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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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Kathy KS10.5 - Girls Together
Read a book written by at least 2 women.
Chaos Station by Jenn Burker AND Kelly Jensen.
Both Jenn and Kelly are female. See GR author data for each.
I read this as an ebook; no print copies seem to be available, but this was approved @ line #686 on the “eBook Verification- no print edition” spreadsheet
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 575
Tasks completed: 29/59
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
ED30.1 - 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 Taker and Other Stories by Rubem Fonseca
Option 5- Read a book set in the 1930s.
Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel
set in 1936
Points for this task: 30
Total points : 100
Tasks completed: 4/60
Books read: 7
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
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50.1 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
Buffalo Valley. Debbie Macomber (256 pages)
Option 2: 123
Read one book which is either number 1,2, or 3 in a series.
The Poacher's Son. Paul Doiron (324 pages)
Option 3: Do Re Mi
Read one book with either “do,” “re,” or “mi” found intact in a title word. ("re" found in Here)
Here Comes the Bride. Hope Ramsay (274 pages)
Points this post: 50
Total points: 840/1050
Tasks completed: 45/59
Books read: 60
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact ticket: 11
Amy FL10.5 - Girls Together
Three Words for Goodbye by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb
Points this post: 10
Total points: 830
Amy FL25.1 - MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
Favorite spring SRC book read: Mary Jane
Book 1, Option 2: Jane Doe (JANE)
Least favorite spring SRC book read: The Enchanted April
Book 2, Option 2: The Last April (APRIL)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 865
RepostJayme(the ghostreader)
15.5 Of Course I Am Brave, I Have A Medal
Spin the Dawnby Elizabeth Lim
MPG Adventure 173 users as of 08/9/22
Task +15
Grand Total: 85
Julia10310.9 - Her Majesty
Georgiana Darcy's Diary: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Continued
(set in United Kingdom - England)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 625
BB: 13
GO: 1
NF: 2
Tasks Completed: 39
Books read: 51
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)25.5 - Amy FL’s task: Just a Dandy-Lion
One book for two different options. List the options you’ve chosen in your post.
Option 1: title word of four + letters from lion’s speech.Exact match/no subtitles. REQUIRED: Specify in your post the word that you chose.
Page Count: 248
Title/ Word: DAWN What makes the DAWN come up like thunder? / The Voyage of the DAWN Treader
ARBF Info: IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9.0
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Option 4: Author initials appear in BETCHA CAN’T EAT JUST ONE.
Page count: 261 Listened to audiobook link to HB edition An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed
Author: Helene Tursten
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed
Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date: 1015/1050
Tasks Completed: 57/59
Readerboard Name: List_addict5.10: Swing, Baby, Swing!
A book of your choice
The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Total this challenge: 45
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)30.8 - Tien’s Task: Drinks to keep you Warm
600 pages.
REQUIRED: State in your post the options you used.
1. Tea
MPG Classics AND first letter of each word in title (of at least 3 words) found in “The Berry Tea ShOP”
Page Count: 322
This Side of Paradise
3. Hot Chocolate
MPG Romance AND all author’s initials appear in “Nestle Complete Mix Hot Chocolate”
Page Count: 356
MPG: Romance
Author: Casey McQuiston
I Kissed Shara Wheeler
Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 1045/1050
Tasks Completed: 58/59
JUKKA20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the Stars
Option 2: Book whose author's initials are in PINK UKELELE.
Barefoot Gen, Volume One: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima by Keiji Nakazawa.
Total Points: 385/1050
Total Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 26/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 3
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)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. Books with the MPG children or kids that are NOT found in ARBF may be used for this task.
Page Count: 326 Listened to audiobook link to PB edition Pumpkin
Pumpkin
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 1050/1050
Tasks Completed: 59/59
Angela IL20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the Stars
Option 2: Read a book where the single author’s initials (all of them) can be found in PINK UKELELE.
True Lies of a Drama Queen by Lee Nichols- 8/10
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 395
Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 16
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:
Mod
Mai10.2 - What A Drag It Is Getting Old
Book with the word "Work" in the subtitle, from the song "Got My Mo-Jo Working (But It Just Won't Work on You)"
Augmented Exploitation: Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Work by Phoebe Moore
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 675
Tasks Completed: 41
Books Read: 55
NF Tickets: 30
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 1
Jen K30.3 - Schatzie's Task : Escaping My Box
Book 1: Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole - 310 pages
MPG Health and Nonfiction
****requesting 1 IAF ticket****
Book 2: Hounded- 304 pages
MPG Urban Fantasy
**Both books are NEW to me**
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 530
BB: 3
IAF: 13
Jen K25.5 - Amy FL’s task: Just a Dandy-Lion
Option 2: Oh William!
Option 4: The Atlas Six by Olivie
Blake
Betcha One
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 555
BB: 3
IAF: 13
Jen K25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls
Option 2: Louis Tussaud
The No-Show
Set over 50% in UK
Option 3: Flying Saucer Restaurant
The Warrior's Apprentice
MPG Space
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points 580
BB: 3
IAF: 13
Task 30.4 – Dlmrose's Task: SinistromanualBook 1 chosen: Option 1: Under the Tulip Tree
Fits task: Word "TREE" = 4 letters made with QWERTY on the keyboard
Format read: audio
# of pages: 400 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Option 2: Apples Never Fall
Fits task: Word Shelved as Sinister list - page 2
Format read: audio
# of pages: 467 (printed edition)
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 620 points
Nick KY30.3 Schatzie’s Escaping a Box
Book 1. GR genre of “Health.” I read The Plant-Powered Diet: The Lifelong Eating Plan for Achieving Optimal Health, Beginning Today. The book is NEW TO ME and has 432 pp.
Book 2. GR genre of “Urban Fantasy.” I read Last Exit by Max GladstoneMax Gladstone. The book is NEW TO ME and has 400 pp.
Each book is > 300 pp.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 840
Task 30.1 – Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!Book 1 chosen: Option 2: A Court of Silver Flames
Fits task: SILVER intact in the title
Format read: audio
# of pages: 757 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Option 4: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
Fits task: MPG of Science
Format read: audio
# of pages: 270 (printed edition)
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 650 points
Task 20.6 – Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos SeasonBook chosen: Flame and Crystal Thorns
Fits task: MPG of Fantasy
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 318 (printed edition)
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 670 points
trishhartuk10.2 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.
Never Say YOU Can't Survive, Charlie Jane Anders
Read the kindle edition. HB (no PB): here
YOU is in multiple listed song titles, including: I Want YOU to Love Me and I Ain’t Got YOU
Non-fiction: 91 users
Claiming 1 It’s a Fact ticket
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1
Total Points: 350
Tasks Completed: 17
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Mod
20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Option C: Read a book by a MALE author whose first and last initials are in ROAD TRIP
The Witches of Chiswick by Robert Rankin
Points this task: 20
Season total: 160
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 3
AndyP.Task # 15.3 – Just Call Me Judy
Option 2. Read one book that satisfies the requirements for
Book 1 - Read a book written by an author whose initials (all) can be found in Judy Garland and
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.
Look For Me by Lisa Gardner
LG in Garland and LFM L in Ethel, F in Frances, M in Gumm
Points this post: 15
Total points: 700
Joanne MI20.4 - Golden Oldies -
Read a book with more than one lion on the cover or with the word LIONS in the title
The Shield of Three Lions
Points this task 20
Total Points 280
IAF 8
BB's 4
Jen K25.8 -Andy P.’s Task: Choose Your Favorite List
Option 1. Choose a book from this list Books About Books and Libraries
The Little Paris Bookshop - 392 pages
Page 1 of list, #25
Option 4 Choose a book from this list: Niche Non-Fiction
Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History - 320 pages
Page 1 of list, #72
****requesting 1 IAF ticket for Nonfiction****
392+320> 500 pages
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 605
BB: 3
IAF: 14
babbling c25.8 -Andy P.’s Task: Choose Your Favorite List
For this challenge choose two different lists and read one book from each.
The only restrictions above the usual restrictions for tasks are as follows: No book having a Main Page Genre of Children or Kids may be used and the combined total of the pages must be 500 pages or more.
REQUIRED: state in your post the list and page number on which each of your books was found.
Option 1. Choose a book from this list Books About Books and Libraries
The Last Chance Library - Audible The Last Chance Library - paperback pgs. 336 by Freya Sampson
PG 7, #661
Option 4 Choose a book from this list: Niche Non-Fiction
The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies - kindle The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies - paperback pgs. 464 byJason Fagone
PG 1, #32
**claiming a NF ticket**
336+464=800>500
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 1
Total This Season
Points: 260/1070
Completed Tasks: 16/60
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 8,016
Books read this season: 21
babbling c5.4 - The 1938 Hit Parade
Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with these musical artists from 1938. Names can appear in any position, but must match exactly, with one exception - you may use the name "Andrew".
Some Like It Hawk - audible Some Like It Hawk: A Meg Langslow Mystery - paperback pgs. 352 by Donna Andrews
2 The Andrews Sisters ► Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 265/1070
Completed Tasks: 17/60
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 8,368
Books read this season: 22
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30.6 - 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 (page 1)
Howards End. E.M. Forster (318 pages)
Published in 1910, claiming 1 Goldie Oldie ticket
Opt. 2. Tiger – Read a book with the letters “T I G E R” in the title.
The Night Masquerade. Nnedi Okorafor (208 pages)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 870/1050
Tasks completed: 46/59
Books read: 62
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
It's a Fact ticket: 11
Angela IL25.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and Zambia
Option 2: Read a book in which the name of a month is found in either the title or the author’s name.
The Hunting Wives by May Cobb- 7/28
(Month: May)
Option 4: 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
Hang the Moon by Alexandria Bellefleur- 8/11
(A in Malawi and B in Zambia)
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 420
Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 17
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:
JUKKA5.5 - Making the World Go Round
Book with a monetary unit in title or subtitle.
Witchmark by C.L. Polk. Before the euro, the mark was the unit of currency in Finland and Germany, among other places.
Total Points: 390/1050
Total Books Read: 33
Tasks Completed: 27/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 3
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the StarsOption 2: Read a book where the single author’s initials (all of them) can be found in PINK UKELELE.
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
The Measure HC 368 Pages (PB version is large print)
NE appears in piNk ukElele
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 545
It's A Fact Tickets: 10
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Mai15.2 – The Long and the Short of It
Book 1 – Short book: 162 pages
Postphenomenology: Essays in the Postmodern Context by Don Ihde
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Book 2 – Long book – 496 pages
The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values by Brian Christian
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 690
Tasks Completed: 42
Books Read: 57
NF Tickets: 32
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 1
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.3 - It's a Fact - Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos Season.
Option 1. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in L FRANK BAUM
Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love by Kim Fay (192 p.)
➸ Total Points: 40
➸ Total Pages: 565
Sue T20.6 - It's a Fact - Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos Season
Option 1: read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon
I listened to the audiobook, the paperback Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone has 902 pages. Claiming 2 Big Book Tickets.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 90/1050
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
MEGSCL30.6 - Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger
Opt. 2. Tiger in title - Mrs. Everything
Opt. 3. 2008 –The Likeness
**696 pages = 1 big book ticket
TOTAL
665 points
5 big book - 5 It’s a Fact - 3 Golden Oldie
Coralie25.7 Hoi! Nice to meet you!
Option 1: Book by an author who has one name part that is a palindrome – PIP
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Option 5: Book by an author with initials in IPsf
The Dream Of Scipio by Iain Pears
Total to date 660 points
5.3 - Song of the Century?Not Your Villain (Sidekick Squad #2) by C.B. Lee
word in title, YOUR, found in song title, "this land is YOUR land"
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 9
It's a Fact: 4
Season Total: 805
10.3 - Press PlayThe Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss
Audie Award, Fantasy (2018)
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 9
It's a Fact: 4
Season Total: 815
Julia10310.4 - Fields of Poppies
A Cruel Deception
(MPG - World War I, verified in genre verification thread post 41)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 635
BB: 13
GO: 1
NF: 2
All 5 point and 10 point tasks completed
Tasks Completed: 40
Books read: 52
JEN B10.3 - Press Play
Read a book that has WON an Audie Award. This list may help: Audie Award Winners The award must be present in the book's metadata.
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
This book won the 2022 Audie award for Thriller/Suspense
TOTAL POINTS: 395
Task 25.8 - Choose Your Favorite List500+pages total
option 1: p2, #179 on Books about Books and Libraries list
Book Lovers
373 pages
option 3 p1, #53 on Nonfiction about Gypsies & Travellers
The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain
320 pages
non-fic - claiming 1 NF tix
373+320>500 pages
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1005 points
22 BB tix
7 GO tix
3 NF tix
EMurphy30.6 Nick KY's Task: The White Tiger.
Option 2: Letters in TIGER in the title The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
*406 pages
Option 3: First published in 2008 Little Bee by Chris Cleave
*271 pages
**406+271=677 pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 175
Books Read: 14
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 3
Tasks Completed: 8
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of PridesOption B. Read a book with one of the following MPGs: gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, asexual, non-binary, or queer.
I Kissed Shara Wheeler
Total Points: 150
Andy P.Task # 25.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and Zambia
Option 1. read a book that is #1 in a series.
The Killing Hills by Chris Offutt
#1 in Mick Hardin Series
Option 2. Read a book in which the name of a month is found in the title
The End of October by Lawrence Wright
Points this post: 25
Total points: 725
Amy FL25.2 - XBM's Task: A's all around
Book 1: WhAt PAsses As Love <--- 3 A's
Book 2: Last Seen Alive by JoAnnA SchAffhAusen <--- 4 A's in author's name
Points this post: 25
Total points: 890
Amy FL25.5 - Amy FL’s task: Just a Dandy-Lion
Option 1: What Passes as Love - WHAT from "What makes a king out of a slave?"
Option 4: The Penitent One by Brian Christopher Shea - BCS in BetCha can't eat juSt one
Points this post: 25
Total points: 915
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For my first book, I used option 1 and read The Blind Side - I read the kindle, linked to the MMPB. 224 pages.
Classics is the 2nd MPG listed, and title initials, TBS, are found in TheBerryteaShop.
For my second book, I used option 3 and listened to an audiobook of Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, linked to the MMPB. 418 pages.
Romance is the 3d MPG listed and author initials, LT, are found in nesTLe.
Total pages 224 + 418 = 642.
total points: 845