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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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Katrisa25.1 - MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
Book 1 - 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 favourite book from spring challenge
spring challenge book - Truly Dead
I read The Dead Town
word in both is DEAD
Book 2 - 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.
spring challenge book - Life's Missing Instruction Manual: The Guidebook You Should Have Been Given at Birth
I read The Island of Missing Trees
Word is MISSING
(side note this was one of my best reads of 2022 so I totally turned this one around!)
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 755
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Option 1-
Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett / LIKE in speech
Option 4-
A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James / EJ in phrase
Points this post: 25
Total points: 340
Theresa5.5 - Making the World Go Round
A Penny for Your Thoughts by Mindy Starns Clark
Points this task - 5
Total points - 25
Theresa5.6 - Happy Happy Joy Joy
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
set in Sweden
Points this post - 5
Total points - 30
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.
Flip the Script by Lyla Lee
Total Points: 90
20.6 - It's a Fact - Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos SeasonOption 1: read a book with an MPG of Fantasy
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
Total this Post: 20
Bigger is Better: 7
It's a Fact: 2
Season Total: 405
10.8 - Apple IIJudas Horse (DC Jack Warr #2) by Lynda La Plante
Total this Post: 10
Bigger is Better: 7
It's a Fact: 2
Season Total: 415
Coralie10.10 Liquid Courage
Using the word Brooklyn from - cocktails – whisky
The Brooklyn Follies
Total to date 285 points
Coralie20.4 A Group of Prides
Option B – book with MPG queer
Under the Whispering Door
Total to date 305 points
15.2 – The Long and the Short of ItBook 1 – Read a short book – 100-200 pages.
The Last Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars #0.6) by Jay Kristoff
125 pages
Book 2 – Read a long book – at least 400 pages.
The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci
432 pages
Total this Post: 15
Bigger is Better: 7
It's a Fact: 2
Season Total: 430
MAZZA130.8 - Tien’s Task: Drinks to keep you Warm
The combined page total of the two books must be at least 600 pages.
1. Tea
Read a book with a MPG Classics AND where first letter of each word in title (of at least 3 words) can be found in “The Berry Tea Shop”.
Three Act Tragedy MPG classics T A and T in target Phrase 336 pages
First Published in 1934 I am claiming 1 GO ticket
2. Coffee
Read a book with a MPG Crime AND “kill” found intact in title and/or subtitle.
Play to Kill Embedded MPG is crime and Kill in title
324 pages
Page count 336 + 324 = 660 exceeds requirement
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 490
GO tickets this post = 1
GO tickets to date = 1
Kim O30.1 - Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!
Option 1 -Read a book where the letters KOA can be found in the title or subtitle.
The Portable Dorothy Parker
Golden Oldie -- first published May 1944
Big book: 626 pages
Option 4 - Read a book with an MPG of science.
The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats
Non-fiction
Points this task:30
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Big Book tickets: 1
It's a Fact tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 35
Big Book - 500+: 1
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 2
LAUREN JODI5.3 - Song of the Century?
Not Your Ordinary Faerie Tale by Christine Warren
Song: . 'THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND" WOODY GUTHRIE
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 215/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 17
Total Tasks Completed: 14/59
LAUREN JODI15.5 - Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
Flashpoint by Suzanne Brockmann
Confirmed in Post #6 of the task help thread.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 230/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 18
Total Tasks Completed: 15/59
Kathy KS20.3 - Best Review-Kathy KS's Task: The Other Side of the Rainbow
Read a book whose author’s initials (all of them) can be found in his name: L FRANK BAUM.
The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton, by Larry Niven
LN=L fraNk
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 315
Tasks completed: 15/59
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
babbling c20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 3: Wizard of Oz was Stothart's first Academy Award - Read a book that is first in a series. The series name and number must be listed in grayscale in parentheses following the title on the book's main page.
Legendborn - Audible Legendborn - paperback pgs 544 by Tracy Deonn
Legendborn #1
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 70/1070
Completed Tasks: 6/60
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 2,321
Books read this season: 6
babbling c20.4 - Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of Prides
The word “Pride” has several different usages. Choose one of the meanings from the below options. REQUIRED: Indicate in your post the option that you used.
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. MPGs can be stand-alone or embedded.
Boyfriend Material -kindle Boyfriend Material - paperback pg. 427 by Alexis Hall
LGBT > Queer 647 users
LGBT > Gay 240 users
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 90/1070
Completed Tasks: 7/60
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 2,748
Books read this season: 7
Mai20.4 - Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of Prides
Option B. Book with MPG queer.
Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 365
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 29
NF Tickets: 16
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Barbara ★10.9 - Her Majesty
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tuvalu, United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
The Locked Room - Elly Griffiths 7/9
(set 100% in England)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 305
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
DOM20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 2: Read a book first published within the time frame 1885-1949.
Eline Vere by Louis Couperus
First published in 1889
Option 3: Read a book that is first in a series.
Dangerous Habits by Susan Hunter
This is the first Leah Nash Mysteries book.
For Eline Vere:
I claim one Gold Oldie point as was firsr published in 1889, and
Big Book Ticket as book has 561 pages
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 15
It's a Fact: 1
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Amy FL20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the Stars
Option 1: The Unsinkable Greta James - MPG Music
Points this post: 20
Total points: 415
Amy FL25.3 - Cat's Task: Lion Range
Book 1: This Book Betrays My Brother - set in South Africa (in description: Set in the shifting South African landscape of the mid-1990s...)
Book 2: The Color of Our Sky - set mostly in India
Points this post: 25
Total points: 440
Amy B30.2 - 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.
Oreo by Fran Ross (FR)
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.
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 215 Points
Task 15.2 – The Long and the Short of ItBook 1 – Read a short book – 100-200 pages.
Once More Upon a Time (2020) by Roshani Chokshi (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 144 pages)
Book 2 – Read a long book – at least 400 pages.
The Bowl Is Already Broken (2005) by Mary Kay Zuravleff (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 424 pages)
55 + 15 = 70
Tasks Completed: 04
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 55 + 15 = 70
Books read: 05
Pages read: 1,507
Read but not claimed: 07
Goodreads Authors: 03
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
15.4 – Summer Road Trip-North and SouthOption 1, book 1, set in a Route 1 state (North Carolina): The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers
Option 1, book 2, motor vehicle on the cover: The Summer Seekers by Sarah Morgan
Points this post: 15
Total points: 270
25.9 - Dee's Task: It's Graduation Time…Option A – The Degree and my Cohort
Book 1 – Read a book with all the words in the title starting with letters found in GOVERNMENT INFORMATION LEADERSHIP. Letters may be used as often as they are found. The title must have at least 3 words.
The Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth
Words in title start with TFP found in governmenT inFormation leadershiP
Book 2 – Read a book set at least 75% in one of the following countries: United Kingdom
Buried (DC Jack Warr #1) by Lynda La Plante
100% England
Total this Post: 25
Bigger is Better: 7
It's a Fact: 2
Season Total: 455
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)15.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
MPG of Adventure or Action.
Page Count: 374 Listened to audiobook link to PB edition The Hunger Games
MPG: Adventure
The Hunger Games
Points Earned This Post: 15
Points Achieved to Date:535/1050
Tasks Completed: 36/59
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)25.9 - Dee's Task: It's Graduation Time…
Choose either Option A, B, C and read book 1 AND book 2 from that option.
Option A – The Degree and my Cohort
Book 1 –All words in title start with letters found in GOVERNMENT INFORMATION LEADERSHIP. Minimum 3 word title.
Page Count: 263
Farm to Trouble
Book 2 – Set at least 75% in one of the following countries
Page Count: 230 Listened to audiobook link to PB edition Good to Know
Country: Canada
Good to Know
Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date: 560/1050
Tasks Completed: 37/59
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)30.7 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs Doubled
Option 2: MPG genre of World War II or Horror. Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
Page Count: 438
MPG: World War II
Bluebird
Option 5: Color word RED in the title. Subtitles excluded. The word RED must be standalone and CAN NOT be embedded in or part of a larger word like kindred or redeemed.
Page Count: 224 Listened to Audiobook Link to PB edition Red at the Bone
Red at the Bone
Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 590/1050
Tasks Completed: 38/59
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2022 SRC
5.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex"
Read a book by an author all of whose initials appear in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG.
American Vampire, Vol. 3 by Scott Snyder, SS in edSel yipSel harburg
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 175
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Stephanie12720.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the Stars
Option 1: read a book with an MPG of DANCE, MUSIC, or THEATER/THEATRE. The MPG can be standalone or embedded.
A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance (320 pages)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45/1050
Tasks completed: 3/59
Books read: 3
20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge's Task: Family VacationsThe book must be a minimum of 350 pages
Option C: Read a book by a male author whose first and last initials are in ROAD TRIP
Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett road TriP
Ebook, 394 pages in first MMP edition
Poinrs this post: 20
Total Points: 625
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 48
Big Book tickets: 8
Golden Oldies rickets: 3
Coralie30.6 The White Tiger
Option 2: Tiger – book with the letters T I G E R in title
Notes from the Burning Age
T in noTes, I & G in burnInG, E in agE, R in buRning
Option 4 A Passage to India – book set in India
The Folded Earth
Total to date 335 points
15.8 - There's More than One of UsWhen We Wake (When We Wake #1) by Karen Healey
word in title, WAKE
Buzzards: a WAKE
Total this Post: 15
Bigger is Better: 7
It's a Fact: 2
Season Total: 470
Boston Kate
10.2 - What A Drag It Is Getting Old
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
using "Tell" from "Tell Me That You Love Me"
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Boston Kate
20.9 - The Underscore
Option 1: Carrie Soto Is Back
SOTO can be found in the target phrase
approved in message 2 of help thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 30
Julia10320.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Option D: Homestead
(MPG Family verified in post 5 of genre verification thread)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 245
BB: 8
GO: 0
NF: 0
Tasks Completed: 16
Books read: 21
Jen K15.7 – If You Don’t Want Me to Read It, I Surely Will!
The Merchant of Venice
Page 1 of list, #63
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Jen K15.8 - There's More than One of Us
The School for Good Mothers
Collective Word: "school" for fish in general
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Points This Post:
Total Points: 30
Jen K20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the Stars
Option 1: Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop
MPG: Music
320 pages > 200 pages
****Requesting It's a Fact Ticket- Non-Fiction*****
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 50
IAF: 1
Task 30.7 – Robin (Saturndoo) – Doublejs DoubledREQUIRED: Total pages 500+: 278 + 304 = 582 pages
ALLOWED: Manga / Comics for ONE task
Option 1 – Male author first name beginning with ‘J’
John Boyne / The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket – 278 p
AR bookfinder: IL: MY - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9.0
Option 2 – Mpg HORROR
This House Is Haunted - 304 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
Task 20.4 – Golden Oldies – Julia103 – A Group of PridesOption 2 – Mpg Lesbian
Great or Nothing
Genre confirmed
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 205 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
Delicious Dee15.4 – Summer Road Trip-North and South
Book A - Play Dead - set in Atlanta Georgia
Book B -
- car on coverPoints This Post: 15
Points Total: 365
Katrisa25.5 - Amy FL’s task: Just a Dandy-Lion
opt 1 - Read a book with a title word of four or more letters that appears in the lion’s speech.
I read What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
word from speech is WHAT
Opt 3- Like Bert Lahr, read a book by a single author whose first and last name each has four letters
I read Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 780
CEELEE Task 20.10 Group Reads
Read a book from one of the Group reads Group Reads. Participate in the discussion.
I chose The Maid by Nita Prose
The Maid
My discussion of the book appears in Comment 20 posted July 9, 2022
Very entertaining feel god mystery. No cat sightings but I did cry a little.
Total Points for Task: 20
Total Books read for Task: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Tasks Completed for Summer 2022 Challenge: 20
Total Books Read for Summer 2022 Challenge: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Summer 2022 Challenge: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2022: 0
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the Flag
Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover
. A Night in the Lonesome October. Roger ZelaznyPoints this post: 20
Total points: 380/1050
Tasks completed: 25/59
Books read: 29
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact ticket: 8
Katrisa5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
Free Choice
I read The Rules Do Not Apply
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 785
babbling c15.1 – If I were King of the Forest!
Book 1 – Read a book with King, Queen, Princess, or Prince in its title (not subtitle)
The Ippos King - kindle pgs 421 by Grace Draven
approval for length
AND
Book 2 – Read a book with “Lion” found intact in a word in its title (not subtitle)
The First Rebellion - kindle The First Rebellion -mass market paperback pgs. 240 by Marion Chesney
Rebellion
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 105/1070
Completed Tasks: 8/60
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 3,409
Books read this season: 9
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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This Is Love by Melissa Foster / LOVE in title 'Let's Fall in Love'
Points this post: 5
Total points: 315