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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost CitiesOption 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.
Fire with Fire by Candice Fox
Paperback edition of this book has 480 pages
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
JEN B15.8 Happy Birthday, NHS!
In honour of this iconic institution, read a book featuring a main character who works in a professional health or social care role.
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
The main character is a death doula, caring for people at the end of their lives.
TOTAL POINTS: 30
Delicious Dee15.9 Fire Up The BBQ
Blossoms, Barbeque, & Blackmail - BBQ found in Barbeque
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 15
Delicious Dee20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's task: The Number 40
Option 1 - The Librarian Spy - book has 400pgs - 4 and 0 both appear in the page count
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 35
JEN B5.8 We all scream for Ice Cream
Read a book with ice cream on the cover
by Sara ShepardTOTAL POINTS: 35
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost CitiesI choose Option 2-Manchu 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. The numbers 1 and 4 can be repeated.
Avalanche-James Patterson
The page count is 121
Points for this task:
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 40/845
Tasks completed: 3/52
Big Book tickets total:
Golden Oldies tickets total:
It's a Fact Tickets total:
EMILYGRACER15.8 Happy Birthday NHS
*I am claiming one its a fact ticket for this task*
I read The Prison Doctor by Amanda Brown
Points for this task: 15
Points total: 15
Task Completed: 1/55
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: 1
Nick KY5.1 War & Peace I read War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence by Ronan Farrow. “Peace” in title.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 5
Nick KY10.5 Long Summer Days I read Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer. The title has 5 words. I listened to the unabridged audiobook. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... The MMPB is here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... 552 pp.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 15
FLY Task #20.10 Group Reads
task: Read one of the group read books for the Summer 2023 season.
book: My Man Jeeves
how it fits: discussion - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
**claiming GO ticket - First published May 1, 1919**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2/52
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0 + 1 = 1
It's A Fact tickets: 0
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15.7 - The International Court of JusticeA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
🥳 set 100% in Russia 🥳
Total points: 0 + 15 = 15
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
25.7 Lisa MD's Task: I’ve Got Sand Between My ToesOption 3:“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. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Plain Deception (Amish Inn Mysteries #2) by Tara Randel
5-letter word in title, PLAIN, found in hAPpIer thaN a seaguLl with a french fry
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: 35
15.8 Happy Birthday, NHS!Main character is a nurse: The Cliff's Edge by Charles Todd
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
Deborah15.7 The International Court of Justice
The Time in Between
Yes, half the book is set in Morocco, other half in Spain
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 3
Tasks Done: 3
trishhartuk10.10 Summer of the Flying Saucer
Read a book with genre Science Fiction or Science Fiction Fantasy
We, Yevgeny Zamyatin
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (232pg)
MPGs include Science Fiction (second MPG)
Golden Oldie: First published in 1924
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: 1 – We was first published in 1924
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
5.4 – Let's hear it for the youth!I read Greyhound by Steffan Piper. This book has Young Adult as an MPG.
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Points: 35
Task completed: 4
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Amy B20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Summer 2023 season. The requirement for this task: you must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
Nonfiction - Poetry: Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman
Posted to the discussion thread June 6
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 20 Points
EMILYGRACER20.8 Lost Cities
*I am claiming one its a fact ticket for this book*
Option 2
I read How to Clean Everything: A practical, down to earth guide for anyone who doesn’t know where to start by Ann Russell
144 Pages
Points for this task: 20
Points total: 35
Task Completed: 2/55
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: 2
Task 25.7 - I’ve Got Sand Between My Toesoption 1: author initials in ISLAND
The Prosecutor by Nazir Afzal
non-fiction - claiming 1 NF tix
option 3: RETURN in title can be made from phrase HAPPIER THAN A SEAGULL WITH A FRENCH FRY
An Impossible Return
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25 points
1 NF tix
Delicious Dee15.7 The International Court of Justice
Exiles - set in Australia
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 50
15.8 Happy Birthday NHSRead a book featuring a main character who works in a professional health or social care role...
read The Murderer's Daughters
- one of the daughters is a doctorpoints this post:15
total points: 15
10.5 Long Summer DaysRead a book with a title with at least 5 words
Read: Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
points this post: 10
total points: 25
10.5 Long Summer DaysRead a book with a title with at least 5 words
The Last Night on Bikini: A Novel-Patricia MacInnes
Points for this task:
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 50/845
Tasks completed: 4/52
Big Book tickets total:
Golden Oldies tickets total:
It's a Fact Tickets total:
Andy P.Task # 10.2 Mai Tai
Read a book with exactly 2 words, each word consisting of the same number of letters.
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein Both words have 8 letters
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 35
Andy P..Task # 10.4 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.
1940: I’ll Never Smile Again
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It by Chris Voss
shared word is never
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Aimee GTask 5.7 - I Do
Read a book with one of the following words intact in the title:
BRIDE, GROOM, WED, WEDDING, WEDDED, MARRIAGE, MARRY, MARRIED, HUSBAND, WIFE
The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa
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Points this task: 5
Total points: 25
Mod
Read a book where the authors initials (first & last) are found in “VINYL RECORD”
read by Bookworm: A Novel
by Robin Yeatman
points this post 5
total points 30
Mod
Read a book with exactly 2 words, each word consisting of the same number of letters.
read Malibu Rising
points this task 10
total points 40
Bookwrm526Task #5.5 Pack your trunk!
Read a book with an elephant on the cover. I read The Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak.
Total points so far: 5
Bookwrm526Task #5.7 I Do
Read a book with one of the following words intact in the title (not the subtitle): BRIDE, GROOM, WED, WEDDING, WEDDED, MARRIAGE, MARRY, MARRIED, HUSBAND, WIFE. I chose the target word WEDDING and read Wedding Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke.
Total points so far: 10
Joanne MI20.6 - It's A Fact- Julia103's Task: This is Jeopardy!
Option 1 Read a book whose authors name matched a contestant name
Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 by Daniel James Brown
Matches with James Holzhauer
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this post 20
Season Total 50
IAF this post 1
Total IAF 1
25.1 - Nick KY's Task: Suddenly, Last SummerOption 1: Last Summer's Banff Mountain Book Awards
Read a book with a title or subtitle word from any of the listed books. Only singulars, plurals and possessives are permitted
In Deep Water: The Anatomy of a Disaster, the Fate of the Gulf, and How to End Our Oil Addiction by Peter Lehner
Water is my word, 8th on the list
Option 2B: Last Summer's Interviews
Read any single author book by ant of the authors interviewed
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood, Hazelwood is third of the five authors listed
I'm claiming an IAF ticket for In Deep Water: The Anatomy of a Disaster, the Fate of the Gulf, and How to End Our Oil Addiction
Points this post: 25
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 2
ROBIN P15.7 The International Court of Justice
Book set in one of the countries listed
A Fine Balance - set entirely in India
**Claiming 1 BB point 603 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 20
BB:1 GO;0 IAF: 0
MEGSCL15.5 Come Fly With Me
The Things She Owned by Katherine Tamiko Arguile
KTA = Karratha, Australia
TOTAL
25 points
MEGSCL15.7 The International Court of Justice
Inconceivable: Heartbreak, bad dates and finding solo motherhood (blurb specifies set in Melbourne Australia, she moves there about 20% of the way through the book)
**It’s a fact ticket
TOTAL
40 points
1 It’s a Fact
Katrisa20.1 Most Improved - Kathy KS’ Task: Pleasure Reading in the 1940s
Opt 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
I read The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood
GOOD in never apOlOGize for your reaDing tatses
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 30
25.4 Delicious Dee's Task: From Series Name to Author NameBook A Read a book that has a characters name(s) in the series title
The Midnight Line (Jack Reacher #22) by Lee Child
512 pages
Book B Read a book by a single author where the author’s name (first or last) matches EXACTLY in both spelling and position, the character name for book A.
Target One (The Spy Game #1) by Jack Mars
character in series name from Book A, JACK, matches the first name of author for Book B
author is new-to-me
164 pages
Total pages read: 676
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 60
5.7 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: 30
Nick KY5.2 Independence I read Can We Talk About Israel?: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted by Daniel Sokatch, set 100% in Israel.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 20
Nick KY5.3 Long Play or Single I read The Flowers of Buffoonery by Osamu Dazai, inits in “vinyl recOrD.” At 97 pp, this is my one 5-pointer of between 80 and 100 pp.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 25
trishhartuk10.8 "I Taped It"
Read a book that was first published in, or is set in, the 1980s.
J is for Judgement, Sue Grafton
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (384pg)
While this was published in 1993, the setting is specified on Goodreads as Santa Terresa California, 1984
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
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 Sister by Sandie Jones
Total this Post: 15
Challenge Total: 45
25.2 Robin P’s Task: Casablanca!I chose Option #1 and #2
Option 1:
Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title found in "WELLALWAYSHAVE PARIS" or "HERESLOOKINGATYOUKID"
The word that I chose was "Looking".
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Option 2: Casablanca is in Morocco in Northern Africa
I chose the country of Sudan/South Sudan
The book was approved in Message #6 in Help Thread
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 75/845
Tasks completed: 5/52
Big Book tickets total:
Golden Oldies tickets total:
It's a Fact Tickets total:
5.1 War & PeaceRead a book with MPG World War II/WWII
Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner
Points for this task: 5
Total points:80/845
Tasks completed: 5/52
Big Book tickets total:
Golden Oldies tickets total:
It's a Fact Tickets total:
LAUREN JODI20.1. - Most Improved - Kathy KS’ Task: Pleasure Reading in the 1940s
Option 3: First Law of Reading
What the Duke Desires by Sabrina Jeffries
Word: DESIRES
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40/845
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 3/52
Fantasia15.3 Option 1: Read two books, one book A and one book B.
BOOK A: Read a book whose author has a name part that matches part of a headlining Glastonbury act.
BOOK READ: Dakota Dreams by Madeline Baker
CONNECTION: One of the headlining names is Ginger Baker,
and Madeline Baker is the exact word match.
BOOK B: 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 word must match exactly,
BOOK READ: Black Horse by Veronica Blake
CONNECTION: One of the headlining names is Black Uhuru, so the title match with Black is exact.
books read: 4
tasks done: 3
points this post: 15
total points: 40
| GO: 0 | BB: 0 | IAF: 0 |
Rhiannon25.5 Amy FL's Task: Go HEAT!
Option 3: Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally MPG Sports
Option 4:
Comes up as 73.5% whitePoints Claimed this Post: 25
Total Points 60/845
Books Read 5/66
Tasks Completed 3/52
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 1: Read a book that has at least 2 of the following numbers in it's page count: 0, 1, 2, 4, 5.
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Total Points: 20