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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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Elizabeth PTask 15.5 - Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
Book with MPG Action/Adventure
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5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
PB: At First Light by Barbara Nickless
I read the kindle edition At First Light
total = 790
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20.10 - Group Reads
En folkefiende by Henrik Ibsen
MMPB: Ein Volksfeind
An Enemy of the People Discussion post 7
total = 810
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25.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and Zambia
option 1, #1 series: Call for the Dead (George Smiley #1) by John le Carré
option 2, April title: The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis
total = 835
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30.1 - Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!
option 1, KOA in title: What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
option 2, Silver in author name: Mary Coin by Marisa Silver
total = 865
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30.4- Dlmrose's Task: Sinistromanual
option 1, FEAR: Steel Fear by Brandon Webb
option 4, author born/resides in Alabama: My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South by Rick Bragg
a native of Calhoun County, Alabama... and lives in Tuscaloosa
total = 895
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30.5 - Sandy's Task: Impress Your Friends!
book 1, Lapse in kaleidoscopic: Lapse by Sarah Thornton
PB: Lapse, 291 pages
book 2, Dugoni in grandiloquent: In Her Tracks by Robert Dugoni
PB: In Her Tracks, 384 pages
291 +384 = 675 pages
total = 925
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30.6 - Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger.
option 2, TIGER in title: Waking the Tiger by Mark Wightman, 340 pages
option 4, set in India: Midnight at Malabar House by Vaseem Khan, 336 pages
I read the kindle edition: Midnight at Malabar House
340 + 336 = 376 pages
total = 955
Elizabeth PTask 5.3 - Song of the Century?
Book with one of the words from the top 10 songs of the 20th century in title, I chose the word "Lost"
The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 3
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30.8 - Tien’s Task: Drinks to keep you Warm
option 2, Kill title, crime genre: A Killing Kindness by Reginald Hill, 384 pages
I read the kindle edition A Killing Kindness
option 3, romance genre and author initial ML in Complete Mix: Dead Against Her by Melinda Leigh, 303 pages
I read the kindle edition Dead Against Her
384 + 303 = 687 pages
total = 985
Elizabeth PTask 5.7 - I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
Book with one of the words of Arlen's song in the title. I chose the word DEEP
Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan
Has Childrens as MPG, AR Bookfind information:
MG
Book Level 5.2
AR Points 13.0
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 4
Elizabeth P Task 5.9 - Rescued from the Cutting Room Floor
Book that is NOT part of a series and does NOT use word "the"
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
Points this Post: 5
Total: 35
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 5
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50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
option A, one book each chorus
book 1, B title: Black Coral: A Thriller by Andrew Mayne, 320 pages
I read the kindle edition Black Coral
book 2, #1 series: The Girl Beneath the Sea by Andrew Mayne (Underwater Investigation Unit, #1), 332 pages
I read the kindle edition: The Girl Beneath the Sea
book 3, RE in word Resistance: The Resistance Man: A Mystery of the French Countryside by Martin Walker, 336 pages
I listened to the audio: The Resistance Man
320 + 332 + 336 = 988 pages
total = 1035
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15.4 – Summer Road Trip-North and South
option 2, one book
set in Maine the blue-collar town of Serenity, Maine, car cover:
Lethal Lies by Laurie Bretontotal = 1050
Amy B5.9 - 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 (no return!). A book is considered part of a series if there is a series indication in grayscale in parentheses following the title, even if only one book has been published to date.
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 360 Points
Delicious Dee5.2- Oscar Time, Baby!
A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France - Target Word: TRAIN: T on The, RAIN in Rainbow; claiming its a fact ticket
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 550
Coralie25.10 Malawi and Zambia
Option 2: Book with the name of a month in the title – May
The 22 Murders of Madison May
Option 4: Book by an author whose initials are in zaMBia
Someone to Trust by Mary Balogh
Total to date 590 points
Elizabeth P Task 10.9 - Her Majesty
Book set in a country over which Queen Elizabeth resides, I chose the UK
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Published in 1817, good for *1 Golden Oldie*
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 45
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 6
Elizabeth PTask 15.6 - Leo the Lion
Author's initials in LEO THE LION
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
lEo tHe lion
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 7
Elizabeth PTask 15.8 - There's More than One of Us
Book with word in title that is a collective noun for an animal
I used Crow, collective noun is "murder"
Sense & Second-Degree Murder by Tirzah Price
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 75
Total Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 8
Elizabeth PTask 20.3 - The Other Side of the Rainbow
Option 1 - Author's initials in L FRANK BAUM
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
L frank Baum
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 95
Total Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 9
Elizabeth PTask 20.4 - A Group of Prides
Option 3 - Read Pride and Prejudice or a Retelling
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Published in 1813, good for *1 Golden Oldie Ticket*
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 115
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 10
Elizabeth PTask 20.5 - Family Vacations
Option 2 - Book set 50%+ in California
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Set mainly in Malibu, California
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 135
Total Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 11
ROBIN P30.3 - Schatzie's Task: Escaping My Box
Book 1 - MPG Health - Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life
This book is new to me.
**Claiming 1 IAF point, nonfiction**
Book 2 - MPG Epic Fantasy - Farilane
This book is new to me.
Points this post: 30
Total points 395
BB:4 GO:2 IAF:5
Elizabeth PTask 20.6 - Hugo's Season
Option 1 - Book with MPG Fantasy
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 155
Total Tasks: 12
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 12
Elizabeth PTask 20.8 - Flying the Flag
Option 2 - Book with at least 3 people on cover
by Beth O'LearyPoints this Post: 20
Total Points: 175
Total Tasks: 13
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 13
Elizabeth PTask 20.9 - The Underscore
Option 3 - Book that is first in a series
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Book One in The Inheritance Games
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 195
Total Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 14
Elizabeth PTask 25.10 - Malawi and Zambia
Option One - Book that is #1 in a series
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
#1 in Between Earth and Sky Series
Option Four - Author's first/last initials in MALAWI
To Marry and to Meddle by Martha Waters
MalaWi
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 220
Total Tasks: 15
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 16
Elizabeth PTask 30.4 - Sinistromanual
Option 1 - Book with word in title made only of letters from left side of keyboard
I chose the word STAR
Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse
Option 4 - Book by author who lives in American South
The Killing Game by Iris Johansen
Iris Johansen was born in Missouri and lives in Georgia
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 250
Total Tasks: 16
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 18
Elizabeth PTask 30.9 - The Purge
Option One: Book with 2 word title, first word "the"
The Search by Iris Johansen
Option Two: Book by author who uses an initial in name
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 280
Total Tasks: 17
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 20
LAURI5.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex"
The Whispered Word
Ellery Adams
Finished 6/11/22
Author initials can be found in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBUG
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Total books completed: 1
LAURI5.2 - Oscar Time, Baby!
Dancing With Demons
Peter Tremayne
Finished 6/15/22
The word ‘with’ contains letters found in “Over the Rainbow”
Points this post: 5
Total points : 10
Total books completed: 2
LAURI5.6 - Happy Happy Joy Joy
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Stieg Larsson
Finished 6/19/22
503 pages
Takes place in Sweden
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Total tasks: 3
Big books: 1
Total books completed: 3
MAZZA15.6 - 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):
Using Norway-
The Post Box at the North Pole: The perfect cosy and uplifting Christmas romance to curl up with in 2021!
In GR description of book it states "a Lapland style Christmas village in Norway"
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 865
MAZZA1REMOVAL OF BOOK
5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
Relax to some great old-time music (preferably by Arlen or Harburg) as you select your free choice book that meets SRC requirements.
Please can i take The Box in the Woods
out of this task
Points lost = 5
Total so far = 860
MAZZA15.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
Relax to some great old-time music (preferably by Arlen or Harburg) as you select your free choice book that meets SRC requirements
The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings: A medieval ghost story
This book is 95 pages and would be my one book under 100 pages
This book was first published 1400 and I am claiming 1 x GO ticket
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 865
GO this post = 1
GO to date = 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.5 Sandy's Task: Impress Your Friends!
Book 1: Robert B. Parker's Revenge Tour by Mike Lupica
TOUR in gRandilOqUenT
336 pages
Book 2: The Last Confessions of Sylvia P. by Lee Kravetz
LEE in magniLoquEncE
272 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 610/1050
Tasks completed: 33/59
Books read: 47
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.8 Tien’s Task: Drinks to keep you Warm
Option 2: Let's Kill Mom: Four Texas Teens and a Horrifying Murder Pact by Donna Fielder
323 pages
Option 3: Trailer Trash by Marie Sexton
288 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 640/1050
Tasks completed: 34/59
Books read: 49
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****Unclaiming****
20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Option A: Read a book with an outdoor nature scene on the cover, including water scenes.
. Barbara Delinsky (416 pages)Points this post: 20
Total points: 675/1050
Tasks completed: 38/59
Books read: 49
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact ticket: 11
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20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Option D: Read a book with a main page genre of FAMILY.
A Week at the Shore. Barbara Delinsky (416 pages)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 675/1050
Tasks completed: 38/59
Books read: 49
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact ticket: 11
MAZZA10.8 - Apple II
The Apple II computer, with 4K of memory, went on sale for $1,298 n June 5, 1977.
Read a book that is number #2 in a series.
Sword in the Stars
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 875
Andy P.Task # 15.10 – Location, Location, Locations
Read a book from this list - 100 Mystery and Thriller Recommendations by Setting
In a Hotel Room:
We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz
Points this post: 15
Total points: 590
I noticed my readerboard name is not quite right on 2018 so reposting hereMAZZA1
10.8 - Apple II
The Apple II computer, with 4K of memory, went on sale for $1,298 n June 5, 1977.
Read a book that is number #2 in a series.
Sword in the Stars
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 875
MAZZA115.4 – Summer Road Trip-North and South
Option 1
Book 1 – Read a book set at least 50% in one of these states. If the setting is not identified in the GR description or metadata, include a reference.
The Box in the Woods set in Massachusetts,
AND
Book 2 – Read a book with a motor vehicle on the cover
points this post = 15
Points to date = 890
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Barbara ★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 .
Shadow Fallen - Sherrilyn Kenyon 8/1
(Jaguars: a shadow)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 575
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)30.1-Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!
Option 1 - Letters KOA found in title or subtitle.
Page Count: 352
Letters: The BoOK of Cold CAses
The Book of Cold Cases
Option 2 - Word SILVER intact in title/subtitle/series title or author’s name.
Page Count: 393 listened to audiobook link to MMPB The Ballad of Frankie Silver
Word: Silver in title
The Ballad of Frankie Silver
Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 835/1050
Tasks Completed: 48/59
Lisa MD25.2 - XBM's Task: A's all around
Option 1:
Book 1: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the title/subtitle
🦁The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
4 A's found in title: the mAgnoliA pAlAce
340 pages
Book 2: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the author's name. All name parts are included.
🦁To the Land of Long Lost Friends by Alexander McCall Smith
3 A's found in author's name: AlexAnder mccAll smith
240 pages
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 555/1050
Total Books Read: 40
Tasks Completed: 28/59
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 6
Task 25.4 - Literary Lionsoption 2: 50% set in Spain
The Moon Sister
I read the ebook; MMPB: La Sœur de la Lune - 864pages, claiming 2 BB tix
option 4: Jane shifts into Beast, a big cat (mountain lion)
Shadow Rites
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945 points
21 BB tix
6 GO tix
1 NF tix
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Task 15.5 - Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
Book with MPG Action/Adventure
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 2
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