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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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Jax30.9
Option 1:
The purge was quite an undertaking and took several weeks to complete.
Read a book with a 2 word title where the first word is THE.
The Nineties
Option 3:
A somewhat embarrassing thing discovered was that I owned over 10 pairs of black dress pants. They were different sizes and styles, but since I’ve been working from home for the last 8 years, it seemed ridiculous to have that many. I reduced the number by more than half, taking the others to a women’s shelter that helps those escaping dangerous domestic situations get housing and jobs.
Read a book that is part of a series that has at least 10 primary works.
Required: State the name of the series and how many primary works have been published in the series to date. The series name and number must be shown on the main book page in grayscale after the title.
Still Life
Chief Inspector Gamache Series, 18 currently
This Post: 30
Total Points to Date: 200
Tasks Completed: 10
Julia1035.9 - Rescued from the Cutting Room Floor
My Mother's War: The Incredible True Story of How a Resistance Fighter Survived Three Concentration Camps
This is non-fiction - claiming one It's A Fact ticket
This post: 5 points, 1 NF
Total points: 250
BB: 8
GO: 0
NF: 1
Tasks Completed: 17
Books read: 22
Barbara ★25.4 - Lauren Jodi's Task: Literary Lions
Option 3: Read a retelling of the classic "Beauty and the Beast" fairytale from one of the following lists (the book must meet SRC requirements):
Romancing the Duke - Tessa Dare 7/12
#20 on Beauty and the Beast list
Option 4: Read a book in which a major character shifts from human to feline in the story. Lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, and panthers as well as any domestic cat will work. The character must actually shift into the animal and not merely possess its traits.
Shifter Planet - D.B. Reynolds 6/6
(hero is a cat shifter, black panther to be exact)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 345
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
DOM30.5 - Sandy's Task: Impress Your Friends!
1. Title - prognosticator
Where the Crawdads Sing
The word 'Sing' in title can be found in proGNoStIcator.
2. Author's Name: -magniloquence
Soulless by Gail Carriger
The word 'Gail', author's first name can be found in mAGnILoquence.
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 19
It's a Fact: 1
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
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5.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex"
Initials EY in YIPSEL: An Immense World by Ed Yong
total = 105
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5.2- Oscar Time, Baby!
WHAT in OVER THE RAINBOW: What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health by David R. Montgomery
total = 110
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5.3 - Song of the Century?
THIS from 3. 'THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND" WOODY GUTHRIE: Not Long for This World by Gar Anthony Haywood
total = 115
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5.5 - Making the World Go Round
U.S. $.25, quarter in quarter-acre: The Quarter-Acre Farm: How I kept the patio, lost the lawn, and fed my family for a year by Spring Warren
total = 120
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5.7- I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
Blues from "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues": Carnival Blues by Damien Boyd
I read the kindle edition
total = 125
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10.8 - Apple II
#2 series: Girl Gone Missing by Marcie R. Rendon (Cash Blackbear Mysteries #2)
total = 165
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10.9 - Her Majesty
Set in Scotland: Edinburgh Twilight by Carole Lawrence
I read the kindle edition
total = 175
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10.10 - Liquid Courage
Wine, main page: Wine Dark Deep by R. Peter Keith
I read the kindle edition
total = 185
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15.1 – If I were King of the Forest!
Book 1, Queen : Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 15.0
Book 2: lion intact: The Morcai Battalion by Susan Kyle (aka Diana Palmer)
total = 200
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15.2 – The Long and the Short of It
Book 1, short, 192 pages: Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett
Book 2, long, 432 pages: Bones by Jan Burke
I read the kindle edition
total = 215
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15.3 – Just Call Me Judy
option 2, one book
initials LD in GARLAND
title EAH in Frances Ethel Gumm
Enemies at Home by Lindsey Davis
total = 230
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15.9 - The End of Slavery!
From Antebellum pg 3:
The Family Tree: A Lynching in Georgia, a Legacy of Secrets, and My Search for the Truth by Karen Branan
total = 245
Julia10310.3 - Press Play
Old Jews Telling Jokes: 5,000 Years of Funny Bits and Not-So-Kosher Laughs
(Audie Award for Humor 2011)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 260
BB: 8
GO: 0
NF: 1
Tasks Completed: 18
Books read: 23
Mod
Read a book by an author all of whose initials appear in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG.
Papyrus
The author is Ruth Hartzler & the initials RH appear in HaRburg
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 215+ 5 = 220/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 12
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 6
Christine V20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the Flag
Option 2: Children of God
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 0
Katrisa25.3 - Cat's Task: Lion Range
Book 1: read a book set in one or more sub-Saharan country or countries.
I read The Promise
It is set entirely in South Africa.
Book 2: read a book set in India
I read The White Tiger
It is set entirely in India
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 810
JUKKA30.7 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs Doubled
Option 1: Book written by male author with first name starting with J.
Thor: God of Thunder, Volume 3: The Accursed by Jason Aaron.
Option 5: Book with the word RED in title.
The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente.
Total Points: 190/1050
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 12/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 3
5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!Read a book of choice that meets SRC requirements
Jameela Green Ruins Everything by Zarqa Nawaz
Points this post: 5
Total points: 675
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 52
Big Book tickets: 8
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Lisa MD25.8 -Andy P.’s Task: Choose Your Favorite List
Option 1. Choose a book from this list: Books About Books and Libraries
🦁Beach Read by Emily Henry
Page 5 on list
362 pages
Option 4 Choose a book from this list: Niche Non-Fiction
🦁The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
Page 1 on list
262 pages
*I claim a NF ticket*
362 + 262 = 624 total pages
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 285/1050
Total Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 15/59
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 2
JUKKA5.2 - Oscar Time, Baby!
Book with word in title made up of letters from OVER THE RAINBOW.
Thor: God of Thunder, Volume 4: The Last Days of Midgard by Jason Aaron. The word is "THOR".
Total Points: 195/1050
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 13/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 3
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
15.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
Read a book with a MPG of Adventure or Action.
Age of Deception, by T.A. White
MPG=Adventure 21 users (Task help verified “Adventure” OK message 22)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 320-15=305
Tasks completed: 16/59-1=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
Kathy KS15.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
Read a book with a MPG of Adventure or Action.
Cells at Work!, Vol. 2, by Akane Shimizu
MPG=Action 5 users
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 320
Tasks completed: 16/59
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
Kai20.9 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
The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country by Laton McCartney
"teapot" = hErberT POpe sTothArt
New Points: 20
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Claimed for Challenge: 6
JUKKA5.4 - The 1938 Hit Parade
Book whose author shares a name with one of the 1938 hit artists.
G.I. Joe: Special Missions, Vol. 2 by Larry Hama, who shares a name with Larry Clinton.
Total Points: 200/1050
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 14/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 3
MEGSCL5.2- Oscar Time, Baby!
“there”
Once There Were Wolves
TOTAL
310 points
3 big book - 1 It’s a Fact - 2 Golden Oldie
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.6 - Leo the Lion
Rise of the Alpha Huntress by Neo Edmund
The author’s initials appear in lEo the lioN
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Rise Of The Alpha Huntress
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 105 points
Tasks completed: 7
MEGSCL5.8 - Meanwhile, Back in Oz....
- JACK is yellowTOTAL
315 points
3 big book - 1 It’s a Fact - 2 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL30.5 - Sandy's Task: Impress Your Friends!
Book 1 - The Rules of Magic - magic in magniloquence
Book 2 - An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life by Paul Dalla Rosa - rosa in prognosticator
TOTAL
345 points
3 big book - 1 It’s a Fact - 2 Golden Oldie
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.1 - Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
Book 1 -
Read Between the Lines by Rachel Lacey
Option 2 - This book has a word in the tile (Between) that is the same as a word in the title of your favourite book from the Spring Challenge - Between the Lines (Read May 1, 2022).
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Read Between the Lines
Book 2 -
Love Her or Lose Her by Tessa Bailey
Option 1 - This book by the same author as your least favourite book - Fix Her Up (Read April 14, 2022)
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Love Her or Lose Her
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 130 points
Tasks completed: 8
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.9 - It's Graduation Time…
Option A – The Degree and my Cohort
Book 1 -
One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Read a book with all the words in the title starting with letters found in GOVERNMENT INFORMATION LEADERSHIP. (OT in gOvernmenT, L in Leadership
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Los dos amores de mi vida
Book 2 -
The Easy Life in Kamusari by Shion Miura
This book is set in Japan. From the description: "From Shion Miura, the award-winning author of The Great Passage, comes a rapturous novel where the contemporary and the traditional meet amid the splendor of Japan’s mountain way of life."
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): The Easy Life in Kamusari
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 155 points
Tasks completed: 9
Sara G10.2 - 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.
I chose the song "I Want You to Love Me."
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
"Love" is the matching word.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 95
Sara G15.4 – Summer Road Trip-North and South
OPTION 2
Read one book that satisfies the criteria for both book 1 and book 2 of Option 1.
by Imbolo MbueOver 50% of this book takes place in New York per the GR description, and there is a black car in the center of the cover below the word Dreamers.
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 512 pages.
**Behold the Dreamers is a Big Book (512 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 110
Sara G15.9 - The End of Slavery!
Read a book from the first 25 pages of one of these lists :
Civil War Books
Antebellum Books
Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause by Ty Seidule
This book is on page 3 of the Civil War Books list.
**Robert E. Lee and Me is nonfiction (MPG Nonfiction). I claim one It's a Fact ticket.**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 125
Sara G20.4 - 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. MPGs can be stand-alone or embedded.
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
MPG LGBT > Queer 124 users
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
25.5 - Amy FL’s task: Just a Dandy-LionOption 3: Like Bert Lahr, read a book by a single author whose first and last name each has four letters (ignore middle initials).
The Red Threads of Fortune (Tensorate #2) by Neon Yang
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BETCHA CAN’T EAT JUST ONE.
Telltale: Reading Writing Remembering by Carmel Bird
author's initials, CB, found in BetCha
Total this Post: 25
Bigger is Better: 7
It's a Fact: 2
Season Total: 495
5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!Select your free choice book that meets SRC requirements.
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 175
15.1 – If I were King of the Forest!Book 1 – Read a book with King, Queen, Princess, or Prince in its title
The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch
Book 2 – Read a book with “Lion” found intact in a word in its title
The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 190
Jen K30.1 - Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!
Option 1 -The Death of Vivek Oji
deAth Of viveK
Option 3 - Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
Tineye Results:
84.3 %#00a88bGreen
5.3 %#061f1aBlack
3.7 %#004539Green
3.5 %#dbdc03Yellow
0.8 %#fa5258Pink
0.6 %#36b571Green
0.6 %#add225Green
0.5 %#e5b020Orange
0.4 %#f07c40Orange
****Non-Fiction- Claiming 1 IAF ticket****
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 80
IAF: 2
Jen K20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 4:
Set at least 50% in California
****Non-Fiction- Claiming 1 IAF ticket****
*****
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100
IAF: 3
REPOST25.4 - Lauren Jodi's Task: Literary Lions
Option 2:Read a book set at least 50% in one of the following countries that has a lion on its national flag - Spain
Without Light or Guide (Los Nefilim #0.2) by T. Frohock
ebook verified
Option 3: Read a retelling of the classic "Beauty and the Beast" fairytale from one of the following lists (the book must meet SRC requirements): page 6
The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth
Total this Post: 25
Bigger is Better: 7
It's a Fact: 2
Season Total: 520
10.3 - Press PlayRead a book that has won an Audie award. The award must be present in the book's metadata
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris, won the Audie award for Fiction in 2019
Points this post: 10
Total points: 685
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 53
Big Book tickets: 8
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
5.2 – Oscar Time, Baby!I read Girl on a Train by A.J. Waines.
The word TRAIN can be found in OVER THE RAINBOW.
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Points: 45
Tasks completed: 6
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20.10 - Group Reads
An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
I posted a comment (Message #32) in the book's discussion thread.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Alter schützt vor Morden nicht
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 90 points
Tasks completed: 6