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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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Kim O30.7 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs Doubled
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG genre of World War II or Horror.
The Kitchen Front
Option 5: Read a book with the color word RED in the title.
The Red Notebook
Points this task: 30
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Totals:
Points: 160
Big Book - 500+: 1
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 3
It's a Fact: 4
Elizabeth PTask 5.8 - Meanwhile, Back in Oz
Book with yellow letters on cover
by Julie MurphyAll the letters in "If the Shoe Fits" are yellow on cover, I guess I'll use letter "s"
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 345
Total Tasks: 20
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 25
Elizabeth PTask 10.1 - Cowardly
Book with word that ends with "ly" in title
Remarkably Bright Creatures by [author:Shelby Van Pelt|21374195
remarkabLY
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 355
Total Tasks: 21
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 26
Sue T10.9 - Her Majesty
Book set at least 50% in a country Elizabeth II is queen of
A Rose in Winter by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 100/1050
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
15.6 - Leo the LionA Gift from Earth by Larry Niven. Author's initials in LEO THE LION
Books read this post: 1
Total Books read: 1
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
25.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and ZambiaOption1 A World Out of Time by Larry Niven - book is #1 in a series
Option4 Foundation by Isaac Asimov - Author's initials found in MALAWI and ZAMBIA
Books read this post: 2
Books read total: 3
Points this post: 25
Points total: 40
Task 20.1 - Dancing With the StarsOption 2: Read a book where the single author’s initials (all of them) can be found in PINK UKELELE.
pink ukeLEle
The Night Watchman (2020) by Louise Erdrich (Hardcover, 453 pages)
300 + 20 = 320
Tasks Completed: 14
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 300 + 20 = 320
Books read: 23
Pages read: 7,184
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+
PAULA S30.3 - Schatzie's Task : Escaping My Box
Read 2 books. One book 1 and one book 2. Both books have to be new to you and they each have to be at least 300 pages
Book 1: Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of Health.
I read the kindle edition. PB link for reference (no MMPB): Flu: The Story Of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It
The paperback has 352p
This is a non-fiction book. I claim 1 It's a Fact-ticket
Book 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Urban Fantasy or Epic Fantasy
The paperback I read has 303p
Both books are new to me.
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Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 120
It's A Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Coralie15.6 Leo the Lion
Book by an author whose initials are in LEo the lion
Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
Total to date 760 points
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.1 – If I were King of the Forest!
Book 1: The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9.0
Book 2: A Million Little Things by Susan Mallery
milLION
Points this post: 15
Total points: 915/1050
Tasks completed: 52/59
Books read: 72
JEN B15.3 – Just Call Me Judy
Option 2 – Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books for option 1: Read a book written by an author whose initials (all) can be found in Judy Garland AND with a title of at least 3 words, with the initial letter of each word found in Frances Ethel Gumm.
The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell
Initials LJ in JudygarLand
TFR in FRanceseThelgumm
TOTAL POINTS: 475
Angela IL5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
Read a free choice book that meets SRC requirements.
The Late Bloomer's Revolution: A Memoir by Amy Cohen- 8/23
Claiming It's a Fact
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 545
Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 23
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 1
CathyG30.8 - Tien’s Task: Drinks to keep you Warm
The combined page total of 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.
A Crafty Killing by Lorraine Bartlett 296pp
3. Hot Chocolate read a book with a MPG Romance AND where all author’s initials appear in “Nestle Complete Mix Hot Chocolate”
Storm Echo by Nalini Singh 384pp
Points this Post: 30
Books read: 19
Tasks completed: 14
Total points: 320
CathyG25.7 - 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. The entire name part counts.
The Legacy by Elle Kennedy
Option 3:
Read a book with a MPG of ‘Art’ or ‘Crafts’
OR read a book from one of the following lists:
Art & Artists in Fiction Love Lettering p5
REQUIRED:: State which list you used and which page the book is on.
Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn
Points this Post: 25
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 15
Total points: 345
CathyG25.9 - Dee's Task: It's Graduation Time…
Option B – The Capstone
Book 1 - Read a book where all the letters ISRP appear in the Authors name.
The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters
Book 2 -Read a book that is 4, 5, or 6 in a series
Game Changer by Abbi Glines
Points this Post: 25
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 16
Total points: 370
CathyG25.5 - Amy FL’s task: Just a Dandy-Lion
Option 1: Read a book with a title word of four or more letters that appears in the lion’s speech. thunder
He Shall Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BETCHA CAN’T EAT JUST ONE.
Love Overboard by Janet Evanovich
Points this Post: 25
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 17
Total points: 395
LAUREN JODI15.6 - Leo the Lion.
Falling Into Bed with a Duke by Lorraine Heath
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 600/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 48
Total Tasks Completed: 37/59
Andy P.Task # 20.3 - Best Review-Kathy KS's Task: The Other Side of the Rainbow
Read a book whose author’s initials (all of them) can be found in his name: L FRANK BAUM Beethoven's Tenth by Richard Kluger
LFRANK
Points this post: 20
Total points: 930
trishhartuk30.6 Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger
Opt. 2. Tiger – Read a book with the letters “T I G E R” in the title.
The Village of Eight Graves, Seishi Yokomizo,
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (French): ici (372pg)
Top PB (English): here (349pg)
T in The, I, G, E in vIllaGE, R in gRaves
Golden Oldie: First published in 1949
Opt. 4. A Passage to India – Read a book set at least 50% in India.
The Case of the Love Commandos, Tarquin Hall
Read the kindle edition. PB here (320pg)
100% set in India (Delhi and Agra/Luknow/Jammu in Uttar Pradesh).
The kindle edition specifies Vish Puri is from Delhi, and refers to India in general.
The top PB mentions “India’s most private investigator” as a subtitle, plus India in general and includes "the story moves from the pilgrimage site of Vaishno Devi (Jammu, Uttar Pradesh) and the "Moonlight Garden" in the shadows of the Taj Mahal..." I’m hoping that between them, they establish the India setting.
Total pages using the French version of Eight Graves: 372 + 320 = 692pg
Total pages using the English version of Eight Graves: 349 + 320 = 669pg
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie: 1 – The Village of Eight Graves was first published in 1949
Total Points: 485
Tasks Completed: 24
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
Mod
10.3 - Press Play
Read an Audie Award Winners (found on page 1 of list)
The Gift of Black Folk: The Negroes in the Making of America. W.E.B. Du Bois
Claiming 1 Golden Oldies ticket, published in 1924, and 1 IAF ticket
Points this post: 10
Total points: 990/1050
Tasks completed: 53/59
Books read: 70
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
It's a Fact ticket: 12
5.8 - Meanwhile, Back in Oz....Read a book with a yellow letter on its cover
by LJ SmithBB tickets overall: 3
IAF tickets overall: 2
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 325
Mod
20.3 - 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
Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs
Points this task: 20
Season total: 255
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
IAF Tickets: 3
Mod
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Poppy the three-legged dog
Pawn of Prophecy
3 P's in book title.
Points this task: 20
Season total: 275
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
IAF Tickets: 3
Mod
15.4 – Summer Road Trip-North and South
Option 2 - Read a book set in one of the listed states AND which has a recognisable motor vehicle on the cover.
Set in Pennsylvania.
This is a big book of 768 pages. Two big book tickets please!
Points this task: 15
Season total: 290
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 2
IAF Tickets: 3
Andy P.Task # 20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Option B. Read a book that is set at least 50% in either California or Mexico. The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas set over 50% in Mexico
Points this post: 20
Total points: 950
MAZZA115.9 - The End of Slavery!
Read a book from the first 25 pages of one of these lists :
Civil War Books
Antebellum Books
March on page 4 of Antebellum list
points this post = 15
points to date = 1020
Christine V25.8 -Andy P.’s Task: Choose Your Favorite List
Option 1: People of the Book This book is found on page 1 of the Books about Books and Libraries list.
Option 4: The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit This book is found on page 2 of the Niche Non-Fiction list.
The Stranger in the Woods is non-fiction. ***Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket***
Points this post: 25
IAF Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 1
20.10 - Group Reads
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
Date Read: 8/24
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: Discussion Post
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 225
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 12
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket Only15.7 – If You Don’t Want Me to Read It, I Surely Will!
Ulysses by James Joyce
Date Read: 8/18
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: #83 on list page 1
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket: First Published Feb 02; 1922
15.8 - There's More than One of Us
Murder at Irish Mensa by Clare O'Beara
Date Read: 6/18
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: Crows - a murder or horde - Murder in title
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 240
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 13
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Lisa MD10.2 - 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.
🦁Bad Little Falls by Paul Doiron
Title Word: Bad / Song Title: Bad Boy
Listened to audiobook. Linked to PB. No MMPB
320 pages
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 790/1050
Total Books Read: 58
Tasks Completed: 40/59
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 10
MEGSCL10.7 - To The Sea
It’s a Fact ticket
TOTAL
910 points
5 big book - 7 It’s a Fact - 3 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL25.3 - Cat's Task: Lion Range
Book 1 (set Nigeria) - The Death of Vivek Oji
Book 2 (set India) - Latitudes of Longing
TOTAL
935 points
5 big book - 7 It’s a Fact - 3 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL30.8 - Tien’s Task: Drinks to keep you Warm
2. Coffee, read a book with a MPG Crime AND “kill” found intact in title and/or subtitle.
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone
3. Hot Chocolate, read a book with a MPG Romance AND where all author’s initials appear in “Nestle Complete Mix Hot Chocolate”
The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
TOTAL
965 points
5 big book - 7 It’s a Fact - 3 Golden Oldie
Barbara ★50.1 - Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
Option 3: Do Re Mi
Read one book with either “do,” “re,” or “mi” found intact in a title word.
Found Shadows - P.T. Hylton 7/1
(DO in shaDOws)(324 pages)
A Wrench in the Works - Kate Carlisle 7/4
(RE in wREnch)(288 pages)
Stroke of Midnight - Olivia Drake 8/24
(MI in MIdnight)(345 pages)
TOTAL PAGES: 324 pages (book 1) + 288 pages (book 2) + 345 pages (book 3) = 957 > 750 pages
15.10 – Location, Location, LocationsRead a book from this list - 100 Mystery and Thriller Recommendations by Setting
REQUIRED: Specify the setting location of the list in which your book was found.
I read The Woman in the Library which is the 4th one listed under 'in a library."
points: 285
books read: 24
tasks completed: 15
big books: 1
pages read: 8565
15.10 – Location, Location, LocationsA book from 100 Mystery and Thriller Recommendations by Setting (On Campus): The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey
Points this post: 15
Total points: 880
Current points: 38015.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
Someone with courage often seeks adventures or an action-packed life.
Read a book with a MPG of Adventure or Action.
Something Wilder by Christina Lauren
Points this post: 15
Total points: 395
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
5.8 - Meanwhile, Back in Oz....
Read a book with a yellow letter on its cover - the entire word need not be yellow, but there must be at least one letter that is completely yellow. REQUIRED: Specify in your post the letter used.
, by Edmond HamiltonYellow letter used: "M" in "Hamilton"
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 750-5=745
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: 8
PAULA S20.6 - It's a Fact - Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos Season
Option 1: Rread a book with an MPG of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy.
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Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 140
It's A Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Kathy KS15.2 – The Long and the Short of It
Book 1 – Read a short book – 100-200 pages.
The Weapon from Beyond by Edmond Hamilton
158 pages (>100, <201)
Book 2 – Read a long book – at least 400 pages.
Prodigy by Marie Lu
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-439 p. (>399)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 760
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: 8
30.5 - Sandy's Task: Impress Your Friends!Book 1- Destiny's Road by Larry Niven, 448 pages
Target word chosen is gRAnDilOquent (title word found is ROAD)
Book 2. Immortality by Milan Kundera, 400 pages
Target word chosen is MAgNILoquence (author name found is MILAN)
Books this post: 2 books totalling 848 pages.
Books read total: 5
Points this post: 30
Points total: 70
Task:20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the StarsOption:1-an MPG of DANCE, MUSIC, or THEATER/THEATRE.
Book read:The Father by August Strindberg
Required:mpg Plays > Theatre [23 users]
I claim one Golden Oldie as this was 1st published in 1887
Points this task:20
Total points:295
Total Golden Oldies:3
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:2
Books read:19
Tasks completed:14
UNCLAIMING THIS POSTTask:25.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and Zambia
Option:1-#1 in a series
Book read:Gone by Leona Deakin
Required:(Dr. Bloom #1)
Option:4- single author with first and last initials found in MALAWI and ZAMBIA
Book read:Second Sight by Isobel Bird
Required:I in malawI B in zamBia
Points this task:25
Total points:260
Total Golden Oldies:2
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:2
Books read:17
Tasks completed:12
Nick KY25.4 Lauren Jodi's Task: Literary Lions --
Opt. 1. Single feather on the cover. I read Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle by Thor Hanson.
Opt. 3. On “Beauty and the Beast” list, I read The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley, p. 1 of list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 1010
UNCLAIMING THIS POSTTask:20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option:3- a book that is first in a series
Book read:Green Angel by Alice Hoffman
Required:book number 1 in the green angel series.
Points this task:20
Total points:60
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:4
Tasks completed:3
UNCLAIMING THIS POSTTask:20.6 - It's a Fact - Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos Season
Option:1- an MPG of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy.
Book read:Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Children's mpg: IL: MY - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12.0
Required: mpg Fantasy 15,189 users, Fantasy > Magic 1,008 users
Points this task:20
Total points:80
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:5
Tasks completed:4
Shawn H.20.6 It's a Fact - Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos Season
Option 1: MPG of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
**All 3 categories listed on the MPG**
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 130
Golden Oldie: 0
Big Ticket Book: 1
It's a Fact: 1
UNCLAIMING THIS POSTTask: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
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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 Pleasures of Reading: A Booklover's Alphabet by Catherine Sheldrick Ross
TIGER=The... REadInG
270 pages
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
Opt. 3. 2008 – Read any book first published in 2008.
"I Am a Man": Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice by Joe Starita
1st published: January 8, 2008
257 pages
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
Total pages: 270+257=527 (>500)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 750
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: 2
It's a Fact tickets total: 8