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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
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JEN B5.4 – Let's hear it for the youth!
Read a book with MPG Young Adult or Teen or New Adult
Skim by Mariko Tamaki
MPG Young Adult
TOTAL POINTS: 495
JEN B5.6 Something to be proud of
Read a book with MPG Gay, Lesbian, LGBT/LGBTQ+, Queer, Bisexual or Transgender
Marry Me a Little: A Graphic Memoir by Robert Kirby
MPG LGBT
TOTAL POINTS: 500
Mod
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost Cities
Option 2: 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. The numbers 1 and 4 can be repeated.
Child 44 (484 pages)
Points this task: 20
Season total: 190
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 2
EMILYGRACER5.6 Something to be proud of
In the LGBT category I read Bloom by Kevin Panetta
Points for this task: 5
Points total: 440
Task Completed: 27/55
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
EMILYGRACER15.2 Anime Past and Present
Option 1, 7 and 4 in page count, I read a book with 479 pages, Glint by Raven Kennedy
Option 2: I read a book with MPG Manga/graphic novel/anime Chef's Kiss by Jarrett Melendez
Points for this task: 15
Points total: 455
Task Completed: 28/55
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
EMILYGRACER30.1 WORDLED
Option 2:
Using the rearrangement of constanents I read firstly Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Using the word STORE S T _ R _
For my second book I read Terms and Conditions by Lauren Asher
Using the word TERMS T _ RMS
Both consist of the same three initial constanents and are all in a re-arranged position within the second word
Points for this task: 30
Points total: 485
Task Completed: 29/55
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
EMurphy10.10 Summer of the Flying Saucer - MPG Sci-Fi or SFF Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 355
Books Read: 23
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +1000: 1
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 16
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.5 - Come Fly With Me.
Read a book by an author whose initials match an airport code.
The Stars are Dying by Chloe C. Peñaranda (566 p.) * **
* CCP - Carriel Sur International Airport, Concepción, Chile
** I would like to claim a BB ticket, please.
➸ Total Points: 220
➸ Total Pages: 6,639
15.9 Fire Up The BBQBBQ in title, subtitle and/or author's name: Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen
Points this post: 15
Total points: 740
ROBIN P20.3 Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: The Number 40
Book 250+p
Option 1 - At least 2 digits of 0, 1, 2, 4, 5
Past Imperfect - 410 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 455
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:6
FLY Task #50.1 - Jen B 's Task: Vacation Time!
Book 1 task: Option 1: Read a book set in the country where you reside.
book: Full House
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: set in Virginia, U.S.; I live in the U.S. (334 pages)
Book 2 task: Option 2: Read a book with the name of a capital city found intact in the title.
book: The Paris Apartment
(my version is audio, only MMPB with page numbers here)
how it fits: Paris is the capital of France. (368 pages)
Book 3 task: Read a book set in your dream travel destination, where you have never been.
book: At the Mountains of Madness
how it fits: Set in Antarctica. I don't actually have a dream travel destination, but ice and snow sound pretty good right now. I have never been to Antarctica. (142 pages)
other:
334 + 368 + 142 > 750
**claiming 1 GO ticket for At the Mountains of Madness First published January 1, 1931
Points this post: 50
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 14/52
Big Book tickets: 6
Golden Oldies tickets: 3 + 1 = 4
It's A Fact tickets: 0
20.6 - 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 Thurber Album: A Collection of Pieces About People by James Thurber
contestant : James Holzhauer
claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket
Points for this task: 20
Total points :160
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 6
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
5.6 Something to be proud ofI read Pageboy by Elliot Page,
LGBT and Queer are both MPGs.
**Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket for nonfiction**
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Points: 130
Task completed: 10
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
Task 25.7 I’ve Got Sand Between My ToesOption 2: Read a book whose cover shows a person with their bare toes in the sand (i.e. no sandals, flip flops or similar footwear).
Required: post the cover.
Nantucket Nights (2002) by Elin Hilderbrand (Goodreads Author) (Mass Market Paperback 326 pages)
Option 3: Read a book whose title contains a word of 4 or more letters made from this phrase: “HAPPIER THAN A SEAGULL WITH A FRENCH FRY.”
Required: State the word.
WIFE = happier than a sEagull WIth a French fry
Death of a Trophy Wife (A Jaine Austen Mystery #9) (2010) by Laura Levine (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 259 pages)
160 +25 = 185
Tasks Completed: 09
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 160 +25 = 185
Books read: 13
Pages read: 3,544
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 01
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
MAZZA120.2 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.
I read Puddin'
I previously read Dumplin' by the same author
points this post = 20
Points to date 845 challenge complete
HanneloreTask 5.5 Pack your trunk!
Read a book with an elephant on the cover.
Book: Ik zal altijd
How it fits: Several tiny elephants on the cover.
Using the one book exception to the 100+ rule: "One book between 80 -99 pages may be used for ONE 5 point task."
Points this task: 5
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 6
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 1
OOPS! REPOST TO ADD THE COVER. (REPOST FROM POST 1701)Hannelore
Task 5.5 Pack your trunk!
Read a book with an elephant on the cover.
Book: Ik zal altijd
How it fits: Several tiny elephants on the cover.
Using the one book exception to the 100+ rule: "One book between 80 -99 pages may be used for ONE 5 point task."
Points this task: 5
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 6
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 1
HanneloreTask 15.7 The International Court of Justice
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.
Book: Dead and Gone
How it fits: This book is set in the USA (see "Setting").
Points this task: 15
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 7
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 1
HanneloreTask 15.8 Happy Birthday, NHS!
Read a book featuring a main character who works in a professional health or social care role.
Book: War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line
How it fits: Main character is a doctor.
** Claiming a IAF ticket, please. Book is non-fiction. **
Points this task: 15
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 8
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 2
JEN B20.7 Shorter is sweeter- Inge's Task: Enjoying Scotland
Option C
Read a book where both the first AND last name initials can be found in whisky OR uisge beatha.
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
BS in uiSge Beatha
TOTAL POINTS: 520
Andy P.Task # 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Tammy AZ Task: The Compelling and Delights of Travel
Option 1: Read a book from one of the following lists:
War has no winners
Hiroshima Diary by Michihiko Hachiya
Page 1 # 64 as of 8/8/23
Points this post: 20
Total points: 675
Nick KY15.9 Fire Up the BBQ I read By Blood Bequeathed by Chris Todd Miller.
BBQ in title: By Blood beQueathed.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 750
Mod
Sarah E15.3 Fun in the Mud
Option 2
The Black Prince by David Green
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is The Black Prince
The BLACK Prince - Black Uhuru
DAVID Green - David Bowie
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 45
Total NF: 1
Sarah E15.8 Happy Birthday, NHS!
The Maidens
I listened to an audio, top MMP is The Maidens: A Novel
The description of the main character in the GR blurb -
"Mariana Andros is a brilliant but troubled group therapist..."
Total Points: 60
15.6 Wrens and RivetersNonfiction book with MPG Feminism: The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free by Paulina Bren
Points this post: 15
Total points: 755
Megs30.2 - KmarieD task -Book Buddies and Summer Fun
Option 5 - Read any 2 consecutive books from a series.
A Marvellous Light - The Last Binding #1 (375 pages)
A Restless Truth - The Last Binding #2
Points this post: 30
Total point: 50
Julia10315.7 The International Court of Justice
Dead Center
This is set in the USA (New Jersey and Wisconsin)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 545
BB: 6
GO: 3
NF: 5
Tasks completed: 35
Total books read: 45
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below. IGNORE THIS, I pasted in the wrong task!!!
20.6 - It's A Fact- Julia103's Task: This is Jeopardy!
Option 1: The contestants were: ...
Read a book by an author whose first or last name matches the first or last name of any of these contestants or host.
Required: State the name of the contestant
Three Weeks With Lady X by Eloisa James
Contestant name: James Holzhauer
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-376 p.
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 235-30=205
Tasks completed: 12/52-1=11/52
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
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
30.4 - Wayne's Task: I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Read two books, from two different options.
Option 1: Read a book that was first published ON or BEFORE April 26, 1933.
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
First published: 1 January 1922 (<26 April 1933)
I began to read this as an audio and finished reading as an ebook; mmpb-215 p.
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1922
Option 5B: Read a book that has either 96 or 69 as the last two numbers of the page count
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
Pages: 496
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 235-30=205
Tasks completed: 12/52-1=11/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1-1=0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
MEGSCL50.1 - Jen B 's Task: Vacation Time!
Book 1: Economy. Option 1
I live in Australia. The Family Inheritance
Book 2: Business Class. Option 1
I live in Australia, this is set in Europe (Ireland). Faithful Place
Book 3: First Class
I’ve never been to Japan but I am going in 2024! The Cat and The City
TOTAL
370 points
3 It’s a Fact
5 Big Books
MEGSCL30.4 - Wayne's Task: I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Option 4: page Domestic Service - The Maid
Option 5: B: (296pp) - The Wakes
TOTAL
400 points
3 It’s a Fact
5 Big Books
Kathy KS25.2 Robin P’s Task: Casablanca!
Read two books, from two different options.
Option 1: Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title found in "WELLALWAYSHAVE PARIS" or "HERESLOOKINGATYOUKID" (Ignore the apostrophes and comma in the originals.)
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
Phrase Used: "HERESLOOKINGATYOUKID"
DESOLATION=hEreSLOOkINgATyoukiD
Option 2: Read a book set at least 75% in any African country from the list.
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith
Setting: Botswana
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-288 p.
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 230
Tasks completed: 12/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Lisa MD30.1 - MAZZA1's Task - WORDLED
Book 1: Sugar and Salt by Susan Wiggs
368 pages
Title Word: Sugar
Book 2: Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker
432 pages
I claim a NF ticket
Title Word: Girls
***The consonants found in sugar, "SGR," are found in girls in different postions, and the vowels in sugar, "UA," are not found in girls.
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 405/845
Total Books Read: 31/67
Total Tasks Completed: 24/52
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Non Fiction Tickets: 5
JEN 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
Never Never by Colleen Hoover
Word = NEVER
TOTAL POINTS: 530
Deborah10.2 Mai Tai
Bumpy Roads
5 letters each
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 245
Books Read: 20
Tasks Done: 17
Barbara ★10.7 - 1948 Olympics
Read a book that takes place 50 percent in London or Switzerland
The Sanatorium - Sarah Pearse 8/8
(set 100% in Switzerland)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 425
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Lisa MD25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Suddenly, Last Summer
Option 1: Read a book with the word "water" in title
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
724 pages
I claim a Big Book ticket
Option 3: Two sets of consecutive double consonants in the title/subtitle/author’s name
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
320 pages
(KK, MM - in author's name)
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 430/845
Total Books Read: 33/67
Total Tasks Completed: 25/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Non Fiction Tickets: 5
DOM30.3 Katrisa Task: The Game is Afoot!
Option 2: Continuing Sherlock
Read a book from one of these lists featuring Sherlock Holmes characters.
Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz
Chosen list is: Best Sherlock Holmes Fiction
#29 on Page 1 of this list.
285 pages (Hardcover)
Option 3B
For this task read a book with a word of at least four letters in the TITLE (not subtitle) from one of the episode titles from Sherlock.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Chosen word is 'Last'
The Last Days of Dom Sebastian by Greg Barron
Title of episode is 'His Last Vow', and is Series 3, Episode 3
440 pages (hardcover)
Total pages = 725
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 425
Books Read: 28
Big Books: 3
It's a Fact: 1
20.10 Group ReadsCall Us What We Carry by Gorman Amanda
discussion post
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 660
Task 15.8 - Happy Birthday, NHS!MC is a GP
Confessions of a GP: A Matter Life, Death and Earwax
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825 points
Task 20.6 - This is Jeopardy!p1, #42, of Book By Trans or Non-Binary Author
The Gender Games: The Problem with Men and Women, from Someone Who Has Been Both
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845 points
EMILYGRACER*I am claiming one its a fact ticket for the Julia Child memoir*
50.1 Vacation time
Book 1 Economy ; Option 2 I read a book with a car on the cover, with The Road Trip Beth O'Leary
Book 2, Business Class Option 1: Set in a country that I do not reside in. I reside in Australia and do not live in France. 70% of this book is based in France the other is when she lived and filmed her television show in the United Sates, where I also do not live
My Life in France by Julia Child
Book 3: First class: A book set in a place where you have always wanted to go, I live in Australia and have always wanted to travel to America, there are so many things I would love to see over there such as the theme parks, New Orleans, the country music states and much more, I readSlammed by Colleen Hoover the main character moves from Texas to Michagan within the first chapter of the book
Points for this task: 50
Points total: 535/845
Task Completed: 30/51
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: 17
EMILYGRACER15.5 Come fly with me
Using the airport code MKO Davis Field Airport, Muskogee, I read The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
Points for this task: 15
Points total: 550/845
Task Completed: 31/51
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: 17
Amy B15.1 A Ship of Two Halves
Read two books, from two different options.
Required: specify the options.
A: Read a book which is set at least 50% aboard a ship or at a port or dock.
Required: if the setting is not obvious from the GR description, provide a reference.
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
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.
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride (Necromancer #1)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 370 Points
Amy B10.10 Summer of the Flying Saucer
Read a book with genre Science Fiction or Science Fiction Fantasy
Walking in Two Worlds by Wab Kinew
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 380 Points
Joanne MI30.2 - KmarieD task -Book Buddies and Summer Fun
Option 1-A book with at least two people on the cover
In The Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat In Iraq
Claiming 1 IAF
Option 4-a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be spelled out from OUTDOORGAMES
The word is Good
A Good American 381 pages
Points this task 30
1 IAF this task
Season Total 215
Total IAF 3
Total BB's 6
EMILYGRACER*I am claiming one its a fact ticket for this book*
10.6 Disaster strikes
I read Soul of the Hurricane: The Perfect Storm and an Accidental Sailor by Nelson Simón
Points for this task: 10
Points total: 560/845
Task Completed: 32/51
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: 18
Jasmiina F15.7 The International Court of Justice:
Read a book set at least 50% in of the USA, Russia, Slovakia, France, Morocco, Somalia, China, Uganda, India, Jamaica, Lebanon, Japan, Germany, Australia or Brazil:
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn.
Setting: USA
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
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5.7 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 (plurals & possessives are allowed)
Marry Me a Little: A Graphic Memoir by Robert Kirby
ADJUSTED TOTAL: 490