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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
JP10.10 Summer of the Flying Saucer
Read a book with genre Science Fiction or Science Fiction Fantasy
Celeste Ng: Our Missing Hearts
MPG Science Fiction
Points this post: 10
Total points: 225
LAUREN JODI5.8 - We all scream for Ice Cream
Summer Desserts by Nora Roberts
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 200/845
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 16
Total Tasks Completed: 15/52
Bookwrm526Task #10.10 - Summer of the Flying Saucer
Read a book with genre Science Fiction or Science Fiction Fantasy. I read Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe.
Total points so far: 200
ROBIN P25.3 Cat's Task: Books of the Summer Months
I chose August
Book 1 - all letters of month found in title
The Astonishing Life of August March - listened to audiobook, linked pb
Book 2 - author initials in month
Mothering Sunday - Graham Swift
Points this post: 25
Total points: 305
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:5
Lisa MD5.7 - I Do
"Wife" in title
The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter
496 pages
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 190/845
Total Books Read: 15/67
Total Tasks Completed: 14/52
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 2
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost CitiesOption 2: The Catholic Table: Finding Joy Where Food and Faith Meet
***Claiming IAF ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 2
5.7 I DoRead a book with one of the following words intact in the title (not the subtitle):
BRIDE, GROOM, WED, WEDDING, WEDDED, MARRIAGE, HUSBAND, WIFE (plurals & possessives are allowed)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales-Oliver Sacks
Points for this task: 5
Total points:395/845
Tasks completed: 21/52
Big Book tickets total:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact Tickets total:
5.9 Ice Cream
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Maria Jo's Task: Wedding TimeI chose Option #3
Option 3:
Read a book first published between June 10, 2022 and June 10, 2023 (inclusive).
The Wind Knows My Name-Isabel Allende
Published June 6, 2023
Points for this task: 20
Total points:415/845
Tasks completed: 22/52
Big Book tickets total:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact Tickets total:
Delicious Dee10.5 Long Summer Days
The Last True Poets of the Sea
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 345
Its a Fact: 4
Big Book Ticket: 1
Barbara ★15.5 - Come Fly With Me
Read a book by an author whose initials (in order) match one of these airport codes. A searchable list can be found here: https://www.ccra.com/airport-codes/
Rainy Day Friends - Jill Shalvis 7/1
(Ciudad Juarez Mexico CJS)
(JS in cJS)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 265
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Readerboard name: D5.10 – Easy Breezy
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Bukowski for Beginners by Carlos Polimeni
Task=5
Season total=5
Readerboard name: D10.8 "I Taped It"
Read a book that was first published in or is set in the 1980's
Clue by Michael McDowell
First published November 12, 1985
Task=10
Season total=15
Readerboard name: D20.2 Rookie at the Top
I chose Option 3, using 1999 - Read a book first published within the year of your birth, or the year of my birth -1999
What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire by Charles Bukowski (First published June 5, 1999) 416 pages
Task=20
Season total=35
Readerboard name: D20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's task: The Number 40
I chose Option 3, Read a book by an author whose initials are consecutive alphabetically. You may ignore the middle initial.
The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates
JO, ignoring C (365 pages)
Task=20
Season total=55
JP20.3 The Number 40
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials are consecutive alphabetically. You may ignore the middle initial.
Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist
Points this post: 20
Total points: 245
Susan A10.9 The Invention of Duck Tape
Read a book where the letters of DUCK or DUCT or TAPE can be found in the title/subtitle.
How to Defy a Vampire
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB, HERE
How it fits:
TAPE
How To Defy a VAmPirE
current points: 710
points this task: 10
total points: 710 + 10 = 720
FLY Task #20.8 - Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost Cities
task: Option 2: MACHU PICHU
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.
book: Ship of Destiny
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: MMPB has 789 pages
other:
**claiming 2 BB tickets for 789 pages**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 5/52
Big Book tickets: 0 + 2 = 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's A Fact tickets: 0
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ROBIN P20.8 Nickels & Dimes - LaurenJodi's Task: Lost Cities
Option 1 - Troy - set at least 50% in Greece or Turkey
The Pericles Commission - set 100% in ancient Athens
Points this post: 20
Total points: 325
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:5
Amy B30.4 - Wayne's Task: I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Read two books, from two different options.
Required: State your options
Option 1: Carol Burnett was born on April 26, 1933. Read a book that was first published ON or BEFORE that date.
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - December, 1860
Option 3: Read a book with a humor MPG.
A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020 by David Sedaris
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 160 Points
20.1 Most Improved - Kathy KS’ Task: Pleasure Reading in the 1940sOption 3
Book: One Italian Summer
How it fits: "italian" in Never ApoLogIze for your reAdIng Tastes
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 288 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
15.5 Come Fly With Me36 Streets by T.R. Napper
author's initials, TRN found as Turin - Italy
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 445
Task 25.4 - From Series Name to Author Name501+ pages
book 2: new to me author
book 1: series title = character name, Jane Yellowrock
Dark Queen
414 pages
book 2: author shares a name with the series character
Moths by Jane Hennigan
303 pages
shared name: JANE
Jane Hennigan is a new-to-me author
414+303 = 717 pages >501
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520 points
5 BB tix
1 GO tix
Task 25.3 - Books of the Summer Monthsmonth: AUGUST
book 1: letters August in title
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
AUG in UnGentlemAnly
US in chUrchill'S
T in ungenTlemanly
book 2: author initials in AUGUST
The Two-Penny Bar by Georges Simenon
GS initials
pub 1931 - claiming 1 GO tix
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545 points
5 BB tix
2 GO tix
Task 20.7 - Enjoying Scotlandoption C: author initials in WHISKY
11/22/63 by Stephen King
1120 pages - claiming 3 BB tix
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565 points
9 BB tix
2 GO tix
Julia10325.7 Lisa MD's Task: I’ve Got Sand Between My Toes
Option 1: Gone Missing by Linda Castillo
(initials L in ISLAND, C in OCMD)
Option 3: Here There Be Dragons
(Word HERE: HER in HAPPIER, E in SEAGULL)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 295
BB: 6
GO: 1
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 18
Total books read: 25
Mai30.4 - Wayne's Task: I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Option 3: Humor MPG
Inspector Hobbes and the Blood by Wilkie Martin
Option 5: Option B: Book with 69 as the last two numbers of the page count
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older
169 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
JP15.5 Come Fly With Me
Read a book by an author whose initials (in order) match an IATA airport code.
Dorothy L. Sayers: Whose Body?
DLS = The Dalles (Colombia Gorge Rgnl)
https://www.iata.org/en/publications/...
Points this post: 15
Total points: 260
Julia10310.6 - Disaster Strikes
Outrun the Moon
The earthquake in San Francisco in 1906 is a big part of the story.
This post: 10 points
Total points: 305
BB: 6
GO: 1
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 19
Total books read: 26
Andy P.Task # 20.6 - It's A Fact- Julia103's Task: This is Jeopardy!
Option 1. Read a book by an author whose first or last name matches the first or last name of any of these contestants or host
James Holzhauer, Mattea Roach, Matt Amodio, Andrew He, Amy Schneider, and Sam Buttrey.
I matched Mattea Roach
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
Points this post: 20
Total points: 320
Aimee GTask 5.5 Pack your trunk!
August 12th is World Elephant Day. Read a book with an elephant on the cover.
Book read: How to Raise an Elephant by Alexander McCall Smith
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Points this task: 5
Total points: 65
Peg W15.6 Wrens and Riveters
Read a NON-FICTION book with the main page genre Feminism, Engineering, or Technology.
I read: The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
**Claiming one It's a Fact ticket**
This post: 15 points,
Total points: 135
BB: 0
GO: 2
It's a Fact: 4
Kai20.8 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.
An Education by Lynn Barber
192 pages
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Points: 40
30.2 Book Buddies and Summer FunOption 5:
Book 1 - Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger - 402 pages
Book 2 - Purgatory Ridge by William Kent Krueger - 384 pages
These are books 3 & 4 in the Cork O'Connor series
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 110
DOM10.10 Summer of the Flying Saucer
Read a book with genre Science Fiction or Science Fiction Fantasy
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Has genre of Science Fiction Fantasy, which has been verified in thread.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 175
Books Read: 12
Big Book Tickets: 1
LAUREN JODI5.3 - Long Play or Single?
Virginia and the Wolf by Lynne Connolly
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 205/845
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 17
Total Tasks Completed: 16/52
15.10 Found in TranslationBook: Elfenthron
How it fits: originally written in English, my native language is German
Points this post: 15
Total points: 80
Julia10325.6 JennRenee's Task: New Book Discoveries
Reposting to add that both of these books are new to me.
Option 1: The Game Is a Footnote
This is on page 8 of the 2023 list
Option 2: An Affair of Spies by Ronald H. Balson
I first read this author in June 2023 with Defending Britta Stein.
An Affair of Spies is not in the same series.
This post: 25 points
Total points: 305
BB: 6
GO: 1
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 19
Total books read: 26
EMurphyNickels & Dimes - Lauren Jodi's Task: Lost Cities
Option 2: 3 digit page count that is comprised of 0, 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9 A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
*419 pages
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 150
Books Read: 10
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 6
Readerboard name: D10.5 Long Summer Days
Read a book with a title with at least 5 words
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022 by Jess Walter
Task=10
Season total=45
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's task: The Number 40OPTION 3: Read a book by an author whose initials are consecutive alphabetically
The Circle by Dave Eggers
D E are consecutive in the alphabet
New Points: 20
Total Points: 180
BB: 3
IaF: 1
Chris MD 10.4 Summer Songs of the 40s
Title word matches a word from a top song of the 1940s
1947: Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (The Cigarette)
A Lady in the Smoke: A Victorian Mystery by Karen Odden
I listened to the audio version of this book. It only exists in audio and digital editions. It has been approved for length here
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total points: 10
10.6 - Disaster StrikesFeatures a hurricane: The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival, and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural Disaster: The Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900 by Al Roker
Points this post: 10
Total points: 320
Chris MD 15.5 Come Fly With Me
Read a book by an author whose initials (in order) match one of these airport codes.
The Raven Spell by Luanne G. Smith
The initials LGS match with Comodoro D.R. Salomon Airport in Malargue, Argentina
https://www.iata.org/en/publications/...?
I read the Kindle edition but linked to the only paperback.
Total points: 25
Chris MD 15.8 Happy Birthday, NHS
Read a book featuring a main character who works in a professional health or social care role
The Poisoner's Ring by Kelley Armstrong
The main character works most closely with a doctor. The book was approved in the help thread here
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. There are three paperbacks listed, and first two don't list a page count, but the third one is listed here and has 368 pages
Total points: 40
Chris MD 20.1 Pleasure Reading in the 1940s
Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title (subtitles excluded) found in: NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR READING TASTES.
A Fatal Lie by Charles Todd
The word is Fatal
F in For
AT in TAste
AL in ApoLogize
Total points: 60
Chris MD 20.4 (Mid)summer in Sweden
Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in pickleDheRring
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Total points: 80
Chris MD 25.6 New Book Discoveries
Option 1: from the 2022 Can't Wait list
The Maid by Nita Prose
I listened to the audio version of this book. The only MMP has 334 pages.
I have not read this book before.
option 2: Use an author you read for the first time this year (2023) and read another book by that author that is not a next in a series.
Down a Dark River by Karen Odden
I have not read this book before.
Total points: 105
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska5.10 – Easy Breezy
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton (305 p.) *
* I would like to claim an IAF ticket, please.
➸ Total Points: 105
➸ Total Pages: 3,633
Andy P.Task # 15.2 Anime, Past and Present
A: Momotarō:. Read a book that has 7 and 4 in the page count
The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
274 pages
C. Read a book first published in 2003
Ice Moon by Jan Costin Wagner
first published 1/1/03
Points this post: 15
Total points: 335
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