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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
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Amy B30.7 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs Doubled
Read two books, using 2 different options.
REQUIRED: Identify the options you used.
Option 1: Read a book by a single, male author whose first name begins with the letter "J"
Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
Option 3: Read a book from the first 25 pages of Best Books of the Decade:2010s
REQUIRED: State the page on which your book is found.
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson (page 2)
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 595 Points
Angela IL30.6 - Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger
Opt. 2. – Read a book with the letters “T I G E R” in the title.
Recipes for a Perfect Marriage by Morag Prunty- 8/31
(320 pages)
Option 3- Read any book first published in 2008.
The Ten-Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer- 8/30
(351 pages)
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 625
Books Read: 42
Tasks Completed: 26
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 1
Thanks Mods for another great season!!
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.10 - Liquid Courage
Murder by Mocha by Cleo Coyle
Mocha is listed under List of Coffee Drinks - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... then Espresso. From the text, the last sentence reads: "Espresso is the base for a number of other coffee drinks, such as latte, cappuccino, macchiato, mocha, and americano."
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Murder by Mocha
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 520 points
Tasks completed: 26
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.7 - Poppy the three-legged dog
Maplecroft by Cherie Priest
There is 1 P in the title (maPlecroft), 1 P in the series name (the borden disPatches and 1 P in the author's last name Preist.
Link to PB edition: (no MMP edition): Maplecroft
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 540 points
Tasks completed: 27
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
Sweet Tea and Sympathy by Molly Harper
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Sweet Tea and Sympathy
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 545 points
Tasks completed: 28
10.10 - Liquid CourageBefore the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 10
It's a Fact: 7
Season Total: 1,010
Delicious Dee25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls
Option 2 - Carnival Blues - set in 2 small english seaside towns, per the book description
Option 3 - Anna and the Alien - Aliens is the top genre on the new goodreads book page
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 980
babbling c5.7- I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
Read a book with a word of at least four or more letters from the above songs found intact in its title/subtitle. For this task, "Cent" and "Tchu" are considered words.
"That Old Black Magic" – lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Magic for Nothing - kindle Magic for Nothing - mass market paperback pgs. 352 by Seanan McGuire
Magic
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 360/1070
Completed Tasks: 23/60
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 11,141
Books read this season: 31
babbling c5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
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
A Touch of Darkness - Audible A Touch of Darkness - paperback pgs 353 by Scarlett St. Clair
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 365/1070
Completed Tasks: 24/60
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 11,494
Books read this season: 32
babbling c5.2- Oscar Time, Baby!
Harold Arlen composed the music for "Over the Rainbow", and had several collaborations with Yip Harburg during the 1930's. That song won an Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song.
Bath Tangle - Audible Coeur indécis - mass market paperback pgs. 456 by Georgette Heyer
Bath
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 370/1070
Completed Tasks: 25/60
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 11,950
Books read this season: 33
Amy B10.2 - 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. "The" is excluded. The word must match exactly.
State the song: Tell Me That You Love Me
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays by Samantha Irby (You)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 605 Points
Amy B10.9 - 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).
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams (England)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 615 Points
Amy B5.8 - 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.
Queen of America by Luis Alberto Urrea - entire title is in yellow
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 620 Points
Amy B25.2 - XBM's Task: A's all around
Option 1:
Read 2 books, one of each.
Book 1: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the title/subtitle
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates
AND
Book 2: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the author's name. All name parts are included. Single authors only.
Logical Family: A Memoir by Armistead Maupin
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 645 Points
Delicious Dee50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
1 book each chorus option
a - Awaken Me Darkly - title starts with A
b - Lady Fortescue Steps Out - #1 in the Poor Relation series
c - Local Woman Missing - MI in found in missing
Points This Post: 50
Points Total: 1030
Kim O10.2 - 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.
Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years (Happy Home)
Points this task: 10
It's a Fact tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 190
Big Book - 500+: 1
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 3
It's a Fact: 5
Kathy KS10.10 - Liquid Courage
Read a book with a type of beverage in the title or subtitle. The beverage must be listed on this Wikipedia link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of.... Specific beverages on linked pages may be used*, but must match in their entirety. Required: * If using a beverage linked from the main page, state the location where it is listed.
Moonshine Vol. 1 by Brian Azzarello
Beverage: Moonshine
Path: *listed under List of whisky brands>External links>See also>Moonshine (at bottom of page)
Approved in task help message 24: by Dlmrose
I read as an ebook; pb-144 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 825
Tasks completed: 41/59
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
Sue T5.7- I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
Read a book with a word of at least four or more letters from the title of one of the above songs found intact in its title/subtitle.
Devil May Care by Elizabeth Peters
Word is "Devil"
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 155/1050
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 11
That does it for me this round. As always thanks to the task creators and mods for another great season.
CathyG20.10 The Maid Fiction - Cozy Mysteries - The Maid. Discussion Thread
The Maid by Nita Prose
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Post: 20
Books read: 33
Tasks completed: 23
Total points: 510
CathyG20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 3: Read a book that is first in a series.
Boys South of the Mason Dixon by Abbi Glines
Points this Post: 20
Books read: 34
Tasks completed: 24
Total points: 530
Delicious Dee20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 1 - Glitch of the Heart - HEART can be found in HERBERT POPE STOTHART
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 1050
Shelby
30.8 - Tien’s Task: Drinks to keep you Warm
Option 1
Read a book with a MPG Classics AND where first letter of each word in title (of at least 3 words) can be found in “The Berry Tea Shop”.: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle
How Fits: MPG - Classics / Title - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Page Count - 389pgs
Claiming Golden Oldies Ticket - Published October, 14, 1892
AND
Option 3
Read a book with a MPG Romance AND where all author’s initials appear in “Nestle Complete Mix Hot Chocolate”: The Mystery of the Spirits by C.S. Poe
How Fits: MPG - Romance / Author - C.S. Poe / Page Count - 233pgs
Page Count: 622pgs
Points this post: 30
Total points: 635
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Shelby
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.: The Rise of Magicks, by Nora Roberts
How Fits: Author - Nora Roberts
Points this post: 20
Total points: 655
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Shelby
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!).: World Wild Vet: Encounters in the Animal Kingdom
How Fits: Title - World Wild Vet
Points this post: 5
Total points: 660
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.10 - Swing, Baby, Swing!
Concrete Rose
Totals
Points: 150
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 14
Total Tasks Completed: 20
Total Books Completed: 20
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
The Yellow Envelope: One Gift, Three Rules, and a Life-Changing Journey Around the World
Totals
Points: 165
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 21
Total Books Completed: 21
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.10 - Group Reads
The Maid
Message 29 in the discussion thread is mine
Totals
Points: 185
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 22
Total Books Completed: 22
Elizabeth PTask 50.1 - I'm Going to Teach you How to Sing it Out
I chose option B, and then I chose to do 1, 2, 3
Read one book that is #1 in a series, one book that is #2, and one book that is #3, need not be in same series
Book One: #1 in series
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
Book Two: #2 in series
The Black Ice by Michael Connelly
Book Three: #3 in series
The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly
I chose to read books 1, 2, and 3 from the Harry Bosch series
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 470
Total Tasks: 25
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 34
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Read a book with a word in the title that is also found in the title of one of the top 10 songs of the twentieth century.
American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt
This contains the word "American" which can be found in
#5. "AMERICAN pie" Don Mclean
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 640 + 5 = 645/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 31
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 15