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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
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FLY Task #15.4 Reading's In Our Blood
Option 1: Read two books, one book A and one book B
task A: Read a book with a cover that is at least 55% yellow OR at least 45% red.
book: The Big Four
how it fits: 59.9% red per TinEye
task B: Read a book which features letters A, AB, B, and O in any combination of the title/subtitle/author name.
book: Assassin's Apprentice
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits: AA in Assassin's Apprentice, OBB in Robin Hobb
other:
**claiming 1 GO ticket for The Big Four First published January 27, 1927
Points this post: 15
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 6/52
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1 + 1 = 2
It's A Fact tickets: 0
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Amy FL5.3 Long Play or single?
The Suicide House by Charlie Donlea - CD in reCorD
Points this post: 5
Total points: 270
Amy FL20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Maria Jo's Task: Wedding Time
Option 3: The Secret Witness - published July 1, 2022
Points this post: 20
Total points: 290
Mary P20.1 Most Improved - Kathy KS’ Task: Pleasure Reading in the 1940s
Option 1:Read a novel on the Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1940s found on this list.
1940s Bestselling novels in the United States
Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Found on page 1 of list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Aimee GTask 10.8 - "I Taped It"
Read a book that was first published in or is set in the 1980's
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Early chapters set in 1982, the rest in 1988 as per GR description. It's especially appropriate for this task as the cover has been made to look like a VHS tape!
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Points this task: 10
Total points: 75
Amy FL25.3 Cat's Task : Books of the Summer Months
Option 1
Book 1: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club - AUGUST in SATUrday niGht sUpper
Book 2: While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams - SA in AuguSt
Points this post: 25
Total points: 315
Amy FL25.4 Delicious Dee's Task: From Series Name to Author Name
Book A: An Unequal Defense - David Adams #2
Book B: Aurora by David Koepp (author was new to me)
I linked to the audio versions I completed. The combined pages in the paperback versions is 556 (252 + 304).
Points this post: 25
Total points: 340
25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Suddenly, Last Summer.Option 1: I read Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates. The matching word is "Women".
**Claiming 1 It's A Fact ticket for this non-fiction book**
Option 3: I read Freedom's Fist by Bobby Adair.
This book has double letters in Freedom and Bobby.
This eBook has been verified at line #1328 of the spreadsheet.
Points this task: 25
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Totals:
Points: 115
Task completed: 8
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
MEGS20.7 Shorter is sweeter- Inge's Task: Enjoying Scotland
Read a book where both the first AND last name initials can be found in whisky OR uisge beatha.
Hide by Kiersten White
WhisKy
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
EMILYGRACER**I am claiming one big book ticket for this task**
5.8 We all scream for icecream
I read
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman501 pages
Points for this task: 5
Points total: 290
Task Completed: 19/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 10
ROBIN P5.6 Something to be proud of
MPG Gay, Lesbian, LGBT, etc.
The Sugared Game - MPG LGBT
Listened to audiobook, linked pb
Points this post: 5
Total points: 330
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:5
ROBIN P20.4 Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: Midsummer in Sweden
Option 3 - Word in title 4+letters found in INDUSTRISEMESTERN
Word is sisters found induSTRISEmeStern
Scarlet Sisters
**Claiming 1 IAF point for nonfiction
Points this post: 20
Total points: 350
BB:2 GO: 2 IAF: 6
Rockynook 25.7 - I’ve Got Sand Between My Toes
Option 1: Author initials in ASSATEAGUE ISLAND / OCMD
The Stranger Behind You by Carol Goodman
Option 4: Match a 3+ word from the song "It’s a Maryland Thing, You Wouldn’t Understand"
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
Matching Word: Summer
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 150
Jayme(the ghostreader)20.7 Shorter is Sweeter
option 3 Scotland
read a book where the author's initials are found in wisge
The Freedom Writers Diaryby Erin
Gruwell
E and G found in usige
Task + 20
Grand Total: 70
30.3 - Katrisa's Task: The Game is Afoot!Option 1: Read a Sherlock Holmes book from Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes Series
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Book 6 of the original series
Audiobook, 394 pages first listed MMP
Option 2: Continuing Sherlock: Read a book from one of the two lists shown that features Sherlock Holmes characters
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz, first authotized post ACD book
Page 1, book 2 on the Best Sherlock Holmes Fiction list
Audiobook, 389 pages first listed MMP
394 + 389 = 783 pages
I'm claiming a GO ticket for The Return of Sherlock Holmes, FP February 1 1905
Points this post: 30
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 19
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 4
REPOST10.6 - Disaster Strikes
Hurricane After Dark (Gansett Island #24) by Marie Force
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 455
DOM25.4 Delicious Dee's Task: From Series Name to Author Name
Book A Read a book that has a characters name(s) in the series title
Stranger Child by Rachel Abbott
DCI Tom Douglas #4
Character's name in series title is Tom Douglas
372 pages - paperback version
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.
Time Stranger by Elyse Douglas
Author's surname is Douglas which matches the surname in the DCI Tom Douglas series.
Elyse Douglas is a new to me author
278 pages, paperback version
Total pages = 650
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 13
Big Book Tickets: 1
ROBIN P5.5 Pack your trunk
Elephant on cover
The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown
Points this post: 5
Total points: 355
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:6
20.7 Shorter is sweeter- Inge's Task: Enjoying Scotland Option C, author's initials in WHISKY: Last Call at the Nightingale by Katharine Schellman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 340
Inge5.4 – Let's hear it for the youth!
Read a book with the genre Young adult
S.T.A.G.S
points this task: 5
total points 30
Shawn H.20.10 - Group Reads
Canadian Fiction: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
**Post 16 in Discussion Thread**
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Its a Fact: 0
Big Ticket: 0
Angela IL15.8 Happy Birthday, NHS!
Read a book featuring a main character who works in a professional health or social care role (e.g. a doctor, therapist, surgeon, midwife, paramedic etc.).
Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall- 6/21
Dr. Evelyn Taylor is a gynecologist
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:
Angela IL30.1 MAZZA1's Task - WORDLED
Book 1
Choose a 5 letter word with at least one vowel.
Read a book with this word in the title.
Crash & Burn by Lisa Gardner- 6/13 (389 pgs)
Word: Crash
Book 2: Using the word you used for book 1, select an option
a) Assumption: the VOWELS are correct but NOT in the right place and that all the other letters are incorrect.
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.
Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah- 7/4
Read kindle version/ attaching MMPB version with page count of 377 Angel Falls
Word is Angel
Moved 'A' from third spot to first spot and added new letters (N, G, E, L)
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 2
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:
Angela IL20.5 - 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
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister- 6/8
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:
Nick KY5.8 Ice Cream I read Mint Chocolate Murder by Meri Allen, with Ice Cream on the cover.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 345
Nick KY***DELETE***
5.9 Summer Adventure
by Sigríður Hagalín BjörnsdóttirPoints This Post: - 5
Total Points So Far: 340
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: (Mid)summer in SwedenOption 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in PICKLEDHERRING.
Gökyüzünün Derisi (The Skin of the Sky) by Elena Poniatowska 7/8/23
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Earned Previously: 100
Total Points Earned: 120
Nick KY10.6 Disaster Strikes
I read The Fires by Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir -- The anticipation of a volcano eruption, and the eventual reality of it, are the focus of this novel.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 350
LAUREN JODI30.4 - Wayne's Task: I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Option 2: Author Initials
Under the Covers by Rebecca Zanetti
Option 3: MPG Humor
Head Over Heels
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 235/845
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 19
Total Tasks Completed: 17/52
Andy P. Task # 5.9 Summer adventures
Read a book with one of the following words in the title or subtitle: Beach
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Points this post: 5
Total points: 340
5.4 – Let's hear it for the youth!International Youth Day is on August 12th.
Read a book with MPG Young Adult or Teen or New Adult
I chose to read Young Adult
Uprooted-Naomi Novik
Points for this task: 5
Total points:420/845
Tasks completed: 23/52
Big Book tickets total:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact Tickets total:
Jasmiina F20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's task: The Number 40:
Option 1: Read a book that has at least 2 of the following numbers in it's page count: 0, 1, 2, 4, 5.:
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.
Pages: 400
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
trishhartuk 15.3 Fun in the Mud
Option 1: Book A: Author has a name part that matches part of a headlining Glastonbury act.
The Story of the Isle of Man, A.W. MOORE
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (152pg)
MOORE matches Christy Moore who was a headliner in 1993
It’s a Fact: as this is a Nonfiction history of the Isle of Man
From the GR description: “From pagan god Manannan to the early Irish and Scottish saints and settlers, from Norse rule and the Tynwald court through to the Reformation and beyond, this volume provides a simple introduction to Manx heritage and history for readers of all ages.”
Book B: Word in the title or subtitle that matches part of the name of a headlining Glastonbury act.
BLACK Magic Kitten, Sara Bourgeois
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (247pg)
The BLACK Crowes also headlined in 1993.
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 2
It’s a Fact: 1 – The Story of the Isle of Man is nonfiction - history
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 14
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's task: The Number 40Option 1: at least 2 of the following numbers in it's page count: 0, 1, 2, 4, 5
The Awakening by Nora Roberts ***512 pages - requesting 1 BB ticket***
🏖 page count include 3 required numbers: 1, 2, and 5 🏖
Total points: 200 + 20 = 220
Big Book tickets: 3 + 1 = 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 1
Nick KY20.8 Lauren Jodi’s Places I chose opt. 2. Machu Pichu, a real place that I have always found mysterious. “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.”
I read Negative Image by Vicki Delany, 270 pp.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 370
Readerboard name: D15.5 Come Fly With Me
Read a book by an author whose initials (in order) match one of these airport codes.
Joey's Case by K.C. Constantine
Sea Plane Base, Coffman Cove - KCC
Task=15
Season total=60
Bookwrm526Task #10.2 Mai Tai
Read a book with exactly 2 words, each word consisting of the same number of letters. I read Stolen Things by R.H. Herron.
Total points so far: 210
Rockynook25.5 - Go HEAT!
Option 1: Author initials some combination of JB and CM
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Option 4: Cover that is at least 70% white using Tineye.
by Deanna RaybournWhite percentage according to Tineye: 71%
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 175
Erica H.Task 10.9 The Invention of Duck Tape
Read a book where the letters of DUCK or DUCT or TAPE can be found in the title/subtitle
Required:
State the word. AParTmEnt has the letters of TAPE in it.
Book: The Paris Apartment
I listened to an audiobook. MMP pages 368.
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 8
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 1
NF tickets: 0
Susan A10.7 1948 Olympics
Read a book that takes place 50 percent in England or Switzerland.
Dukes Prefer Blondes
I read audiobook, MMPB HERE
How it fits:
setting London, England listed on the book's main page
current points: 720
points this task: 10
total points: 720 + 10 = 730
15.10 Found in TranslationMurder on the Eiffel Tower (Victor Legris #1) by Claude Izner
Translated from French
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 470
Julia10315.3 Fun in the Mud
Option 1:
Book A: Bury the Lead by David Rosenfelt - headliner David Bowie (2000)
Book B: The Spingarn Brothers: White Privilege, Jewish Heritage, and the Struggle for Racial Equality - headliner The Chemical Brothers (2000)
This book is non-fiction so claiming one It's A Fact ticket
This post: 15 points, 1 NF
Total points: 335
BB: 6
GO: 1
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 21
Total books read: 29
10.3 Summer Beach ReadThe Light Between Oceans
Page 1 of Summer beach reads
Previous Points: 75
This Post 10
Total Points 85
10.6 - Disaster StrikesThe High House
Flooding is mentioned on the Main Page and important to the story
Previous Points: 85
This Post 10
Total Points 95
10.1 - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie It's a Bikini>Read a book where the author's first and last initials can be found in Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Bikini
Dietland by Sarai Walker, itSy bitsy teenie Weenie bikini
Points this post: 10
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 20
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 4
20.1 Most Improved - Kathy KS’ Task: Pleasure Reading in the 1940sOption 3, a word of 4 or more letters in the title found in NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR READING TASTES: The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston
The word is LOST
Points this post: 20
Total points: 360
MEGSCL15.1 A Ship of Two Halves
A: The Unsinkable Greta James
B: The Night Swim
TOTAL
225 points
3 It’s a Fact
4 Big Books
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15.8 Happy Birthday, NHS!
Murder on Bedford Street
One of the main characters is a midwife.
This post: 15 points
Total points: 320
BB: 6
GO: 1
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 20
Total books read: 27