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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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15.10 – Location, Location, Locations
At the Office: All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
total = 300
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20.3 - Best Review-Kathy KS's Task: The Other Side of the Rainbow
option 1, author initials KB in L FRANK BAUM: Purgatory by Ken Bruen
total = 320
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of Prides
option B, MPG Queer: River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
I read the kindle edition River of Teeth
total = 340
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20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
option D, family genre: Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine, 336 pages
Genre verification post 14
total = 360
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20.6 - It's a Fact - Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos Season
option 1, Science Fiction genre: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
total = 380
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Poppy the three-legged dog
3P title: Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm by David Mas Masumoto
total = 400
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25.1 - MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
Book 1, favorite book The Arbornaut: A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us read March 15
option 3 Readers Also Enjoyed: We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
Book 2, least favorite book My Lady Judge by Cora Harrison
option 1, same author A Shameful Murder by Cora Harrison
total = 425
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25.2 - XBM's Task: A's all around
Option 1
Book 1, 3+A title: Notes on a Banana: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Manic Depression by David Leite
Book 2, 3A author: The Survivors: A Story of War, Inheritance, and Healing by Adam P. Frankel
total = 450
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25.3 - Cat's Task: Lion Range
Book 1, set in Kenya: Leopard at the Door by Jennifer McVeigh
"After six years in England, Rachel has returned to Kenya"
Book 2, set in India: The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey
"Sujata Massey is back with this third installment to the Agatha and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning series set in 1920s Bombay."
total = 475
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25.4 - Lauren Jodi's Task: Literary Lions
option 1, single feather
Iron Gold by Pierce Brownoption 2, set in Spain: What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim: A Midlife Misadventure on Spain's Camino de Santiago by Jane Christmas
I read the kindle edition What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim: A Midlife Misadventure on Spain's Camino de Santiago
total = 500
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25.5 - Amy FL’s task: Just a Dandy-Lion
option 3, 4,4 name: Misterioso by Arne Dahl
option 3, initials ACB in BETCHA: From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur C. Brooks
total = 525
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25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls
option 2, set In North Norfolk, England UK: The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths
setting in another edition The Night Hawks
"Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another killer"
option 3, Space genre: Command Decision by Elizabeth Moon
total = 550
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25.7 - Hannelore’s Task: Hoi! Nice to meet you!
option 3 Crafts genre: Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life by Sutton Foster
option 5, author initials PF in ‘IPSF’: Northland: A 4,000-Mile Journey Along America's Forgotten Border by Porter Fox
total = 575
Ava Catherine10.6 - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Read a book from the first 25 pages shelved as Aliens.
page 1
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
points this post: 10
total points: 1010
Ava Catherine10.3 - Press Play
Read a book that has WON an Audie Award.
Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy by Alastair Gee
points this post: 10
total points: 1020
Ava Catherine5.6 - Happy Happy Joy Joy
Read a book set 50% or more in one of the 10 happiest countries in the world ( per the World Happiness Report):
Sweden- 7.384
Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekbäck set in Sweden
points this post: 5
total points: 1025
Ava Catherine5.3 - 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.
song #3. 'THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND" WOODY GUTHRIE
word selected from song=land
Fallen Land by Taylor Brown
points this post: 5
total points: 1030
Ava Catherine5.8 - Meanwhile, Back in Oz....
Read a book with a yellow letter on its cover - the entire word need not be yellow, but there must be at least one letter that is completely yellow.
Nick by Michael Farris Smith
The title NICK is written in yellow.
points this post: 5
total points: 1035
Ava Catherine5.2- Oscar Time, Baby!
Read a book with a word of four or more letters in the title/subtitle that can be made from "OVER THE RAINBOW".
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
title word=over is found in "OVER the rainbow"
points this post: 5
total points: 1040
Sara G30.2 - 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. State the cluster used when posting.
I used the cluster "sm".
Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean
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.
Smoke by Dan Vyleta
"Smoke" begins with the cluster "sm."
Points this post: 30
Total points: 295
Task 20.8 – Nickels & Dimes - Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the FlagBook chosen: Option 2:
Fits task: At least 3 people on the cover
Format read: audio
# of pages: 349 (printed edition)
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 310 points
Sara G30.6 - Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger.
Opt. 1. The White – Read a book meeting SRC requirements from the following “White” list: Women in White
The Gown by Jennifer Robson
This book is on page 1 of the list.
Opt. 4. A Passage to India – Read a book set at least 50% in India. India must be listed as a setting on the book’s GR homepage, either in the explanatory paragraphs or the “Settings.”
The Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara Cleverly
This book takes place entirely in India. From the description: "It is India 1922 and the wives of officers in the Bengal Greys have been dying violently..."
Points this post: 30
Total points: 325
Task 25.10 – Jen K's Task: Malawi and ZambiaBook 1 chosen: Option 2: Little Women
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 15.0
Fits task: Month of May in the author's name
Format read: paperback
# of pages: 444 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Option 4: Fifty Words for Rain
Fits task: Author's first and last initial (Asha Lemmie = A, L) found in Malawi
Format read: audio
# of pages: 449 (printed edition)
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 335 points
Task 15.4 – Summer Road Trip-North and SouthOption 1
Book 1 – Read a book set at least 50% in one of these states: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, VIRGINIA, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine.
Set entirely in the state of Virginia
A Murder for the Books (Blue Ridge Library Mysteries #1) (2017) by Victoria Gilbert (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 325 pages)
Book 2 – Read a book with a motor vehicle on the cover. It must be a vehicle that can be driven on a road/highway (no planes, boats, etc) which an adult human can drive or ride in – no toy trucks. It must be clear and complete enough to identify as a motor vehicle - just a door handle or a set of headlights is not enough.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Little Souls (2022) by Sandra Dallas (Hardcover, 294 pages)
120 + 15 = 135
Tasks Completed: 07
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 120 + 15 = 135
Books read: 10
Pages read: 2,989
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 06
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Barbara ★30.6 - Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger.
Option 2: Read a book with the letters “T I G E R” in the title.
Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic - Meghan Ciana Doidge 6/5
(264 pages)
TI in TrInkets
G in maGic
ER in othER
Option 3: Read any book first published in 2008.
It Happened One Night - Stephanie Laurens 7/23
(published September 30, 2008)
TOTAL PAGES: Book 1 (264 pages) + Book 2 (384 pages) = 648 pages > 500
Points this task: 30
Total points: 470
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
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.
I listened to an audio version of Look Alive Twenty-Five
Option 2 - Read a book with the word SILVER intact in title/subtitle/series title or author’s name.
I read an ebook version of Silver Borne
New Points: 30
Total Points: 340
IF: 3
Julia10350.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
A. (one from each Option)
1. Bad Actors: (title starts with B)
2. Throne of Jade (Temeraire #2)
3. Mission of Honor ("mi" in title)
I read the ebook. Top MMP En mission is 875 pages so claiming two BB tickets
This post: 50 points, 2 BB
Total points: 390
BB: 13
GO: 0
NF: 2
Tasks Completed: 24
Books read: 31
ROBIN P30.1 Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe
Option 3 - Cover 75% blue and/or green
All the Seas of the World
Per Tineye - 79.7% green, 3.4% blue
**Claiming 1 BB point - 528 pages
Option 5 - Set in the 1930's
From Wikipedia page on Lord Peter Wimsey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Pe... -
The couple marry on 8 October 1935, at St Cross Church, Oxford, as depicted in the opening collection of letters and diary entries in Busman's Honeymoon.
**Claiming 1 GO point - orig pub 1937
Points this post: 30
Total points: 335
BB:4 GO:2 IAF:4
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25.3 - Cat's Task: Lion Range
Book 1: read a book set in one or more sub-Saharan country or countries. (Nigeria)
Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe
Book 2: read a book set in India
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity. Katherine Boo
Claiming 1 IAF ticket
Points this post: 25
Total points: 595/1050
Tasks completed: 34/59
Books read: 43
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact ticket: 11
ODM10.2 - 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.
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
The word 'night' in title of book matches word in title of song - "Don't Stay Out All Night".
Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 20
It's a Facr{ 1
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
Lisa MD30.4- Dlmrose's Task: Sinistromanual
Option 3: Read a book with the word Left, Lefty, or Lefties in the title.
🦁When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
Read on Kindle. Linked to PB. No MMPB
346 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
🦁The Wedding Veil by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Author lives in North Carolina per GR Bio
416 pages
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 355/1050
Total Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 18/59
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 2
Julia10330.4- Dlmrose's Task: Sinistromanual
Option 1: Sissy Holmes and The Case of the Dead Hypnotist (CASE can be typed with the left hand only)
Option 4: Sibyl Sue Blue by Rosel George Brown (author born in Louisiana)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 420
BB: 13
GO: 0
NF: 2
Tasks Completed: 25
Books read: 33
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Poppy the three-legged dogRead a book with exactly three P's in any combination of title, sub-title, series name and author.
I read The Game-Players of Titan by Philip K. Dick.
To meet the task requirement, I am using the title (1 P) and author (2 P's).
Total Points: 85
10.2 - What A Drag It Is Getting OldRead a book with a word of at least three letters in the title or subtitle from a song title from the setlist.
For the song "Baby What's Wrong", I chose the word "Baby" and read Stuck Rubber Baby.
Total Points: 95
Kathy KS50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
(A) Read one book for each chorus option
Option 1: ABC- Read one book where the first word of the title begins with either the letter A, B, or C.
Age of Deception, by T.A. White
Letter "A"
398 pages
Option 2: 123- Read one book which is either number 1,2, or 3 in a series.
Quiet as a Nun, by Antonia Fraser
Series: Jemima Shore #1
177 pages
Option 3: Do Re Mi- Read one book with either “do,” “re,” or “mi” found intact in a title word.
The Green Mill Murder, by Kerry Greenwood
Musical note, both "re" and "mi" are found in: gREen MIll
I read a large print edition; pb-192 pages (no mmpb)
Total pages: 398+177+192= 767 (>750)
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Points for this task: 50
Total points : 400
Tasks completed: 18/59
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
Deborah30.1 - Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!
3)
Home83.3 Blue
13.2 Grey
3.5 Brown
4) Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health MPG: Science
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 15
Tasks Done: 13
Current points: 13015.6. Leo the Lion.
Read a book with the author’s initials (all of them) appearing in LEO THE LION.
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Points this post: 15
Total points: 145
Julia10325.1 - MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
Book 1: My favorite book in the spring challenge period was A Proper Introduction to Dragons by Maria Grace
Option 1: Netherfield: Rogue Dragon by Maria Grace (same author)
Book 2: My least favorite book in the spring challenge period was 50% Off Murder
Option 2: Murder in the Mews (shared word Murder)
This was originally published in 1937 so claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
This post: 25 points, 1 GO
Total points: 445
BB: 13
GO: 1
NF: 2
Tasks Completed: 26
Books read: 35
JEN B30.1 - Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!
Option 2 - Read a book with the word SILVER intact in title/subtitle/series title or author’s name.
One Night on the Island by Josie SILVER
Option 3 - Read a book with a cover that is 75% blue and/or green according to Tineye.
by Carter BaysAccording to Tineye, this book cover adds up to 84.2% Blue
TOTAL POINTS: 270
Joanne MI10.10 - Liquid Courage
Read a book with a type of beverage in the title or subtitle
Rose Water and Orange Blossoms: Fresh Classic Recipes from my Lebanese Kitchen
Points this task 10
Total Points 240
BB's 4
IAF 8
5.8 - Meanwhile, Back in Oz....Read a book with a yellow letter on its cover.
I read Cryptozoic!
.Total Points: 100
Mai10.8 - Apple II
Book that is number #2 in a series
The Sentence Is Death by Anthony Horowitz
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 495
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 39
NF Tickets: 19
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1
MAZZA120.3 - 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 Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I Lindsey Fitzharris LF in target phrase
This book is Non fiction and I am claiming 1 Its a fact Ticket
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 775
It's a fact Tickets this post = 1
Total to date = 5
Lisa MD30.2 - 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 that form one of these sound clusters.
🦁The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin
315 pages
I claim a NF ticket
Author: Gretchen Rubin - GR
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title only that begins with the same sound cluster as used in Book 1.
🦁Precious and Grace by Alexander McCall Smith
227 pages
Title Word: Grace - GR
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 385/1050
Total Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 19/59
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 3
Janice CA10.2 - 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.
song: down the ROAD apiece
The Road to Strange: Travel Tales of the Paranormal and Beyond by Michael Brein
+10
total: 50
tasks: 4
books: 4
Current points: 1455.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
select your free choice book that meets SRC requirements. Books with the MPG children or kids that are NOT found in ARBF may be used for this task.
The Giver by Lois Lowry
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 150
current points: 1505.2- Oscar Time, Baby!
Read a book with a word of four or more letters in the title/subtitle that can be made from "OVER THE RAINBOW". All letters in the title word must be found in the target phrase, and letters can be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
Never Coming Home by Kate Williams
my word was NEVER
points this post: 5
total points: 155
Julia10310.7 - To The Sea
The ebook has been approved for length in post 8555 in the ebook verification thread.
This post: 10 points
Total points: 455
BB: 13
GO: 1
NF: 2
Tasks Completed: 27
Books read: 36
10.2 - What A Drag It Is Getting Old A word in the title from a song title from Rolling Stones first live performance ("I Want You to Love Me"): Summer Love by Nancy Thayer
Points this post: 10
Total points: 445
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15.8 - There's More than One of Us
Rabbits: a colony, warren, nest, down, husk or herd
Down a Dark Road by Linda Castillo
total = 285