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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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Readerboard Name : List_Addict20.7: Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie’s Task: Poppy the Three-Legged Dog
A book with exactly three ‘p’s in the combination of title, subtitle, series name and author’s name
Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology by Caroline Paul
2 in subtitle, 1 in author’s name
Total this challenge: 65
trishhartuk5.1 "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex"
Read a book by an author all of whose initials appear in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG.
Book Lovers, Emily Henry
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Edsel Harburg
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 425
Tasks Completed: 22
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
PAULA S50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
(A) Read one book for each chorus option
Books should total 750 pages or more. No books with the main page genre of childrens or kids may be used.
Option 1: ABC
Read one book where the first word of the title begins with either the letter A, B, or C
Title starts with the letter AI read the kindle edition. PB link for reference (no MMPB): A Desolation Called Peace
The PB has 496p
Option 2: 123
Read one book which is either number 1,2, or 3 in a series.
Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery #2I read the kindle edition. PB link for reference (no MMPB): Murder Makes Scents
The PB has 265p
Option 3: Do Re Mi
Read one book with either “do,” “re,” or “mi” found intact in a title word.
re found in REdI read the ebook. PB link for reference (no MMPB): All Systems Red
The PB has 152p.
Total pages: 496 + 265 + 152 = 913 > 750p
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Points Earned This Post: 50
Total Points Earned: 50
It's A Fact Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.4 Lauren Jodi's Task: Literary Lions
Option 1:
by McCall HoyleOption 3: Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston
Found on Beauty and the Beast across Genres on page 1
Points this post: 25
Total points: 860/1050
Tasks completed: 49/59
Books read: 67
30.9 - Brooklyn's Task: The PurgeOption 2: Unnatural Causes by P.D. James
Author uses at least one initial
Option 3: Death of a Green-Eyed Monster
There are 34 books in the Hamish Macbeth series. This is #34.
Total points: 145
Angela IL20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the Flag
Option 2: Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover
The Friends We Keep by Jane Green- 8/21
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 540
Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 22
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket:
StaceyNC5.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex"
Read a book by an author all of whose initials appear in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG.
Book: Book Lovers
Author: Emily Henry
Completed: 8/10/22
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 190
Tasks Completed: 12
StaceyNC10.9 - Her Majesty
Help Thread
June 5, 2022 marks Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. Queen Eliabeth is not only Queen of the United Kingdom, but 14 other countries. Read a book set at least 50% in one of the following countries -- United Kingdom
Book: The Governess Game
Completed: 7/29/22
Setting: London, England
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 13
StaceyNC15.2 – The Long and the Short of It
Book 1 – Read a short book – 100-200 pages.
Book: Artificial Condition
Completed: 8/4/22
Pages: 154
AND
Book 2 – Read a long book – at least 400 pages.
Book: Omens
Completed: 8/11/26
Pages: 452
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 14
StaceyNC20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the Stars
Option 1: read a book with an MPG of DANCE, MUSIC, or THEATER/THEATRE. The MPG can be standalone or embedded.
Book: Cake
Completed: 6/11/22
MPG Music
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 235
Tasks Complete: 15
StaceyNC20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 3: Wizard of Oz was Stothart's first Academy Award - Read a book that is first in a series.
Book: Gild
Completed: 8/3/22
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 255
Tasks Completed: 16
StaceyNC30.9 - Brooklyn's Task: The Purge
Option 1:
Read a book with a 2 word title where the first word is THE.
The Crush
Completed: 8/13/22
Option 3:
Read a book that is part of a series that has at least 10 primary works.
Book: Hunted
Completed: 7/27/22
Series: Dark Protectors (https://www.goodreads.com/series/6369...)
15 primary works
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 17
JUKKA20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Option A: Book with an outdoor or nature scene on the cover.
Legendoja & Lohikäärmeitä: Pelaajan kirja by Miska Fredman et al.
Total Points: 440/1050
Total Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 30/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 5
Delicious Dee25.8 -Andy P.’s Task: Choose Your Favorite List
Option 1 - The Invisible Library - found on pg1 of the provided list
Option 4 - The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century - found on pg1 of the provided list
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 735
Task:15.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal![MPG of Adventure or Action]Book read:Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Required:mpg Adventure 1,105 users [Confirmed in help thread messages 36 and 37]
Points this task:15
Total points:275
Total Golden Oldies:2
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:2
Books read:18
Tasks completed:13
Chris MD UNCLAIM TASK
5.8 Meanwhile, Back in Oz
Cover includes at least one letter in yellow
Take the Monkey and Run by Laura Morrigan
Brings point total down to 180
Chris MD 5.9 Rescued from the Cutting Room Floor
Title does not include the word "the" and is not part of a series.
True Biz by Sarah Novic
Total points: 180
Chris MD 25.10 Malawi and Zambia
Option 1: Book that is #1 in a series
And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander
This book is the first in the Lady Emily series
Option 4: Book by a single author with first and last initials found in MALAWI and ZAMBIA
Take the Monkey and Run Laura Morrigan
L and M both found in MALAWI
Total points: 210
Chris MD 30.2 Consonant Clusters
Book 1: Read a book by an author with initials (first name then last name, ignore middle initials) that form one of these sound clusters.
The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz
The author's initials form the two-letter cluster TR.
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title only (not subtitle) that begins with the same sound cluster as used in Book 1. State the word.
A Traitor to Memory by Elizabeth George
TRaitor has the same sound cluster.
I read the Kindle version of this book. The top MMP has 984 pages.
Claiming TWO Big Book tickets
Total points: 240
Julia10325.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls
Option 2: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (set in UK)
Option 3: Trading in Danger (MPG Space)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 735
BB: 13
GO: 2
NF: 3
All 5 point and 10 point tasks completed
Tasks Completed: 45
Books read: 60
Nick KY25.8 Andy P's Choose Your Favorite List
List One. I read Danse Macabre by Stephen King p. 1 of the Books about Libraries list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
List two. I read A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint, p. 2 of the Rainforests list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 985
PAULA S20.4 - Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of Prides
Option B. Read a book with one of the following MPGs: gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, asexual, non-binary, or queer.
Mpg is confirmed in help thread message 3: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 70
It's A Fact Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Lisa MD30.8 - Tien’s Task: Drinks to keep you Warm
The two books must be at least 600 pages.
2. Coffee - Read a book with a MPG Crime AND “kill” found intact in title and/or subtitle.
🦁American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan
MPG: True Crime / Title Word: Killer contains kill intact
285 pages
I claim a NF ticket
3. Hot Chocolate - Read a book with a MPG Romance AND where all author’s initials appear in “Nestle Complete Mix Hot Chocolate”
🦁Book Lovers by Emily Henry
MPG: Romance / Author Initials: EH found in nestlE complete mix Hot chocolate
400 pages
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 730/1050
Total Books Read: 51
Tasks Completed: 35/59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 10
30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: Consonant ClustersThe sound cluster I chose is SM
Book 1, author initials form the sound cluster: Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallery
Book 2, a word in the title that begins with the same sound cluster: Smile: The Story of a Face by Sarah Ruhl
The word is Smile
Points this post: 30
Total points: 795
15.9 - The End of Slavery!A book from Civil War Books page 2: Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause by Ty Seidule
Points this post: 15
Total points: 810
Mod
2 books each have to be at least 300 pages.
Book 1: Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of Health.
The Omnivore's Dilemma
This book has a MPG of Health & is listed as 450 pages
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
Book 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Urban Fantasy or Epic Fantasy.
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
This has a MPG of Fantasy > Urban Fantasy - I listened to the audio version but the top rated paperback is listed as 368 pages
Both of these books are new to me.
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 305+30 = 335/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 17
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 10 + 1 = 11
Julia10320.3 - Best Review-Kathy KS's Task: The Other Side of the Rainbow
Option 1: The Prisoner of Limnos by Lois McMaster Bujold
(initials LMB in L FRANK BAUM)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 755
BB: 13
GO: 2
NF: 3
All 5 point and 10 point tasks completed
Tasks Completed: 46
Books read: 61
Joanne MI20.6 - It's a Fact
Option 1- MPG of Science Fiction, Fantasy,
Blood of Dragons MPG Fantasy
Points this task 20
Total Points 375
BB's 6
IAF 9
babbling c25.3 - Cat's Task: Lion Range
Lions are now only found in the wild in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. Let's read books from those areas in honour of the dwindling range of lions
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_...
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Audible Mma Ramotswe détective - mass market paperback pages 249 by Alexander McCall Smith
Setting Botswana, Johannesburg (South Africa), Mafikeng (South Africa), Gaborone (Botswana), Mochudi (Botswana)
Book 2: read a book set in India
REQUIRED: provide a reference for the setting information if the location isn't specified in the GR description or the metadata
Forbidden Jewel of India - kindle Forbidden Jewel of India - mass market paperback pages 279 by Louise Allen
Setting Rajasthan (India, 1788)
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 315/1070
Completed Tasks: 19/60
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 9,513
Books read this season: 26
25.9 - Dee's Task: It's Graduation Time…Option A, book 1, title initials in GOVERNMENT INFORMATION LEADERSHIP: Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life by Delia Ephron
Option A, book 2, set in United Kingdom: Well-Schooled in Murder by Elizabeth George
Points this post: 25
Total points: 835
Mod
PAULA S20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Summer 2022 season.
Fiction - Translated Short Stories - An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good.
I read the Swedish language ebook. PB link for reference: Alter schützt vor Morden nicht
My discussion post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 90
It's A Fact Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Julia10315.7 – If You Don’t Want Me to Read It, I Surely Will!
The Witch of Blackbird Pond (on page 2 of list)
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9.0
This post: 15 points
Total points: 770
BB: 13
GO: 2
NF: 3
All 5 point and 10 point tasks completed
Tasks Completed: 47
Books read: 62
MEGSCL15.1 – If I were King of the Forest!
Book 1 - The Prince and the Dressmaker
Book 2 - A Million Things
TOTAL
775 points
5 big book - 5 It’s a Fact - 3 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL25.8 -Andy P.’s Task: Choose Your Favorite List
Option 1 - The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... - p5
Option 4 -Things My Son Needs to Know About the World
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... - p2
*it’s a fact ticket
TOTAL
800 points
5 big book - 6 It’s a Fact - 3 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL25.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and Zambia
Option1 - #1 in series - The Unquiet Bones
Option4 - initials in MALAWI and ZAMBIA - Home by Larissa Behrendt
TOTAL
825 points
5 big book - 6 It’s a Fact - 3 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
Option 1: ABC - Bodies of Light
Option 2: 123 - The Women of Troy
Option 3: Do Re Mi - Missing (mi in missing)
TOTAL
875 points
5 big book - 6 It’s a Fact - 3 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL25.1 - MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
Favourite of last season - Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray
Option 3 - "Readers also enjoyed" - One Hundred Days
Least favourite - I Came to Say Goodbye
Option 2 -say in title - You Think It, I'll Say It
TOTAL
900 points
5 big book - 6 It’s a Fact - 3 Golden Oldie
JEN B30.9 - Brooklyn's Task: The Purge
Option 1:
Read a book with a 2 word title where the first word is THE.
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
Option 2:
Read a book by a single author who uses at least 1 initial in their name. The initial can be in any position but must be shown the author field on the main book page.
Falling by T.J. Newman
TOTAL POINTS: 460
Mod
5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC requirements. (May be a children's book).
Flight Patterns
Points this post: 5
Total points: 940/1050
Tasks completed: 50/59
Books read: 65
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
It's a Fact ticket: 11
Jen K30.5 - Sandy's Task: Impress Your Friends!
Book 1 – The Book of Cold Cases - 352 pages
"Cold" found in kaLeiDosCOpic
Book 2 – The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman - 371 pages
"Alice" in mAgnILoquenCE
352+371 > 600 pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 635
BB: 3
IAF: 14
Jen K25.9 - Dee's Task: It's Graduation Time…
Option A – The Degree and my Cohort
Book 1 – The Thirty Names of Night
gOverNmeNT informaTion
Book 2- The Blue Castle
Set over 75% in Canada
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 660
BB: 3
IAF: 14
Bookwrm526Task #10.1 - Cowardly
Read a book with a word in the title that ENDS in LY. Subtitles are excluded. I read Marion Lane and the Deadly Rose by T.A. Willberg.
Total points so far: 555
Jen K20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the Flag
Option 2: Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All
****requesting 1 IAF ticket for Nonfiction*****
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 680
BB: 3
IAF: 15
Lisa MD25.1 - MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
Book 1 -Favorite Book Spring Challenge -Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
Option 1 - read a book by the same author as your favourite book
🦁All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover
305 pages
Book 2 -Least Favorite Book Spring Challenge - Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton
Option 2 - read a book with a word in the title that is the same as a word in the title of your least favourite book.
🦁The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Matching Word: Rose
624 pages - I claim a Big Book ticket
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 755/1050
Total Books Read: 55
Tasks Completed: 37/59
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 10
Deborah25.7 - Hannelore’s Task: Hoi! Nice to meet you!
2) Sister Peters in Amsterdam
Takes place in Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands
4) One Last Stop
OLS: MILLIONSMISSING
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 360
Books Read: 27
Tasks Done: 20
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.6 TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls
Option 2: The Silent Voices by Robert McCracken
page 33 references main character's home as Wapping Dock and driving on the M57. These are found near the River Mersey, England.
Option 4: Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
Baby is part of Baby seat
Points this post: 25
Total points: 885/1050
Tasks completed: 50/59
Books read: 69
Sara G30.3 - Schatzie's Task : Escaping My Box
Book 1: Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of Health.
The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat by Matt Siegel
MPG Health.
**The Secret History of Food is nonfiction (MPG Nonfiction). I claim one It's a Fact ticket.**
Book 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Urban Fantasy or Epic Fantasy.
Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
MPG Urban Fantasy.
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 512 pages.
**Vengeful is a Big Book (512 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 415
trishhartuk30.4 Dlmrose's Task: Sinistromanual
Option 3: Read a book with the word Left in the title. Left-hyphenated words are allowed.
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London, Garth Nix
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Option 4: Read a book by an author who was born in or currently resides in the American South: ...Oklahoma
A Thief of Time, Tony Hillerman
From the GR Author page: “Tony Hillerman...was born in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma...”
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 455
Tasks Completed: 23
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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25.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and Zambia
Option 1: Start something new and read a book that is #1 in a series.
One Enchanted Evening
Option 4: Read a book by a single author with first and last initials found in MALAWI and ZAMBIA.
The Testaments Margaret Atwood
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 935