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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Irish StewedCHRISTINE US
Task 20.3
Option 3
letters K & L are consecutive
Kylie Logan
Book: Irish Stewed
Point post: 20
Points total: 20
CHRISTINE USTask 15.1 Ship of Two Halves
Option b.
Alice Hoffman
Book: The Book of MagicThe Book of Magic
Book is #2 in a series, and there are only 2 whole numbered books in the series. The series is in grey with the title and the link actively works to show the series.
Total post: 15
Total to date: 35
20.9 Wedding TimeOption 3 - Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
Published April 25, 2023
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 180
MAZZA110.10 Summer of the Flying Saucer
Read a book with genre Science Fiction or Science Fiction Fantasy
The Illustrated Man
MPG Science Fiction
Points this post =10
Points to date = 825
FLY Task #15.9 Fire Up The BBQ
task: Read a book with the letters BBQ found in any combination of title, subtitle and/or author’s name.
book: Assassin's Quest
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits: BB in author Robin Hobb, Q in title
other:
**claiming 2 BB tickets for length = 757 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 13/52
Big Book tickets: 4 + 2 = 6
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
It's A Fact tickets: 0
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JEN B15.3 Fun in the Mud
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both A and B options.
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson (Manic Street Preachers/Jackson Browne)
TOTAL POINTS: 500
5.8 Ice CreamRead a book with ice cream on the cover
-Siobhan VivianPoints for this task: 5
Total points:620/845
Tasks completed: 41/52
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact Tickets total:
Sarah E10.3 Summer Beach Read
The Summer I Turned Pretty - on page 1, currently #46
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is The Summer I Turned Pretty
Total Points: 30
25.6 JennRenee's Task: New Book DiscoveriesBoth books are new to me.
Option 1, a book from Can't Wait Books of 2023, page 1 #5: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Option 2, another book by an author first read in 2023: Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott
I first read Mary Laura Philpott May 25, 2023 (I Miss You When I Blink: Essays)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 640
25.7 Lisa MD's Task: I’ve Got Sand Between My ToesOption 1, author initials in ASSATEAGUE ISLAND: Secrets Typed in Blood: A Pentecost and Parker Mystery by Stephen Spotswood
Option 3, title word letters in HAPPIER THAN A SEAGULL WITH A FRENCH FRY: The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
The word is Secret.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 665
50.1 - Jen B 's Task: Vacation Time!Book 1-1, set in the country where I live: The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
hard cover edition The Spectacular 368 pages
Set in New York City. I live in the US.
Book 2-2, name of a capital city in the title: The Paris Seamstress by Natasha Lester
paperback edition The Paris Seamstress 455 pages
The city is Paris, the capital of France.
Book 3, set in my dream travel destination, where I have never been: Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith, 336 pages
Set in Italy. I have never been to Italy.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 715
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.
A Cryptic Clue
The word TAPE appears in A cryPTic cluE
Note: I read this book as a hybrid read, part ebook & part audiobook (I received both as advance reader copies via NetGalley)
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 135 + 10 = 145
Total Tasks Completed: 9
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 2
EMILYGRACER20.3 The number 40
*I am claiming one its a fact ticket for this book*
From Option 2, I read a book of 250 pages, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
Points for this task: 20
Points total: 410
Task Completed: 25/55
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: 16
30.1 - MAZZA1's Task - WORDLEDOption 1: An Inquiry Into Love and Death
word: Death
Option 2a: Catherine of Siena
word: Siena
Letters: E, A
***Claiming IAF ticket
Points this post: 30
Total points: 175
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 4
Julia1035.3 Long Play or single?
Sudden Death by David Rosenfelt (initials DR in RECORD)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 500
BB: 6
GO: 3
NF: 5
Tasks completed: 33
Total books read: 42
Barbara ★20.5 - 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 Becoming - Nora Roberts 8/6
(N & R in Robert plaNt)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 415
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
CathyG20.4 - 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. Relentless by Lauren Dane
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Total Books Read: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 7
BB tickets:
GO tickets:
IAF tickets:
CathyG20.5 - 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
Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Tunde Oyeneyin
Claiming "It's a Fact" ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
Total Books Read: 8
Total Tasks Completed: 8
BB tickets:
GO tickets:
IAF tickets: 1
CathyG20.10 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 by Amanda Gorman
Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman
Discussion https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
Total Books Read: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 9
BB tickets:
GO tickets:
IAF tickets: 1
CathyG25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Suddenly, Last Summer.
The options for this task relate to Summer 2022. Read two books from 2 different options.
Required: State which Options you choose.
Opt. 1. Last Summer’s Banff Mountain Book Awards
> Read a book with a title/subtitle word from the above books.
Required: State the word power
The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again by Catherine Price
Opt. 2. Last Summer’s Interviews:
A. Read a book featured with a picture in any of the following GR Interviews from Last Summer . The Book must be pictured in the interview and not simply mentioned:
Ali Hazelwood Interview
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Points this post: 25
Total points: 185
Total Books Read: 11
Total Tasks Completed: 10
BB tickets:
GO tickets:
IAF tickets: 1
CathyG25.4 Delicious Dee's Task: From Series Name to Author Name
For this task – you will read 2 books – one from Book A and one from Book B. The books MUST have a combined minimum page count of 501 pages and Book B MUST be a new-to-you author.
Book A Read a book that has a characters name(s) in the series title – you may read any book in the series, but it must have at least 3 published books.
Touch the Dark by Karen Chance (Cassandra Palmer) 307pp
13 books in this 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.
The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke 298pp
Required: state the character name you are using and that the author is new-to-you. Cassandra Clarke is a new to me author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 210
Total Books Read: 13
Total Tasks Completed: 11
BB tickets:
GO tickets:
IAF tickets: 1
15.7 The International Court of JusticeForgotten in Death
Set in New York.. mentioned in the description that the crime scene she is investigating is in New York
Previous Points: 260
This Post 15
Total Points 275
15.9 Fire Up The BBQThe Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst
Previous Points: 290
This Post 15
Total Points 305
20.1 Most Improved - Kathy KS’ Task: Pleasure Reading in the 1940sHappily Never After
Paperback Edition: Eterna è la notte
Option 3: Word: Never
Previous Points: 305
This Post 20
Total Points 325
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Tammy AZ Task: The Compelling and Delights of TravelStorm Over Warlock by Andre Norton
Option 2
(A,N in Robert Plant)
Previous Points: 325
This Post 20
Total Points 345
5.5 Pack your trunk!The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
Points this post:5
Totals:
Points: 100
Tasks: 7
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 3
IAF tickets: 1
25.1 Suddenly, Last Summer.Option 1: The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene
Option 2: Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov from the R.F. Kuang Interview
Claiming Golden Oldies for The Heart of the Matter (1948)
Points this post:25
Totals:
Points: 125
Tasks: 8
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 4
IAF tickets: 1
25.2 Casablanca!Option 1: Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad. UNDER is in "HERESLOOKINGATYOUKID"
Option 2: The Trouble with Nigeria by Chinua Achebe. Country: Nigeria
Claiming GO for Under Western Eyes (1911)
Claiming IAF for The Trouble with Nigeria
Points this post: 25
Totals:
Points: 150
Tasks: 9
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 5
IAF tickets: 2
EMILYGRACER25.5 GO HEAT!
Option 1: Using the letters JC, I read Sunset by Jessie Cave
Option 3: MPG Sports I read Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
Points for this task: 25
Points total: 435
Task Completed: 26/55
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 16
Aimee GTask 30.2 - KmarieD task: Book Buddies and Summer Fun
Option 1: Read a book with at least 2 people on the cover
Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary Queen of Scots by Kate Williams
One book must be at least 350 pages: this book is 384 pages
Option 2: Read a book with an MPG of Young Adult, Middle Grade, or Childrens
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn, MPG Young Adult
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Points for this task: 30
Total points: 245
Julia10330.1 - MAZZA1's Task - WORDLED
Book 1: After the Storm (AFTER)
Book 2: Castle Shade (SHADE)
AFTER and SHADE have the same vowels in different positions, and do not have any of the same consonants.
This post: 30 points
Total points: 530
BB: 6
GO: 3
NF: 5
Tasks completed: 34
Total books read: 44
5.1 War & PeaceRead a book with MPG World War II/WWII
Bülbül (The Nightingale) by Kristin Hannah 8/5/23
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Earned Previously: 200
Total Points Earned: 205
Nick KY10.2 Mai Tai.. I read Ragtime Cowboys by Loren D. Estleman, 7 letters in each word of two-word title.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 710
Nick KY10.4 Summer Songs of the 40s. I read Riders by Veronica Rossi, with the title word “Riders” also in the song title “Riders in the Sky.”
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 720
Nick KY15.3 Fun in the Mud. I read When Evil Lived in Laurel: The "White Knights" and the Murder of Vernon Dahmer by Curtis Wilkie.
Opt. 2. Single Book that meets both criteria.
1 – The word “White” in the subtitle is also in the name of the Glastonbury headlining group “The White Stripes” (2005).
2 – The author’s first name, Curtis, is also the first name of headliner Curtis Mayfield (1983).
Points So Far: 15
Total Points So Far: 735
Andy P.Task # 15.6 Wrens and Riveters
Read a NON-FICTION book with the main page genre Feminism
My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Nonfiction , Feminism MPG
Total points: 655
Task 5.2 - Becoming Independentset in Calcutta &Bombay (in 1920s, hence the Empire names)
The Shadows of Men
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810 points
12 BB tix
3 GO tix
Bookwrm526Task #25.7 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. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. You may combine the two terms to find initials. I read The Crime That Binds by Laurie Cass (L in island, C in ocmd).
Option 3: Read a book whose title contains a word of 4 or more letters made from the phrase HAPPIER THAN A SEAGULL WITH A FRENCH FRY. My target word is NITRATE (NT in than, IRAE in happier, T in with), and I read Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
Total points so far: 405
trishhartuk - ignore this one, I'm not sure one of the books I originally read matches the spec
Peg W20.2 Rookie at the Top: EmilyGraceR's: Jack of All Trades
Option 2: Read a book that has either MPG music,
OR read a book from this list Minimum 250 pages.
I read The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
with MPG music and 384 pages.
**Claiming one It's a Fact ticket for nonfiction
This post: 20 points,
Total points: 275
BB: 1
GO: 2
It's a Fact: 11
trishhartuk20.3 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.
Died in the Wool, Peggy Ehrhart (280pg)
Page count contains 0 & 2
Note, this is a different book to the Died in the Wool that I claimed for 50.1 in message #1512. They just happen to have the same title.
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 425
Tasks Completed: 26
It’s a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Suddenly, Last Summer.The options for this task relate to Summer 2022.
I selected Options #1 & #3
Opt. 1. Last Summer’s Banff Mountain Book Awards
Read a book with a title/subtitle word from the above books. Only the following words and their singulars, plurals, and possessives are accepted:
The word that I selected was YEAR
The Last Year of the War-Susan Meissner
Opt. 3. Suddenly, Last Summer
Read a book with at least two sets of consecutive double consonants in the title/subtitle/author’s name.
The White Christmas Inn-Colleen Wright
Points for this task: 25
Total points:645/845
Tasks completed: 42/52
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact Tickets total:
25.5 Amy FL's Task: Go HEAT!This is a two-book task. Read two books, from two different options.
I chose Options #3 & #4
Option 3:
To recognize the amazing efforts of our basketball and hockey teams, read a book with the MPG Sports.
Calico Joe-John Grisham
Option 4:
Read a book with a cover that is at least 70% white using Tineye.
-Sara Biren-73%Points for this task: 25
Total points:670/845
Tasks completed: 43/52
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact Tickets total:
10.4 Summer Songs of the 40's Word in the title from a summer hit (1942: Jingle Jangle Jingle): Jingle All the Way by Debbie Macomber
The word is Jingle.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 725
JP15.7 The International Court of Justice
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries:...USA...
Patterson: The Black Book
Set in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Points this post: 15
Total points: 545
JEN B***UNCLAIM***
5.6 Something to be proud of
Read a book with MPG Gay, Lesbian, LGBT/LGBTQ+, Queer, Bisexual or Transgender
Skim by Mariko Tamaki
ADJUSTED TOTAL: 495
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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.
I read Never Say You Can't Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories using the word NEVER
**Claiming one It's a Fact ticket for non-fiction
This post: 10 points,
Total points: 255
BB: 1
GO: 2
It's a Fact: 10