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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 1: Read a book where the TITLE contains a word that can be made from the composer's name: HERBERT POPE STOTHART
Three Day Fiancee by Marissa Clarke
three=HERbErT
I read an ebook; pb-210 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 775-20=755
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

20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 1: Read a book where the TITLE contains a word that can be made from the composer's name: HERBERT POPE STOTHART
Rest You Merry by Charlotte MacLeod
rest=...popE STothaRt
I read a large print copy; mmpb=142 p.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 775
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

Read a book with a MPG of Adventure or Action.
On Goodreads new format … click MORE, and Adventure is the next MPG. Listed directly after Queer, and still on the main page.
Outlawed (2021) by Anna North (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 261 pages)
320 + 15 = 335
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 320 + 15 = 335
Books read: 24
Pages read: 7,445
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 14
Golden Oldies: 01
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

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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.
Age of Deception, by T.A. White
Letter "A"
398 pages
Option 2: 123- Read one book which is either number 1,2, or 3 in a series.
The Rocksburg Railroad Murders by K.C. Constantine
Series: Mario Balzic Detective Mystery #1
188 pages
Option 3: Do Re Mi- Read one book with either “do,” “re,” or “mi” found intact in a title word.
The Green Mill Murder, by Kerry Greenwood
Musical note, both "re" and "mi" are found in: gREen MIll
I read a large print edition; pb-192 pages (no mmpb)
Total pages: 398+188+192= 778 (>750)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 775-50=725
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

Option 1: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, plot features circus
Option 3: Protector by Larry Niven, MPG Space
Books this post: 2
Total books read: 14
Points this post: 25
Total points: 215

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.
Age of Deception, by T.A. White
Letter "A"
398 pages
Option 2: 123- Read one book which is either number 1,2, or 3 in a series.
The Rocksburg Railroad Murders by K.C. Constantine
Series: Mario Balzic Detective Mystery #1
188 pages
Option 3: Do Re Mi- Read one book with either “do,” “re,” or “mi” found intact in a title word.
Three Day Fiancee by Marissa Clarke
Musical note, "re" is found in: thREe
I read an ebook; pb-210 pages (no mmpb)
Total pages: 398+188+210= 796 (>750)
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Points for this task: 50
Total points : 775
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

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15.8 - There's More than One of Us
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from... list of collective nouns for animals . https://www.treehugger.com/strange-co... (Collective animal names) REQUIRED: state the animal used
Murder on Bainbridge Island, by Dianne Harman
Word used: Murder
Animal(s) used: Crows OR Magpies
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 775-15=760
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

15.8 - There's More than One of Us
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from... list of collective nouns for animals . https://www.treehugger.com/strange-co... (Collective animal names) REQUIRED: state the animal used
The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood
Word used: Murder
Animal(s) used: Crows OR Magpies
I read a large print version; pb=192 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 775
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

Shelby
30.1 - 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 Hitman's Guide to Tying the Knot Without Getting Shot, by Alice Winters
How Fits: Title - the hitmAn's guide tO Tying the Knot without getting shot
AND
Option 3
Read a book with a cover that is 75% blue and/or green according to Tineye.: Stars, by Tal Bauer
How Fits: Cover - 88.2% Blue
Claiming Big Book Ticket - 516pgs

Points this post: 30
Total points: 485
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0

10.7 - To The Sea
Read a book with a boat or water vessel on the cover. Required: Post the cover.

Murder on Bainbridge Island by Dianne Harman
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 785
Tasks completed: 36/59
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

10.1 - Cowardly
Read a book with a word in the title that ENDS in LY. Subtitles are excluded.
Book: A Curse So Dark and Lonely
Completed: 7/14/22
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 295
Tasks completed: 19

15.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
Read a book with a MPG of Adventure or Action.
Book: Whiteout
Completed: 6/22/22
MPG Adventure
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 310
Tasks Completed: 20

15.8 - There's More than One of Us
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of collective nouns for animals
Book: Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders
Completed: 6/29/22
Animal: Crow
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 325
Tasks Completed: 21

25.9 - 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.
Book: Storm Cursed
Completed: 8/3/22
Author: Patricia Briggs
Book 2 - Read a book that is 4, 5, or 6 in a series
Book: Alone in the Wild
Completed: 8/22/22
Book #5 in Rockton
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 350
Tasks Completed: 22

30.8 - 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.
Book: Winterkill
Completed: 7/9/22
MPG Mystery>Crime
Pages: 352
3. Hot Chocolate
Read a book with a MPG Romance AND where all author’s initials appear in “Nestle Complete Mix Hot Chocolate”
Book: Brutal Prince
Completed: 8/28/22
Author: Sophie Lark
MPG Romance
Pages: 376
Total Pages: 728
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 23

50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
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.
Book 1: A Deal with the Elf King
Completed: 7/27/22
Married to Magic Book 1
Pages: 317
Book 2: Sweet Dreams
Completed: 8/19/22
Colorado Mountain Book 2
Pages: 688 pages
Book 3: Obsidio
Completed: 8/26/22
The Illuminae Files book 3
Pages: 618 pages
Total Pages: 1623
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 430
Tasks Completed: 24

10.6 - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
pg 7 of Aliens list
Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey
*Big book ticket* Cibola Burn is 587 pg
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0

25.2 - XBM's Task: A's all around
Option 1:
Read a book with 3 or more A's in the title/subtitle
My Life in and out of the Rough: The Truth Behind All That Bull**** You Think You Know About Me by John Daly
****Claiming 1 It's a Fact for Nonfiction****
Book 2: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the author's name.
For Love of the Game by Michael Shaara
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 155
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
It's a Fact: 2

15.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
Adventure genre
Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey
*Big book ticket* Nemesis Games is 535 pg
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0

15.9 - The End of Slavery!
pg 3 of Civil War Books list
Sunflower Sisters by Martha Hall Kelly
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0

Option 1:
Start something new and read a book that is #1 in a series.
Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Option 4:
Read a book by a single author with first and last initials found in MALAWI and ZAMBIA.
Trust with a Chaser by Annabeth Albert
BB tickets overall: 3
IAF tickets overall: 2
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 350

20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Option B: California
The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark
Here's where to find an interview with the author in which the location is mentioned: https://www.bookpage.com/interviews/j...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0

20.6 - It's a Fact - Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos Season
Option 1: SciFi genre
Upgrade by Blake Crouch
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0

Free Choice book
The Test Sylvain Neuvel
BB tickets overall: 3
IAF tickets overall: 2
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 355

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the Flag
Option 2: 3 people

Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0

20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 4: California
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0

25.9 - Dee's Task: It's Graduation Time…
Option A
Book 1: GOVERNMENT INFORMATION LEADERSHIP
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Book 2: Canada
Red River Girl: The Life and Death of Tina Fontaine by Joanna Jolly
Points this post: 25
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0

30.7 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs Doubled
Option 1
The Hurricane Code by James Aura
Option 2: Horror
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
*Big Books ticket* Leviathan Wakes is 561 pg
Points this post: 30
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 11
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0

30.9 - Brooklyn's Task: The Purge
Option 1: 2 words beginning with The
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
Option 2: initial in author name
Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey
*Big Books ticket* Caliban's War is 624 pg
Points this post: 30
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 13
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0

30.7 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs Doubled
Option 1:Read a book by a single, male author whose first name begins with the letter "J."
The Fireman by Joe Hill
Option 4:Read a book from Best Southern Literature
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Found on page 1.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 385

50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
Option 1: A, B, or C
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Option 2: 1, 2 , or 3 in series
Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
Option 3: do, re, mi
Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey
*Big Books ticket* Abaddon's Gate is 539 pg
Points this post: 50
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 16
Big Books: 500=5, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0

30.6 - Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger.
Read two books from two different options listed below. REQUIRED: State in your post the options you used.
Your books should total 500 pages or more:
REQUIRED: Required: State the page on which your choice is found.
Opt. 1. The White – Read a book meeting SRC requirements from the following “White” list: Women in White
The Hours by Michael Cunningham (230 pgs) - page 4 of list
Opt. 2. Tiger – Read a book with the letters “T I G E R” in the title. (Subtitles excluded.)
Straight from the Horse's Mouth by Meryem Alaoui (304 pgs)
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 535 Points

10.8 - Apple II
Read a book that is number #2 in a series.
🦁The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen
Series: Rizzoli & Isles (#2)
376 pages
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 830/1050
Total Books Read: 62
Tasks Completed: 43/59
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 10

25.10 - 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.
Gullregn i oktober - October in title
Word for word direct translation of the title: Golden rain in October
I read the ebook, Hardcover link for reference (no MMPB or PB): Kuoleman kultasade
option 4: Read a book by a single author with first and last initials found in MALAWI and ZAMBIA
Fyra fönster mot gården by Maria Lang
author initials ML found in MaLawi
I read the ebook, PB link for reference (no MMPB): Pimennetty ikkuna
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Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 165
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)

20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 1: Read a book where the TITLE contains a word (4 or more letters) that can be made from the composer's name: HERBERT POPE STOTHART
My Bridges of Hope by Livia Bitton-Jackson
The word "Hope" can be made with the letters in HERBERT POPE STOTHART
**My Bridges of Hope is nonfiction (MPG Nonfiction). I claim one It's a Fact ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points; 450

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.

author intials ML found in L frank bauM
I read the ebook, PB link for reference (no MMPB): Docka vit, Docka röd
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Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 185
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)

50.0 I'm Going to Teach You How to Sing It Out
Option 1: First word in title begins with A, B, or C
Blue Lightning by Anne Cleeves
This book has 357 pages
Option 2: Book is 1, 2, or 3 in a series
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriott
This book is #1-2 in the All Creatures Great and Small series and was approved in the help thread.
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top MMP has 499 pages.
Option 3: Title includes do, re, me intact
Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders by Tessa Arlen
Mi in MIdnight
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP top paperback has 311 pages.
357 + 499 + 311 = 1,167 total pages
Total points: 290
That's it for me this season. Thanks, mods!

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
Mord klockan fem?
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BETCHA CAN’T EAT JUST ONE.
En ficka full med råg
author initials AC found in CAn't
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Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 210
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)
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30.7 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs Doubled
Option 1: Knight's Ransom by Jeff Wheeler
(male author, first name starts with J)
Option 3: Verily, a New Hope
(on page 7 of list as William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 855
BB: 13
GO: 2
NF: 4
All 5 point and 10 point tasks completed
Tasks Completed: 51
Books read: 67

10.3 - Press Play
Read a book that has WON an Audie Award.

Book won an Audie Award in 2014.
This is non-fiction book, I claim 1 It's A Fact Ticket.
I read the Kindle edition, PB link for reference (no MMPB): Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
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Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 220
It's A Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)

Task # 5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
Austenland
by Shannon Hale
Points this post: 5
Total points:1035

20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Option B: Set over 50% in California
Malibu Rising
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Malibu Rising - 389 pages
Total points: 255

25.7 - Hannelore’s Task: Hoi! Nice to meet you!
Option 1: Hannah is a palindrome
Hello World: How Algorithms will Define our Future and Why We Should Learn To Live With It by Hannah Fry
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
Non-fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Option 4: Title initials in MILLIONSMISSING
Memories of Ice
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is Memories of Ice
Big Book, 925 pages. Claiming 2 BB tickets.
Total points: 280
Total BBs: 4
Total NF: 2

50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
Option 1
Read one book where the first word of the title begins with either the letter A, B, or C.: Blood, by A.J. Sherwood
How Fits: Title - Blood
AND
Option 2
Read one book which is either number 1,2, or 3 in a series.: Out of the Ashes, by Jenn Burke
Ebook Verified: Here
How Fits: #3 in Ashes & Dust
AND
Option 3
Read one book with either “do,” “re,” or “mi” found intact in a title word.: A Mage's Guide to Human Familiars, by A.J. Sherwood
How Fits: Title - A Mage's Guide to Human FaMIliars
Points this post: 50
Total points: 535
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0

15.4 – Summer Road Trip-North and South
Option 1
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these states.: Big Jack, by J.D. Robb
How Fits: Location - New York
AND
Option 2
Read a book with a motor vehicle on the cover.: The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
How Fits: Cover - Car

Points this post: 15
Total points: 550
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0

Task # 15.8 - There's More than One of Us
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of collective nouns for animals
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
A group of Lemurs is called a Conspiracy
Points this post : 15
Total points: 1050

25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls
Option 2: Completely set in the UK
The Lord God Made Them All: The classic memoirs of a Yorkshire country vet
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is The Lord God Made Them All
Option 3: MPG Space
Firstborn
I listened to an audio, top MMP is Firstborn
Total points: 305

Book 1, title word made from letters in KALEIDOSCOPIC: Feels Like Family by Sherryl Woods
mass market paperback Feels Like Family 416 pages
The word is Like
Book 2, one part of author's name made from letters in GRANDILOQUENT: Ana of California by Andi Teran
paperback edition Ana of California 353 pages
The name is Andi
Points this post: 30
Total points: 940
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30.9 - Brooklyn's Task: The Purge
Option 3: Read a book that is part of a series that has at least 10 primary works. Required: State the name of the series and how many primary works have been published in the series to date.
Valediction by Robert B. Parker
Series: Spenser #11 (49 books published)
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb=284 p.
Option 4: Read a book with either a cake or balloons on the cover. REQUIRED:: Include the cover in your post.
I read an ebook; pb-184 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 775
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