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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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15.1 – If I were King of the Forest!
Book 1: Read a book with King, Queen, Princess, or Prince in its title
An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew
This contains "Princess" in the title
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
Book 2: Read a book with “Lion” found intact in a word in its title (not subtitle)
Lion: A Long Way Home
This book has Lion in the title
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 220+ 15 = 235/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 13
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 6 + 2 = 8
Book 1: Read a book with King, Queen, Princess, or Prince in its title
An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew
This contains "Princess" in the title
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
Book 2: Read a book with “Lion” found intact in a word in its title (not subtitle)
Lion: A Long Way Home
This book has Lion in the title
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 220+ 15 = 235/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 13
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 6 + 2 = 8
30.1 - Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!
2 Books:
Option 1: read a book where the letters KOA can be found in the title and/or subtitle
I'll Take That One: An Evacuee's Childhood
The letters KOA are in I'll tAKe that One
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
Option 2:Read a book with the word SILVER intact in title/subtitle/series title or author’s name
The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II
The title has SILVER in it
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 235+30 = 265/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 14
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 8 + 2 = 10
2 Books:
Option 1: read a book where the letters KOA can be found in the title and/or subtitle
I'll Take That One: An Evacuee's Childhood
The letters KOA are in I'll tAKe that One
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
Option 2:Read a book with the word SILVER intact in title/subtitle/series title or author’s name
The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II
The title has SILVER in it
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 235+30 = 265/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 14
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 8 + 2 = 10

25.2 - XBM's Task: A's all around
Option 1:
Book 1: Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
AdAms And
****Requesting 1 Big Book @512 pages and 1 IAF ticket for non-fiction****
Book 2: Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
vAishnAvi pAtel
******
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 225
BB: 2
IAF: 5

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."
Flesh and Blood by Jonathan Kellerman-7/2
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG genre of World War II.
Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg-7/19
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 255
Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 10
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:

25.7 - Hannelore’s Task: Hoi! Nice to meet you!
Option 1: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Palindrome: Hannah
Option 5: Wow, No Thank You.: Essays by Samantha Irby
IpSf
****Requesting 1 IAF ticket for non-fiction****
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 50
BB: 2
IAF: 6

Read a book with a word of at least three letters in the title or subtitle from a song title from the setlist.
Just Like Home
HOME Matches "Happy Home"
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 260
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)

10.5 - Girls Together
Written by at least 2 women. NO MEN.
Page Count: 400
Authors: Joy McCullough, Caroline Tung Richmond, Tess Sharpe, Jessica Spotswood
Great or Nothing

Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 700/1050
Tasks Completed: 44/59

25.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and Zambia
Option 1: #1 in a series.
Page Count: 352 Listened to audiobook link to PB editionThe Beekeeper's Son
Series: The Amish of Bee County #1
The Beekeeper's Son

Option 2: Name of a month is found in the title or author’s name.
Page Count: 288
Month: March
Forward March

Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date: 725/1050
Tasks Completed: 45/59

50.1 Lisa MD: “I’m going to teach you how to sing it out”
Using Option OR (B) choose one option and read three books which meet the task requirement for each of the numbers mentioned in the option.
Option 2: 123: Read one book which is either number 1,2, or 3 in a series.
Iron Widow (Iron Widow #1), Xiran Jay Zhao
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (Portuguese): here (480pg)
PB (English): here (394pg)
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan #2), Arkady Martine
Read the kindle edition. PB here (496pg)
Deja Moo (Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum #3), Kirsten Weiss
Read the kindle edition. PB here (351pg)
Total pages (using the English PB for Iron Widow): 394 + 496 + 351 = 1,241pt
Points this Task: 50
Books Read: 3
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 6

30.1 - Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!:
Option 1: Read a book where the letters KOA can be found in the title and/or subtitle:
Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa by Dipo Faloyin.
Option 3: Read a book with a cover that is 75% blue and/or green according to Tineye:

Blue: 80,1%
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:

Task 30.1 Katrina's Task: I love Santa Fe!
To celebrate the wonderful town of Santa Fe, New Mexico, read two books from options.
I love Santa Fe too so I am really excited to participate in this task!
Book 1: Option 2
When in Santa Fe, Katrina likes to shop for jewelry because there is a big assortment of silver jewelry avowable for sale.
read a book with the word "Silver" in the title.
Shopping? Jewelry? Silver? I'm in!
I read the wonderful book Silver Boat by one of my favorite summer authors, Luanne Rice.
The Silver Boat
What a WONDERFUL novel! It is about three sisters who are facing losing their family property in Martha's Vineyard because of taxes (I can relate) They go on a trip to Ireland to find their missing father in hopes that they will be able to find a land claim he said made the land in America theirs. I enjoyed the nostalgia, the visit to Ireland that gave me some clues on how to find Irish ancestors and the five cats in the story. And it sure made me cry!
Book 2: Option 5 : Get your kicks on Route 66 !
To honor historic Route 66 that passes through Santa Fe, and which served as a primary route for those migrating west especially during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, read a book set in the 1930s.
I chose this task because I am a real fan of anything Rout 66. I can remember it going on vacation from Texas to California. I read a book last year about two guys who went in search of historic Rout Route 66 and am delighted to see there are so many more available. None actually set in the 1930s though.
So since I had a pretty good idea that most books set in the 1930s would be s tragic, I read The Reluctant Midwife by Patricia Harman. It is the second book in the Hope River series.
The Reluctant Midwife
Yep, the book is just full of tragedy and angst but it is a really great read! I really felt like it portrayed a fairly accurate picture of The Great Depression too. There were a couple cats around and I cried. Buckets.
Total Points for Task: 30
Total Books read for Task: 2
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed s for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Nonfiction Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points for Summer Challenge 2022: 50
Total Tasks Completed for Summer 2022 : 2
Total Books Read for Summer Challenge 2022: 3
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Summer 2022 Challenge: : 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2022:
0
Total Non Fiction Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2022: 0

5.9 - Rescued from the Cutting Room Floor:
Read a book that does not contain the word "the" in its title, and that is not part of a series:
Matka Albaniaan by Maarit Verronen.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:

20.8 Lucy Bookworm’s Flying the Flag. Opt. 2. Three people on the cover – I read Rugby, Tennessee: Some Account of the Settlement Founded on the Cumberland Plateau by Thomas Hughes.

Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 495

30.7 Saturnloo’s Double J.
Opt. 1. Male Author, first name begins w/ “J” – I read The Screens by Jean Genet.
Opt. 2. GR genre of “Horror” – I read All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 525

Task # 25.1 - MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
Book 1 - use your favourite book read during the spring challenge period
Favorite book from the Spring Challenge : Something to Hide by Elizabeth George
Option 3 - read a book listed as "Readers also enjoyed" on your book's main page. I read The Night Watchman
by Louise Erdrich which is on this list as of 7/19/22
Book 2 - use your least favourite book read during the spring challenge period
My least favorite book from the spring challenge was : Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Option 2 - read a book with a word in the title (no subtitles) that is the same as a word in the title
I chose the word Care and read: Under Her Care by Lucinda Berry
Points this post: 25
Total points: 385

Read a book with a word of at least three letters in the title or subtitle from a song title from the setlist.
I used the word LOVE from the song: I Want You to Love Me
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
New Points: 10
Total Points: 275
IF: 3

15.2 – The Long and the Short of It
Book 1 – Read a short book – 100-200 pages.
The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing 133 pages
AND
Book 2 – Read a long book – at least 400 pages.
Campaign of the Century: Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election of 1960 by Irwin F. Gellman 504 pages
points this post: 15
total points: 960

I did Option 2 and read 1 book that fit both:
Book 1 - Read a book written by an author whose initials (all) can be 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 Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
New Points: 15
Total Points: 290
IF: 3

5.5 - Making the World Go Round
Read a book in which a monetary unit is found intact in the title or subtitle.
The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal by David E. Hoffman
the billion DOLLAR spy (title word/monetary word in title = dollar)
monetary unit = dollar
The dollar is a basic monetary unit used in the United States of America.
points this task: 5
total points: 965

15.2 - The Long and the Short of It
Book 1 – Read a short book – 100-200 pages.
Second Edition Death - Elizabeth Penney (196 pages) 7/19
Book 2 – Read a long book – at least 400 pages.
book:Daughter of the Moon Goddess|57789637] - Sue Lynn Tan (512 pages) 6/18
BIG BOOK: 512 pages
Points this task: 15
Total points: 430
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (1) 1000 (0)

Book 1 – Read a short book – 100-200 pages.
127p
Maru by Bessie Head
Book 2 – Read a long book – at least 400 pages.
416p
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 205

Book 1 - use your favourite book read during the spring challenge period (March, April, May):
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
Option 1 - read a book by the same author as your favourite book:
The Bingo Palace by Louise Erdrich
Book 2 - use your least favourite book read during the spring challenge period (March, April, May):
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
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.:
King in both titles:
King Crow by Michael Stewart
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 230

30.6 - Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger.
Opt 1 - Read a book meeting SRC requirements from the following Women in White list
I read Anna Dressed in Blood from page 1 of the list.
My book was audio MMPB 409 pages
Opt 2 - Read a book with the letters “T I G E R” in the title.
I read Whole Brain Learning and Teaching: An Introduction for Learners of all ages, Parents and Teachers.: Volume 1
whol(E) b(R)a(I)n learnin(G) and (T)eaching
PB 120 pages
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 970

Task #30.9 - The Purge
Option 2: Read a book by a single author who uses at least 1 initial in their name. The initial can be in any position but must be shown the author field on the main book page. I read A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow.
Option 3: Read a book that is part of a series that has at least 10 primary works. I read The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths. This is book #14 (the most recent installment) in the Ruth Galloway series.
Total points so far: 290

30.8 - Tien’s Task: Drinks to keep you Warm
3. Hot Chocolate
For this option, read a book with a MPG Romance AND where all author’s initials appear in “Nestle Complete Mix Hot Chocolate”
The Queen and the Cure by Amy Harmon
MPG Romance 249 users
Nestle Complete Mix Hot Chocolate
4. Alcohol
For this option, read a book with a MPG Speculative Fiction AND where cover prominently features an animal*.

MPG Speculative Fiction 150 users
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 574 pages.
**The Sparrow is a Big Book (574 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 235

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:
QWERT
ASDFG
ZXCVB
Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
BEST is made up of the above letters.
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket - Nonfiction
Option 4: Read a book by an author who was born in or currently resides in the American South: North Carolina
Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy
GR author page states place of birth as North Carolina.
Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 290
It's A Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
XBM
25.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and Zambia
Option 2:Read a book in which the name of a month is found in either the title or the author’s name. The word must match exactly.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January. Alix E. Harrow
Option 1: Start something new and read a book that is #1 in a series.
Body Movers. Stephanie Bond
Points this post: 25
Total points: 520/1050
Tasks completed: 30/59
Books read: 37
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact ticket: 10
25.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and Zambia
Option 2:Read a book in which the name of a month is found in either the title or the author’s name. The word must match exactly.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January. Alix E. Harrow
Option 1: Start something new and read a book that is #1 in a series.
Body Movers. Stephanie Bond
Points this post: 25
Total points: 520/1050
Tasks completed: 30/59
Books read: 37
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact ticket: 10

Task 20.3 The Other Side of the Rainbow
Option1: Authors initials in L FRANK BAUM
L,R,K Beginnings by Laurie R. King
Points this post:20
Total points:65
Books read:7
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:2
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:7

Task 15.5 Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal
MPG Adventure
Firestorm by Nevada Barr
Points this post:15
Total points:80
Books read:8
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:2
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:8

Summer 2022 SRC
25.1 - MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
Book 1 - use your favourite book read during the spring challenge period (March, April, May)
Billy Summers
Option 1 - read a book by the same author as your favourite book
The Waste Lands by Stephen King
REQUIRED: link to your favourite book of the spring period
Book 2 - use your least favourite book read during the spring challenge period (March, April, May)
Anne of the Island
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. The title can be any number of words. The matching word must be at least 3 letters long; "the" and "and" are not allowed. Words must match exactly.
Monster Island, word is ISLAND
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 290
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0

Option 1: Read a book where the letters KOA can be found in the title and/or subtitle
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, the left hAnd Of darKness
Option 2: Read a book with the word SILVER intaxt in the title/subtitle/series name or author's name
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
Points this post: 30
Total points: 765
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 61
Big Book tickets: 9
Golden Oldies tickets: 3

Option 1 Read a book whose author’s initials (all of them) can be found in his name: L FRANK BAUM.
l franK Baum
Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers (The Company #4.5) (2002) by Kage Baker (Paperback, 288 pages)
100 + 20 = 120
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 100 + 20 = 120
Books read: 08
Pages read: 2,370
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+

Task 30.7 - Doublejs Doubled
option 1: male author, first name John
The Android's Dream by John Scalzi
option 2: Horror MPG
The Death Sculptor
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updated points: 700

option 1: male author, first name James
Babylon's Ashes bybJames S.A. Corey
576 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
option 2: Horror MPG
The Death Sculptor
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730 points
15 BB tix
3 GO tix
1 NF tix

Aliens MPG
The Android's Dream
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740 points
15 BB tix
3 GO tix
1 NF tix

Challenge 5.7 I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
To Siri With Love: A Mother, Her Autistic Son, and the Kindness of a Machine by Judith Newman
LOVE: Let's fall in love by Ted Koehler
Points this post: 5
Total points: 370/1050
Tasks completed: 23/59
Books read: 29

Challenge 15.4 Summer Road Trip-North and South
Book 1: Tequila Four: An Althea Rose Mystery (The Althea Rose Series) by Tricia O'Malley
page 5 of preview references Tequila Key on the way to Key West which is in Florida
Book 2:

Points this post: 15
Total points: 385/1050
Tasks completed: 24/59
Books read: 31

book 1, option 3: using, from Spring period Nine Perfect Strangers, I picked Readers Also Enjoyed
Malibu Rising
verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
book 2, option 2: using, from Spring period A Nest of Nightmares, I used matching word NIGHTMARES
Muse of Nightmares
514 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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765 points
16 BB tix
3 GO tix
1 NF tix

Opt. 1. The White – Read a book meeting SRC requirements from the following “White” list: page 2
Rapture (Fallen #4) by Lauren Kate
448 pages
Opt. 2. Tiger – Read a book with the letters “T I G E R” in the title. (Subtitles excluded.)
Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came by M.C. Beaton
tiger found in aGaTha RaIsin and thE day the floods came
213 pages
Total pages read: 661
Total this Post: 30
Bigger is Better: 7
It's a Fact: 2
Season Total: 580

30.1 - Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!
Option 3:

Tineye results:
37.0% #094bbb Blue
31.0% #113079 Blue
11.5% #1a1d4d Blue
1.8% #667cb0 Blue
(Total 81.3 % blue)
This book is non-fiction - claiming one It's A Fact ticket.
This book is 624 pages - claiming one BB ticket
Option 6: 1637: The Coast of Chaos (set in 1636 - 1637)
This post: 30 points, 1 BB, 1 NF
Total points: 340
BB: 11
GO: 0
NF: 2
Tasks Completed: 23
Books read: 29

LOVE in I Want You to Love Me
From Russia with Love
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775 points
16 BB tix
3 GO tix
1 NF tix

25.8 -Andy P.’s Task: Choose Your Favorite List
choose two different lists and read one book from each.
Book 1: From Books about Books and Libraries
I read The Masked City from P 2 of the list.
My book was audio PB pages 357
Book 2: From Niche Non Fiction
I read The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements from P 1 of the list.
My book was audio - PB pages 416
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 995

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 Attic on Queen Street by Karen White
Points this post: 20
Total points: 270

20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 3: Set in California
Until We Touch by Susan Mallery
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 305/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 25
Total Tasks Completed: 22/59

25.5 - Amy FL’s task: Just a Dandy-Lion
Option 3:
Highland Heat by Mary Wine
Option 4:
Sudden Death by Allison Brennan
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 330/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 27
Total Tasks Completed: 23/59
XBM
15.8 - 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
Jaguars: a shadow
The Shadow of the Wind. Carlos Ruiz Zafón. 7.19.22
Points this post: 15
Total points: 535/1050
Tasks completed: 31/59
Books read: 38
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact ticket: 10
15.8 - 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
Jaguars: a shadow
The Shadow of the Wind. Carlos Ruiz Zafón. 7.19.22
Points this post: 15
Total points: 535/1050
Tasks completed: 31/59
Books read: 38
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact ticket: 10

25.8 -Andy P.’s Task: Choose Your Favorite List
For this challenge choose two different lists and read one book from each.
The only restrictions above the usual restrictions for tasks are as follows: No book having a Main Page Genre of Children or Kids may be used and the combined total of the pages must be 500 pages or more.
REQUIRED: state in your post the list and page number on which each of your books was found.
Option 1. Choose a book from this list: Books About Books and Libraries
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman (333 pgs) - page 1
Option 4 Choose a book from this list: Niche Non-Fiction
The Library Book by Susan Orlean (317 pgs) - page 1
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 275 Points

25.9 Dee’s MA
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. I read An Eternal Lei by Naomi Hirahara. Title inits in “LEAdership.”
Book 2 – about 1/3 of my class is made up of international military officers – during the year, they provided valuable insights (and shenangians) into how their countries operate.
Read a book set at least 75% in one of the following countries: United Kingdom.
I read Peril at End House by Agatha Christie, set in Cornwall in the United Kingdom.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 550

20.9: Moderator’s Pet - CynBaxter’s Task: The Underscore
Option 3: A book that is first in a series
Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota #1) by Ada Palmer
Total this challenge: 40
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15.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
War of Honor (MPG Adventure)
This book has 869 pages so claiming 2 BB tickets
This post: 15 points, 2 BB
Total points: 310
BB: 10
GO: 0
NF: 1
Tasks Completed: 22
Books read: 27