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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
Sarah E20.3 - Best Review-Kathy KS's Task: The Other Side of the Rainbow
Option 1: Author initials in L FRANK BAUM
Spinsters in Jeopardy by Ngaio Marsh
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is Spinsters In Jeopardy
Total Points: 525
Delicious Dee30.4- Dlmrose's Task: Sinistromanual
Option 1 - word - STARS - Glitter in the Stars
Option 3 - The Earl She Left Behind
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 900
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25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls
Option 2: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
Option 3: Trading in Danger
This post: -25 points
Total points: 830
BB: 13
GO: 2
NF: 4
All 5 point and 10 point tasks completed
Tasks Completed: 50
Books read: 65
Julia10325.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls
Option 2: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (set in UK)
Option 3: Ghost Ship (MPG Space)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 855
BB: 13
GO: 2
NF: 4
All 5 point and 10 point tasks completed
Tasks Completed: 51
Books read: 67
Julia10330.6 - Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger.
Option 2: Trading in Danger (TIG in Trading, ER in Danger)
Option 3: The Snow Queen (first published in 2008)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 885
BB: 13
GO: 2
NF: 4
All 5 point and 10 point tasks completed
Tasks Completed: 52
Books read: 69
MARGO30.1 - Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!
Option 2: Read a book in which the name of a month is found in either the title or the author’s name.
Now in November
- November in book title.
- Claiming ONE GOLDEN OLDIE ticket. First pub. 1934.
Option 4: Read a book by a single author with first and last initials found in MALAWI and ZAMBIA.
Golden Earrings by Belinda Alexandra
- Author's initials BA found in ZAMBIA.
- Claiming ONE BIG BOOK TICKET. Top PB has 528 pages.
Posted and read Kindle editions.
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Points this task: 25
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 15
GO: 2 // BB: 3 // NF: 0
Kathy KS10.1 - Cowardly
Read a book with a word in the title that ENDS in LY.
The Stately Home Murder by Catherine Aird
WORD: Stately
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-197 p.
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 795
Tasks completed: 37/59
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
***Unclaiming Task***20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the Stars
Option 2
The Measure
Points Earned This Post: -20
Total Points Earned: 680
It's A Fact Tickets: 13
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the StarsOption 2: Read a book where the single author’s initials (all of them) can be found in PINK UKELELE.
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
KI appears in pInK
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 700
It's A Fact Tickets: 13
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
15.6. Leo the Lion.Read a book with the author’s initials (all of them) appearing in LEO THE LION.
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
NE appears in thE lioN
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 715
It's A Fact Tickets: 13
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Kathy KS10.2 - 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.
SONG used: Big Boss Man
The Man Who Counts by Poul Anderson
Word used: MAN
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 805
Tasks completed: 38/59
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
Kai20.5 Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
OPTION D: Read a book with a main page genre of FAMILY.
Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
New Points: 20
Total Points: 255
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Claimed for Challenge: 22
REPOST - This should be my correct point total with correct completions.Shelby
15.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
Read a book with a MPG of Adventure or Action..: The Former Assassin's Guide to Snagging a Reluctant Boyfriend, by Alice Winters
How Fits: MPG - Action
Points this post: 15
Total points: 605
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Readerboard Name: List_Addict5.9: Rescued From the Cutting Floor
A book that is not part of a series and whose title does not contain ‘the’
Does It Hurt? by HD Carlton
This book is not part of a series
Total this challenge: 50
30.4- Dlmrose's Task: SinistromanualHelp Thread
August 13 is International Left-Handers Day
Read two books from two different options.
Required: State the options.
Option 1: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title made of letters typed solely by the left hand on a QWERTY keyboard:
QWERT
ASDFG
ZXCVB
Letters may be repeated.
Ex. Wave, Read, Extra, Tree
Subtitles are excluded.
Required: State the word.
I read Beach Read which has the word "read" in it, which can be written with only the left hand.
Option 2: Sinister, Latin for left, used to refer to something of, on, or towards the left-hand side of the body.
Read a book that has been shelved as Sinister:
Required: State the page.
Option 3: Read a book with the word Left, Lefty, or Lefties in the title.
I read We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year, which has the word left in the title.
Also, August 13th is my birthday although I am not left-handed!
Points: 315
books read: 26
tasks completed: 15
Big Books: 1
pages read: 9233
Delicious Dee20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the Stars
Option 2 - Pride - Lana Pecherczyk - LP found in PINK UKELELE
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 920
Sue T50.1 - Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
Option 2: Numbers 1, 2 and 3 in a series (does not have to be the same series
Book 1 Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood.
Book 2 The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
Book 3 Magnificent Devices by Shelley Adina
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 150/1050
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 10
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.8: Flying the flag:
Option 1: Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler has a flag -- middle of right-hand side of the cover.
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 415
Books: 27
Tasks: 17
Big books tickets: 3(500) 1(750) 0(1,000)
Delicious Dee25.4 - Lauren Jodi's Task: Literary Lions
Option 3 - How to Love a Duke in Ten Days - found on pg 3 of the Beauty and the Beast (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...)
Option 4 - Claimed by her Cougar - main character is a couger shifter
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 945
Coralie5.2 Oscar Time, Baby!
Book with word in title that can be made from over THE RAinbow
HEART
The Witch's Heart
Total to date 815 points
Coralie15.1 If I Were King of the Forest!
Book 1; book with Prince in its title
The Cruel Prince
Book 2: Book with Lion found intact in its title
Three Hearts and Three Lions
Total to date 835 points
Coralie30.9 The Purge
Option 1: Book with a 2 word title where the first word is THE
The Nonesuch
Option 3: Book that is part of a series that has at least 10 primary works.
Resurrection Row #4 in series of 32 primary works
Total to date 865 points
MEGSCL5.4 - The 1938 Hit Parade
The Trees by Ali Shaw (artie shaw)
TOTAL
1040 points
5 big book - 7 It’s a Fact - 3 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL10.4 - Fields of Poppies
At Night All Blood is Black - verified in msg 9 of task help thread
TOTAL
1050 points
5 big book - 7 It’s a Fact - 3 Golden Oldie
5.7- I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing A word from the title of one of Harold Arlen's songs in the title: The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman
The song title is "That old Black Magic"
Points this post: 5
Total points: 960
5.9 - Rescued from the Cutting Room FloorNo "the" in the title and not part of a series: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Points this post: 5
Total points: 965
5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!Book of choice: Dinner on Primrose Hill by Jodi Thomas
Points this post: 5
Total points: 970
Readerboard Name: List_Addict25.7: Hannelore’s Task - Hoi! Nice to meet you!
Option 1: An author’s name with a palindrome
Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer
Name: Ada
Option 5: An author’s initials found in IPSF
The Lord I Left by Scarlett Peckham
Total this challenge: 75
Sarah E10.1 - Cowardly
Truly Madly Guilty
I read an ebook, top MMP is Truly Madly Guilty
Big Book, 514 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total Points: 535
Total BBs: 9
Sarah E10.8 - Apple II
Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is L'Hiver du monde
Big Book, 1,032 pages. Claiming 3 BB tickets.
Total Points: 545
Total BBs: 12
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Julia10315.9 - The End of Slavery!
Across Five Aprils
This is on page one of the Civil War Books list
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 10.0
This post: 15 points
Total points: 900
BB: 13
GO: 2
NF: 4
All 5 point and 10 point tasks completed
Tasks Completed: 53
Books read: 70
(This is my last book for the summer challenge.)
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.10 Jen K's Task: Malawi and Zambia
Option 1: Night Fall by Nancy Mehl
#1 in The Quantico Files
Option 4: Girl in the Dark by Anna Lindsay
Points this post: 25
Total points: 990/1050
Tasks completed: 55/59
Books read: 77
30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: Consonant ClustersBook 1: Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively (pl is the cluster)
Book 2: Playing with Myself (PLaying is the word)
Total points: 265
15.1 – If I were King of the Forest!Book 1 – Read a book with King, Queen, Princess, or Prince in its title (not subtitle). Plurals and possessives may be used, but no other variations.
Three Crooked Kings by Matthew Condon
1x It's a Fact
Book 2 – Read a book with “Lion” found intact in a word in its title (not subtitle)
Bear, Lion or Wolf: How Understanding Your Sleep Type Could Change Your Life by Olivia Arezzolo
1x It's a Fact
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 10
It's a Fact: 7
Season Total: 975
10.1 - CowardlyThe Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings
word in title, FLY, ends in LY
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 10
It's a Fact: 7
Season Total: 985
15.9 - The End of Slavery!News of the World by Paulette Jiles
civil-war (page 3)
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 10
It's a Fact: 7
Season Total: 1,000
LAUREN JODI5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
Blaze Erupting by Rebecca Zanetti
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 615/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 50
Total Tasks Completed: 39/59
LAUREN JODI10.7 - To The Sea
Dangerous Waters by Toni Anderson
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 625/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 51
Total Tasks Completed: 40/59
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.4 - The 1938 Hit Parade
The Book of Delights
Author: Ross Gay matches with Shirley Ross from Thanks For the Memory
Claiming 1 Its a Fact Ticket
Totals
Points: 125
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 13
Total Tasks Completed: 17
Total Books Completed: 17
Mai20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Option C: Book by a MALE author whose first and last initials are in ROAD TRIP
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
272 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 1050
Tasks Completed: 59
Books Read: 83
NF Tickets: 47
Golden Oldies: 7
Big Books: 2
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.6 - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
We Are the Ants
Book found on page 2 of list
Totals
Points: 135
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 13
Total Tasks Completed: 18
Total Books Completed: 18
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.10 - Liquid Courage
Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies
Drink is Water
Totals
Points: 145
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 14
Total Tasks Completed: 19
Total Books Completed: 19
Readerboard: Keli50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
Option (A) Read one book for each chorus option
Books should total 750 pages or more.
Book #1 - ABC
Read one book where the first word of the title begins with either the letter A, B, or C. All title words count, including “A” or “An.” - A Passage North
Book #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. - Blood of the Chosen #2 in the series
Book #3 - Do Re Mi
Read one book with either “do,” “re,” or “mi” found intact in a title word. REQUIRED: Include title word and musical note used in your post. One Hundred Years of Solitude "RE" in hundred.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 19
MARGO15.8 - 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 Windsor Knot
- Word is "KNOT"
- Animal is "Toad" (in Reptiles and Amphibians)
- Plural is a "Knot of toads"
Posted and read Kindle edition.
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Points this task: 15
Total points: 265
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 16
GO: 2 // BB: 3 // NF: 0
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INSIYAH5.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex"
Book: Honour by Elif Shafak
How it fits: ES in EDSEL
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 365
Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 18
Big Book Tickets: 11
Golden Oldies Tickets: 6
It's a Fact Tickets: 3
INSIYAH5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
Book: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre was published in 1847. Claiming one Golden Oldies Ticket.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 370
Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 19
Big Book Tickets: 11
Golden Oldies Tickets: 7
It's a Fact Tickets: 3
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20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the Stars
Option 2: our granddaughter also entertained us with some music with her (pink) ukelele. Read a book where the single author’s initials (all of them) can be found in PINK UKELELE.
Manor of Secrets by Katherine Longshore
PINK UKELELE
Points this post: 20
Total points: 470