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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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Mai20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 1: Book where the title contains a word made of letters from the composer's name:
"ROBOTS"
Humans and Robots: Ethics, Agency, and Anthropomorphism by Sven Nyholm
*Claim 1 NF ticket*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 710
Tasks Completed: 43
Books Read: 58
NF Tickets: 33
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 1
Repost to correct error in 2276:Amy FL
25.5 - Amy FL’s task: Just a Dandy-Lion
Option 1: What Happened to the Bennetts - WHAT from "What makes a king out of a slave?"
(I have no idea how I linked the wrong book before... :-(
Option 4: The Penitent One by Brian Christopher Shea - BCS in BetCha can't eat juSt one
Points this post: 25
Total points: 945
Kathy KS30.5 - Sandy's Task: Impress Your Friends!
The combined page total of the two books must be at least 600 pages.
Words used:
1. grandiloquent
5. kaleidoscopic
Book 1 – 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.
Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer
"Dies" found in kalEIDoScopic.
Pages: 301
Book 2 – read a book with a single author with one name part that can be made from the letters in the target word. Example: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett.
The Maid by Nita Prose
"Nita" found in grANdIloquenT.
Pages: 304
Total pages: 301+304=605 (>600)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 615
Tasks completed: 30/59
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: 7
20.3 - Best Review-Kathy KS's Task: The Other Side of the RainbowOption 1: Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
Author initials in L. FRANK BAUM
Total points: 75
30.4- Dlmrose's Task: SinistromanualOption 1: Dear Evan Hansen
Word from QWERTY keyboard is "Dear"
Option 4: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
The author was born in North Carolina
*** Two Big Book Tickets claimed - 816 pages
Total points: 105
Big Book Tickets: 2
Julia10315.4 – Summer Road Trip-North and South
Option 2:
Bookmobile on cover approved as motor vehicle in task help thread post 21.
Most of the book takes place in Pen Hollow which is a neighboring town to Greyborne Harbor. The book does not actually list the state, but the first book in the series
has "Setting: Greyborne Harbor, Connecticut" on the book page.This post: 15 points
Total points: 670
BB: 13
GO: 1
NF: 2
All 5 point and 10 point tasks completed
Tasks Completed: 42
Books read: 54
20.3 - Best Review-Kathy KS's Task: The Other Side of the RainbowOption 3, a sunflower on the cover: Sunday at the Sunflower Inn by Jodi Thomas
Points this post: 20
Total points: 715
Coralie10.6 E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial
From page 1 of the list
Project Hail Mary
Total to date 670 points
Task 10.5 - Girls Togethercollaboration by two female authors
The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick
MA Carrick is the pen name of Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms
630 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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1025 points
23 BB tix
7 GO tix
3 NF tix
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I used the song "White Christmas" and read The Last White Man.
total points: 850
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I read a kindle ARC of If I Survive You, linked to the hardcover edition.
"You" appears in several songs on the list, including "I Want You to Love Me."
total points: 860
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I listened to the audiobook of The Something Girl, linked to the pb (no MMPB). Set completely in England.
total points: 870
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For book 1, I read a kindle ARC of The Lies I Tell, linked to the paperback (no MMPB). 320 pages.
Word "Lies" found in kaLEIdoScopic.
For book 2, I read The Last Exiles by Ann Shin, 336 pages.
Name "Ann" found in grANdiloqueNt."
total pages 320 + 336 = 656 (>600)
total points: 900
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I used option B1 (ABC) and read
A - I read a kindle ARC of Augusta Hawke, linked to the hardcover (no pb or MMPB). 240 pages.
B - I listened to an audiobook of Big Jack, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). 309 pages.
C - I listened to an audiobook of Crying in H Mart, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). 242 pages
240+309+242 = 791 (>750)
total points: 950
Delicious Dee5.4 - The 1938 Hit Parade
Lost to the Alien Lord - Ella Blake - Ella for "Ella Fitzgerald ► A-Tisket A-Tasket"
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 630
Delicious Dee20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the Flag
Option 1 -
- bunting at the top of the coverPoints This Post: 20
Points Total: 650
Lisa MD15.2 – The Long and the Short of It
Book 1 – Read a short book – 100-200 pages.
🦁Dearly by Margaret Atwood
124 pages
I claim 1 NF ticket
Book 2 – Read a long book – at least 400 pages.
🦁The Postmistress of Paris by Meg Waite Clayton
416 pages
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 620/1050
Total Books Read: 46
Tasks Completed: 32/59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 9
15.5 - Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!Read a book with MPG of Action or Adventure - Adventure MPG
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 1040
Tasks completed: 58
Books read: 81
Big Book tickets: 10
Golden Oldies tickets: 6
Boston Kate
30.4 Sinistromanual
Option 1: Just After Sunset
AFTER can be typed with the left hand
Option 3: The Left Hand of Darkness
"LEFT" in title
Points this post: 30
Total points: 125
10.5 - Girls TogetherRead a book written by at least two women with no male contributors
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Audio, 411 pages for first MMP edition
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 1050
Tasks completed: 59
Books read: 82
Big Book tickets: 10
Golden Oldies tickets: 6
Joanne MI25.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and Zambia
Option 1-read a book that is #1 in a series.
Under Heaven -Claiming 1 BB at 573 pages
Option 4 Author's initials found in MALAWI and ZAMBIA.
The Dark Vineyard by Martin Walker
Points this task 25
Total Points 305
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 5
IAF 8
LAUREN JODI10.5 - Girls Together
Dating You / Hating You by Christina Lauren
Christina Lauren is a pen name for writing duo Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 530/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 42
Total Tasks Completed: 32/59
Mai5.4 - The 1938 Hit Parade
Book by a single author who shares a name with the artists: LARRY as in Larry Clinton
Ringworld by Larry Niven
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 715
Tasks Completed: 44
Books Read: 59
NF Tickets: 33
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 1
Andy P.Task # 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the Flag
Option 2. Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover
by Natalie Jenner Cover approved in # 32 of help threadPoints this post : 20
Total points: 745
Kathy KS15.4 – Summer Road Trip-North and South
OPTION 2
Read one book that satisfies the criteria for both book 1 and book 2 of Option 1.
Expiration Date by Duane Swierczynski
Book 1 – Read a book set at least 50% in [one of these states.]
SETTING: Pennsylvania
Book 2 – Read a book with a motor vehicle on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
I can easily identify three different cars on this cover.I read as an ebook; pb-245 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 630
Tasks completed: 31/59
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: 7
Amy FL10.4 - Fields of Poppies
Girls on the Line - MPG War > World War I
Points this post: 10
Total points: 955
Amy FL15.8 - There's More than One of Us
The Violin Conspiracy - Lemurs: a conspiracy
Points this post: 15
Total points: 970
Amy FL15.9 - The End of Slavery!
Yellow Crocus from page 10 of Civil War Books
Points this post: 15
Total points: 985
Julia10325.5 - Amy FL’s task: Just a Dandy-Lion
Option 1: Thunder in Europe ("Thunder" is in the quote)
This was first published in 1936 so claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
Option 4: Switchboard Soldiers by Jennifer Chiaverini (author initials JC are in BETCHA...JUST)
This post: 25 points, 1 GO
Total points: 695
BB: 13
GO: 2
NF: 2
All 5 point and 10 point tasks completed
Tasks Completed: 43
Books read: 56
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska50.1 - Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”.
Option A. Read one book for each chorus option (ABC, 123, do re mi).
ABC (a book with a title whose first word starts with A, B or C):
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas (433 p.) (begins with A)
123 (a book that is 1, 2, or 3 in a series):
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas (699 p.)* (#3 in series)
do re mi (a book with do, re or mi found intact in the title):
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas (624 p.) ** (mi found in Mist)
*I would like to claim one BB ticket. (699 p)
** I would like to claim one BB ticket. (624 p)
➸ Total Points: 90
➸ Total Pages: 2,321
10.5 - Girls TogetherThe Best Women’s Travel Writing, Volume 12: True Stories from Around the World
Stories are written by 34 different women
Total points: 115
Mai20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the Flag
Option 2: book with at least 3 people on the cover
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton*Claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket: book first published in 1908*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 735
Tasks Completed: 45
Books Read: 60
NF Tickets: 33
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 1
Delicious Dee25.7 - Hannelore’s Task: Hoi! Nice to meet you!
option 1 - Close Liaisons - Anna Zaires - Anna is a palindrome
option 5 - Princess SOS - Sara Page - SP found in IPSF
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 675
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.8 - Meanwhile, Back in Oz....
Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
All the letters in RABBIT are yellow
Claiming One It's a Fact Ticket
Totals
Points: 95
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Books Completed: 13
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.8 - Apple II
InkspellAccelerated reading entry
Inkspell
Funke, Cornelia
AR Quiz No. 100861 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 29.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, VP
Book Rating Rating: 3.5
Claiming one big book ticket - 635 pages
Totals
Points: 95
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books Completed: 14
5.9 Rescued from the Cutting Room FloorTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 225
30.6 The White TigerOption 1: American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
On page 2 of the list.
568 pages
Option 2: Real Tigers by Mick Herron
The letters TIGER are in the title.
I'd like a BB for American Wife.
The total page count exceeds 500.
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 255
50.0 I'm Going to Teach You How to Sing it OutOption A:
1) ABC - All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row by James Patterson by Nicholas Petrie - 450 pages
2) The Drifter by Nicholas Petrie - 450 pages
3) Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier - 352 pages
The word and note I used is DO
Page total: 1,252
Post Total: 50
Grand Total: 305
babbling c25.2 - XBM's Task: A's all around
Summer is the birthday season at my house. My spouse, three of my children and three of my grandchildren all have birthdays. Six of their names start with A.
In honor of this:
Option 1:
Read 2 books, one of each.
Book 1: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the title/subtitle
The Last Dance of the Debutante - audible The Last Dance of the Debutante - paperback pg 336 by Julia Kelly
The Last Dance of the Debutante
Book 2: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the author's name. All name parts are included. Single authors only.
The Clocks - kindle Les Pendules - Mass Market Paperback pg. 281 by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
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Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 290/1070
Completed Tasks: 18/60
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 8,985
Books read this season: 24
Task 50.1 “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
Read one book which is either number 1,2, or 3 in a series. Series name and number must appear in greyscale in the Goodreads data.
#1 in a series
Deadly Advice (Advice Column Mystery #1) (2007) by Roberta Isleib (Paperback, 272 pages)
#2 in a series
Alone (Valentino #2) (2009) by Loren D. Estleman (Hardcover, 272 pages)
#3 in a series
Killer Calories (A Savannah Reid Mystery #3) (1997) by G.A. McKevett (female) (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 295 pages)
Page Count: 272 + 272 + 295 = 839 pages > 750 pages
225 + 50 = 275
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 50
Points thus far: 225 + 50 = 275
Books read: 20
Pages read: 6,107
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 11
Golden Oldies: 01
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
ROBIN P20.9 Moderator's Pet -CynBaxter's Task: The Underscore
Option 2 - First pub 1885-1949
Hangman's Holiday: A Collection of Short Mysteries
First Pub 1933
**Claiming one GO ticket**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 430
BB:4 GO:3 IAF: 4
Kim O20.4 - Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of Prides
Option 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.
The Other Bennet Sister
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 55
Big Book - 500+: 1
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 4
Task 25.3 - Lion Rangebook 1: 70% set in Zambia (listed country)
The Old Drift
no MMPB, PB: Capelli, lacrime e zanzare 830 pages - claiming 2 BB tix (academically, but I like the HUGE number I accumulated this season!)
book 2: 100% set in Bombay, India
The Widows of Malabar Hill
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1050 points
25 BB tix
7 GO tix
3 NF tix
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.2 TessaVanessa's Task: Consonant Clusters
Book 1: Skylark by Sara Cassidy
Cluster: SC
Book 2: Scam by Lesley Choyce
Word: SCam
Points this post: 30
Total points: 745/1050
Tasks completed: 41/59
Books read: 58
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Angela IL25.1 - MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
Book 1: Favorite Book of Spring 2022
The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
Option: 1 Read a book by the same author as your favorite book
Kiss River by Diane Chamberlain- 8/14
Book 2: Least Favorite Book of Spring 2022
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell
Option 3: Read a book listed as "Readers also enjoyed" on your book's main page.
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason- 7/23
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 445
Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 18
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20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 3: Read a book that is first in a series.
Hope Never Dies, by Andrew Shaffer
Series: Obama Biden Mysteries #1
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 605-20=585
Tasks completed: 30/59-1=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: 7