a MPG of non fiction and I am claiming 1x It's a fact ticket -
Option 4 Choose a book from this list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... Page 1 of that list
I listened to the audio edition of this book Dear Fahrenheit 451: A Librarian's Love Letters and Break-Up Notes to the Books in Her Life
PB is here Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks 244 pages
This book is non fiction and I am claiming 1 x Its a Fact Ticket
Combined page total 518 pages exceeds requirements
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 105
It's a fact Tickets this post = 2
It's a fact Tickets to date = 2
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Read a book with exactly three P's in any combination of title, sub-title, series name and author.
Passports and Pacifiers—Traveling the World, One Tantrum at a Time
There are three Ps in the title PassPorts and Pacifiers
I received an advance reader copy of the audiobook due to be published in July but the paperback was published in 2021
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: 20/1070
Total Tasks Completed: 1
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 1
Jayme(the ghostreader)10.8 Apple II
Acorna's Questby Anne McCaffrey
2nd in the series
Task +10
Grand Total: 10
Tasks Completed: 1/60
Cindy FTask 5.1 I'll Take Lyricists For $1000, Alex
Authors initials in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG
(G,S)
Thunder Through My Veins: Memories of a Metis Childhood by Gregory Scofield
Claim 1 NF Ticket
Points this post:5
Total points:5
Books read:1
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:0
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:1
Delicious Dee30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: Consonant Clusters
Book A - Pictures of You - Caroline Leavitt - consonant cluster CL
Book B - Claimed By The Cowboys - CL in claimed
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 60
Mary P15.8 - There's More than One of Us
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of collective nouns for animals .
Shadows of Pecan Hollow by Caroline Frost
Jaguars: a shadow
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
Deborah5.2- Oscar Time, Baby!
The Old Brown Suitcase: A Teenager's Story of War and Peace
BROWN: OVER THE RAINBOW)
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Tasks Done: 1
Deborah10.5 - Girls Together
The Firefly Dance
There are links to 3 of the 4 authors on the main page
Augusta Trobaugh is the fourth contributor
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 2
Tasks Done: 2
Deborah10.6 - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Saga, Volume 2
Page 3 of list, currently about 14 down
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 3
Tasks Done: 3
MAZZA120.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Summer 2022 season
I read An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
this is my comment in the discussion thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 125
Task 5.8 - Meanwhile, Back in Oz....yellow text on cover (title)
tineye confirms yellow text
on ebook sheet, row 2634.
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5 points
Task 30.3 - Escaping My Box300+ pages each, new-to-me
book 1: non-fiction, Health MPG
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
535 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
NF - claiming 1 NF tix
book 2: Epic Fantasy MPG
Foundation
432 pages
both books are over 300 pages
both books are new to me
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35 points
1 BB tix
1 NF tix
Nick KY10.4 Field of Poppies I read The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 by Barbara W. Tuchman, genre of WWI.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK at 615 PP. I had 250 pp. of the book read before the challenge began.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 25
BB’s So Far: 500+ (1)
Andy P.10.10 - Liquid Courage
Read a book with a type of beverage in the title
The New Wine Rules: A Genuinely Helpful Guide to Everything You Need to Know by Jon Bonne
Wine in the title
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Andy P.Task # 10.4 - Fields of Poppies
Read a book with a genre of World War I
Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves MPG World War I
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60
20.10 Group ReadsI listened to an audio version of An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good- I posted in comment 21 of the discussion thread
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 25
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
I used the word your from 3. 'THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND" WOODY GUTHRIE
I listened to an audio version of Break Your Glass Slippers
***Claiming an Its a Fact ticket for Nonfiction***
New Points: 5
Total Points: 40
IF: 1
Bookwrm526Task #25.8 - Choose Your Favorite List
Option 1. Choose a book from this list Books About Books and Libraries. I read The Ghost and the Dead Man's Library by Alice Kimberly (254p) from page 2 of the list.
Option 4 Choose a book from this list: Niche Non-Fiction. I read Dear Fahrenheit 451: A Librarian's Love Letters and Break-Up Notes to Her Books by Annie Spence (256p) from page 1 of the list.
254+256 = 510 p
Total points so far: 25
MAZZA115.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
Read a book with a MPG of Adventure or Action.
Born Free MPG Adventure noted in Help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This book is Non-fiction I am Claiming an It's a Fact Ticket
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 140
It's a Fact Tickets this post = 1
It's a Fact Tickets to date = 3
ROBIN P20.7 - Coralie's Task: Poppy the three-legged dog
3 P's in title/subtitle/author name
A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity - 3 P's in title alone
**Claiming one IAF point, book is Nonfiction
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
BB:0 GO:0 IAF:1
Ava Catherine30.9 - Brooklyn's Task: The Purge
Option 1: Read a book with a two word title with the first word "the."
The Yard by Alex Grecian
Option 3: Read a book that is part of a series that has at least 10 primary works.
Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey #5) by Dorothy L. Sayers
11 novels have been published in the Lord Peter Wimsey series.
points this task: 30
total points: 30
Ava Catherine30.7 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs Doubled
Option 2:
Read a book with a MPG genre of World War II.
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner
World War ll mpg
Option 4:
Read a book from "Best Southern Literature"
page 1; #43
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
points this task: 30
total points: 60
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
5.4 - The 1938 Hit Parade
Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with these musical artists... Names can appear in any position, but must match exactly, with one exception - you may use the name "Andrew".
Used: The Andrews Sisters ► Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
Hope Never Dies, by Andrew Shaffer
ANDREW shaffer= ANDREW (allowed per task instructions)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 35-5=30
Tasks completed: 3/60-1=2
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: 1
Kathy KS20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 3: Read a book that is first in a series.
Hope Never Dies, by Andrew Shaffer
Series: Obama Biden Mysteries #1
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 50
Tasks completed: 3/60
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: 1
30.3 - Schatzie's Task: Escaping My BoxBooks must be at least 300 pagrs each and both books must be new-to-me
Book 1: Read a book with a Health MPG
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Audiobook, 448 pg 1st MMP, Health MPG
Book 2: Read a book with with either an Urban Fantasy or an Epic Fantasy MPG
Green Rider by Kristen Britain, Audiobook, 471 pg 1st MMP, Epic Fantasy MPG
Both books are new-to-me
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)5.3 - Song of the Century?
Word in book title found in song title. Exclude "the". Exact Match.
Page Count: 231--Listened to Audio Book-- Link to PB edition Exit West
Song/Word: WEST SIDE STORY/West
Exit West
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 35/1070
Tasks Completed: 4/60
Cindy FTask 10.8 Apple II
#2 in a series
Tommo and Hawk by Bryce Courtenay
Claim 1 BB Ticket 675 pages
Points this post:10
Total points:15
Books read:2
Golden Oldies:0
Big books:1
Non Fiction:1
Tasks completed:2
Barbara ★20.6 - It's a Fact - Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos Season
Option 1: read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy. The MPG can be stand-alone or embedded.
Gunpowder Alchemy - Jeannie Lin 6/6
(has MPG science fiction)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)10.2 - What A Drag It Is Getting Old
Word (minimum three letters) in title/subtitle from song title. Exact match. Required: State the song
Page Count: 240--listened to audiobook link to PB Silent Night / Holy Night
Song Title/Word: Don't Stay Out All Night/ NIGHT
Silent Night, Holy Night: A Colleen Coble Christmas Collection
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date:45/1070
Tasks Completed:5/60
Katrisa15.7 – If You Don’t Want Me to Read It, I Surely Will!
read a book from Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
I read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban from page 1 of the list
children's is listed -BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 45
Katrisa5.4 - The 1938 Hit Parade
Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with these musical artists from 1938.
I read The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw
Artie SHAW George Bernard SHAW
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 50
Deborah10.9 - Her Majesty
An Offer From a Gentleman
London, England
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 4
Tasks Done: 4
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10.2 - What A Drag It Is Getting Old
Read a book with a word of at least three letters in the title or subtitle from a song title from the setlist. Required: State the song
Song: Big Boss Man
"I Am a Man": Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice, by Joe Starita
Matching word: MAN
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 35
Tasks completed: 3/60
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: 1