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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
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trishhartuk20.10 Group Reads
Gutenberg Classic: My Man Jeeves, P.G. Wodehouse
Read the kindle edition. Top PB here
My comments are in discussion thread message #4: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Golden Oldie: First published in 1919
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: 1 – My Man Jeeves was first published in 1919
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 19
It’s a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
JUKKA20.5 - Bigger is Better - Tammy AZ Task: The Compelling and Delights of Travel
Option 2: Book whose author's initials are in ROBERT PLANT.
Eversion by Alastair Reynolds.
Total Points: 50/845
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4/52
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
JEN B20.5 - 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 Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Nifenegger
AN in plANt
TOTAL POINTS: 310
PegW20.1 Most Improved - Kathy KS’ Task: Pleasure Reading in the 1940s
Option 3: Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title found in: nEver aPologize for your reading TaSteS.
I read: Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains using the word PESTS.
**Claiming one It's a Fact ticket - this was a non-fiction book.
This post: 20 points,
Total points: 165
BB: 1
GO: 2
It's a Fact: 6
10.9 The Invention of Duck TapeRead 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.
The word is DUCT
Into the STorm: Violent Tornadoes, Killer HUrriCanes, and Death-Defying Adventures in Extreme Weather-Reed Timmer
D=Death-defying
U,C=Hurricanes
T=Storm
Points for this task: 10
Total points:460/845
Tasks completed: 26/52
Big Book tickets total:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact Tickets total:
Julia10310.10 Summer of the Flying Saucer
The Other Side of the Mirror
(MPG Science Fiction Fantasy)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 350
BB: 6
GO: 1
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 23
Total books read: 31
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.7 Shorter is sweeter- Inge's Task: Enjoying Scotland.
Option C. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in WHISKY.
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (258 p.)
➸ Total Points: 155
➸ Total Pages: 4,944
Aimee GTask 10.5 - Long Summer Days
Read a book with a title with at least 5 words
Book read: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
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Points this task: 10
Total points: 140
Deborah20.7 Shorter is sweeter- Inge's Task: Enjoying Scotland
Option C) Dangerous Boys by Abigail Haas
AH: uisge beatha.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 10
Tasks Done: 9
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's task: The Number 40For some reason I could not wrap my head around the decade of the '40's, and decided to devote this task to the number 40 itself.
No children's books. Your book must be at least 250 pages.
Choose one of the following options.
Required: state the option.
Option 1. The year I was 40 I had a 5 year old. I had a husband who worked 12 hour afternoons. Needless to say it was a a tiring year.
Read a book that has at least 2 of the following numbers in it's page count: 0, 1, 2, 4, 5. The two digits you use must be different (i.e. you cannot use 300, with 0 appearing twice).
I read The Godmothers which has 416 pp. This is more than 250 pp and has 2 digits from the list; 0,1,2,4,5
points; 100
books read: 7
tasks completed; 6
pages read: 2405
Task 15.8 Happy Birthday, NHS!Read a book featuring a main character who works in a professional health or social care role.
The protagonist is a ‘Home Healthcare worker’ / ‘Healthcare Aide’. The help thread approved this book for this task.
Unexpectedly, Milo (2010) by Matthew Dicks (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 344 pages)
45 + 15 = 60
Tasks Completed: 04
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 45 + 15 = 60
Books read: 04
Pages read: 1,122
Read but not claimed: 08
Goodreads Authors: 03
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.2 Becoming independent
The Bombay Prince
Set completely in India.
Totals
Points: 65
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Completed: 5
Amy B25.2 Robin P’s Task: Casablanca!
Read two books, from two different options.
Required: state the options
Option 1: Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title found in "HERESLOOKINGATYOUKID" (Ignore the apostrophes and comma in the originals.) Subtitles excluded.
Required: State the phrase used and the word
The Last Flight of Poxl West by Daniel Torday (LAST in HERES LOOKING AT YOU KID)
Option 2: Africa contains 55 countries, per this Wikipedia list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Read a book set at least 75% in any African country from the list. If the setting isn’t obvious from the GR main page , please provide verification.
Required: State the country
Small Country by Gaël Faye (Burundi)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 185 Points
Amy B20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's task: The Number 40
No children's books. Your book must be at least 250 pages.
Choose one of the following options.
Required: state the option.
Option 3. Read a book by an author whose initials are consecutive alphabetically.
The Sleep Garden by Jim Krusoe (342 pp)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 205 Points
Amy B20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: (Mid)summer in Sweden
Read one book, from one of the options below.
Required: State the option you used.
Option 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in PICKLEDHERRING.
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 225 Points
Amy B10.1 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
Dracula by Bram Stoker
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 235 Points
JUKKA20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: (Mid)summer in Sweden
Option 2: Book whose author's initials are in PICKLEDHERRING.
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler.
Total Points: 70/845
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5/52
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
JUKKA20.2 Rookie at the Top: EmilyGraceR's: Jack of All Trades
Option 1: Find a book that you have previously read with the MPG Youth, Teen or Young Adult, and read any other book by the same author.
Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente. I had previously read from her The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, which has the MPG Young Adult.
Total Points: 90/845
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6/52
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
JUKKA20.7 Shorter is sweeter- Inge's Task: Enjoying Scotland
Option C: Book whose author's initials are in WHISKY or UISGE BEATHA.
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, whose initials are in UISGE BEATHA.
Total Points: 110/845
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7/52
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
Task 5.8 - We All Scream for Ice Creamice cream on cover
Homicide and Halo-Halo
verified in help thread
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585 points
9 BB tix
3 GO tix
StaceyNC5.4 – Let's hear it for the youth!
Read a book with MPG Young Adult or Teen or New Adult
Book: City of Bones
Completed: 7/10/23
MPG YA
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 6
StaceyNC10.9 The Invention of Duck Tape
Read a book where the letters of DUCK or DUCT or TAPE can be found in the title/subtitle.
Book: Murder at Haven's Rock
Completed: 7/4/23
Word: Duck
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 7
StaceyNC15.7 The International Court of Justice
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries.
Book: Beard in Mind
Completed: 7/6/23
Set in USA
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 8
StaceyNC30.1 - MAZZA1's Task - WORDLED
Book 1: The Serpent and the Wings of Night
Completed: 6/11/23
Word: Night
Pages: 532
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.
Book 2: Magic Claims
Completed: 7/13/23
Word: Magic
Pages: 238
Total Pages: 770
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 9
Amy FL10.8 "I Taped It"
The Impossible Fortress - set in 1987 (in description)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 350
Amy FL15.5 Come Fly With Me
The Maid's Diary by Loreth Anne White - LAW - Lawton, OK, USA
Points this post: 15
Total points: 365
Amy FL20.6 - It's A Fact- Julia103's Task: This is Jeopardy!
Option 1: Code 6 by James Grippando (James Holzhauer)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 385
Amy FL25.6 JennRenee's Task: New Book Discoveries
1. Upgrade - page 2 of 2022 Anticipated Books (#145)
3. The 6:20 Man - Righteous Prey read 3/11/23
Both books were new to me
Points this post: 25
Total points: 410
Amy FL30.3 Katrisa Task: The Game is Afoot!
Option 2: Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson - Best Sherlock Holmes Fiction page 1
Option 3C: The Perfumist of Paris by Alka Joshi - AJ in Jude lAw
Points this post: 30
Total points: 340
Task:10.10 Summer of the Flying Saucer [Science Fiction or Science Fiction Fantasy]Book read:The Choice by Claire Wade
Required:mpg science fiction
Points this task:10
Total points:240
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:14
Tasks completed:13
Task:10.5 Long Summer Days [ a book with a title with at least 5 words]Book read:combining two books of poetry to make the page count.
Divisible by Itself and One by Kae Tempest [54 pages]
and Selected Poems Of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde [50 pages]
Required: both books have 5 word titles
I would like to claim one golden oldie ticket for the selected poems of Oscar Wilde as it was published in 1900
Points this task:10
Total points:250
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:16
Tasks completed:14
Julia10320.10 Group Reads
My Man Jeeves
(My reaction is post 5 of the book discussion thread.)
This was first published in 1919 so claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
This post: 20 points, 1 GO
Total points: 370
BB: 6
GO: 2
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 24
Total books read: 32
Task 25.3 Books of the Summer MonthsOption 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.
Month chosen: AUGUST
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles)
AUGUST = sATUrday niGht at the lakeside SUpper club
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club (2023) by J. Ryan Stradal (male) (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 340 pages)
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
auGuSt
His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine (2023) by S.C. Gwynne (male) (Hardcover 320 pages) [363.124]
** His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine is an It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction) Book**
60 + 25 = 85
Tasks Completed: 05
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 60 + 25 = 85
Books read: 06
Pages read: 1,782
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Deborah25.7 Lisa MD's Task: I’ve Got Sand Between My Toes
1) Where Hope Comes From: Poems of Resilience, Healing and Light by Nikita Gill
NG: ASSATEAGUE ISLAND
3) Dangerous Girls
GIRLS: HAPPIER THAN A SEAGULL WITH A FRENCH FRY
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 145
Books Read: 12
Tasks Done: 10
JP20.2 Jack of All Trades
Option 1: Find a book that you have previously read with the MPG Youth, Teen or Young Adult, and read any other book by the same author.
I previously read
Terry Pratchett: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents.
For this task, I read
Terry Pratchett: Going Postal
Points this post: 20
Total points: 390
Kathy KS20.1 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.
Flag in Exile by David Weber
FLAG=... ApoLoGize For...
******
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 155
Tasks completed: 8/52
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
10.2 Mai TaiEnder's Shadow
Book title has 2 words each with the same number of letters
Previous Points: 95
This Post 10
Total Points 105
The Light Between Oceans
It's on page one of https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Previous Points: 105
This Post 10
Total Points 115
Already claimed
10.7 1948 OlympicsNeverwhere
Book is set in London, England.
Previous Points: 105
This Post 10
Total Points 115
10.8 "I Taped It"\The Darkest Road
Book was first published in 1986
Previous Points: 115
This Post 10
Total Points 125
10.10 Summer of the Flying SaucerThe Scourge Between Stars
Book has mpg of science fiction
Previous Points: 125
This Post 10
Total Points 135
JUKKA20.8 - Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost Cities
Option 2: Book with three-digit page count composed of 0, 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, or 9. The numbers 1 and 4 can be repeated.
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia has page count 448.
Total Points: 130/845
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8/52
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
25.5 Amy FL's Task: Go HEAT!Option 2, MIAMI HEAT found in any combination of title, subtitle and/or author's name: The Museum of Ordinary People by Mike Gayle
Option 4, cover is at least 70% white: The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Tineye = 78.6% white
Points this post: 25
Total points: 430
LAUREN JODI15.4 - Reading's In Our Blood
Option 1
Book A
The Wedding Bargainby Yvonne Lindsay
71.2% Red according to TinEye
Book #2
Abandoned in Death by J.D. Robb
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 275/845
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 23
Total Tasks Completed: 19/52
MAZZA15.1 War & Peace
Read a book with the word PEACE in the title
A Separate Peace
points this post = 5
Points to date= 410
MAZZA15.5 Pack your trunk!
Read a book with an elephant on the cover
approved in help threadhttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
points this ppost = 5
points to date = 415
MAZZA15.8 We all scream for Ice Cream
Read a book with ice cream on the cover
I read kindle edition
approved in help thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
this is PB edition Brownies & Betrayal
points this post = 5
Points to date = 420
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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15.8 Happy Birthday, NHS!
Dog Days - Main Character Dan is a Therapist
Points this task 15
Total Points 155
2 IAF
4 BB