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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
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Rhiannon20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Maria Jo's Task: Wedding Time
Option 4:
Comes Up 77% blue on TinEyePoints Claimed this Post: 20
Total Points 125/845
Books Read 9/66
Tasks Completed 6/52
Katrisa30.4 Wayne's Task: I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Opt 3 - Read a book with a humor MPG.
I read The World Record Book of Racist Stories it has MPG humor
Opt 4 - Read a book from the list of Domestic Service
I read The Housemaid's Secret from page 2 of the list
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 685
Katrisa25.6 JennRenee's Task - New Book Discoveries
1 - For this task read a book on either one of these lists.
2022 Can't Wait Books
2023 Can't Wait Books
I read Where the Drowned Girls Go from 2022 Can't Wait Books from P1. This was a new to me book.
3 - choose a loved book you finished this year (2023) and go to the readers also enjoyed section on the main page. Choose a book to read from that list.
This year (in June) I read Warrior Girl Unearthed and gave it 5 stars. I chose to read Yellowface from the readers also enjoyed list on warrior girl's main page. This book was new to me.
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 710
Kim O20.1 Most Improved - Kathy KS’ Task: Pleasure Reading in the 1940s
Option 3: First Law of Reading - Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title (subtitles excluded) found in: NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR READING TASTES
Uncommon Type Type is the word
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 40
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 1
25.1 Suddenly Last Summer RepostOpt 1 Read a book with a title/subtitle word from the above books. Only the following words and their singulars, plurals, and possessives are accepted:
Fox, Glencoe, Northern, Light, Power, Land, Memory, Water, Valley, Giants, Stories, Women, Heart, Yosemite, Climbing, Native, Air, Year, Woods, Twelve, Small, Journeys, Into, Nature.
The Light in the Ruins - LIGHT
Opt 3 Read a book with at least two sets of consecutive double consonants in the title/subtitle/author’s name. Two or more sets of consecutive double consonants in one word, such as “Tennessee”
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
NN,TT in beNNeTT
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 195
Susan A5.2 Becoming independent
Read a book set at least 75% in India, Pakistan or Israel
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
I listened to audiobook, no MMPB, paperback HERE
How it fits:
set 100% in India, listed on book's main page
current points: 610
points this task: 5
total points: 610 + 5= 615
Katrisa20.5 - Bigger is Better - Tammy AZ Task: The Compelling and Delights of Travel
Opt 2 - Read a book where the author initials can be found in ROBERT PLANT
I read Invisible by Paul Auster
PA in PlAnt
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 730
Amy B10.8 "I Taped It"
Read a book that was first published in or is set in the 1980's
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn (published 1989)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 130 Points
Christene Paula 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Tammy AZ Task: The Compelling and Delights of Travel
Read a book where the author initials can be found in ROBERT PLANT
Terms and Conditions by Lauren Asher
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
How it fits: "L" and "A"
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 125
Task Completed: 9/52
It's A Fact Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
5.10 – Easy BreezyCities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy #3) by Cormac McCarthy
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 370
Katrisa15.9 Fire Up The BBQ
Read a book with the letters BBQ found in any combination of title, subtitle and/or author’s name
I read Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies
BBQ in will my cat eat my eyeBalls? and other Questions aBout dead bodies
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 745
Barbara ★10.10 - Summer of the Flying Saucer
Read a book with genre Science Fiction or Science Fiction Fantasy
The Orb of Binding - Kyle West 7/2
Points this task: 10
Total points: 250
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
15.3 - Fun in the MudOption 2: The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun
🏖 author's middle name, JACKSON, matches Jackson Browne (1982 headliner) 🏖
🏖 word in title, WHO, matches The Who (2007 & 2015 headliner) 🏖
Total points: 120 + 15 = 135
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 1
Katrisa20.10 - Group Reads
I chose to read Nonfiction - Poetry: Call Us What We Carry: Poems and posted in the discussion thread.
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 765
Andy P.Task # 30.3 Katrisa Task: The Game is Afoot!
Option 2: Continuing Sherlock
Best Sherlock Holmes Fiction:
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz page 1 #2 on list as of 7/2/23
Option 3: My Favorite Sherlock Shows
C, . Read a book where the ALL of the author’s initials can be found in ROBERT DOWNEY JR. JUDE LAW.
Simply Lies by David Baldacci
Points this post: 30
Total points: 260
JEN B15.5 Come Fly With Me
Read a book by an author whose initials (in order) match one of these airport codes.
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
RFK is the code for Rollang Field Airport in Rolling Fork, Mississippi
TOTAL POINTS: 240
15.3 Fun in the MudI chose Option #2
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both A and B options.
Book A: Read a book whose author has a name part that matches part of a headlining Glastonbury act.
The act is Suzanne Vega
Book B: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that matches part of the name of a headlining Glastonbury act.
The act is Manic Street Preachers
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both A and B options.
The Witch of Bourbon Street by Suzanne Palmieri
Points for this task: 20
Total points:390/845
Tasks completed: 20/52
Big Book tickets total:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact Tickets total:
JP10.6 Disaster Strikes
Read a book featuring one of these Natural Disasters: ...Volcano Activity...
Harald Voetman: Awake
Main character dies in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 215
Nikki B5.4 - Let's hear it for the youth!
Magic, Madness, and Mischief
Kelly McCullough
Task Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 30
10.7 1948 OlympicsRead a book that takes place 50 percent in England or Switzerland.
Death Turns the Tables
claiming a golden oldie. published in 1941
Points for this task: 10
Total points : 65
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Task 20.7 - Inge's Task: Enjoying ScotlandOption C) Read a book where both the first AND last name initials can be found in whisky OR uisge beatha.
usige bEatHa
Lake of Sorrows (Nora Gavin #2) (2004) by Erin Hart (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 328 pages)
25 + 20 = 45
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 25 + 20 = 45
Books read: 03
Pages read: 778
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Julia10315.1 A Ship of Two Halves
Option B: She Who Became the Sun (Book 1 in The Radiant Emperor duology)
Option C: The Day of Disaster by John Creasey
(About the Author says that he published books under 20+ different pseudonyms.)
This was first published in 1942 so I'm claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
This post: 15 points, 1 GO
Total points: 200
BB: 6
GO: 1
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 14
Total books read: 18
LAUREN JODI25.1 Nick KY’s Task: Suddenly, Last Summer.
Option #1: Last Summer’s Banff Mountain Book Awards
By Winter's Light by Stephanie Laurens
Word: Light
Option #3: Suddenly, Last Summer
Falling Blind by Shannon K. Butcher
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 175/845
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 14
Total Tasks Completed: 13/52
Lindsey A 15.3 Fun in the Mud Option 2:
Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both A and B options.
Shakespeare’s Sister played in 1992 and Jesus Jones played in 1990 -
The Half SisterThe Half Sister by Sandie Jones
Total this Post: 15
Challenge Total: 45
Lindsey A5.7 I Do - Read a book with a wedding word in its title (possessives ok)
Advika and the Hollywood Wives
Total this Post: 5
Challenge Total: 50
Lindsey A 10.5 Long Summer Days
Read a book with a title with at least 5 words
Read: Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul
points this post: 10
total points: 60
Lindsey A15.8 Happy Birthday NHS
Read a book featuring a main character who works in a professional health or social care role...
read The Murderer's Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers - one of the daughters is a doctor
points this post:15
total points: 75
5.3 Long Play or single?Barking Up the Right Tree (A Poppy Mystery Tale #1) by Leigh Russell
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 375
Delicious Dee5.5 Pack your trunk!
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 295
Its a Fact: 3
Big Book Ticket: 1
Delicious Dee5.8 We all scream for Ice Cream
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 300
Its a Fact: 3
Big Book Ticket: 1
Delicious Dee15.5 Come Fly With Me
A Very Merry Bromance - Lyssa Kay Adams - LKA for Larantuka, an airport in indonesia - https://www.iata.org/en/publications/...
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 315
Its a Fact: 3
Big Book Ticket: 1
EMILYGRACER15.3 Fun in the mud
Option 2: using the artists (Black Uhuru/Echo & the Bunnymen) I read Black Girl Unlimited
Points for this task: 15
Points total: 255
Task Completed: 16/55
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 9
EMILYGRACER *I am claiming 1 its a fact ticket for this book*
20.4 Midsummer in Sweden
Option 2 Authors initials found in the words Pickled Herring
Unwanted: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child? by Cathy Glass
Points for this task: 20
Points total: 275
Task Completed: 17/55
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: 10
10.7 - 1948 OlympicsThe Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
🏖 set 100% in London 🏖
Total points: 135 + 10 = 145
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 1
Nikki B15.2 Anime, Past and Present
Option B
Cursed Bunny
Bora Chung
Option C:
Full Tilt
Janet Evanovich
Task Points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 45
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Maria Jo's Task: Wedding TimeOption 2: We are both teachers. Read a biography about a teacher. Anyone who taught at a school or university will work
per help thread, message 6, an autobiography is also fine
I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High
****Claiming an It's a fact ticket for Non-fiction****
New Points: 20
Total Points: 135
BB: 3
IaF: 1
Andy P.Repost of Post 636
15.3 Fun in the Mud
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both A and B options. Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson (Manic Street Preachers/Jackson Browne)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 275
trishhartuk10.4 Summer Songs of the 40's
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle of at least 4 letters from one of these summer hits: 1944: Swinging On A Star
The Isle of Man: Stone Age to SWINGING Sixties, Matthew Richardson (160pg)
SWINGING, from “SWINGING on a Star” (1944)
It’s a Fact: This is a combined history and travel book, so it’s nonfiction. From the GR description: "Whatever your passion, or whichever historical period appeals to you, the Isle of Man will have something fascinating to offer. Packed with illustrations, and using first-hand accounts to enhance the narrative, this book takes the reader on a chronological journey through the island's history, before offering a series of guided tours which pick up the highlights of each district."
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1 – this is a combined history and travel book
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 11
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Katrisa30.2 - KmarieD task -Book Buddies and Summer Fun
Opt 2 - read a book with an MPG of Young Adult, Middle Grade, or Childrens.
I read City of Nightmares
My book was audio - PB 432 pages (no MMPB)
Opt 3 - read a book first published in June, July or August from 2015 forward. (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
I read Small Town Sins pub August 2023
my book was audio - HC 272 pages (no MMPB or PB)
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 795
MAZZA1Task 5.3 Long Play or single?
Read a book where the authors initials (first & last) are found in “VINYL RECORD”
The Last Boyfriend
Nora Roberts
points this post = 5
Points to date = 225
MAZZA115.1 A Ship of Two Halves
Option B: Read a book which is part of a duology
The House of Fortune Second of a 2 book series
Option C: Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym.
Encore in Death J.D. Robb pseudonym of Nora Roberts
identified here https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
points this post = 15
Points to date = 240
MAZZA120.5 - Bigger is Better - Tammy AZ Task: The Compelling and Delights of Travel
Option 2: Read a book where the author initials can be found in ROBERT PLANT
The Perfect Hope Nora Roberts
points this post = 20
Points to date = 260
MAZZA120.7 Shorter is sweeter- Inge's Task: Enjoying Scotland
Option C)
Read a book where both the first AND last name initials can be found in whisky OR uisge beatha.
11/22/63Stephen King initials in WHISKY
points this post = 20
Points to date = 280
MAZZA120.9 - 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).
City of Last Chances
first published December 8 2022
points this post = 20
Points to date = 300
30.2 - KmarieD task -Book Buddies and Summer FunRequired: One of the main summer reading goals is for children to read for 10 hours. According to Google, a 10 hour audiobook averages 350 pages, so one book must be at least 350 pages
Required: state the options
Option 1-
The program hopes to give children a fun, exciting relationship with learning over the summer without realizing it. Read a book with at least 2 people on the cover. Two people with heads and torso must be clear on the title.
Required: Post the Cover
I read
.Option 3-
Since the program started in 2015, read a book first published in June, July or August from 2015 forward. (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
I read By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret. This book was published in June 2022. It has 384 pp
points: 65
books read: 4
tasks completed: 3
pages read: 1334
MAZZA125.5 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
The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin
Read a book where MIAMI HEAT is found in any combination of title, subtitle and/or author’s name.
The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life
MIA in MAnIfesto M in Rhythms I in lIght
HE in tHE AT in AncienT
points this post = 25
Points to date = 325
MAZZA130.1 - MAZZA1's Task - WORDLED
Book 1 - 5 letter word with at least 1 vowel in title
Wide Awake 221 pages
USING the word AWAKE
Book 2 b Assuming consonants are correct but in wrong place and Vowels are incorrect
What the Wind Knows 416 pages
USING the word KNOWS I have moved
K from position4 to Position 1
W from Position 2 to 4
added a new vowel in O and 2 new consonants N and S
Page count = 221 + 416 = 637 exceeds requirement
points this post = 30
points to date = 355
MAZZA130.2 - KmarieD task -Book Buddies and Summer Fun
one book must be at least 350 pages
Option 5-
Read any 2 consecutive books from a series.
White Nights 392 pages #2 in series
Red Bones 392 pages #3 in series
both books are over 350 page requirement
points this post = 30
Points to date = 385
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30.2 - KmarieD task -Book Buddies and Summer Fun
Option 5: Catching Fire and Mockingjay books #2 and #3 in Hunger Games Series. Total Pages 791
Points Claimed this Post: 30
Total Points 105/845
Books Read 8/66
Tasks Completed 5/52