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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD

Book 1 – Favorite Book - The Sweetness of Water
Option 3 - – From “readers also enjoyed”
The Chicken Sisters
Book 2 – LEAST favorite book - Scones and Scoundrels
Option 3 – From “readers also enjoyed”
Elementary, She Read
Both books confirmed on respective "Readers Also Enjoyed" lists
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 490 points
NONfiction Books read: 8
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2

Book 1 chosen: Letting Go of the Need to Be Right: What's So Wrong With Being Wrong Anyway?
Fits task: Best book of Spring Challenge: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness
Word "letting" in both titles
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 176 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Option 3: Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Fits task: Worst book of Spring Challenge: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hood Feminism is listed as "Readers also enjoyed" on the main page of Quiet in Her Bones
Format read: audio
# of pages: 267 (printed edition)
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 830 points

REQUIRED: Total pages 600+: 512 + 374 = 886 pg
Option 1 – 4+-letter title word made from M A G N I L O Q U E N C E - Queen
Queen of America
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 512 pg
Option 2 - Author name part made from G R A N D I L O Q U E N T - LORI
Lori Wilde / The Christmas Cookie Collection – 374 p
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 520 points
NONfiction Books read: 8
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3

25.1 - MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
Book 1: Favourite book of spring was Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
Option 1: Small Gods also by Terry Pratchett
Book 2: Least favourite book of spring was Death of a Gossip
Option 2: Death by Coffee - matching word is DEATH
I read an ebook, MMP is Death by Coffee
Total Points: 570

Takes place 100% in the UK (London)
Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 530 points
NONfiction Books read: 8
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3

50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
Option B
Option 1: ABC
Book 1: At the Edge of the Orchard
I read a kindle edition, MMP is À l'orée du verger - 400 pages
Book 2: Barrow King
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Barrow King: The Realms Book One - 532 pages
Big Book, 532 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Book 3: Chapter & Hearse
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is Chapter & Hearse - 243 pages
400 + 532 + 243 = 1,175 pages
Total Points: 620
Total BBs: 13

Reader’s choice
Invisible Women
*** NONfiction ***
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This Post: 05 points
Total points to date: 535 points
NONfiction Books read: 9
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3

5.9 - Rescued from the Cutting Room Floor
Ariadne
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Ariadna
Total Points: 625

Read a book by an author all of whose initials appear in EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG. Letters can be used only as often as they appear in the target name. A book with multiple authors can be used if the initials of EVERY author are found in the target phrase.
Murder at the Blueberry Festival - Darci Hannah
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 315

For this task, you will choose either Option A, B, C and read book 1 AND book 2 from that option. Alternately, you may read a book that exceeds 500pgs and that fits both book 1 AND book 2 for your chosen option.
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. Letters may be used as often as they are found. The title must have at least 3 words.
Murder Spills the Tea
Book 2 - Read a book set at least 75% in one of the following countries: Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Israel, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Taiwan (for the purpose of this task Taiwan is being counted as a separate country from China), Ukraine, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates.
A Treacherous Tale
United Kingdom
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 340

(A) Read one book for each chorus option
OR
(B) choose one option and read three books which meet the task requirement for each of the letters, numbers or musical notes mentioned in the 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. All title words count, including “A” or “An.”
A Colorful Scheme
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.
The Farm Stand
Option 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.
Death by Chocolate Frosted Doughnut
Do - Doughnut
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 390

Challenge 25.7 Hannelore’s Task: Hoi! Nice to meet you!
Option 1: So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister by ANNA Akana
Option 3: Where Secrets Sleep by Marta Perry
Found on page 1 of Crafty Cozy Mysteries
Points this post: 25
Total points: 1015/1050
Tasks completed: 56/59
Books read: 79

10.8 - Apple II
Read a book that is number #2 in a series. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title.
The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson
I listened to the audiobook so have linked the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 275/1050
Tasks Completed: 12/59
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4

15.4 – Summer Road Trip-North and South
Option 2
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these states (New Jersey)
AND
Read a book with a motor vehicle on the cover.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 290/1050
Tasks Completed: 13/59
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4

(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.
My title begins with C
Crocodile Soup-352 pages
Option 2: 123
Read one book which is either number 1,2, or 3 in a series.
My book was #2 in the series
Beggars and Choosers 377 pages
Option 3: Do Re Mi
Read one book with either “do,” “re,” or “mi” found intact in a title word.
My book used do, found in the word Douglas
I read an ebook version of The Douglas Notebooks MMPB edition is Les carnets de Douglas 192 pages
352+377+192=921
New Points: 50
Total Points: 575
IF; 5
That is it for me, thanks for another great challenge

25.5 - Amy FL’s task: Just a Dandy-Lion
Option 3: News from Thrush Green by Miss Read
Option 4: Author initials in BETCHA JUST
The Tomb in Turkey by Simon Brett
I read an ebook, paperback - no MMP - is The Tomb in Turkey
Total Points: 650

Fiction - Cozy Mysteries - The Maid
My participation post link is here
Points this post: 20
Total points: 310
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 20

30.9 - Brooklyn's Task: The Purge
Option 2: Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is Empire of Storms
Big Book, 689 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Option 4:

I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Fruit Cake and Fear
Total Points: 680
Total BBs: 14

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!).
Red Island House: A Novel
Points this post: 5
Total points: 315
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 21

Option 1, book 1, 3 or more As in the title/subtitle: Our Last Days in Barcelona by Chanel Cleeton
Option 1, book 2, 3 or more As in the author's name: The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani
Points this post: 25
Total points: 995
That's it for this season. Thank you, Moderators!

5.1 - "I'll Take Lyricists for $1000, Alex"
A Is For Alibi by Sue Grafton - EDSEL YIPSEL HARBURG
I read an ebook, top MMP is A is for Alibi
Total Points: 685

25.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and Zambia
Option 1: Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon #1)
I read an ebook, top MMP is Angels & Demons
Big Book, 736 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Option 4: The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert - MALAWI
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is The Hazel Wood
Total Points: 710
Total BBs: 15

30.3 - Schatzie's Task : Escaping My Box
For this challenge, 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. REQUIRED: State in your post that the books are new to you.
Both books are new to me.
Book 1: Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of Health.
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer - 341 pgs
Book 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Urban Fantasy or Epic Fantasy.
For both books, genres may be standalone or embedded.
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (Urban Fantasy) - 387 pgs
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 565 Points

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!).
Elements of Genealogical Analysis by Robert Charles Anderson
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 810
Tasks completed: 39/59
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- Gray Mountain by John Grisham. Book by a single, male author whose first name begins with the letter "J."
Option 3- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson. Book found on page 8 of Best Books of the Decade:2010s.
Books this post: 2
Total books read: 19
Points this post: 30
Total points: 300

15.2 – The Long and the Short of It
Book 1: Tales from the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess - 192 pages
I read a kindle edition but have linked to the hardcover, which is the only print edition
Non-fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Book 2: Shadowmarch - 831 pages
Big Book, 831 pages. Claiming 2 BB tickets.
Total Points: 725
Total BBs: 17
Total NF: 3

REPOST to add NF ticket only
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!).
Elements of Genealogical Analysis by Robert Charles Anderson
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 810
Tasks completed: 39/59
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: 9

15.10 – Location, Location, Locations
On an Island
The Guest List
I listened to an audio, MMP is Bröllopsfesten
Total Points: 740

5.2- Oscar Time, Baby!
The Priory of the Orange Tree - TREE in OVER THE
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is The Priory of the Orange Tree
Big Book, 830 pages. Claiming 2 BB tickets.
Total Points: 745
Total BBs: 19

20.6 - It's a Fact - Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos Season
Option 1: The Witch’s Heart
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is The Witch's Heart
Total Points: 765

20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 3: The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time #1)
I listened to an audio, top MMP is The Eye of the World
Big Book, 800 pages. Claiming 2 BB tickets.
Total Points: 785
Total BBs: 21
That's it for me this season (finally). Thank you to the mods and task creators, and my abject apologies for too many books left to post on the last day.
30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: Consonant Clusters
Some of the most common 2-letter consonant clusters are: bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl, br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr, sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, tw.
Book 1: Read a book by an author with initials that form one of these sound clusters.
Out of the Ashes: A Story of Recovery and Hope
State the cluster used when posting.
Author: Sallie Crotty - initials SC
This book is non fiction so I claim an "It's a fact" ticket
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.
Scroll
The word SCroll begins with SC
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 415 + 30 = 445/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 21
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 12 + 1 = 13
Some of the most common 2-letter consonant clusters are: bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl, br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr, sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, tw.
Book 1: Read a book by an author with initials that form one of these sound clusters.
Out of the Ashes: A Story of Recovery and Hope
State the cluster used when posting.
Author: Sallie Crotty - initials SC
This book is non fiction so I claim an "It's a fact" ticket
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.
Scroll
The word SCroll begins with SC
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 415 + 30 = 445/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 21
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 12 + 1 = 13

25.7 - Hannelore’s Task: Hoi! Nice to meet you!
Option 3:
🦁The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
Kindle. Linked to PB. No MMPB
Page 3, #235 - Art & Artists in Fiction List
384 pages
Option 4:
Read a book with at least three words in the title (subtitle excluded), with the first letter of each word matching a letter in ‘MILLIONSMISSING’.
🦁One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
TItle Initials: OIS found in mIlliOnSmissing
272 pages
🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 855/1050
Total Books Read: 64
Tasks Completed: 44/59
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 10

25.1 - MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
Book 1 - Favorite book from Spring Challenge - The Thursday Murder Club
Option 2 - book w same word in title - The Oxygen Murder
Book 2 - Least favorite book from Spring Challenge - Flood of Fire
Option 1 - book by same author - Amitav Ghosh - The Hungry Tide
Points this post: 25
Total points: 665
BB:5 GO:4 IAF:5

30.5 Sandy's Task: Impress Your Friends!
Book 1 - State of Terror: A Novel by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny
*STATE - quinTESsenTiAl
**Big Book Ticket - 512 pages
Book 2 - The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
*LEE - magniLoquEncE
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 365
Books Read: 27
BB Ticket +500: 4
BB Ticket +750: 1
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 15
30.6 - Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger
2 books, 500pg +
Opt. 2. Tiger – Read a book with the letters “T I G E R” in the title.
The Last Single Girl
The book has the letters TIGER in The last singlE GIRl
I read the Kindle edition but the paperback is listed as 154 pages
Opt. 4. A Passage to India – Read a book set at least 50% in India.
Midnight's Children
This book is set in India at the time of partition and India is listed as a setting for the book, and also has MPG of Cultural->India
I listened to an audiobook, but the mass market paperback is listed as 670 pages - well over the 500pg requested!
I claim a big book ticket
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 445 + 30 = 475/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 22
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Big Books: 2 + 1 = 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 13
2 books, 500pg +
Opt. 2. Tiger – Read a book with the letters “T I G E R” in the title.
The Last Single Girl
The book has the letters TIGER in The last singlE GIRl
I read the Kindle edition but the paperback is listed as 154 pages
Opt. 4. A Passage to India – Read a book set at least 50% in India.
Midnight's Children
This book is set in India at the time of partition and India is listed as a setting for the book, and also has MPG of Cultural->India
I listened to an audiobook, but the mass market paperback is listed as 670 pages - well over the 500pg requested!
I claim a big book ticket
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 445 + 30 = 475/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 22
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Big Books: 2 + 1 = 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 13

5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
Help Thread
Relax to some great old-time music (preferably by Arlen or Harburg) as you select your free choice book that meets SRC requirements. Books with the MPG children or kids that are NOT found in ARBF may be used for this task
Pollyanna
IL: MY - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 22
50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
3 books, 750pg +
(B) choose one option and read three books which meet the task requirement for each of the letters, numbers or musical notes mentioned in the option.
Option 3: Do Re Mi
Read one book with either “do,” “re,” or “mi” found intact in a title word.
I chose to read 3 books with "Do", "Re" & "Mi" in the titles:
Dolly - this book contains "Do" in DOlly
I listened to an audiobook, but the paperback is listed as 153 pages
The Measure - this contains "Re" in measuRE
I read an ebook but the hardcover is listed as 368 pages (I believe this is more realistic than the paperback listed as 576, but either will work for the page requirement!)
The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth About Birth - this contains "Mi" in MIdwife
I listened to an audiobook, but the hardcover is listed as 320 pages (no paperback)
153 + 368 + 320 = 841> 750 pgs
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 475 + 50 = 525/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 23
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 13
3 books, 750pg +
(B) choose one option and read three books which meet the task requirement for each of the letters, numbers or musical notes mentioned in the option.
Option 3: Do Re Mi
Read one book with either “do,” “re,” or “mi” found intact in a title word.
I chose to read 3 books with "Do", "Re" & "Mi" in the titles:
Dolly - this book contains "Do" in DOlly
I listened to an audiobook, but the paperback is listed as 153 pages
The Measure - this contains "Re" in measuRE
I read an ebook but the hardcover is listed as 368 pages (I believe this is more realistic than the paperback listed as 576, but either will work for the page requirement!)
The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth About Birth - this contains "Mi" in MIdwife
I listened to an audiobook, but the hardcover is listed as 320 pages (no paperback)
153 + 368 + 320 = 841> 750 pgs
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 475 + 50 = 525/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 23
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 13
20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
250pg +
Option C: Read a book by a MALE author whose first and last initials are in ROAD TRIP
Mr. Gandy's Grand Tour
The author is Alan Titchmarsh - the initial AT are in roAd Trip
I listened to an audiobook but the paperback is listed as 288 pages
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 525 + 20 = 545/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 24
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 13
250pg +
Option C: Read a book by a MALE author whose first and last initials are in ROAD TRIP
Mr. Gandy's Grand Tour
The author is Alan Titchmarsh - the initial AT are in roAd Trip
I listened to an audiobook but the paperback is listed as 288 pages
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 525 + 20 = 545/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 24
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 13

Book 1: A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times
3 or more A's in the title/subtitle
*** Two Big Book Tickets claimed - 752 pages
Book 2: Poirot's Early Cases by Agatha Christie
3 or more A's in the author's name
Total points: 290
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Thanks for another great season!

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the Stars
Option 2: Read a book where the single author’s initials (all of them) can be found in PINK UKELELE.

author initals KE found in pink uKElele
I read the ebook. MMPB link for reference: Krokodilväktaren
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Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 240
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)
25.2 - XBM's Task: A's all around
2 books:
Book 1: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the title/subtitle
A Perfect Explanation
The letter A appears 3 times in A perfect explAnAtion
Book 2: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the author's name.
Untitled: The Real Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
The author is AnnA PAsternAk which contains 4 A's!
This is non-fiction so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket"
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 545 + 25 = 570/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 25
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 13 + 1 = 14
2 books:
Book 1: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the title/subtitle
A Perfect Explanation
The letter A appears 3 times in A perfect explAnAtion
Book 2: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the author's name.
Untitled: The Real Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
The author is AnnA PAsternAk which contains 4 A's!
This is non-fiction so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket"
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 545 + 25 = 570/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 25
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 13 + 1 = 14
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
That Churchill Woman
The word THAT can be made from herbert pope stoTHArT
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 570 + 20 = 590/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 26
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 14
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
That Churchill Woman
The word THAT can be made from herbert pope stoTHArT
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 570 + 20 = 590/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 26
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 14
25.7 - Hannelore’s Task: Hoi! Nice to meet you!
2 books:
Option 1:Read a book by an author who has one name part that is a palindrome.
The Dictionary of Lost Words
The author Pip Williams & the name Pip is a palindrome
Option 4: Read a book with at least three words in the title with the first letter of each word matching a letter in ‘MILLIONSMISSING’.
One Little Lie
The initial letters OLL are in miLLiOns missing
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 590 + 25 = 615/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 27
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 14
2 books:
Option 1:Read a book by an author who has one name part that is a palindrome.
The Dictionary of Lost Words
The author Pip Williams & the name Pip is a palindrome
Option 4: Read a book with at least three words in the title with the first letter of each word matching a letter in ‘MILLIONSMISSING’.
One Little Lie
The initial letters OLL are in miLLiOns missing
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 590 + 25 = 615/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 27
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 14
10.9 - Her Majesty
Read a book set in a country where Queen Elizabeth is Queen
The Governess
This is set entirely in the UK, mostly London (Buckingham Palace) & Windsor Castle (It tells the story of the royal governess Marion Crawford)
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 615 + 10 = 625/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 28
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 14
Read a book set in a country where Queen Elizabeth is Queen
The Governess
This is set entirely in the UK, mostly London (Buckingham Palace) & Windsor Castle (It tells the story of the royal governess Marion Crawford)
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 615 + 10 = 625/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 28
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 14

5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
your free choice book that meets SRC requirements. Books with the MPG children or kids that are NOT found in ARBF may be used for this task.
5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
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Relax to some great old-time music (preferably by Arlen or Harburg) as you select your free choice book that meets SRC requirements. Books with the MPG children or kids that are NOT found in ARBF may be used for this task.
Earthward, Book One by Bryan Q. Miller
NO AR found in either Bookfinder site
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 815
Tasks completed: 40/59
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: 9

10.4 - Fields of Poppies
The War Librarian - world war I is the 4th genre listed in the new GR format
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 955
10.1 - Cowardly
Read a book with a word in the title that ENDS in LY
My Animals and Other Family
The title contains the word famiLY which ends in LY
This is non-fiction so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 625 + 10 = 635/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 29
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 14 + 1 = 15
Read a book with a word in the title that ENDS in LY
My Animals and Other Family
The title contains the word famiLY which ends in LY
This is non-fiction so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 625 + 10 = 635/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 29
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 14 + 1 = 15
5.2- Oscar Time, Baby!
Read a book with a word of four or more letters in the title/subtitle that can be made from "OVER THE RAINBOW"
Occupied Heaven : The Story of Kashmir
The word HEAVEN can be made from oVEr tHE rAiNbow
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 635 + 5 = 640/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 30
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 15
Read a book with a word of four or more letters in the title/subtitle that can be made from "OVER THE RAINBOW"
Occupied Heaven : The Story of Kashmir
The word HEAVEN can be made from oVEr tHE rAiNbow
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 635 + 5 = 640/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 30
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 15
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Task 25.1 - MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
Book 1 - favourite book was Under the Whispering Door
Option 1 - read a book by the same author as your favourite book
Book: The Lightning-Struck Heart
How it fits: Same author; T.J. Klune.
Book 2 - least favourite book was 100 Days of Sunlight
Option 3 - read a book listed as "Readers also enjoyed" on your book's main page.
Book: Kill Code: A Dystopian Science Fiction Novel
How it fits: Is on the "readers also enjoyed" list.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 14
BB tickets:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 0