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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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For my first book, I used option 2 and read a kindle ARC of One of the Girls (linked to the top pb, no MMPB).
one of ThE GIRls - TIGER. 448 pages.
For my second book, I used option 4, and read The Widows of Malabar Hill - I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). Set completely in India. 385 pages.
448 + 385 = 833 pages, greater than required 500.
total points: 565
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5.2- Oscar Time, Baby!
Once There Were Wolves
TOTAL
410 points
3 big book - 1 It’s a Fact - 2 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls
Option 2: set at least 50% in the U.K.
Once There Were Wolves
Option 3: Read a book with the main page genre Space
The Fated Sky
TOTAL
435 points
3 big book - 1 It’s a Fact - 2 Golden Oldie
15.10 – Location, Location, LocationsRead a book from this list - 100 Mystery and Thriller Recommendations by Setting
The Setting I used was : On an Island
I listened to an audio version of The Guest List; MMPB edition is Bröllopsfesten
New Points: 15
Total Points: 365
IF: 3
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of PridesOption C. Read Pride and Prejudice or a book that is a re-telling, prequel or sequel of Pride and Prejudice or focuses on one or more of the characters from Pride and Prejudice.
Accomplished: A Georgie Darcy Novel by Amanda Quain
as per book description, this is Pride & Prejudice retelling from a different POV
I received the book as review copy from publisher
Total this Post: 20
Bigger is Better: 7
It's a Fact: 4
Season Total: 670
Lisa MD25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls
Option 2: Louis Tussaud
Read a book set at least 50% in the U.K.
🦁The Messy Lives of Book People by Phaedra Patrick
Set in Manningham, England. Not listed in book mega data or book description. Setting is mentioned in Chapter 2 of book and can be found in the Amazon preview link below at the 53% location.
https://www.amazon.com/Messy-Lives-Bo...
Listened to audiobook. Linked to PB. No MMPB
352 pages
Option 4: The Cadillac Motel
Read a book with a word in the title found on this list of car parts:
🦁Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Title Word: Light / Car Part Word: Interior Light
336 pages
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 430/1050
Total Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 22/59
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 5
20.6 - It's a Fact - Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos SeasonOpt 1-read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy.
I read Under the Whispering Door. It has a MPG of Fantasy.
Task Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 20
DOM10.9 - 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).
I read Peace, Love and Khaki Socks by Kim Lock.
This book is set in Darwin, Australia.
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 255
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 21
It's a fact: 1
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
Kathy KS30.1 - 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.
The Skylark Of Space, by E.E. "Doc" Smith
KOA=sKylark Of spAce
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb=159 p.
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1928
Option 5 - Read a book set in the 1930s.
The Case of the Velvet Claws, by Erle Stanley Gardner
Setting: Reviewer, Read1000books, on 1st page of reviews, says in review: “this book was written in 1933 and is set in that period.” Other reviewers have also mentioned this. After reading, I agree that language, actions, attitudes all seem to be consistent with this taking place the same year as publishing.
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb=193 p. (Perry Mason e le zampe di velluto)
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1933
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 430
Tasks completed: 19/59
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 2
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
trishhartuk25.1 MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
Book 1: use your favourite book read during the spring challenge period:
Born A CRIME, Trevor Noah - rated *****
Link to my review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Option 2: word in the title that is the same as a word in the title of your favourite book.
CRIME Wave, Rose Pressey Betancourt
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Book 2: use your least favourite book read during the spring challenge period
Death BEFORE Wicket, Kerry Greenwood - rated **
Link to my review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Option 2: word in the title that is the same as a word in the title of your favourite book.
The Mystery BEFORE Christmas, Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 190
Tasks Completed: 9
Kathy KS20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the Stars
read a book of 200 or more pages that meets one of two options.
Option 2: Read a book where the single author’s initials (all of them) can be found in PINK UKELELE.
Nail's Crossing, by Kris Lackey
KL=uKeLele
I listened to an audiobook; pb=240 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 450
Tasks completed: 20/59
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
Coralie25.5 Just a Dandy-Lion
Option 1: book with a word in the title that appears in the lion’s speech – WHAT
What the Duke Desires
Option 4 Book by an author whose initials appear in betcha CAN’t eat just one
The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Total to date 460 points
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the Flag
option 2, 3+ people on cover
My Place at the Table: A Recipe for a Delicious Life in Paris by Alexander Lobrano
server and 4 restaurant patrons
total = 595
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20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
option 3, #1 series
Thief of Souls by Brian Klingborg (Inspector Lu Fei Mysteries #1)
total = 615
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25.8 -Andy P.’s Task: Choose Your Favorite List
option 2 Rainforests/Jungles page 1 #20:
Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival in the Amazon by Yossi Ghinsberg
PB: Lost in the Jungle 320 pages
option 4, Niche NF page 1, #33:
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World by Dan Koeppel, 281 pages
320 + 281 = 601 pages
total = 640
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25.9 - Dee's Task: It's Graduation Time…
Option B
Book 1, ISRP in author: The Last Airship by Christopher Cartwright
I read the kindle edition The Last Airship
Book 2, #4 series: The Crowded Grave by Martin Walker, (Bruno, Chief of Police #4)
total = 665
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30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: Consonant Clusters
Consonants SW
Book 1, Initials SW Things Past Telling by Sheila Williams
Book 2, SW word Sweetness: The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
total = 695
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30.3 - Schatzie's Task : Escaping My Box
Both books were new-to-me.
Book 1, NF genre Health: What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry, 304 pages
Book 2, Urban Fantasy genre: PB Blood Kissed by Keri Arthur, 336 pages
I read the kindle edition Blood Kissed
total = 725
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30.7 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs Doubled
option 1, single male J author: Five Decembers by James Kestrel
option 5, Red title: Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon
total = 755
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30.9 - Brooklyn's Task: The Purge
option 1, 2-word The title: The Match by Harlan Coben
option 3, 10+ book series: Hatchet Island by Paul Doiron
(Mike Bowditch, #13)
Mike Bowditch series 13 primary works
total = 785
15.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!Read a book with a MPG of Adventure or Action.
Abhorsen by Garth Nix
BB tickets overall: 2
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 140
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.
The Laws of the Skies
KOA appears in lAws Of the sKies
Option 3 - Read a book with a cover that is 75% blue and/or green according to Tineye.
55.8 %#a7d7da Blue
15.8 %#6baf53 Green
6.3 %#e64775 Pink
5.4 %#31844a Green
5.3 %#e0718e Pink
4.6 %#d0b0bb Pink
3.7 %#dab14b Yellow
2.3 %#7ba882 Green
0.4 %#978db4 Grey
Total Blue + Green = 79.3%
Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 365
It's A Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Amy FL5.5 - Making the World Go Round
Heaven Adjacent - CENT in Adjacent
Points this post: 5
Total points: 580
Nick KY15.9 End of Slavery I read Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson, p. 1 of the “Civil War Books” list. https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
I listened to the audiobook. With no MMPB, the top paperback edition is Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, 388 pp.
Points This Post: 15
Total points So Far: 625
Nick KY15.10 Locations I read The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey, on the “In the Theater” list.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 640
Amy FL25.4 - Lauren Jodi's Task: Literary Lions
Option 1:
Option 3: Heart's Blood - page 1 of Best retellings of Beauty and the Beast
Points this post: 25
Total points: 605
Amy FL30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: Consonant Clusters
Book 1: Billy Summers by Stephen King (sk)
Book 2: As Wide as the Sky - sk in SKY
Points this post: 30
Total points: 635
Amy FL30.6 - Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger.
Opt. 2: The Guise of Another - TIGER (ThE GuIse of anotheR)
Opt. 4: The Taste of Ginger - set in India (third paragraph of description)
I linked to the versions I completed; there are 587 combined pages in the paperback editions.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 665
Task 5.3 – Songs of the Century?Book chosen: The White Woman on the Green Bicycle
Fits task: 2. "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby - "White" in the book title
Format read: audio
# of pages: 439 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 340 points
Task 15.3 – Just Call Me JudyOption 1 - Book 1 chosen: Gilded Serpent
Fits task: author's initials (Danielle L. Jensen) found in JUDY GARLAND
Format read: audio
# of pages: 576 (printed edition)
Option 1 - Book 2 chosen: A Marvellous Light
Fits task: at least 3 words in title, initials of words found in FRANCES ETHEL GUMM
Format read: audio
# of pages: 384 (printed edition)
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 355 points
Task 25.6 – TraceyL's Task: Niagara FallsBook 1 chosen: Option 2 The Thirteen Problems
Fits task: Set 100% in the U.K.
Format read: audio
# of pages: 315 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Option 4: Radio Silence
Fits task: car part RADIO found in the title
Format read: audio
# of pages: 496 (printed edition)
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 380 points
Andy P.Task # 30.3 - Schatzie's Task : Escaping My Box
Book 1: Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of Health.
How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter by Sherwin B. Nuland book is new to me, 320 p, Health mpg, nonfiction
Book 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Urban Fantasy
Neverwhere: A Novel by Neil Gaiman book is new to me, 464 p. mpg Urban Fantasy mpg
Points this post: 30
Total points: 495
Sue T30.9 - Brooklyn's Task: The Purge
Option 1: Read a book with a 2 word title where the first word is THE.
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
Option 2: Read a book by a single author who uses at least 1 initial in their name.
Dark in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 40/1050
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Task 10.3 - Press PlayAudie Female Narrator 2021 Winner
The City We Became
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860 points
16 BB tix
3 GO tix
1 NF tix
Repost ( Sorry my fingers stuttered)Beth_NC
15.9 The End of Slavery
Varina by Charles Frazier
Page 8 of Antebellum Books
Points: 15
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks: 13
Total Books: 14
Total Pages: 5748
Big Books: 3
Deborah25.3 - Cat's Task: Lion Range
1) Things Fall Apart set in Nigeria in Africa
(Nigeria is listed under Western Africa on the list in the far right column at the top)
2) Island's End Andaman Islands are a union territory of India
Approved in help thread post #9
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 215
Books Read: 17
Tasks Done: 14
Barbara ★30.8 - Tien’s Task: Drinks to keep you Warm
Option 2: read a book with a MPG Crime AND “kill” found intact in title and/or subtitle.
Kill All the Lawyers - Paul Levine 7/26
(has MPG crime and Kill in title)
Option 3: read a book with a MPG Romance AND where all author’s initials appear in “Nestle Complete Mix Hot Chocolate”
Sapphire Flames - Ilona Andrews 7/8
(Has MPG romance and I in mIx and Ain chocolAte)
TOTAL PAGES: Book 1 (368 pages) + Book 2 (352 pages) = 720 pages > 600
Points this task: 30
Total points: 520
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
30.6 - Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger.Your books should total 500 pages or more:
Opt. 2. Tiger – Read a book with the letters “T I G E R” in the title. (Subtitles excluded.)
I read The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
The maGnIfiEnt lives of marjoRie post
this book has 400 pp
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.”
I read The Widows of Malabar Hill. This book is set in India and has 375 pp
400+375=775>500
points: 190
books read: 17
tasks completed; 10
tasks in progress; 3
big books: 1
pages read: 6081
Nikki B5.10 Swing, Baby, Swing
Free choice of book
Tanqueray
Stephanie Johnson
Task Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 10
Line20.9
option 3
read a book that is first in a series
i read Dødslekene which is the first book in the hunger games series
points for this task: 20
total points: 145
books read: 13
tasks done: 12
Nikki B20.6 It's Fact - Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos Season
Option 1, MPG of Science Fiction. Fantasy or Science Fiction Fantasy
Upgrade
Blake Crouch
Task Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 30
Julia10315.10 – Location, Location, Locations
Farthing (listed under "In a Country House"; the edition in the list is Farthing)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 470
BB: 13
GO: 1
NF: 2
Tasks Completed: 28
Books read: 37
Beth_NC25.3 Lion Range
Book 1: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Set in Congo
Big Book 546 pages
Book 2 Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Set in India
Points: 25
Total Points: 180
Total Tasks: 15
Total Books: 18
Total Pages: 7425
Big Books : 4
Beth_NC20.3 The Other Side of the Rainbow
Balancing the Scales by Annie Bellet
Option 1
Points: 20
Total Points: 200
Total Tasks: 16
Total Books: 19
Total Pages: 7688
Big Books: 4
Sue T15.4 - Summer Road Trip-North and South
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
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 OR 1 book that meets both
Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 65/1050
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
Jen K15.2 – The Long and the Short of It
Book 1: A Psalm for the Wild-Built - 147 pages
Book 2: A Little Life - 720 pages
***Requesting 1 BB Ticket***
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 315
BB: 3
IAF: 6
Jen K15.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
MPG Adventure
**** Requesting 1 IAF ticket for non-fiction****
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 330
BB: 3
IAF: 7
Jen K20.4 - Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of Prides
Option B. Last Night at the Telegraph Club
MPG Queer
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Points This Post: 350
Total Points: 350
BB: 3
IAF: 7
Christine V20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Option D: Today Will Be Different
MPG Family was verified in message 31 of the genre verification thread here.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 0
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For my first book, I used option 2 and read a kindle ARC of Peril at the Exposition by Nev March - the month March is the author's surname.
For my second book, I used option 3 and read a kindle ARC of
Black 31,6%
Green 29.4%
Red 3.8%
total points: 535