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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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Coralie15.7 If You Don’t Want Me to Read It, I Surely Will!
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9.0
From page 2 of the list
Total to date 610 points
Coralie25.6 Niagara Falls
Option 3: book with MPG Space
Memory's Legion
Option 4: Using the word LIGHT from fog light
Light Chaser
Total to date 635 points
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, subtitle, series name and author.
Poppy's War by Lily Baxter All three P's appear in the title.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 1025
Tasks completed: 57
Books read: 80
Big Book tickets: 10
Golden Oldies tickets: 6
Task 25.10 - Malawi and ZambiaOption 1 The Kwacha. Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Wobble to Death (Sergeant Cribb #1) (1970) by Peter Lovesey (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 234 pages)
Option 4 The Countries. Read a book by a single author with first and last initials found in MALAWI and ZAMBIA. One letter can be found in each word such a Morgan Matson- one M in Malawi and one M in zaMbia
MAlawi
The Witches of New York (Witches of New York #1) (2016) by Ami McKay (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 535 pages)
** The Witches of New York is a Big Book, pagecount: 535 pages **
195 + 25 = 220
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 195 + 25 = 220
Books read: 16
Pages read: 5,140
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
trishhartuk10.1 Cowardly
Read a book with a word in the title that ENDS in LY.
The Hidden Family, Charles Stross
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 14
Task 25.7 - Hoi! Nice to meet you!option 3: p1 of Art and Artists in Fiction list
Five Little Pigs
pub 1942 - claiming 1 GO tix
option 4: 3 word title, initials in MILLIONS
Someone Like Me
544 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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970 points
22 BB tix
7 GO tix
1 NF tix
Amy B15.4 – Summer Road Trip-North and South
Rt. 1 runs from Florida to Maine, passing through New York
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 one of these states. If the setting is not identified in the GR description or metadata, include a reference.
AND
Book 2 – Read a book with a motor vehicle on the cover.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
The Wicked City by Beatriz Williams (New York)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 400 Points
5.7- I'd Like to Teach the World to SingRead a book with a word of at least four or more letters from the title of one of the songs found intact in its title/subtitle.
The Sign of the Devil by Oscar De Muriel
"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" = Devil
BB tickets overall: 3
IAF tickets overall: 1
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 245
JUKKA30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: Consonant Clusters
Book 1: Book whose author's initials form one of the consonant clusters.
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan. The cluster is "sp".
Book 2: Book whose title has a word beginning with the cluster used for Book 1.
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow. The word is "Spindle". Or "Splintered". Take your pick.
Total Points: 365/1050
Total Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 25/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 3
Nick KY5.2 Oscar Time I read This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin. The title word “BRAIN” has letters in “over the RAINBow.”
Points This Post: 5
Total Points so Far: 755
Nick KY10.5 Women I read Unearthed by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner, 2 female authors.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 765
Nick KY15.8 Collectives I read Heaven's Shadow by David S. Goyer and Michael Cassutt. “Shadow” in the title is the collective for a shadow of jaguars.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 780
Joanne MI 15.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
Read a book with a MPG of Adventure or Action.
Master Assassins
Points this task 15
Total Points 255
IAF 8
BB's 4
Sara G30.4- Dlmrose's Task: Sinistromanual
Option 2: Sinister, Latin for left, used to refer to something of, on, or towards the left-hand side of the body.
Read a book that has been shelved as Sinister:
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
This book is on page 1 of the list.
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 560 pages.
**Gone Girl is a Big Book (560 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
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 Feast of All Saints by Anne Rice
Anne Rice was born in New Orleans, Louisiana per her GR bio page.
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 640 pages.
**The Feast of All Saints is a Big Book (640 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 385
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.6 Happy Happy Joy Joy
The Cleaner by Paul Cleave.
The book is set in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 645/1050
Tasks completed: 35/59
Books read: 50
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.5 Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
The Vanishing Place by Teresa Emminizer
Points this post: 15
Total points: 660/1050
Tasks completed: 36/59
Books read: 51
EMurphy30.8 Tien's Task: Drinks to keep you Warm
Option 3: Romance MPG AND where all author's initials appear in "Nestle Complete Mix Hot Chocolate" One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Option 4: Speculative Fiction MPG AND where cover prominently features an animal without any human parts showing
by Ryka AokiThis Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 145
Books Read: 12
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 3
Tasks Completed: 7
Kai5.7 I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
Read a book with a word of at least four or more letters from the title of one of the below songs found intact in its title/subtitle:
"That Old Black Magic"
The Bride Wore Black by Cornell Woolrich
New Points: 5
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Claimed for Challenge: 8
APRILLEIGH10.3 - Press Play
Read a book that has won an Audie Award.
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Title won an Audie Award for Best Audiobook and Science Fiction in 2022 (near the bottom of the first page and in the metadata).
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (230)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
It’s a Fact: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (20)
Total Tasks: 20
Mai5.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex"
Book by an author all of whose initials appear in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG.
Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life by Adam Greenfield
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 630
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 50
NF Tickets: 25
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 1
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)25.8 -Andy P.’s Task: Choose Your Favorite List
No MPG of children's, 500 + pages
Option 1. list Books About Books and Libraries
Page Count: 320 listened to audiobook link to PB edition This Is All Your Fault
Page/ Link: Page 3 https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
This Is All Your Fault
Option 4 Choose a book from this list: Niche Non-Fiction
Page Count: 479
Page/Link: Page 1 https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date:915/1050
Tasks Completed: 52/59
Task 10.1 - Cowardlyword in title ends in -LY
The Rules Do Not Apply
memoir - claiming 1 NF tix
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980 points
22 BB tix
7 GO tix
2 NF tix
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)5.8 - Meanwhile, Back in Oz....
Yellow letter on its cover - the entire word need not be yellow, but there must be at least one letter that is completely yellow.
REQUIRED: Specify in your post the letter used.
Page Count: 372
Letter Used: Golden Boys(entire title is yellow)
Golden Boys
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 920/1050
Tasks Completed: 53/59
Shawn H.50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
B) choose one option and read three books which meet the task requirement for each of the letters, numbers or musical notes mentioned in the option.
Option 2: 123
1. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris - 454 pages (Hannibal Lecter #1)
2. Razzmatazz by Christopher Moore - 400 pages (Noir Chronicles #2)
3. The Confessor by Daniel Silva - 416 pages (Gabriel Allon #3)
1,270 > 750 pages
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 70
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
It's a Fact: 1
Julia10325.7 - Hannelore’s Task: Hoi! Nice to meet you!
Option 3: Sandry's Book
This is on page 1 of "Fiction Featuring Embroidery and Embroiders" list.
AR Bookfinder: IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9.0
Option 4: Murder on Madison Square (title initials MOMS in MILLIONSMISSING)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 615
BB: 13
GO: 1
NF: 2
Tasks Completed: 38
Books read: 50
Task 5.9 - Rescued from the Cutting Room FloorRead 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 Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1935) by Horace McCoy (Paperback, 128 pages)
** They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? is a Golden Oldie, published in 1935**
220 + 05 = 225
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 220 + 05 = 225
Books read: 17
Pages read: 5,268
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 01
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
JEN B20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 4: Read a book with a setting at least 50% in either Wisconsin or California.
L.A. Weather by Maria Amparo Escandon
This book takes place in Los Angeles, California
TOTAL POINTS: 385
Mod
30.5 - Sandy's Task: 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.
grandiloquent = Earl
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. Jesse Andrews (295 pages)
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.
prognosticator = Carr
Deep in the Valley. Robyn Carr (384 pages)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 770/1050
Tasks completed: 43/59
Books read: 56
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact ticket: 11
Line25.9
option A
book 1 - Read a book with all the words in the title starting with letters found in GOVERNMENT INFORMATION LEADERSHIP. I read The Silent Patient
book 2 - Read a book set at least 75% in the united kingdom. I read The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After which is set in England, UK
points for this task: 25
total points: 210
books read: 18
tasks done: 16
MEGSCL5.2- Oscar Time, Baby!
(water) The House on the Water
Approved for length for a 5 point task spreadsheet line 3459
TOTAL
455 points
3 big book - 2 It’s a Fact - 2 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL5.9 - Rescued from the Cutting Room Floor
Tell No One
TOTAL
460 points
3 big book - 2 It’s a Fact - 2 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL10.1 - Cowardly
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
TOTAL
470 points
3 big book - 2 It’s a Fact - 2 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL10.9 - Her Majesty
Set in Australia (second paragraph names Sydney)
Black River
TOTAL
480 points
3 big book - 2 It’s a Fact - 2 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL15.2 – The Long and the Short of It
Book 1 - 112pp - Dropbear
(1 It’s a Fact ticket)
Book 2 - 720pp - To Paradise
(1 big book ticket)
TOTAL
505 points
4 big book - 3 It’s a Fact - 2 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL15.9 - The End of Slavery!
Libertie - antebellum p5
TOTAL
520 points
4 big book - 3 It’s a Fact - 2 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL25.9 - Dee's Task: It's Graduation Time…
Option C – the Electives
Book 1 - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... - Matrix
Book 2 - IARPA can be found in the title - Fire Flood and Plague: Australian writers respond to 2020
TOTAL
545 points
4 big book - 3 It’s a Fact - 2 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL30.3 - Schatzie's Task : Escaping My Box
Both books are new to me
Book 1 - So You Think You Know What's Good for You?
(1 It’s a fact ticket)
Book 2 - Lies Sleeping
TOTAL
570 points
4 big book - 5 It’s a Fact - 2 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL30.7 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs Doubled
Option 1: Read a book by a single, male author whose first name begins with the letter "J."
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed by John Irving
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG genre of World War II
The Gown
TOTAL
600 points
4 big book - 5 It’s a Fact - 2 Golden Oldie
25.7 - Hannelore’s Task: Hoi! Nice to meet you!Option 1: Read a book by an author who has one name part that is a palindrome.
Piano Lessons: A Memoir by Anna Goldsworthy
author's first name, Anna, is a palindrome
Option 5: Read a book by an author with their first and last initials in ‘International Pole Sports Federation’ (all middle initials can be ignored).
A Shadow on the Glass (The View from the Mirror #1) by Ian Irvine
author's initials, II, found in InternatIonal
1x Bigger is Better (586 pages)
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 8
It's a Fact: 4
Season Total: 780
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.2 Oscar Time, Baby!
The Water Keeper by Charles Martin
WATER is found in ovER The rAinboW
Points this post: 5
Total points: 665/1050
Tasks completed: 37/59
Books read: 52
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.10 Swing, Baby, Swing!
Our Battle by Hendrik Willem van Loon
Points this post: 5
Total points: 670/1050
Tasks completed: 38/59
Books read: 53
Mai25.2 - XBM's Task: A's all around
Option 1:
Book 1: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the title/subtitle
Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor by Virginia Eubanks
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Book 2: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the author's name.
The Ethics of Invention: Technology and the Human Future by Sheila Jasanoff
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 655
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 52
NF Tickets: 27
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 1
Mod
Read two books from two different options.
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: QWERTASDFGZXCVB
No Secrets
The words SECRETS can be made entirely from the left hand: qwERT aSdfg zxCvb
Option 3: Read a book with the word Left, Lefty, or Lefties in the title
The Left Hand of Darkness
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 275+30 = 305/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 16
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 10
trishhartuk30.5 Sandy's Task: Impress Your Friends!
1. Grandiloquent: lofty in style
3. Magniloquence: high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
Book 1 – a word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the letters in the target word.
the family TRADE, Charles Stross (308pg)
TRADE: gRAnDiloquEnT
Book 2 – one name part that can be made from the letters in the target word.
Jade City, Fonda LEE
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (560pg)
LEE: magniLoquEncE
Big Book: Jade City is 560pg = 500+ x 1 = 1 tkt
Total pages: 308 + 560 = 868pg
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Big Book: Yes – Jade City is 560pg = 500+ x 1 = 1 tkt
Total Points: 315
Tasks Completed: 15
Big Book Tickets: 1
Natalie CH50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT
(B) Option 3 do re mi
Read one book each with “do,” “re,” or “mi” found intact in a title word
Salvador by Joan Didion, 108 p
DO in Salvador
A Place Of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel 872 p
RE in Greater
Tudor Church Militant: Edward VI and the Protestant Reformation by Diarmaid MacCulloch 304 p
MI in Militant
Points this post: 50
Tasks completed: 7
Total Points: 110
Delicious Dee15.2 – The Long and the Short of It
Book A - short - The Dispatcher (130pgs)
Book B - long - Munro (432pgs)
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 600
ED5.9 - Rescued from the Cutting Room Floor
Burnt Sugar Cana Quemada: Contemporary Cuban Poetry in English and Spanish by Lori Marie Carlson
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 5
Tasks completed: 1/60
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
Mai5.3 - Song of the Century?
Book with a word in the title that is also found in the title of one of the top 10 songs of the twentieth century.
"To" from "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME"
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 660
Tasks Completed: 39
Books Read: 53
NF Tickets: 28
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 1
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5.6 - Happy Happy Joy Joy
How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less
Country is Israel
Claiming One It's a Fact Ticket
Totals
Points: 90
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Completed: 12