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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
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20.1 Most Improved - Kathy KS’ Task: Pleasure Reading in the 1940sOption 3:
Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title (subtitles excluded) found in: NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR READING TASTES
Sorry, Bro - state the word: SORRY
Total Points: 70
MaryPDX30.3 Katrisa Task: The Game is Afoot!
Book 1:
The Hound of the Baskervilles (GO)
Option 1, Page 1 Book 5, 256pg
Book 2
The Friend Zone
Option 3C, 372pg
JUDE LAW: Abby Jimenez
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 75
Books Read: 5
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 5
Mod
Read a book with MPG Young Adult or Teen or New Adult
read Someone Is Always Watching
points this post : 5
total points 100
Mod
Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in PICKLEDHERRING.
read Something Wilder by Christina Lauren
384 pages
points this post 20
total points 120
Mod
Read a book where the author initials can be found in ROBERT PLANT
The Best of Friends by Lucinda Berry
points this post 20
tptal : 140
Mod
Read 2 books with a combined page length of 600 or more pages
In ALL options the 5 letter words should stand alone
Book 1
Choose a 5 letter word with at least one vowel.
Read a book with this word in the title.
chose word Happy
read Not a Happy Family
349 pages
book 2: Read a book with a 5 letter word in the title that can be made by moving the vowels and adding new letters (vowels or consonants) to create a new 5 letter word. Letters may be repeated.
used word villa-
The Villa
279 pages
total pages 628
points this post 30
total points 170
trishhartuk20.4 Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: (Mid)summer in Sweden
Option 1: Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% yellow and blue. Both yellow and blue must be present on the cover
Read the kindle edition (which has the specified cover). Top PB: here (272pg)
Total Blue and Yellow: 82.8%
69.4% #03a5cd Blue
4.9% #4eb2b0 Blue
4.8% #cec838 Yellow
3.7% #f6e00e Yellow
4.3% #64b38a Green
4.2% #92c16d Green
3.5% #e7ecbe Grey
2.2% #a8d9c2 Green
1.8% #adc253 Green
1.1% #ecf4fa White
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 7
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Mod
Option 1-
Read a book with at least 2 people on the cover. Two people with heads and torso must be clear on the title.
352 pages
Option 3-
read a book first published in June, July or August from 2015 forward. (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
read The Only One Left
published June 20, 2023
points this post 30
total points 200
Joanne MI10-8 10.8 "I Taped It" (Correction for post #439)
Read a book that was first published in or is set in the 1980's
Guardians of the West published 1987
AR Quiz No. 155604 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP
Points this task 10
Total points 80
1IAF, 1BB
Nick KY30.4 Wayne’s I’m So Glad We Had This Time
Opt. 3. Humor as a GR “genre.” I read Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut Jr..
Opt. 5. The word “Question” in the title, I read A Question of Identity by Susan Hill.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 210
JEN B 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Maria Jo's Task: Wedding Time
Option 3: Read a book first published between June 10, 2022 and June 10, 2023 (inclusive).
The Daydreams by Laura Hankin
This book was published on May 2, 2023.
TOTAL POINTS: 200
Come Fly With MePachinko by Min Jin Lee
MJL is the code for Mouille-Ville Airport
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 55
Andy P.Task # 15.8 Happy Birthday, NHS!
Read a book featuring a main character who works in a professional health or social care role
Grief on the Front Lines: Doctors, Nurses, and Healthcare Workers Speak Out on the Invisible Wounds They Carry by Rachel Jones
Points this post: 15
Total points: 175
Katrisa5.4 – Let's hear it for the youth!
Read a book with MPG Young Adult or Teen or New Adult
I read Queen of Hearts
Young Adult on MPG
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 290
30.4 - Wayne's Task: I'm So Glad We Had This Time TogetherHelp Thread
I chose Options #3 & #4
Option 3:
Read a book with a humor MPG.
Murder on a Bad Hair Day-Anne George
Option 4:
Read a book from the list of Domestic Service
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Required: State the page
The Member of the Wedding-Carson McCullers
This book is found on the 1st page of the Domestic Service List.
I am claiming The Member of the Wedding as a Golden Oldie as it was first published January 1, 1946
Total points:245/845
Tasks completed: 13/52
Big Book tickets total:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact Tickets total:
Susan A5.6 Something to be proud of
Read a book with MPG Gay, Lesbian, LGBT/LGBTQ+, Queer, Bisexual or Transgender
Snovarg Island
no MMPB, paperback HERE
How it fits:
MPG Gay
current points: 370
points this task: 5
total points: 5 + 370 = 375
Susan A10.6 - Disaster Strikes
Read a book featuring one of these Natural Disasters.
The Johnstown Flood
I listened to audiobook, no MMPB, paperback HERE
How it fits:
flood (title) and from book description "The stunning story of one of America’s great disasters..."
Current points: 375
points this task: 10
total points: 10 + 375 = 385
Susan A10.10 Summer of the Flying Saucer
Read a book with genre Science Fiction or Science Fiction Fantasy
The Lost Night
I listened to audiobook, MMPB HERE
How it fits:
MPG science fiction
current points: 385
points this task: 10
total points: 10 + 385 = 395
5.1 War & PeaceRead a book with MPG World War II/WWII
Once Upon a Time in France
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 10
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
25.7 Lisa MD's Task: I’ve Got Sand Between My ToesOption 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in ASSATEAGUE ISLAND / OCMD.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie
claiming a golden oldie, first published in 1920
Option 3: Anyone who has visited Assateague, OCMD or any beach for that matter understands the phrase, “HAPPIER THAN A SEAGULL WITH A FRENCH FRY.” Read a book whose title contains a word of 4 or more letters made from this phrase.
Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
The word LIES
Claiming one It's a Fact ticket
Points for this task: 25
Total points : 35
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Barbara ★20.8 - Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost Cities
Option 2: Read a book with a 3 digit page count that is comprised of 3 of the following digits in any configuration - 0, 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, or 9. The numbers 1 and 4 can be repeated.
Lime Kiln Road - S.L. Shelton (has 274 pages) 6/20
Points this task: 20
Total points: 155
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: (Mid)summer in Sweden
Option 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in PICKLEDHERRING.
Never Let You Go - Katy Regnery 6/17
(K & R in picKledheRring)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 175
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★20.1 - Most Improved - Kathy KS’ Task: Pleasure Reading in the 1940s
Option 3: Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title (subtitles excluded) found in: NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR READING TASTES.
Never Too Much - Lori Foster 6/18
(Never in Never)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 195
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
15.7 The International Court of Justice1946 saw the inaugural session of the International Court of Justice at the Hague. Since then, it has seen over 100 judges representing 52 countries. The current sitting judges come from the USA, Russia, Slovakia, France, Morocco, Somalia, China, Uganda, India, Jamaica, Lebanon, Japan, Germany, Australia and Brazil.
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries.
Required:If the setting is not identified in the GR description or metadata, provide a reference.
I read 88 Names which takes place in the US. The main character lives in the Northwest and his father lives in Los Angeles. The main character takes a train to LA called the Coast Starlight.
points: 35
books read: 2
tasks completed: 2
pages read: 662
Katrisa15.3 Fun in the Mud
Opt 2 - Read a book whose author has a name part that matches part of a headlining Glastonbury act AND with a word in the title or subtitle that matches part of the name of a headlining Glastonbury act.
I read Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown (Black Uhuru/Echo & the Bunnymen)
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 310
Katrisa10.2 Mai Tai
Read a book with exactly 2 words, each word consisting of the same number of letters.
I read Leaving Atlanta (7 letters each)
Points this Post: 10
Points Total; 320
EMILYGRACER25.1 Suddenly last summer
*I am claiming one its a fact tickets for Love Stories by Trent Dalton*
Option 1: Word: STORIES
I read Love Stories by Trent Dalton
Option 3: I read A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole (ss/ll)
Points for this task: 25
Points total: 140
Task Completed: 8/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 6
REPOST 25.7 Lisa MD's Task: I’ve Got Sand Between My Toes
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in ASSATEAGUE ISLAND / OCMD.
Dragondrums (Harper Hall of Pern #3) by Anne McCaffrey
author's initials, AM, found in Assateague island / ocMd
Option 4: Read a book whose title contains a matching word of 3 or more letters (excluding “the” and “and”) from the song lyrics
Tripping Over Myself: A Memoir of a Life in Comedy by Shaun Micallef
4-letter word in title found in lyrics, OVER
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 190
5.4 – Let's hear it for the youth!Magic or Madness (Magic or Madness #1) by Justine Larbalestier
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 195
25.5 Amy FL's Task: Go HEAT!Option 1:Read a book by a single author whose initials can be made from any combination of JB and CM (JB, JC, JM, BC, CJ, etc.). Middle initials are also included
The Cruel Stars (The Cruel Stars #1) by John Birmingham
author's initials: JB
Option 2: Read a book where MIAMI HEAT is found in any combination of title, subtitle and/or author’s name. All letters must be used (two M’s, two I’s, two A’s, H,E,T),
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
MIAMI HEAT found in Everyone In My fAMIly HAs killed someone by benjamin sTevenson
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 220
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.1 Most Improved - Kathy KS’ Task: Pleasure Reading in the 1940s
Option 3: First Law of Reading
The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
Word is TREES
Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket
Totals
Points: 30
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Completed: 2
trishhartuk20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost Cities
Option 2: MACHU PICHU. 3 digit page count that is comprised 0, 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, or 9.
On Borrowed Time, Jenn McKinlay (271pg)
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 8
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #10.6 - Disaster Strikes
Read a book featuring one of these Natural Disasters. The disaster needs to be integral to the story and should be evident on the book's main page. I chose earthquakes and read Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee, which takes place during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Total points so far: 100
15.6 - Wrens and Riveters NF book with MPG of feminism, engineering or technology - Read Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes. This has an MPG of feminism.
This book is non-fiction, so I claim an It's A Fact ticket.
Points these task: 15
Total points: 35
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
It's A Fact ticket requests: 1
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 3
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost Cities Option 1: Set in Greece or Turkey - Read Phaedra by Laura Shepperson. This is set entirely in Greece or more specifically, Crete and Athens from ancient times.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 55
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
It's A Fact ticket requests: 1
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 4
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter- Inge's Task: Enjoying ScotlandOption C: Tomatoland, Third Edition: From Harvest of Shame to Harvest of Hope by Barry Estabrook
***Claiming IAF ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 1
MaryPDX5.2 Becoming independent
The Jungle Book
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 80
Books Read: 6
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Tammy AZ Task: The Compelling and Delights of TravelI chose Option #1
Option 1: Read a book from one of the following lists:
I chose this list Civil Rights & Law: Then and Now (fiction and nonfiction)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
The book I chose is #55 listed on page 1 of the above list.
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement-Jodi Kantor
Points for this task: 20
Total points:265/845
Tasks completed: 14/52
Big Book tickets total:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact Tickets total:
JP25.7 I've Got Sand Between My Toes
Two books, different options.
Option 1: Author's first and last initials in ASSATEAGUE ISLAND / OCMD
Alaina Urquhart: The Butcher and the Wren
Option 3: 4+ letter word from title contained in HAPPIER THAN A SEAGULL WITH A FRENCH FRY
Helen Oyeyemi: Peaces PEACES
Points this post: 25
Total points: 120
Lisa MD20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: (Mid)summer in Sweden
Option 2: Single author first and last initials found in PICKLEDHERRING
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
368 pages
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 115/845
Total Books Read: 9/67
Tasks Completed: 9/52
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets:
Julia10315.2 Anime, Past and Present
Option A: Pride & Prejudice: Behind the Scenes
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback edition Pride & Prejudice: Behind the Scenes is 734 pages.
Claiming one BB ticket for this book (734 pages).
Option B: Shenanigans (MPG Short Stories)
This post: 15 points, 1 BB
Total points: 120
BB: 4
GO: 0
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 9
Total books read: 11
10.4 Summer Songs of the 40'sThe Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski
5-letter word in title, NEVER, found in 1943: You’ll Never Know
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 230
Katrisa10.6 - Disaster Strikes
Read a book featuring one of these Natural Disasters. The disaster needs to be integral to the story and should be evident on the book's main page.
Hurricane, Cyclone, Tsunami, Typhoon, Tornado, Volcano Activity, Earthquake, Impact Event, Solar Flare, Avalanche , Mudslide, Landslide, Drought, Dust Storm, Blizzard, Ice Storm, Wildfire, Flooding
I read Island on Fire which is about volcanic activity and it's consequences
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 330
Katrisa10.7 1948 Olympics
Read a book that takes place 50 percent in England or Switzerland
I read The Spy Master's Scheme
It is set entirely in London
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 340
Task 10.9 - The Invention of Duck TapeTAPE in title
The Red Palace
T in The
APE in PAlacE
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305 points
3 BB tix
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost CitiesOption 2:
Read a book with a 3 digit page count that is comprised of 3 of the following digits in any configuration - 0, 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, or 9.
The Corpse in the Waxworks
192 pages
claiming a golden oldie. published in 1932
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Nick KY5.4 Youth I read The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope, MG with a BL of 6.5 > required BL 5. Third listed GR genre is “YA.”
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 215
Nick KY25.7 Lisa MD’s Sand Between My Toes
Opt. 3. Title Word “WAGES” letters in target phrase words “SEAGull With a french fry.”
I read Wages of Sin by Andrew M. Greeley.
Opt. 4. Title word “Sun” in song lyric, stanza 4, “Day drinking in the Sun.”
I read New Under the Sun by Nancy Kress and Therese Pieczynski.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 240
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15.7. - The International Court of Justice
Set in the USA
Beautiful Lawman by Sophie Jordan
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 120/845
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 9/52