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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
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MAZZA15.10 – Easy Breezy
Book of your choice
Carrie Soto Is Back
points this post = 5
Points to date = 430
MAZZA110.4 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.
USING
1949: Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend
The Irish Cowboy
points this post = 10
Points to date = 440
MAZZA110.7 1948 Olympic
Read a book that takes place 50 percent in England or Switzerland.
Down Among the Women states 1950's London in GR info
points this post = 10
Points to date = 450
MAZZA115.3 Fun in the Mud
Using Option 2:
Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both A and B options.
On Dublin Street Samantha Young
A author has a name part that matches part of a headlining Glastonbury act.
Samantha Young YOUNG from Neil Young
B word in the title or subtitle that matches part of the name of a headlining Glastonbury act.
STREET from Manic STREET Preachers
points this post= 15
Points to date = 465
MAZZA120.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's task: The Number 40
Your book must be at least 250 pages.
Read a book that has at least 2 of the following numbers in it's page count: 0, 1, 2, 4, 5.
The Library Suicides 320 pages using 2 and 0 fom required numbers and exceeding page requirement
points this post = 20
Points to date = 485
MAZZA125.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Suddenly, Last Summer.
Option 1 Read a book with a title/subtitle word from the above books. USING the word Woods
I read an ARC of this book via netgalley North Woods
This is hard cover edition North Woods
Option 3 Read a book with at least two sets of consecutive double consonants in the title/subtitle/author’s name.
I read an ARC of this book via Netgalley
The Wilderness Retreat Jennifer Moore
this is PB editionThe Wilderness Retreat
double SS in title and Double N in author forename
points this post = 25
points to date =510
JEN B***UNCLAIM***
5.10 – Easy Breezy
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
ADJUSTED TOTAL: 305
JEN B15.7 The International Court of Justice
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.
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Takes place entirely in Tokyo, Japan
TOTAL POINTS: 320
MaryPDX5.2 Becoming independent
75% set in India
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 145
Books Read: 10
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 2
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 9
Andy P.15.4 Reading's In Our Blood
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both A and B options.
by Bill BrysonBook used as an example in help thread
Points this post: 15
Total points: 405
15.6 - Wrens and RivetersNON-FICTION book with the main page genre Feminism, Engineering, or Technology
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez ***nonfiction - requesting IAF ticket***
🏖 nonfiction; MPG Feminism 🏖
Total points: 255 + 15 = 270
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 1 + 1 = 2
Barbara ★30.4 - Wayne's Task: I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Option 3: Read a book with a humor MPG.
Two Cabins, One Lake - Shaye Marlow 6/29
Option 5: Read a book that either
B: has either 96 or 69 as the last two numbers of the page count
Charmed and Dangerous - Lindsay Buroker 7/9
(has 296 pages)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 280
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★25.2 - Robin P’s Task: Casablanca!
Option 1: Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title found in "WELLALWAYSHAVE PARIS" or "HERESLOOKINGATYOUKID".
Desperation in Death - J.D. Robb 6/9
(death in "HERESLOOKINGATYOUKID".)
Option 3: Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list of antiheroes
The Dragon Republic - R.F. Kuang 7/16
(found on page 4)
BIG BOOK: 672 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 305
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★15.5 - Come Fly With Me
Read a book by an author whose initials (in order) match one of these airport codes. all letters in the IATA code must appear in the author initials
Fool's Moon - Diane A.S. Stuckart 7/2
(Doncaster England DSA)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 320
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★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. The letters do not need to be intact or consecutive.
The Fires of Hephaestus - Kyle West 7/10
(TAPE in hePhAEsTus)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 330
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
DOM30.1 - MAZZA1's Task - WORDLED
Book 1
Choose a 5 letter word with at least one vowel.
Word is: grEAt
Read a book with this word in the title.
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
576 Pages - (paperback edition)
Book 2: Using the word you used for book 1, 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.
Word is bAbEl
Vowels used: A and E
Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang
544 pages - (hardcover edition)
Total pages 1120
* I claim 2 big book tickets, one for each book.
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 230
Books Read: 15
Big Book Tickets: 3
15.7 The International Court of JusticeReal Differences by S.L. Lim
98% Australia
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 510
5.2 Becoming independentSet in India: The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan
Points this post: 5
Total points: 435
Amy B10.4 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
Required: State the word
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane (Again)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 245 Points
5.8 We all scream for Ice Cream Read a book with ice cream on the cover –
The Green Road by Anne EnrightTask Total: 5
Season Total: 110
10.5 Long Summer DaysRead a book with a title with at least 5 words: 6 words
The Sign In Sidney Brustein's Window by Lorraine Hansberry
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 115
10.7 1948 OlympicsRead a book that takes place 50 percent in London or Switzerland
Takes place over 50% in London
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 125
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: DUCKs
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 135
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: (Mid)summer in SwedenOption 3:
Read a book whose title (not subtitle) contains a word of 4 or more letters made from the letters in INDUSTRISEMESTERN.
industrisEMEsTern
Meet
Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 155
20.10 Group ReadsNonfiction - Poetry:
My post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 175
5.5 Pack your trunk!Elephants on Acid: From Zombie Kittens to Tickling Machines: The Most Outrageous Experiments from the History of Science by Alex Boese
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 515
Chris MD IF YOU HAVEN'T MARKED THIS YET, DISREGARD. I LEFT INFORMATION OUT. WILL REPOST.
25.6 New Book Discoveries
Option 1: from the 2022 Can't Wait list
The Maid by Nita Prose
Currently #70 on the first page
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
15.4 Reading's In Our BloodOption A:Read a book with a cover that is (according to Tineye) at least 55% yellow (for the plasma) OR at least 45% red.
I read ebook edition Good Bones
MMPB for page # verification is Good BonesI used red-Tin Eye results include:
69.9 %#dd3d1eRed
6.8 %#cd4a2cRed
6.3 %#d19d7cBrown
Book B: The four blood groups are A, AB, B, and O. Read a book which features all of these letters in any combination of the title/subtitle/author name.
Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories by Lauren Groff
A in Delicate; A in And; B in Edible, B in Birds, O in Other
New Points: 15
Total Points: 220
BB: 3
IaF: 1
JUKKA15.7 The International Court of Justice
Book set in one of the countries represented on the International Court of Justice.
Knights of the Dinner Table: Bundle of Trouble, Vol. 31 by Jolly R. Blackburn et al. It's set in the United States. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights...
"The main group of characters are the members of a gaming group known as "The Knights of the Dinner Table" in a fictionalized version of Muncie, Indiana."
Total Points: 145/845
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 9/52
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
FLY Task #10.5 Long Summer Days
task: Read a book with a title with at least 5 words
book: The Mystery of the Blue Train
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits: 6-letter title
other:
**claiming GO ticket - First published March 29, 1928
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 7/52
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 2 + 1 = 3
It's A Fact tickets: 0
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FLY Task #20.6 - It's A Fact- Julia103's Task: This is Jeopardy!
task: Option 2: read a book from one of these lists
(list chosen = Novels by Trans Authors with Trans Protagonists)
book: An Unkindness of Ghosts
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: it is #3 (page 1) on the list
other:
**claiming a BB ticket for 507 pages, MMPB edition
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 8/52
Big Book tickets: 2 + 1 = 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
It's A Fact tickets: 0
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Task 10.6 - Disaster Strikessnowstorm / blizzard is cause of a locked room thriller, as per the blurb
Outside
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605 points
9 BB tix
3 GO tix
JEN B25.7 Lisa MD's Task: I’ve Got Sand Between My Toes
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in ASSATEAGUE ISLAND / OCMD.
Float Plan by Trish Doller
T in assaTeague
D in islanD
Option 3: Read a book whose title contains a word of 4 or more letters made from “HAPPIER THAN A SEAGULL WITH A FRENCH FRY.”
First Course by Jenn Bouchard
Word = FIRST
“HAPPIER THAN A SEAGULL WITH A FRENCH FRY.”
TOTAL POINTS: 345
EMurphy20.5 Bigger is Better-Tammy AZ's Task: The Compelling and Delights of Travel
Option 2: The Running Man by Richard Bachman
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 210
Books Read: 13
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 9
PegW20.3 - 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.
I read: Masala Lab : The Science of Indian Cooking with 280 pages.
*Approved as 'Not a cookbook' in message 13 of this season's genre verification thread.
** Claiming one It's a Fact ticket for non-fiction.
This post: 20 points,
Total points: 185
BB: 1
GO: 2
It's a Fact: 7
Rockynook 25.6 - New Book Discoveries
Option 1: Anticipated Books
List - 2022 Anticipated Books, Page 1
The Maid by Nita Prose
Option 2: Author Discoveries
Love on the Brainby Ali Hazelwood
Author: Ali Hazelwood, first read The Love Hypothesis on January 21, 2023
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 290
Nick KY5.10 Easy Breezy I read A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 435
Nick KY25.3 Cat’s Summer Months
Book 1. I read Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen, AUGUST in the title:
AU in “exhAUsted”
G in “Girls”
UST in “mUST”
Book 2. I read Horses and Men: Tales, Long and Short, from our American Life by Sherwood Anderson, inits in “AuguSt.”
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 460
Task 15.5 - Come Fly With Meauthor initials make a 3 letter airport code
Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin
SHE = Shenyang
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620 points
9 BB tix
3 GO tix
Jasmiina F20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Maria Jo's Task: Wedding Time:
Option 4: Read a book with a cover that is (according to Tineye) at least 75% blue:
by Yung Pueblo.Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Andy P.Task # 25.6 JennRenee's Task: New Book Discoveries
1 . Anticipated Books
2022 Anticipated Books
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley page 1 #50 as of 7/18/23
3. Readers Also enjoyed
choose a loved book you finished this year (2023) and go to the readers also enjoyed section on the main page. Choose a book to read from that list
I read earlier this season the following book:
How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution
and got the following book approved in in the help thread # 26
[[book:The Secret Lives of Bats: My Adventures with the World's Most Misunderstood Mammals|23719330]by Merlin Tuttle
Points this post: 25
Total points: 430
Janice CA10.8 "I Taped It"
Read a book first published in the 1980s.
Book first published: 1988
Hollywood High: The History of America's Most Famous Public School by John Blumenthal
+10
total: 50
tasks: 3
books: 4
ROBIN P15.9 Fire Up the Barbecue
letters B, B, Q in title/subtitle/author name
The Quiet Boy - Ben H. Winters
B in Boy, B in Ben, Q in Quiet
Points this post: 15
Total points: 405
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:6
ROBIN P20.1 Most Improved - Kathy KS' Task: Pleasure Reading in the 1940's
Option 4 - word in title from NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR READING TASTES
Word is FORTY - "FOR Your. . Tastes"
The Forty Elephants: A Novel - read ebook, linked pb
Points this post: 20
Total points: 425
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:6
15.9 Fire Up The BBQRead a book with the letters BBQ found in any combination of title, subtitle and/or author’s name.
Soul of a Lion: One Woman's Quest to Rescue Africa's Wildlife Refugees-Barbara Bennett
Points for this task: 15
Total points:475/845
Tasks completed: 27/52
Big Book tickets total:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact Tickets total:
Rhiannon20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost Cities
Option 2: Twilight Total Pages of this edition that I read was 498
Points Claimed this post: 20
Total Points: 145/845
Books Read: 10/66
Tasks Completed: 7/52
Bookwrm526Task #25.2 Robin P’s Task: Casablanca!
Option 2: Read a book set at least 75% in any African country from the list. I chose Ghana and read Sleep Well, My Lady by Kwei Quartey.
Option 3: Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list of antiheroes. I read Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, from page two of the list.
Total points so far: 270
MaryPDX15.1 A Ship of Two Halves
**2 BIG BOOK TICKETS**
B: Read a book which is part of a duology (only two whole numbered books in a numbered series). The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title or grayscale italics above the title.
The Housemaid
C: Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym. The book may be written under any of the pseudonyms (or the real name) used by the author.
11/22/1963 Stephen King aka Richard Bachman 880pgs = 2 BB tickets
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 2
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 160
Books Read: 12
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 4
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 10
Repost of Comment 1179-- forgot to put the book lol! Sorry!MaryPDX
Honor
5.2 Becoming independent
75% set in India
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 145
Books Read: 10
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 2
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 9
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5.9 Summer adventures
Read a book with one of the following words in the title or subtitle: USING Sunshine,
The Secrets of Sunshine
points this post = 5
Points to date = 425