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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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Ava Catherine20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the Stars
Option 2:
Read a book where the single author’s initials (all of them) can be found in PINK UKELELE.
To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey 417 pages
author's initials=EI found in pInk ukElele
points this post=20
total points=670
Mary P30.2 - 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.
If It Bleeds by Stephen King
sound cluster-sk
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.
Angel of Skye by May McGoldrick
sk word=Skye
Points this post: 30
Total points: 220
Ava Catherine20.7 - 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.
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
three ps in title: sea of PoPPies
points this post: 20
total points: 690
Ava Catherine20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the Flag
Option 1:
Read a book with a flag or bunting on the cover.
Flags of Our Fathers by James D. Bradley
points this post: 20
total points: 710
Ava Catherine20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 1: Read a book where the TITLE contains a word (4 or more letters) that can be made from the composer's name: HERBERT POPE STOTHART
title word: heart
found in hErbert pope stotHART
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
points this post: 20
total points: 730
Ava Catherine25.9 - Dee's Task: It's Graduation Time…
Option B – The Capstone
Book 1 -
Read a book where all the letters ISRP appear in the Authors name.
Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo by Stephanie Storey
ISRP found in StePhanIe stoRey
Book 2 -
Read a book that is 4, 5, or 6 in a series.
#4 in series
The Girl in the Spider's Web (Millennium, 4) by David Lagercrantz
points this post: 25
total points: 755
Task 20.10 – Group ReadOption: FICTION – TRANSLATED SHORT STORIES
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
My comments HERE
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 80 points
NONfiction Books read: 0
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Andy P.Task # 5.6 - Happy Happy Joy Joy
Read a book set 50% or more in one of the 10 happiest countries in the world
I find it interesting that the Nordic community is so well represented, but many of their authors write such sad stories.
Outside by Ragnar Jónasson
Points this post: 5
Total points: 215
Task 25.2 – XBM – A’s All Around Option 1 – 3 A’s in title and/or subtitle -
Art essAys creAtivity
Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity
*** NONfiction ***
Option 2 – 3 A’s in Author name
AlexAnder mccAll
Alexander McCall Smith / The World According to Bertie ✔ – 18June22
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 105 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Ava Catherine15.7 – If You Don’t Want Me to Read It, I Surely Will!
Read a book from this list: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books.
page 2; # 106
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
points this post: 15
total points: 780
JEN B10.2 - 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. "The" is excluded. The word must match exactly.
That Summer by Jennifer Weiner
The word "THAT" is in the song title "Tell Me That You Love Me"
TOTAL POINTS: 150
Corrected repost of post #9195.8 - Meanwhile, Back in Oz....
Yellow letter on cover: The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams
All of the letter in the title are yellow, but to specify just one, the N in Newport is yellow.
Points this post: 5
Corrected total: 230
APRILLEIGH10.7 - To the Sea
Read a book with a boat or water vessel on the cover.
The Ghost of Midnight Lake by Lucy Strange(IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 10.0)
Cover shows main character sitting in a rowboat with oars.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (155)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
It’s a Fact: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (13)
Total Tasks: 13
Angela IL30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: Consonant Clusters
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.
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.
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella-7/7 (SK is the cluster)
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.
Kiss the Sky by Krista Ritchie & Becca Ritchie-6/17
(Word Used: Sky)
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 170
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 7
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:
Mod
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.
Home. Marilynne Robinson. 7.7.22
Points this post: 20
Total points: 350/1050
Tasks completed: 22/59
Books read: 26
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact ticket: 7
Amy FL5.3 - Song of the Century?
The Edge of Lost - you've LOST that lovin feelin
Points this post: 5
Total points: 310
Amy FL5.8 - Meanwhile, Back in Oz....
- Entire title is yellowPoints this post: 5
Total points: 315
Amy FL15.6. Leo the Lion
The Secrets We Share by Edwin Hill (lEo tHe lion)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 330
Amy FL25.8 -Andy P.’s Task: Choose Your Favorite List
Option 1: The Personal Librarian - page 6 of Books About Books and Libraries list
Option 4: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World - page 1 of Niche Non-Fiction list
I linked to the versions I completed. Combined total pages in paperbacks is over 750.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 355
Amy FL30.1 - Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!
Option 1: Like Wind Against Rock - KOA (liKe wind Against rOck)
Option 3:
Tineye results:
66.5 % #13344b Blue
13.2 % #167660 Green
4.0 % #dde4d8 Grey
3.5 % #4c5a40 Grey
3.1 % #688188 Grey
2.5 % #164f7e Blue
2.3 % #169ba3 Blue
2.1 % #d5d340 Yellow
2.0 % #858f43 Green
0.8 % #126f90 Blue
87.3% blue and green combined
Points this post: 30
Total points: 385
Mod
5.6 - Happy Happy Joy Joy
Read a book set 50% or more in one of the 10 happiest countries in the world (Denmark)
Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness. Marie Tourell Søderberg
Claiming 1 IAF ticket
Points this post: 5
Total points: 355/1050
Tasks completed: 23/59
Books read: 27
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact ticket: 8
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2022 SRC
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 3: Read a book that is first in a series.
Dating a Cougar
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 170
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
TessaVanessaWhere'd You Go, BernadetteChallenge 30.7 Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs Doubled
Option 1: Crashboomlove: A Novel in Verse by Juan Felipe Herrara
Option 3: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Found on page 1 of the list
Points this post: 30
Total points: 290/1050
Tasks completed: 17/59
Books read: 23
15.2 – The Long and the Short of ItBook 1: Beauty by Bri Lee.
This book has 160 pages.
Book 2: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
This book has 527 pages.
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Points: 40
Tasks completed: 5
EMurphy30.1 Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!
Option 1: KOA can be found in the title/subtitle The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig
*Big Book Ticket 530 pages
Option 3: Cover is 75% blue and/or green Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
*TinEye Results: 90.7% blue
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 45
Books Read: 4
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
15.10 Location, Location, Location I read Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (from the "At the Table" list)
New Total: 135
20.8 Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the FlagI chose option 2 and read
by Kendra James - entire class on cover New Total: 155
20.10 Group Reads I read An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten and made message 33 in the discussion thread.
New Total: 175
30.5 Sandy's Task: Impress Your Friends!Book 1 - Nine Lives by Peter Swanson - "nine" in "graNdIloquENt"
Book 2 - The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes - "sonora" in "prOgNOSticAtoR"
New Total: 205
Nikki B5.9 Rescued from the Cutting Room Floor
Ghost Summer
Tananarive Due
Task Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 5
Delicious Dee25.1 - MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
Book A - my BEST book of spring season was Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe - I read The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream also by him
Book B - My LEAST FAVORITE book during spring was Heart of Stone - I read The Devil's Heart - the title word in common is HEART
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 350
10.5 - Girls TogetherRead a book written by at least 2 women
Burned by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
New Points: 10
Total Points: 235
IF: 3
25.7 - 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
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden by Hannah Green (Just a note, the listing also lists Joanne Greenberg as an author, but they are actually the same person, so it is a single author book. )
Option 3: read a book from one of the following lists: I used the List-Art & Artists in Fiction
An Artist of the Floating World
This book is found on the first page of the list
New Points: 25
Total Points: 260
IF: 3
Katrisa30.5 - Sandy's Task: Impress Your Friends!
Must be 600+ pages
Book 1 - chose 1 of these words and read a book with a title (not subtitle) containing a word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the letters in the target word.
I read How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them
Title word START - progno(S)(T)ic(A)(T)o(R)
My book was hardcover - 320 pages
Book 2 - chose a second (different) word, and read a book with a single author with one name part that can be made from the letters in the target word.
I read Lost Souls by Dean Koontz
DEAN in gr(A)(N)(D)iloqu(E)nt
My book was audio - MMPB 381
320+381>600
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 730
Mai10.1 - Cowardly
Book with a word in the title that ENDS in LY
Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto by Aaron Bastani
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 330
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 27
NF Tickets: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Mai15.6. Leo the Lion.
Book with the author’s initials appearing in LEO THE LION
Artificial Communication: How Algorithms Produce Social Intelligence by Elena Esposito
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 345
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 28
NF Tickets: 16
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Bookwrm526Task #10.4 - Fields of Poppies
Read a book with a genre of World War I. I read One of Ours by Willa Cather (genre locked in help thread posts 21 and 22).
Total points so far: 140
Bookwrm526Task #15.6 - Leo the Lion.
Read a book with the author’s initials (all of them) appearing in LEO THE LION. I read Flying Solo by Linda Holmes.
Total points so far: 155
Bookwrm526Task #20.5 - Family Vacations
Option B: Read a book that is set at least 50% in either California or Mexico. I read Inner City Blues by Paula L. Woods, completely set in LA, California.
Total points so far: 175
Mod
5.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex"
Read a book by an author all of whose initials appear in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG.
The Quick and the Thread. Amanda Lee
Points this post: 5
Total points: 360/1050
Tasks completed: 24/59
Books read: 28
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact ticket: 8
MAZZA15.5 - Making the World Go Round
Read a book in which a monetary unit is found intact in the title or subtitle.
Heaven Adjacent
Using Cent at end of Adjacent - Cents are used in USA and Canada
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 460
25.3 - Cat's Task: Lion RangeBook 1, set in a sub-Saharan country (Nigeria): Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
Book 2, set in India: The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
Points this post: 25
Total points: 255
Lisa MD20.3 - 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.
🦁The Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews
Author Initials: MKA found in l frAnK bauM
448 pages
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 235/1050
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 13/59
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 1
PatTask 30.4 ~ Sinistromanual
Read two books from two different options. Letters may be repeated. Subtitles are excluded.
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:
REQUIRED: State the word.
Where Secrets Lie by Eva V. GibsonRead ~ 7.8.22
Pages ~ 384
How it Fits ~ (SECRETS)
QW(E)(R)(T)
A(S)DFG
ZX(C)VB
Option 3 ~ Read a book with the word Left, Lefty, or Lefties in the title. Subtitles are excluded. For this task, left-hyphenated words are allowed. Possessives work.
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth NixRead ~ 6.8.22
Pages ~ 416
How it Fits ~ the (LEFT)-Handed booksellers of london
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Points this Task ~ 30
Total Points ~ 270
Total Books ~ 17
Total Pages ~ 6,081
Task 20.6 – It’s a Fact – Trishhartuk – Hugos SeasonOption 1: Mpg SCIENCE FICTIOn
Elevation
I listened to audiobook / MMPB: Elevation 160 p
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 125 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Mod
Book 1-
This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel / author initials create cluster 'SW'
Book 2-
Sweet, Sweet Revenge Ltd. by Jonas Jonasson / SWEET starts with cluster 'SW'
Points this post: 30
Total points: 300
Task 30.7 – Robin (Saturndoo) – Doublejs DoubledREQUIRED: Total pages 500+: 278 + 304 = 582 pages
Option 1 – Male author first name beginning with ‘J’
John Boyne / The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket – 278 p
Option 2 – Mpg HORROR
This House Is Haunted - 304 p
Genre confirmed
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 155 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Mod
Out of My League by Jessica Prince / OUT in title 'Don't Stay Out All Night'
Points this post: 10
Total points: 310
Task 30.8 – Tien – Drinks To Keep You WarmREQUIRED: Total pages 600+: 349 + 400 = 749 pg
Option 1 – Mpg CLASSIC -and-
1st letter ea title word in THE BERRY TEA SHOP - S O A T
Strangers on a Train
I listened to audiobook / MMPB: L'Inconnu du Nord-Express – 349 p
+++ GOLDEN OLDIE +++ – 1st published 1950
Option 3 - Mpg ROMANCE -and-
Author initials in NESTLE COMPLETE MIX HOT CHOCOLATE - S N A
Sara Nisha Adams / The Reading List
I listened to audiobook / No MMPB / Paperback: The Reading List – 400 p
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 185 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of Prides
Option A.
Read a book with more than one lion on the cover or with the word LIONS in the title.
The Young Lions by Irwin Shaw
points this post: 20
total points: 650