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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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30.6 - Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger.
Your books should total 500 pages or more:
Opt. 2. Tiger – Read a book with the letters “T I G E R” in the title. (Subtitles excluded.)
The Hanging Garden 409 pages
ThE hanGIng gaRden
Opt. 3. 2008 – Read any book first published in 2008.
Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee
258 pages
This book is non-fiction and I am claiming 1 xIAF ticket
409+258 = 667 pages exceeds requirements
points this post = 30
Points to date = 965
IAF ticketshis post =1
IAF tickets total = 7

50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
Option 1: ABC - Read one book where the first word of the title begins with either the letter A, B, or C.
All About Love: New Visions (non-fiction)
Option 2: 123 - Read one book which is either number 1,2, or 3 in a series.
The Big Sleep Golden Oldie -- first published February 6th, 1939
Option 3: Do Re Mi - Read one book with either “do,” “re,” or “mi” found intact in a title word.
The Bohemians Bohemians (mi)
Points this task: 50
It's a Fact tickets: 1
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 130
Big Book - 500+: 1
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 3
It's a Fact: 4

Option 3
Read a book that is first in a series.
American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera
BB tickets overall: 3
IAF tickets overall: 2
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 320

10.2 - What A Drag It Is Getting Old
Into the Night by Cynthia Eden
Song: Don't Stay Out All Night
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 585/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 47
Total Tasks Completed: 36/59

5.9 - Rescued from the Cutting Room Floor Read a book that does not contain the word "the" in its title, and that is not part of a series (no return!).
Letters of Note: Dogs (non-fiction)
Points this task: 5
It's a Fact tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 130
Big Book - 500+: 1
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 3
It's a Fact: 4

50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
Book 1: Book whose title begins with A, B, or C.
Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism by Elsa Sjunneson. The first word of the title is "Being", the letter is B.
Book 2: Number 1, 2, or 3 in a series.
Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher is #1 of the Saint of Steel trilogy.
Book 3: Book with "do", "re", or "mi" intact in the title.
Sinisten ympyröiden mies by Fred Vargas. The word "mies" contains "mi".
Total Points: 490/1050
Total Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 31/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 5

10.3 - Press Play
Read a book that has WON an Audie Award.
Clap When You Land Audie award for Multi Voiced performance 2021
points this post = 10
points to date = 975

20.3 The Other Side of the Rainbow
Option 1: Leah on the Offbeat
author Becky Albertalli's initials found in L FRANK BAUM
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145

5.5 - Making the World Go Round
Read a book with a monetary unit intact in the title.
Like a Bad PENNY at Christmas by Sara Barton
(Read the kindle version - top paperback - no mmpb)
PENNY is a monetary unit currently used in the U.S. and elsewhere.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (280)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
It’s a Fact: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (25)
Total Tasks: 25

Option 2

Hardheaded by Kim Law
Date Read: 4/8
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: Author initials KL - pInK ukele
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0

Option 1

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Date Read: 6/17
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: Author Initials MB - l frank BauM
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0

Option B

Fierce Fragile Hearts by Sara Barnard
Date Read: 6/10
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: MPG LGBT
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0

Option C

Her Final Breath by Robert Dugoni
Date Read: 6/22
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: Male Author Initials RD - RoaD trip
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0

Option 1

The Illness Lesson by Clare Beams
Date Read: 8/6
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: MPG Fantasy
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0


A Proper Companion by Louise M. Gouge
Date Read: 6/21
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: A Proper Companion 3 P's in title
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0

30.6 - Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger.
Your books should total 500 pages or more: 354+256=610pages total
Opt. 2. Tiger – Read a book with the letters “T I G E R” in the title. (Subtitles excluded.)
Daylighters (Morganville #15) by Rachel Caine (354 pages)
Opt. 3. 2008 – Read any book first published in 2008.
Small Town Scandal (Taming the Tulanes #1) by Kay Stockham (256 pages, paperback)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 380

Option 2

The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa
Date Read: 8/13
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: 3 people on cover

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0

Option 3

Kiss A Cowboy by Deanna Lynn Sletten
Date Read: 6/2
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: Kiss A Cowboy Series #1
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0

15.10 – Location, Location, Locations
Read a book from this list - 100 Mystery and Thriller Recommendations by Setting
Death at the Voyager Hotel
REQUIRED: Specify the setting location of the list in which your book was found. - " In a hotel Room"
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 990

30.4- Dlmrose's Task: Sinistromanual.
Read two books from two different options.
Option 2. Read a book shelved as sinister.*
Verity by Colleen Hoover (336 p.)
* Found on Page 1
Option 3. Read a book with the word LEFT in the title.
Left: A Love Story by Mary Hogan (256 p.)


➸ Total Points: 120
➸ Total Pages: 2,913

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the Stars
Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art * Words and Wisdom (MPG Music)
This is non-fiction - claiming one It's A Fact ticket
This post: 20 points, 1 NF
Total points: 790
BB: 13
GO: 2
NF: 4
All 5 point and 10 point tasks completed
Tasks Completed: 48
Books read: 63

15.1 – If I were King of the Forest!
Book 1 - The Prince and the Dressmaker
IL: MG+
Book 2 - A Million Things
TOTAL
900 points
5 big book - 6 It’s a Fact - 3 Golden Oldie

5.9 - Rescued from the Cutting Room Floor
Read a book that does not contain the word "the" in its title, and that is not part of a series.
Harem Scare'm by Rosemary Taylor
+5
total: 70
tasks: 7
books: 7

Option 2: Louis Tussaud
Read a book set at least 50% in the U.K.
This book was set 100% in the U. K.
A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs #8) (2011) by Jacqueline Winspear (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 321 pages)
Option 4: The Cadillac Motel
Read a book with a word in the title (ignore subtitles) found on this list of car parts: https://www.enchantedlearning.com/wor...
Car Part:
SUN visor
Klara and the Sun (2021) by Kazuo Ishiguro (male) (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 303 pages)
275 + 25 = 300
Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 275 + 25 = 300
Books read: 22
Pages read: 6,731
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 13
Golden Oldies: 01
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

10.2 - 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.
Required: State the song : Don't Stay Out All Night
Night Hawk: A Western Story by Stephen Overholser
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 725
Tasks completed: 35/59
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

Option 2, a book with the word SILVER intact in title/subtitle/series title: Finding Our Forever by Brenda Novak (Silver Springs #1)
Option 3, a cover that is at least 75% blue and/or green: The Stepsisters by Susan Mallery

70.6 % Blue
5.6 % Green
2.5 % Blue
2.1 % Green
Total=80.8%
Points this post: 30
Total points: 865
replacement for #2608
25.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and Zambia
2 books
Option 1:read a book that is #1 in a series
The Ops Room Girls
This is Book #1 in The Women's Auxiliary Air Force series
Option 2: Read a book in which the name of a month is found in either the title or the author’s name.
A History of British Royal Jubilees
The book is written by JUNE Woolerton - the month JUNE in her name
I received this book as an Advance reader copy but the paperback is now released
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 335 + 25 = 360/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 18
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 11 + 1 = 12
25.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and Zambia
2 books
Option 1:read a book that is #1 in a series
The Ops Room Girls
This is Book #1 in The Women's Auxiliary Air Force series
Option 2: Read a book in which the name of a month is found in either the title or the author’s name.
A History of British Royal Jubilees
The book is written by JUNE Woolerton - the month JUNE in her name
I received this book as an Advance reader copy but the paperback is now released
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 335 + 25 = 360/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 18
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 11 + 1 = 12

Challenge 15.8 There's More than One of Us
Knot Guilty by Betty Hechtmann
Toads: a KNOT
Points this post: 15
Total points: 900/1050
Tasks completed: 51/59
Books read: 70

25.1 - MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
This is a two book challenge, read one book for Book 1 and one for Book 2.
Book 1 - use your favourite book read during the spring challenge period (March, April, May) - Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
Option 2 - read a book with a word in the title (no subtitles) that is the same as a word in the title (no subtitles) of your favourite book. The title can be any number of words. The matching word must be at least 3 letters long; "the" and "and" are not allowed. Words must match exactly.
Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet (Born)
Book 2 - use your least favourite book read during the spring challenge period (March, April, May): American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
REQUIRED: link to your least favourite book of the spring period
Option 2 - read a book with a word in the title (no subtitles) that is the same as a word in the title (no subtitles) of your least favourite book. The title can be any number of words. The matching word must be at least 3 letters long; "the" and "and" are not allowed. Words must match exactly.
The Quiet American by Graham Greene (American)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 505 Points
XBM
15.1 – If I were King of the Forest!
Book 1 – Read a book with King, Queen, Princess, or Prince in its title
The Queen's Gambit. Walter Tevis
Book 2 – Read a book with “Lion” found intact in a word in its title (not subtitle)
Crossing the Lion. Cynthia Baxter
Points this post: 15
Total points: 955/1050
Tasks completed: 51/59
Books read: 67
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
It's a Fact ticket: 11
15.1 – If I were King of the Forest!
Book 1 – Read a book with King, Queen, Princess, or Prince in its title
The Queen's Gambit. Walter Tevis
Book 2 – Read a book with “Lion” found intact in a word in its title (not subtitle)
Crossing the Lion. Cynthia Baxter
Points this post: 15
Total points: 955/1050
Tasks completed: 51/59
Books read: 67
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
It's a Fact ticket: 11

15.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
Read a book with a MPG of Adventure or Action.
🦁West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
MPG: Adventure
Read ebook. Linked to PB. No MMPB
372 pages
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 770/1050
Total Books Read: 56
Tasks Completed: 38/59
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 10
30.7 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs Doubled
2 books:
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG genre of World War II or Horror.
Witch 13
This has a MPG of Horror
Option 5: Read a book with the word RED in the title.
The Red House Mystery
This has the word RED in RED house Mystery
This book was first published in 1922 so I claim a "Golden Oldie" ticket
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 360 + 30 = 390/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 19
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0 + 1 = 1
It's a Fact: 12
2 books:
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG genre of World War II or Horror.
Witch 13
This has a MPG of Horror
Option 5: Read a book with the word RED in the title.
The Red House Mystery
This has the word RED in RED house Mystery
This book was first published in 1922 so I claim a "Golden Oldie" ticket
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 360 + 30 = 390/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 19
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0 + 1 = 1
It's a Fact: 12
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls
2 books:
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in the U.K.
The Land, The Land
This book is set entirely in Yorkshire, England
Option 4: Read a book with a word in the title found on this list of car parts: https://www.enchantedlearning.com/wor...
The Left Turn: Two Lives, Worlds Apart
This book title has the word TURN which is found in TURN signal
(one of a two word phrase is permitted under the rules - Two word phrases can be broken up. For example, "Baby" can be used on its own from "Baby Seat")
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 390 + 25 = 415/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 20
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 12
2 books:
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in the U.K.
The Land, The Land
This book is set entirely in Yorkshire, England
Option 4: Read a book with a word in the title found on this list of car parts: https://www.enchantedlearning.com/wor...
The Left Turn: Two Lives, Worlds Apart
This book title has the word TURN which is found in TURN signal
(one of a two word phrase is permitted under the rules - Two word phrases can be broken up. For example, "Baby" can be used on its own from "Baby Seat")
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 390 + 25 = 415/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 20
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 12

30.8 - Tien’s Task: Drinks to keep you Warm
Option 2: The Killer in the Choir
MPG Crime AND “kill” found intact in title
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is The Killer in the Choir - 248 pages
Option 3: Emma by Alexander McCall Smith - 368 pages
MPG Romance, author initials in neStle coMplete chocolAte
248 + 368 = 616 pages
Total Points: 140

15.3 – Just Call Me Judy
Option 2 - one book
The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is El caso Christie
Author initials in GarlaND
Title initials in frAnCes eThel
Total Points: 155

Book 1 – Read a short book – 100-200 pages.
I read and ebook edition of The Stepford Wives 191 pages
Book 2 – Read a long book – at least 400 pages.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West 519 pages
New Points: 15
Total points: 495
IF: 5

50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
(B) Read three books which meet the task requirement for each of the letters mentioned in Option 1
Option 1: ABC - 3 books where the first word of the title begins with A, B, and C respectively. Total pages = 892
AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future by Kai-Fu Lee
480 pages; *Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside by Xiaowei Wang
256 pages; *Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Can Science Make Sense of Life? by Sheila Jasanoff
156 pages; *Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 855
Tasks Completed: 51
Books Read: 68
NF Tickets: 38
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 2
XBM
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls
Option 2 – Read a book set at least 50% in the U.K.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Mary Ann Shaffer
Option 4 – Read a book with a word in the title (ignore subtitles) found on this list of car parts (light)
The Light Over London. Julia Kelly
Points this post: 25
Total points: 980/1050
Tasks completed: 52/59
Books read: 69
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
It's a Fact ticket: 11
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls
Option 2 – Read a book set at least 50% in the U.K.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Mary Ann Shaffer
Option 4 – Read a book with a word in the title (ignore subtitles) found on this list of car parts (light)
The Light Over London. Julia Kelly
Points this post: 25
Total points: 980/1050
Tasks completed: 52/59
Books read: 69
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
It's a Fact ticket: 11

15.7 – If You Don’t Want Me to Read It, I Surely Will!
Read a book from this list:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
When Dad Killed Mom on page 4 of the list
points this post = 15
Points to date -1005

10.9 - Her Majesty
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tuvalu, United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
🦁Those Girls by Chevy Stevens
Setting: Canada 100% - In book description
400 pages
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 780/1050
Total Books Read: 57
Tasks Completed: 39/59
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 10

25.5 - Amy FL’s task: Just a Dandy-Lion
Option 2: Read a book with an exclamation point or question mark in the title or subtitle.
All Murders Final! - Sherry Harris 8/23
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BETCHA CAN’T EAT JUST ONE
Apple Die - Chelsea Thomas 7/16
(C & T in beTCha)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 765
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (1) 1000 (0)

20.3 - Best Review-Kathy KS's Task: The Other Side of the Rainbow
Option 1. Author Initials in L FRANK BAUM
The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom
***MA in l frAnk bauM***
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 110
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 1
Its a Fact: 1

Option B

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Date Read: 7/13
Rating: 5*
How It Fits: MPG Queer
Claiming 1 BB ticket: 612pgs
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0


Ulysses by James Joyce
Date Read: 8/18
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: #83 on list page 1
Claiming 2 BB tickets: 783pgs
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 175
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 9
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0


Waking the Beast by Lacey Thorn
Date Read: 6/22
Rating: 2*
How It Fits: Author initials LT - Leo The lion
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 10
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0


African Dawn by Tony Park
Date Read: 7/4
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: MPG Action
Claiming 1 BB Ticket - 511pgs
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 11
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0

**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
5.5 - Making the World Go Round
Read a book in which a monetary unit is found intact in the title or subtitle. REQUIRED: Specify the monetary unit that you are using, the country in which is is/was used, and the title/subtitle word in which it is found.
Tracing Your European Roots by W. Daniel Quillen
Word: Euro in EUROpean
"The euro is the official currency of 19 out of the 27 member states of the European Union." "The currency is also used officially by the institutions of the European Union, by four European microstates that are not EU members,[13] the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, as well as unilaterally by Montenegro and Kosovo."-- Wikipedia
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 725-5=720
Tasks completed: 35/59-1=34/59
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: 7-1=6

**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
25.9 - Dee's Task: It's Graduation Time…
Option A – The Degree and my Cohort
Book 1 – Read a book with all the words in the title starting with letters found in GOVERNMENT INFORMATION LEADERSHIP.
"I Am a Man": Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice, by Joe Starita
IAAM=... InforMAtion leAdership
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
Book 2 – Read a book set at least 75% in one of the following countries:... United Kingdom...
A Far Cry from Kensington, by Muriel Spark
>75% SETTING: England (United Kingdom)
I listened to an audiobook; pb-192 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 720-25=695
Tasks completed: 34/59-1=33/59
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: 6-1=5

25.9 - Dee's Task: It's Graduation Time…
choose either Option A, B, C and read book 1 AND book 2 from that option.
Option B – The Capstone
Book 1 - Read a book where all the letters ISRP appear in the Authors name.
A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark
ISRP=murIel SPaRk
I listened to an audiobook; pb-192 p. (no mmpb)
Book 2 - Read a book that is 4, 5, or 6 in a series
Tracing Your European Roots by W. Daniel Quillen
SERIES: Quillen's Essentials of Genealogy #4
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 720
Tasks completed: 34/59
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 6
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Task # 25.7 - Hannelore’s Task: Hoi! Nice to meet you!
Read a book by an author who has one name part that is a palindrome
How to Hold a Grudge: From Resentment to Contentment—The Power of Grudges to Transform Your Life by Sophie Hannah
Hannah is a palindrome
Option 3. Read a book from one of the following lists:
Art & Artists in Fiction
The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham found on page 1 # 28 on list as of 8/22/22
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