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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
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Joanne MI5.4 – Let's hear it for the youth!
The Black Company
Points this task 5
Total Points 125
BB's 2
IAF 1
trishhartuk15.4 Reading's In Our Blood
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both A and B options.
A: Read a book with a cover that is at least 55% yellow and
B: Features all of the letters A, AB, B, and O. in any combination of the title/subtitle/author name.
Hyperbole and a Half, Allie Brosh
Top PB (the only MMPB has no page count): here (371pg)
hyperBole And a hAlf, allie BrOsh
It’s a Fact: MPGs include Nonfiction, Humor, Memoir and Autobiography
Total Yellow: 65.5%
32.2% #fcd50e Yellow
31.6% #f9f780 Yellow
1.7% #cdb02d Yellow
9.9% #2e2824 Brown
7.1% #ddd9d3 Grey
7.0% #f8067e Pink
5.7% #a7a15b Brown
3.7% #635932 Brown
0.6% #8f5726 Brown
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1 –Hyperbole and a Half is Nonfiction
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 15
It’s a Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Aimee GTask 20.1 - 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.
Winter's Gifts by Ben Aaronovitch
GIFTS found in "never apoloGIze For your reading TaStes"
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 95
Rockynook30.4 - I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Option 4: From the list "Domestic Service"
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
On page 2 of the list
Option 5B: page count ends in 69 or 96
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
396 pages
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 205
20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Lauren Jodi's Task: Lost CitiesOption 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
trishhartuk5.4 Let's hear it for the youth!
Read a book with MPG Young Adult or Teen or New Adult.
The Conspiracy, Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (192pg)
MPGs include Young Adult
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 16
It’s a Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Andy P.Task # 20.1 Most Improved - Kathy KS’ Task: Pleasure Reading in the 1940s
Option 1: Bestsellers
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
A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
Page 1 #3 on list as of 7/11/23
Points this post: 20
Total points: 360
Angela IL10.2 Mai Tai
Read a book with exactly 2 words, each word consisting of the same number of letters.
The One by John Marrs- 6/29
Read Kindle version/ attaching MMPB The One – Finde dein perfektes Match which has not been published yet, so also attaching PB version: The One
Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:
Angela IL10.4 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 Never: A Romantic Suspense Novel of Love and Fate by Colleen Hoover & Tarryn Fisher- 7/5
Word: Never
Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 85
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 5
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:
Angela IL5.7 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
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang- 6/4
Word: Bride
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 90
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 6
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:
ROBIN P10.6 Disaster Strikes
Disaster integral to story
The Light Pirate - hurricane is central to plot - approved in Help Thread
Points this post: 10
Total points: 365
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:6
PegW5.2 Becoming independent
Read a book set at least 75% in India, Pakistan or Israel
I read The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra set in Mumbai India
This post: 5 points,
Total points: 140
BB: 0
GO: 2
It's a Fact: 4
Delicious Dee15.1 A Ship of Two Halves
Option A - Murder Takes a Bow
Option C - Fired Up - Jayne Ann Krentz - Krentz, also writes as Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 360
Its a Fact: 4
Big Book Ticket: 1
5.7 - I do Read a book with one of the listed words intact in the title
The Bride Says No by Cathy Maxwell, Bride is my listed word.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 21
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 4
tasks
JPI'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Option 1: Read a book that was first published ON or BEFORE April 26, 1933.
Matthew Lewis: The Monk
Published 1796
Option 3: Read a book with a humor MPG.
David Sedaris: Calypso
Points this post: 30
Total points: 290
Delicious Dee5.7 I Do
The Wife Between Us
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 365
Its a Fact: 4
Big Book Ticket: 1
PegW5.1 War & Peace
Read a book with MPG World War II/WWII
I read The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
**Claiming one Big Book ticket - 624 pages
**Claiming one It's a Fact Ticket
This post: 5 points,
Total points: 145
BB: 1
GO: 2
It's a Fact: 5
25.7 I've Got Sand Between My ToesOption 1 - Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
AN are in ISLAND
Option 3 - Whiskey When We're Dry by John Larison
The word is WHEN
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 135
EMILYGRACER*I am claiming one its a fact ticket for this task/book**
15.9 Fire up the BBQ
I read Perfectly Queer: Facing Big Fears, Living Hard Truths, and Loving Myself Fully Out of the Closet by Jillian Abby
Points for this task: 15
Points total: 305
Task Completed: 20/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 11
Task 5.3 - Long Play or Single?author initials in RECORD
The Autumn Throne by Elizabeth Chadwick
505 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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570 points
9 BB tix
2 GO tix
UNCLAIMING Task 20.4 - (Mid)summer in Sweden (#534)option 2: author initials in PICKLEDHERRING
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
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updated points: 550 points
9 BB tix
2 GO tix
Task 5.4 - Let's Hear it for the Youth!Young Adult MPG
These Violent Delights
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555 points
9 BB tix
2 GO tix
trishhartuk25.5 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.), including middle initials
Open Season, C.J. Box
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (French): here (320pg); MMPB (English): here (296pg)
Option 4: Read a book with a cover that is at least 70% white
Every Day Nature, Andy Beer
Read the kindle edition. HB (no PB): here (256pg)
It’s a Fact: MPGs are Nature and Nonfiction
Tin Eye has the cover as 85.3% white
85.3% #fefcf5 White
7.6% #aab8bc Grey
2.6% #5b6a75 Grey
1.7% #f0cdc1 Pink
1.6% #ed8672 Pink
0.9% #eead9e Pink
0.3% #77615e Grey
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
It’s a Fact: 1 – Every Day Nature is Nonfiction
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed: 17
It’s a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Nick KY20.9 Maria Jo’s Wedding
Opt. 1. Takes place 99% in Nebraska – I read Another Burning Kingdom by Robert Vivian.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 390
Nick KY25.5 Amy FL’s Go Heat!
Opt. 1. I read Dry Bones by Craig Johnson -- inits CJ.
Opt. 4. I read Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities by Martha C. Nussbaum, cover 87% white https://labs.tineye.com/color/4a39079...
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 415
EMILYGRACER*I am claiming one its a fact ticket for this book*
10.9 The invention of duct tape
I read Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman
Using the word TAPE found in the title and subtitle
Points for this task: 10
Points total: 315
Task Completed: 21/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 12
JP25.5 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.).
Joseph Conrad: Nostromo
Option 4: Read a book with a cover that is at least 70% white using Tineye.
Russell Hoban: Riddley Walker
Tineye: 75.7% white
Points this post: 25
Total points: 315
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
I listened to
The Adoration of Jenna Fox mmpb is Jenna Fox, pour toujours 368 pages
Name of series is Jenna Fox Chronicles
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.
A Cutthroat Business by Jenna Bennett 284 pages
The character I am using is Jenna Fox
This author is new to me
New Points: 25
Total Points: 205
BB: 3
IaF: 1
Mod
Read a book where the letters of DUCK or DUCT or TAPE can be found in the title/subtitle. The letters do not need to be intact or consecutive.
read Capture the Sun
TAPE can be found in cAPTurE
points this post 10
total points 380
Mod
Option 1: TWO book task
Pick one of the months within this season (i.e. June, July, August) and read one book for each of the tasks below.
chose JULY
book one : Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles)
read Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun
finLaY JUmps
book 2 Book 2: the author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month. Letters may only be used as often as they appear
read The Night She Disappeared
by Lisa Jewell
points this post 25
total points 405
Aimee GTask 25.4 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
Book read: Lamentation by C.J. Sansom, book 6 in the Matthew Shardlake series
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.
Book read: Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain by Matthew Green
Matthew Green is a new-to-me author and matches "Matthew" from book A
Books must have a total of at least 501 pages:
Lamentation: 737 pages. Shadowlands: 368 pages. 1105 pages total.
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Points this task: 25
Total points: 120
edited because I screwed up the formatting and somehow ended up with the page count at the bottom of the post
20.6 - It's A Fact- Julia103's Task: This is Jeopardy!I chose Option #1
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.
The Midnight Library-Matt Haig
Contestants name is Matt Amodio
Points for this task: 20
Total points:440/845
Tasks completed: 24/52
Big Book tickets total:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact Tickets total:
10.10 Summer of the Flying SaucerRead a book with genre Science Fiction or Science Fiction Fantasy
Reliquary-Douglas Preston
Points for this task: 10
Total points:450/845
Tasks completed: 25/52
Big Book tickets total:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact Tickets total:
Andy P.Task # 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Maria Jo's Task: Wedding Time
Read a book set 50% in Nebraska
My Ántonia by Willa Cather
Set almost entirely in Nebraska
Points this post: 20
Total points: 380
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: (Mid)summer in Sweden Option 2
Book:Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas
How it fits: author initials p, d can be found in PickleDherring
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 396 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Angela IL20.1 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.
Fool Me Once by Ashley Winstead- 7/12
Read Kindle version/ no MMPB/ attaching PB: Fool Me Once
Word: FOOL
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 7
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:
JP30.4 I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
***Repost of message 1035, with task number added.***
Option 1: Read a book that was first published ON or BEFORE April 26, 1933.
Matthew Lewis: The Monk
Published 1796
Option 3: Read a book with a humor MPG.
David Sedaris: Calypso
Points this post: 30
Total points: 315
Angela IL20.3 - 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.
Secrets of a Shoe Addict by Beth Harbison- 6/2
340 pages (has a 0 & 4)
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 8
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:
Bookwrm526Task #5.6 Something to be proud of
Read a book with MPG Gay, Lesbian, LGBT/LGBTQ+, Queer, Bisexual or Transgender. I read Criminal Gold by Ann Aptaker.
Total points so far: 215
Angela IL20.6 - 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.
The Humans by Matt Haig- 6/18
Read Kindle/ No MMPB/ attaching PB: The Humans
Contestant: Matt Amodio
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 150
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 9
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:
Susan A20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Maria Jo's Task: Wedding Time
Read a book first published between June 10, 2022 and June 10, 2023 (inclusive).
Defying Logic
I listened to audiobook, no MMPB, paperbackHERE
How it fits:
First published April 14th 2023
current points: 730
points this task: 20
total points: 730 + 20 = 750
Susan A25.6 JennRenee's Task: New Book Discoveries
1 . Anticipated Books - choose from list
The Rycke
I listened to audiobook, no MMPB, paperback HERE
How it fits:
Can't Wait Books of 2022 page 10
This book was new to me.
2. Author Discoveries
For this Task 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.
No Way Out by Rylie Dark
I listened to audiobook, no MMPB, paperback HERE
How it fits:
I first read a book by Rylie Dark on Feb 19 2023 (MY SHELF). This book is from a different series and is new to me.
current points: 750
points this task: 25
total points: 750 + 25 = 775
MaryPDX15.7 The International Court of Justice
1946 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.
Pachinko
Set in Japan
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 140
Books Read: 9
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 2
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 8
10.1 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie It's a Bikini Although two-piece bathing suits were being used by women as early as the 1930s, the bikini is commonly dated to July 5, 1946, when, partly due to material rationing after World War II, French engineer Louis Réard introduced the modern bikini, modeled by Micheline Bernardini.
Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Bikini
I read The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett whose initials can be found in itsy BitSy Teenie Weenie Bikini
points: 80
books read: 6
tasks completed: 5
pages read: 2012
Task:20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Maria Jo's Task: Wedding TimeOption:4-cover at least 75% blue
Book read:
by Alice OsemanRequired:cover 83.7 + 1.7+1.5 = 86.9 % blue
Points this task:20
Total points:170
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:9
Tasks completed:9
Task:15.5 Come Fly With Me [ initials (in order) match one of these airport codes]Book read:
by Claire WadeRequired: Initials CW match
SkyWest Charter LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CW
Points this task:15
Total points:185
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:10
Tasks completed:10
Task:15.9 Fire Up The BBQ [letters BBQ found in any combination of title, subtitle and/or author’s name.]Book read:Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Required:BBQ in Queer and koBaBe
I claim 1 It's A Fact! ticket as this is non-fiction.
Points this task:15
Total points:200
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:11
Tasks completed:11
Task:20.7 Shorter is sweeter- Inge's Task: Enjoying Scotland Option:c-first AND last name initials can be found in whisky OR uisge beatha.
Book read:The Places I've Cried in Public by Holly Bourne
Required:HB in BeatHa
Points this task:20
Total points:220
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:12
Tasks completed:12
Task:25.7 Lisa MD's Task: I’ve Got Sand Between My ToesOption:3-word of 4 or more letters made from HAPPIER THAN A SEAGULL WITH A FRENCH FRY
Book read:Poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Required:ELLA in sEAguLL
Option:4-book whose title contains a matching word of 3 or more letters (excluding “the” and “and”) from the song lyrics
Book read:Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
Required: "Our" and "Down" both match words in the lyrics
Points this task:25
Total points:245
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:14
Tasks completed:13
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Read a book of choice that meets SRC rules
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, Audiobook, 256 pages first MMP
Points this post: 5
Total points: 265
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 20
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 4