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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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Option 3-
When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Elouisa James / on Beauty and the Beast Across Genres list, pg1#23
Option 4-
Leopard's Rage by Christine Feehan / main character shifts into leopard, quote from book: "I wonder why that is," Sevastyan said, and shifted back fully to his leopard. (pg 225 on kindle)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 400
25.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and ZambiaOption 1, #1 in a series: Julie and Romeo by Jeanne Ray (Julie and Romeo #1)
Option 2, the name of a month in the author's name: Home Sweet Home by April Smith
Points this post: 25
Total points: 335
Barbara ★15.10 - Location, Location, Locations
Read a book from this list - 100 Mystery and Thriller Recommendations by Setting
Malice - Keigo Higashino 7/13
(setting - In a Locked Room)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 360
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
LAUREN JODI5.8 - Meanwhile, Back in Oz....
Worth the Wait by Lori Foster
Yellow letter: W
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 255/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 21
Total Tasks Completed: 18/59
Mai30.9 - Brooklyn's Task: The Purge
Option 1: Book with a 2 word title where the first word is THE.
The Hollow by Agatha Christie
*Claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket -- book first published in 1946*
Option 3: Book that is part of a series that has at least 10 primary works.
Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
Part of the Hercule Poirot series with 34 full-length novels according to GoodReads
*Claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket -- book first published 1934*
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 395
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 31
NF Tickets: 16
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1
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30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: Consonant Clusters
Book 1: Read a book by an author with initials that form one of these sound clusters. State the cluster used when posting. CL
Something Wilder. Christina Lauren
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title only that begins with the same sound cluster as used in Book 1. State the word. Class
The Death Class: A True Story About Life. Erika Hayasaki
Claiming 1 IAF ticket
Points this post: 30
Total points: 410/1050
Tasks completed: 25/59
Books read: 31
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact ticket: 9
10.9 - Her MajestyThe Year of Secret Assignments (Ashbury/Brookfield #2) by Jaclyn Moriarty
100% Sydney NSW Australia
Total this Post: 10
Bigger is Better: 7
It's a Fact: 2
Season Total: 530
JUKKA15.6. Leo the Lion.
Book whose author's initials are in LEO THE LION.
G.I. Joe: Special Missions, Volume 3 by Larry Hama.
Total Points: 215/1050
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 15/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 3
MAZZA125.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls
Option 1 Clifton Hill
Read a book where the plot features an amusement park, carnival, side show or circus. It should be the main focus of the book.
Blood and Circuses
GR data identifies Phryne undertaking an investigation at Farrells circus
Option 2: Louis Tussaud
Read a book set at least 50% in the U.K.
set entirely in the Uk - London and Yorkshire stated in GR blurb
The Editor's Wife
points this post = 25
Points to date = 595
LAUREN JODI5.8 - Meanwhile, Back in Oz....
Worth the Wait by Lori Foster
Yellow letter: W
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 255/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 21
Total Tasks Completed: 18/59
LAUREN JODI10.1 - Cowardly
The Unholy by Heather Graham
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 265/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 22
Total Tasks Completed: 19/59
Katrisa30.8 - Tien’s Task: Drinks to keep you Warm
Opt 1 - 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”
I read The Hound of the Baskervilles
Classics on on MPG and THOTB in (T)(H)e (B)erry (T)ea sh(O)p
My book was audio MMPB 256
Opt 2 - read a book with a MPG Crime AND “kill” found intact in title and/or subtitle.
I read The Echo Killing
Mystery>Crime on MPG and the echo (KILL)ing
My book was audio PB 384
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 840
Sara G20.6 - It's a Fact - Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos Season
Option 1: As the Hugos (as well as the Lodestar Award for Best YA Book and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, which are awarded at the same ceremony) celebrate Science Fiction and Fantasy writing, read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy. The MPG can be stand-alone or embedded.
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
MPG Fantasy 3,300 users
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165
Sara G20.7 - 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. You may choose any single source or combination of those sources, but there must be exactly 3 Ps in source/combo.
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
From the title and series name: The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 185
Sara G20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the Flag
2) This weekend has been about people coming together, as families, friends or communities. Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover.
by Emma Southon**Agrippina is nonfiction (MPG Nonfiction). I claim one It's a Fact ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 205
15.8 - There's More than One of UsRead a book with a word in the title or subtitle from the list of collective nouns supplied. The word must be the collective name. Words must match exactly. except for plurals and possessives.
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
Jays: a party. My word is "party"
Points this post: 15
Total points: 700
Tasks completed: 38
Books read: 54
Big Book tickets: 8
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
JUKKA10.2 - What A Drag It Is Getting Old
Book with a word in the title from a name of a song on the list.
Astro City, Vol. 1: Life in the Big City by Kurt Busiek. The word is "City" from the song "Kansas City".
Total Points: 225/1050
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 16/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 3
25.4 - Lauren Jodi's Task: Literary LionsOption 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 (found on page 1)
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: 360
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★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.
The Great Game - Lavie Tidhar 7/14
(8. "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME" BILLY MURRAY)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 365
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Stephanie1275.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex" :Read a book by an author all of whose initials appear in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG.
Lucky Breaks by Yevgenia Belorusets
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50/1050
Tasks completed: 4/59
Books read: 4
*post edited because I neglected to include the book I used for this challenge.
MARGO20.7 - 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. You may choose any single source or combination of those sources, but there must be exactly 3 Ps in source/combo.
The Keeper of Happy Endings
by Barbara Davis
- 3 Ps in Title (1 in Keeper + 2 in Happy).
- None in Author's name.
- No subtitle
- No series name
- Posted and read Kindle edition.
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
GO: 1 // BB: 0 // NF: 0
Katrisa25.4 - Lauren Jodi's Task: Literary Lions
Opt 1 - Read a book with a single feather of any color on the cover
I read I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
Opt 3 - Read a retelling of the classic "Beauty and the Beast" fairytale from one of the lists
I read The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories from page 1 of Best Retellings List
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 865
Bookwrm526Task #15.2 – The Long and the Short of It
Book 1 – Read a short book – 100-200 pages. I read The Transmigration of Bodies by Yuri Herrera (112p).
Book 2 – Read a long book – at least 400 pages. I read South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry (410p).
Total points so far: 210
Mary P30.3 - Schatzie's Task : Escaping My Box
Book 1:Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of Health.
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison
This book is new to me. 302 pages
Book 2:Read a book with a main page genre of Urban Fantasy or Epic Fantasy.
Lover Arisen by J.R. Ward
This book is new to me. 418 pages
Points this task: 30
Total points: 250
Task 30.4- SinistromanualOption 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.
Word: SAVE
Things You Save in a Fire (2019) by Katherine Center (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 320 pages)
Option 4: Read a book by an author who was born in or currently resides in the American South: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia
Required: Include a reference if the author’s status is not present in the GR bio.
According to the goodreads biography, Ron Rash was born in
Chester, South Carolina.
The Cove (2012) by Ron Rash (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 255 pages)
70 + 30 = 100
Tasks Completed: 05
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 70 + 30 = 100
Books read: 07
Pages read: 2,082
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
25.7 - Hannelore’s Task: Hoi! Nice to meet you!Option 1, part of author's name is a palindrome: Loud and Clear by Anna Quindlen
Option 3, MPG Art: The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
Points this post: 25
Total points: 360
15.1 - If I were King of the Forest!Book 1: Read a book with King, Queen, Princess or Prince in its title
The Last Princess by Galaxy Craze
Book 2: Read a book with "Lion" found intact in a word in its title
The Lion Is in by Delia Ephron
Points this post: 15
Total points: 715
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 56
Big Book tickets: 8
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
MAZZA120.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the Flag
Option 2) Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover
The Shape of Family: A Novel
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 615
JUKKA10.8 - Apple II
Book that is #2 in a series.
Astro City, Vol. 2: Confession by Kurt Busiek is #2 in Astro City.
Total Points: 235/1050
Total Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 17/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 3
Task 20.8 - Flying the Flagoption2: more than three people on the cover
Cloudstreet
people, from to left: in boat, leaping person, two small people where leaping persons hands point, woman with hand on hip, plus others
558 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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650 points
11 BB tix
2 GO tix
1 NF tix
Task 5.7 - I'd Like to Teach the World to SingDEEP in title
Rolling in the Deep
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655 points
11 BB tix
2 GO tix
1 NF tix
MAZZA120.1 - 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.
In the Blood Lisa Unger LU in target phrase
416 pages exceeding requirement
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 635
Bookwrm526Task #30.5 - Impress Your Friends!
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. Target word: grandiloquent. I read Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian (343p). The word UNDER can be found in gRaNDiloqUEnt.
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. Target word: kaleidoscopic. I read The Monsters We Make by Kali White (272p). The name KALI can be found in KALeIdoscopic.
343+272=615p
Total points so far: 240
LAUREN JODI5.6. - Happy Happy Joy Joy
The Wayward Son by Yvonne Lindsay
Set in New Zealand
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 270/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 23
Total Tasks Completed: 20/59
Task 5.2 – Oscar Time Baby!Book chosen: Iron Curtain 1987
Fits task: word chosen: IRON, all letters found in RAINBOW
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 398 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 205 points
Task 5.6 – Happy Happy Joy JoyBook chosen: The Others
Fits task: Set 100% in Israel
Format read: audio
# of pages: 240 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 210 points
Task 20.4 – Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of PridesBook chosen: She Who Became the Sun
Fits task: MPG Queer
Format read: audio
# of pages: 416 (printed edition)
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 230 points
Andy P.Task # 30.7 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs Doubled
Option 1. Read a book by a single, male author whose first name begins with the letter "J."
Heartbreak Hotel by Jonathan Kellerman
Option 2. Read a book with a MPG genre of World War II
Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
World War II MPG
Points this post: 30
Total points: 305
Barbara ★15.3 - Just Call Me Judy
Option 1:
Book 1 - Read a book written by an author whose initials (all) can be found in Judy Garland.
Change of Heart - Jude Deveraux 7/14
(J & D in Judy Garland)
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.
Murder Most Frothy - Cleo Coyle 7/2
(MMF in Frances ethel guMM)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 380
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
JEN B25.9 - 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.
If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy
I, T, F in Information
S in Leadership
Book 2 – Read a book set at least 75% in one of the following countries: United Kingdom
REQUIRED. Specify the country. If it is not obvious from the GR description or metadata, provide a reference to verify the setting.
The Messy Lives of Book People by Phaedra Patrick
This book is set in Manningham, England, United Kingdom
(Location verification from Amazon:
Why would a very popular fiction author pick a youthful cleaning lady and stay-at-home mom to rejuvenate her last series book about a present-day derring-do heroine?
Phaedra Patrick raises this question in her 2022 novel, “The Messy Lives of Book People” and responds with mixed results.
Living in Manningham, England, Olivia Green, aka Liv...
https://www.amazon.com/Messy-Lives-Bo....
TOTAL POINTS: 200
Ava Catherine15.4 – 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.
Book 1 – Read a book set at least 50% in state from given list.
(New York selected.)
Book 2 – Read a book with a motor vehicle on the cover.
Ghostbread by Sonja Livingston setting New York
points this post: 15
total points: 840
Ava Catherine15.8 - There's More than One of Us
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from the given list of collective nouns for animals.
"Lapwings: a deceit" - the word is deceit.
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson
"deceit" in subtitle
points this post: 15
total points: 855
Ava Catherine15.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
Read a book with a MPG of Adventure or Action.
Tripwire by Lee Child
mpg adventure
approved help thread #28 & 29 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
points this post: 15
total points: 870
Ava Catherine15.3 – Just Call Me Judy
Option 1:
Book 1 - Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in Judy Garland.
Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion
author's initials=JD found in JuDy garland
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 Secret Guests by Benjamin Black
initial letters of title= TSG found in
franceS eThel Gumm
points this post:15
total points: 885
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 of the 20th century according to RIAA
WHITE CHRISTMAS by BING CROSBY, #2
The White Girl by Tony Birch
Points this post: 5
Total points: 720
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 57
Big Book tickets: 8
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Ava Catherine10.9 - Her Majesty
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the stated countries. selected country: United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
The Black Tower by P.D. James
set in England
points this post: 10
total points: 895
25.2 - XBM's Task: A's all aroundOption 1:
Read 2 books, one of each.
Book 1: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the title/subtitle
Dear Laura
3 A's in deAr lAurA
Book 2: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the author's name. All name parts are included. Single authors only.
The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World by David K. Randall
3 A's in dAvid rAndAll
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket - Nonfiction
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 205
It's A Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
5.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex"Read a book by an author all of whose initials appear in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG.
Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen
SA appears in yipSel hArburg
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 210
It's A Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Coralie5.5 making the World Go Round
Using the monetary unit CENT which is used in many countries including Australia and found intact in the word sCENT, I read
The Scent of Eucalyptus
Total to date 370 points
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30.7 ~ Doublejs Doubled
For this task ONE book with MPG of graphic novels may be used.
Read two books, using 2 different options.
REQUIRED: Identify the options you used.
Option 1 ~ Read a book by a single, male author whose first name begins with the letter "J"
Read ~ 6.15.22
Pages ~ 448
How it Fits ~ (J)ames patterson
Option 5 ~ Read a book with the color word RED in the title. Subtitles excluded. The word RED must be standalone
Read ~ 7.13.22
Pages ~ 496
How it Fits ~ written in RED
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Points this Task ~ 30
Total Points ~ 300
Total Books ~ 19
Total Pages ~ 7,025