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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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10.6 - E.T. The Extra-TerrestrialRead a book from the first 25 pages shelved as Aliens
I read an ebook version of Clean Sweep
Found on the first page of the list
New Points: 10
Total Points: 405
IF: 4
30.9 - Brooklyn's Task: The PurgeOption 1
Read a book with a 2 word title where the first word is THE.
The Shadow by Marianne Curley
Option 2:
Read a book by a single author who uses at least 1 initial in their name.
Enchantress by L. J. Smith
BB tickets overall: 3
IAF tickets overall: 1
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 275
Cindy FTask 50.1 I'm going to teach you how to sing it out
(B) Option 2: Numbers 1,2,3 in a series. (don't have to be same series) Total pages > 750
Book 1: #1 in a series The Burning by Jane Casey 368 pages
Book 2: #2 in a series The Snake Tattoo by Linda Barnes 320 pages
Book 3: #3 in a series Coyote by Linda Barnes 272 pages
Total pages 960
Points this post:50
Total points:180
Books read:15
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:2
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:12
READ 60 15.3 Just call me Judy Option 2 Home Field Advantage by Dahlla Adler
Author Initials found in Judy Garland
3 word title intials found in Frances Ethel Gumm
Points Total points 25
Angela IL20.3 - 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.
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman-8/9
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 375
Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 15
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:
Andy P.Task # 15.7 – If You Don’t Want Me to Read It, I Surely Will!
found on page 1 # 15 as of 8/9/22 Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Points this post: 15
Total points: 685
Lisa MD15.10 – Location, Location, Locations
Read a book from this list - 100 Mystery and Thriller Recommendations by Setting
🦁The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Location: In a Creepy Apartment
360 pages
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 570/1050
Total Books Read: 41
Tasks Completed: 29/59
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 6
Lisa MD30.3 - Schatzie's Task : Escaping My Box
Book 1: Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of Health.
🦁Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn
MPG: Health #9
304 pages
This book is new to me
I claim a NF ticket
Book 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Urban Fantasy or Epic Fantasy.
🦁The Awakening by Nora Roberts
MPG: Urban Fantasy #10
I listened to audiobook. Linked to MMPB
512 pages
I claim one Big Book ticket
This book is new to me
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 600/1050
Total Books Read: 43
Tasks Completed: 30/59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 7
Lisa MD5.7- I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
🦁Magic Season: A Son's Story by Wade Rouse
288 pages
Listened to audiobook. Linked to HB. No MMPB or PB.
Title Word: Magic / Song: "That Old Black Magic" – lyrics by Johnny Mercer
I claim 1 NF ticket
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 605/1050
Total Books Read: 44
Tasks Completed: 31/59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 8
15.3 – Just Call Me JudyOption 1, Book 1, author initials in JUDY GARLAND: Nightwork by Nora Roberts
Option 1, Book 2, title initials in FRANCES ETHEL GUMM: The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Points this post: 15
Total points: 665
Shawn H20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Opt 2: published b/w 1885 and 1949
Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham
Published in 1946
*****Claiming 1 Golden Oldie*****
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 90
Golden Oldie: 1
Big Ticket: 0
It's a Fact: 1
MAZZA110.6 - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Read a book from the first 25 pages shelved as Aliens
Required: State the page
On Page 1 of list https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Project Hail Mary
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 900
Kathy KS10.9 - Her Majesty
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the following countries... United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Murder in the Queen's Armes by Aaron Elkins
Setting: England (100%)
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-216 p.
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 565
Tasks completed: 28/59
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: 6
Barbara ★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.
For the Wolf - Hannah Whitten 7/19
(Hannah is a palindrome)
Option 4: Read a book with at least three words in the title (subtitle excluded), with the first letter of each word matching a letter in ‘MILLIONSMISSING’.
Mind over Magic - Lindsay Buroker 8/9
(MOM in MilliOnsMissing)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 645
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
ED30.9 - Brooklyn's Task: The Purge
Option 1:
Read a book with a 2 word title where the first word is THE.
The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh
Option 2:- Read a book by a single author who uses at least 1 initial in their name.
Cat Talk: What Your Cat Is Trying to Tell You by Carole C. Wilbourn
Points for this task: 30
Total points : 35
Tasks completed: 2/60
Books read: 3
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
20.10 - Group ReadsI read The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben.
My post is #9 in the discussion board.
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 75
Tasks completed: 8
Bookwrm526Task #30.6 - The White Tiger
Opt. 2. Tiger – Read a book with the letters “T I G E R” in the title. I read The Drowning Eyes by Emily Foster (TE in the, IGR in drowning). (134p)
Opt. 4. A Passage to India – Read a book set at least 50% in India. I read The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star by Vaseem Khan, which specifies Mumbai as the setting in the GR description. (400p)
400+134=534p
Total points so far: 485
Janice CA10.3 - Press Play
Audie winner: Humor 2021
A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost
+10
total: 65
tasks: 6
books: 6
MEGSCL15.7 – If You Don’t Want Me to Read It, I Surely Will!
Page 1
The Lottery and Other Stories
Published 1949 - 1 golden oldie
TOTAL
620 points
4 big book - 5 It’s a Fact - 3 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL15.10 – Location, Location, Locations
(in a library) The Woman in the Library
TOTAL
635 points
4 big book - 5 It’s a Fact - 3 Golden Oldie
ROBIN P30.7 Robin(Saturndoo)'s Task: Double J's Doubled
Option 3 - Best Books of the 2010s - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - on p. 5 of list, currently #451
Option 4 - Best Southern Lit - The Vanishing Half - on p 8 of list, currently #762
Points this post: 30
Total points: 395
BB:4 GO:2 IAF:4
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls
Two book task/two different options
Option 2: Louis Tussaud--Set at least 50% in the U.K.
Page Count: 373
Setting: England/ Nottinghamshire England per GR metadata
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Option 4: The Cadillac Motel-- Car part word in title (ignore subtitles) exact match except plurals and possessives( or opposite-- singulars and non-possessives)
Page Count: 400
Word:Lights--singular Light
Approval for Singular/non possesives: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Light in Hidden Places
Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date: 945/1050
Tasks Completed: 54/59
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)15.4 – Summer Road Trip-North and South
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine.
Option 1
Book 1 – Set at least 50% in one of these states.
Page Count: 286 Listened to audiobook Link to PB Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse
State: Massachusetts per GR description & metadata
Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse
Book 2 –Complete/clearly seen motor vehicle driven/ridden in by adult human on road/highway on cover.No toy trucks.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Page Count: 208
Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date: 960/1050
Tasks Completed: 55/59
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: Consonant Clusters
Book 1: Author with initials (first name & last name,)that form one of these sound clusters.
Page Count: 307 Listened to audiobook link to PB edition In a Holidaze
Cluster: CL
Author: Christina Lauren
In a Holidaze
Book 2: Word in the title only that begins with the same sound cluster as used in Book 1.
Page Count: 218
Cluster: CL
Word: Closet
The Skeleton in the Closet
Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 990/1050
Tasks Completed: 56/59
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of Prides Option B. June is Pride Month, celebrating LGBTQ+ history and culture.
Read a book with one of the following MPGs: gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, asexual, non-binary, or queer. MPGs can be stand-alone or embedded.
Ashes of the Sun - 22/06/22 (Has an mpg of lgbt- lesbian)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
5.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex" Read a book by an author all of whose initials appear in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG. Letters can be used only as often as they appear in the target name. A book with multiple authors can be used if the initials of EVERY author are found in the target phrase.
The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty - 14/07/22 (Authour Sebastian Barry, SB, can be found in the name above)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
15.3 – Just Call Me JudyOption 1:
Book 1 - Read a book written by an author whose initials (all) can be found in Judy Garland.
Bird by Bird: Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
author's initials, AL, found in 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 Hanging Garden by Patrick White
3-word title with each word begins THG, found in eTHel Gumm
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 8
It's a Fact: 4
Season Total: 795
30.3 - Schatzie's Task : Escaping My BoxBook 1: Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of Health.
Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark by Julia Baird
320 pages
Book 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Epic Fantasy.
The Burning God (The Poppy War #3) by R.F. Kuang
1x Bigger is Bigger tix (622 pages)
Both books are new to me
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 9
It's a Fact: 4
Season Total: 825
30.5 - Sandy's Task: Impress Your Friends! This is a 2 book task.
The combined page total of the two books must be at least 600 pages. (Total pages 681)
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. ALL letters in the word must be found in the target word, and letters can be used only as often as they appear.
1. grandiloquent
The Zig Zag Girl - 17/06/22 (Girl is found in grandiloquent)
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. The name part must have at least 2 letters - an initial is not sufficient. Letters can be used only as often as they appear.
3. magniloquence
The Mountains Sing - 07/08/22 by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai (Mai isfound in magniloquence)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 11
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.1 Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the Stars
Option 2: Love is Murder by Linda Palmer
Points this post: 20
Total points: 690/1050
Tasks completed: 39/59
Books read: 54
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.2 XBM's Task: A's all around
Option 1:
Book 1: Adventure, Abduction, & Arrest by Tonya Kappes
Book 2: The Trayvon Generation by Elizabeth Alexander
Points this post: 25
Total points: 715/1050
Tasks completed: 40/59
Books read: 56
Kai15.2 The Long and the Short of It
BOOK 1
Read a short book – 100-200 pages.
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
BOOK 2
Read a long book – at least 400 pages.
South Riding by Winifred Holtby
New Points: 15
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Claimed for Challenge: 10
Bookwrm526Task #50.1 - “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
Option A
Option 1: ABC - Read one book where the first word of the title begins with either the letter A, B, or C. I read African Europeans: An Untold History by Olivette Otélé (288p).
Option 2: 123 - Read one book which is either number 1,2, or 3 in a series. I read The Descent of Monsters by Neon Yang, book 3 in the Tensorate series (166p).
Option 3: Do Re Mi - Read one book with either “do,” “re,” or “mi” found intact in a title word. I read Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal - DO in widows (304p).
28+166+304=758p
Total points so far: 535
trishhartuk25.5 Amy FL’s task: Just a Dandy-Lion
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name each has four letters
Light From Uncommon Stars, Ryka Aoki
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Option 4: an author whose initials appear in BETCHA CAN’T EAT JUST ONE
Depressive Illness: The Curse of the Strong, Tim Cantopher
beTCha
Non-fiction: 25 users
Claiming 1 "It’s a Fact" ticket
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
It’s a Fact: 1
Total Points: 340
Tasks Completed: 16
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Amy B25.3 - Cat's Task: Lion Range
Two book task, one from each option, no childrens, one graphic novel ok.
For both books, at least 70% of the book must take place in the setting
Book 1: read a book set in one or more sub-Saharan country or countries. We'll use this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
REQUIRED: Identify the country(ies), provide a reference for the setting information if the location isn't specified in the GR description or the metadata.
The Promise by Damon Galgut (South Africa)
Book 2: read a book set in India
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 425 Points
Nick KY30.8 Tien’s Genres +
Opt. 2. Coffee.
GR genre of “Crime” + letter sequence “KILL” in title. I read Killer Heat. (Third GR genre listed is Mystery>Crime.)
Opt. 4. Alcohol.
GR genre of “Speculative fiction” + an animal on the cover, I read Catacombs, edited by Elizabeth Scarborough and Anne McCaffrey. Approved in message 6 of the Help Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 810
Nick KYREPOST with required page numbers
30.8 Tien’s Genres +
Opt. 2. Coffee.
GR genre of “Crime” + letter sequence “KILL” in title. I read Killer Heat. (Third GR genre listed is Mystery>Crime.)
Opt. 4. Alcohol.
GR genre of “Speculative fiction” + an animal on the cover, I read Catacombs, edited by Elizabeth Scarborough and Anne McCaffrey. Approved in message 6 of the Help Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Killer Heat = 384 pp
Catacombs = 236 pp
Total pp = 620 > required 600
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 810
ROBIN P15.5 Of Course I'm Brave
MPG Action or Adventure
Farilane - MPG Adventure
Points this post: 15
Total points: 410
BB:4 GO:2 IAF:4
APRILLEIGH10.4 - Fields of Poppies
Read a book with MPG World War I.
Penny for Your Secrets by Anna Lee Huber
Thankfully, I had the genre verified in the help thread, because it disappeared from the main page while I was reading it.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (240)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
It’s a Fact: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (21)
Total Tasks: 21
ED25.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and Zambia
Option 1-read a book that is #1 in a series.
The Seven Wonders by Steven Saylor
Option 4- Read a book by a single author with first and last initials found in MALAWI and ZAMBIA.
The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan-6/24/22
Points for this task: 25
Total points : 70
Tasks completed: 3/60
Books read: 5
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
Mod
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Poppy the three-legged dog
Read a book with exactly three P's in any combination of title, sub-title, series name and author.
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. Philip K. Dick (1 P in title, 2 in author's name).
Points this post: 20
Total points: 790/1050
Tasks completed: 44/59
Books read: 57
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact ticket: 11
30.9 - Brooklyn's Task: The PurgeOption 1:
Read a book with a 2 word title where the first word is THE.
The Awakening
Option 2: Read a book that is part of a series that has at least 10 primary works.
I listened to an audio version of Sugar Cookie Murder MMPB version is シュガークッキーが凍えている
This is the 6th book in the Hannah Swensen series with 29 primary works
New Points: 30
Total Points: 435
IF: 4
Mai5.8 - Meanwhile, Back in Oz....
Read a book with a yellow letter on its cover
Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control by Stuart RussellThe whole title, beginning with the letter H, is yellow.
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 665
Tasks Completed: 40
Books Read: 54
NF Tickets: 29
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 1
Mod
I read Money in the Morgue: The New Inspector Alleyn Mystery, set completely in New Zealand. I read the kindle, linked to the pb (no mmpb)
total points: 700
Mod
I read The Handmaid's Tale, found on page 1 of the Best Banned, Censorted, and Challenged Books.
total points: 715
Mod
I read the Gutenberg Classic, An Enemy of the People. My comment is in post 8 of the comment thread.
total points: 735
Mod
For my first book, I used option 3 and read a kindle ARC of Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen (linked to hb edition). Author, Gina Chen, has 2 4 letter name parts.
For my second book, I used option 4 and listened to an audiobook of The Nothing Girl by Jodi Taylor (linked to the pb). Author initials, JT, found in JusT.
total points: 760
Mod
For my first book, I used option 1, and read a kindle ARC of Alias Emma by Ava Glass. Author name, Ava is a palindrome.
For my second book, I used option 4 and listened to an audiobook of My Own Miraculous, linked to the pb. Title initials, MOM, found in MilliOnsMissing.
total points: 785
Mod
I used the consonant cluster SP.
For my first book, I read Overboard by Sara Paretsky - author initials SP.
For my second book, I read a kindle ARC of Spells for Forgetting, linked to the hardcover. Word "spells" begins with SP.
total points: 815
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30.1 - Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!
Option 3 - 75% Blue/Green
Hot Target by Suzanne Brockmann
73.3% Blue
8.6% White
6.2% Grey
6.1% Blue
2.4% Violet
1.9% Blue
1.2% Grey
0.4 Grey
Option 5: Set in 1930s
Close Up by Amanda Quick
From the description: "Welcome to Burning Cove, California where 1930s Hollywood glamour conceals a ruthless killer…"
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 495/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 39
Total Tasks Completed: 30/59