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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
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Erica H.Task 5.10 Book of Your Choice SRC Rules
Read a book of your choice.
Book: Razorblade Tears
I listened to the audiobook. MMP pages 416
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 10
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 1
NF tickets: 0
Erica H.Task 20.9 Maria Jo's Task Wedding Time (choose 1 of 5 options - required to state which option)
Option 3: Read a book first published between June 10, 2022 and June 10, 2023 (inclusive).
Book: The Bullet That Missed
First published September 15, 2022
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 11
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 1
NF tickets: 0
Erica H.Task 20.8 Lauren Jodi's Task - Lost Cities (choose 1 of 2 options - required to state which option)
Option 3: Atlantis - Read a book on the given list Atlantis Books
Book: The Destruction of Atlantis: Compelling Evidence of the Sudden Fall of the Legendary Civilization
This book is a nonfiction book, claiming 1 NF ticket.
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 12
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 1
NF tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #5.1 War & Peace
Read a book with MPG World War II/WWII. I read The War Against Miss Winter by Kathryn Miller Haines (genre noted in the help thread in posts 11 and 14).
Total points so far: 435
Kai20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Summer 2023 season.
Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman
Post 17
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 4
Total Points: 80
JP5.2 Becoming independent
Read a book set at least 75% in India, Pakistan or Israel
Sarnath: Corridor
Set in India.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 585
RACHEL CA5.02 Becoming Independent Set at least 75% in India, Pakistan, or Israel
The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken by Tarquin Hall Set in India10.01 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie It's a Bikini Author's initials found in task title
I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki by Baek Se-hee Initials BS10.02 Mai Tai, 2 words same number of letters
Bleak House by Charles Dickens five letters each word, 1 BB ticket, 1 GO ticket10.05 Long Summer Days, title with at least 5 words, subtitles excluded
The Pavilion in the Clouds by Alexander McCall Smith five words10.08 "I Taped It" first published in or is set in the 1980s
The Yan Can Cook Book by Martin Yan published in 1982, 1 IAF ticket10.09 The Invention of Duck Tape, the letters of DUCK or DUCT or TAPE can be found in the title/subtitle
Savory Baking: Recipes for Breakfast, Dinner, and Everything in Between by Erin Jeanne McDowell TAPE, 1 IAF ticket15.02 Anime, Past and Present, Option A: book that has 7 and 4 in page count, B: MPG of ...Comics...Graphic Novels...
Falling in Love by Donna Leon Option A (274 pages), and
Oddball by Sarah Andersen Option B: MPG Graphic Novels, Comics15.04 Reading's In Our Blood, Option 1, Book A: cover at least...45% red, Book B; Features A, AB, B, and O in any combo in title/subtitle/author name. Book A:
The Maid by Nita Prose (red) and Book B
Chicano Bakes: Recipes for Mexican Pan Dulce, Tamales, and My Favorite Desserts by Esteban Castillo has AABBO, 1 IAF ticket15.07 The International Court of Justice, Set at least 50% in USA...
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin set in Massachusetts and Californiapoints this post: 100
total points: 110
tasks completed: this post 9/ total 11
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 4 (total, 3 new)
Lisa MD20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's task: The Number 40
Option 1: 2 of the following numbers in page count: 0, 1, 2, 4, 5.
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
320 pages
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 460/845
Total Books Read: 35/67
Total Tasks Completed: 27/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Non Fiction Tickets: 5
Jayme(theghostreader)10.2 Mai Tai
Read a book with two word title with the same number of letters in each word
Hot Sixby Janet Evanovich
Task +10
Grand Total: 80
JP15.2 Anime, Past and Present
Two books, different options.
Option B: Read a book with an MPG of ...Graphic Novels,...
Bechdel: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
MPG Graphic Novel
Option C: Read a book first published in 2003.
Eisner: Fagin the Jew
Published September 16, 2003
Points this post: 15
Total points: 600
15.2 Anime, Past and PresentB) The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks
C) Inkheart IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 23.0 Published 2003
Previous Points: 365
This Post 15
Total Points 380
DOM25.3 Cat's Task : Books of the Summer Months
Option 1: TWO book task
Pick one of the months within this season (i.e. June, July,
I chose the month of August
Book 1:
ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book.
Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts by Josie Shapiro
All the letters in 'August' can be found in the title of the book.
everythinG iS beAUTiful and everything hUrts
288 pages (paperback)
Book 2:
The author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month.
East of Alice by Annie Seaton
The letters A & S, author's initials are found in the word 'August'
AuguSt
378 pages (paperback)
Two books total 666 pages!
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 470
Books Read: 31
Big Books: 3
It's a Fact: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
ROBIN P25.6 JennRenee's Task: New Book Discoveries
Choose 2 different options and read a book from each option.
Required: state both books are new to you.
1 . Anticipated Books
For this task read a book on either one of these lists.
2022 Anticipated Books
2023 Anticipated Books
Required: state the list used and the page number
I read A Lady for a Duke - found on the 2022 list, page 2 - this book is 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.
Required: State the author and when you first read that author.
I read Vintage 1954. This book is new to me.
I first read this author on Feb 1, 2023 when I read La femme au carnet rouge
Points this post: 25
Total points: 530
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:6
25.6 JennRenee's Task: New Book Discoveries1 . For this task read a book on either one of these lists: Can't Wait Books of 2022 (page 4)
Ordinary Monsters (The Talents Trilogy #1) by J.M. Miro
3. For this task 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.
The book I read was Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang which I read in January 2023
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1) by Shannon Chakraborty
Books are new to me
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 685
trishhartuk15.1 A Ship of Two Halves
B: Read a book which is part of a duology
The Book of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #1), John Connolly (502pg)
Book 1 of 2: https://www.goodreads.com/series/3694...
Just in case: UK AR Quiz No. 216721 EN Fiction: Quiz
Big Book: 502pg = 500+ x 1 = 1 tkt
C: Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym.
A Death Long Overdue, Eva Gates
Eva Gates is a pseudonym for Vicki Delany
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 2
Big Book: The Book of Lost things is 502pg = 500+ x 1 = 1tkt
Total Points: 475
Tasks Completed: 29
It’s a Fact Tickets: 6
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 2
PegW10.10 Summer of the Flying Saucer
Read a book with genre Science Fiction or Science Fiction Fantasy
I read Maskerade with an MPG of Science Fiction Fantasy
This post: 10 points,
Total points: 285
BB: 1
GO: 2
It's a Fact: 11
LAUREN JODI5.10 - Easy Breezy
Her Protector's Pleasure by Grace Callaway
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 320/845
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 27
Total Tasks Completed: 22/52
25.5 Go Heat!Option 1: Foreign Deceit by Jeff Carson
Option 2: Beautiful Ghost by Milana Marsenich
Miami is in the author's name and Heat is in the title.
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 205
Aimee GTask 15.5 Come Fly With Me
Read a book by an author whose initials (in order) match one of these airport codes.
Book read: Tombland by C.J. Sansom
C.J. Sansom – CJS – Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
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Points for this task: 15
Total points: 260
Lisa MD15.7 - The International Court of Justice
Set at least 50% in USA
The Last Ranger by Peter Heller
304 pages
Setting: Yellowstone National Park
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 475/845
Total Books Read: 36/67
Total Tasks Completed: 28/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Non Fiction Tickets: 5
Julia10350.1 - Jen B 's Task: Vacation Time!
Book 1, Option 1: Among the Wicked
I live in the United States (Maryland). This book is set in the U.S. (New York State)
Book 2, Option 1: The Librarian Spy
I live in the United States. This book is set in Europe (part in France, part in Portugal)
Book 3: White Sky, Black Ice
This book is set in Alaska. I have never been there. I would like to take a cruise there because I have heard that the scenery is beautiful.
This post: 50 points
Total points: 600
BB: 6
GO: 4
NF: 5
Tasks completed: 37
Total books read: 49
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lauren Jodi's task: Lost CitiesOption 2: page count 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.
Watership Down by Richard Adams
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 25.0
🔥 478 pages 🔥
Total points: 320 + 20 = 340
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 2
25.3 - Cat's Task: Books of the Summer MonthsOption 1: AUGUST
Book 1: ALL the letters of chosen month found in title
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
🏖 AGST in Against; U in Us; U in You 🏖
Book 2: author first and last initials in chosen month
Listen To Me by Tess Gerritsen
🔥 author's initials (TG) in AUGUST 🔥
Total points: 340 + 25 = 365
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 2
15.10 Found in TranslationRound the Moon Originally written in French. My native language is English.
Previous Points: 380
This Post 15
Total Points 395
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: (Mid)summer in SwedenOption 2
Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
Previous Points: 395
This Post 20
Total Points 415
20.6 - It's A Fact- Julia103's Task: This is Jeopardy!Option 1
The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast by Andrew Blum
Contestant: Andrew He
Previous Points: 415
This Post 20
Total Points 435
20.7 Shorter is sweeter- Inge's Task: Enjoying ScotlandOption C)
Vows of Empire by Emily Skrutskie
Previous Points: 435
This Post 20
Total Points 455
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost CitiesOption 4: EL DORADO
Jason's Gold IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8.0
Previous Points: 455
This Post 20
Total Points 475
Task 10.9 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.REQUIRED: State the Word.
Word is Tape
TAPE = The sorcErer of PyongyAng
The Sorcerer of Pyongyang (2022) by Marcel Theroux (Hardcover 243 pages)
185 + 10 = 195
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 185 + 10 = 195
Books read: 14
Pages read: 3,787
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 01
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
FLY Task #5.6 Something to be proud of
task: Read a book with MPG Gay, Lesbian, LGBT/LGBTQ+, Queer, Bisexual or Transgender
book: Heartstopper: Volume Four
how it fits: MPG LGBT
Points this post: 5
Total points: 310
Tasks completed: 16/52
Big Book tickets: 7
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
It's A Fact tickets: 0
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FLY Task #15.6 Wrens and Riveters
task: Read a NON-FICTION book with the main page genre Feminism, Engineering, or Technology.
book: Men Explain Things to Me
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: nonfiction, MPG Feminism
**claiming It's a Fact ticket for nonfiction book
Points this post: 15
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 17/52
Big Book tickets: 7
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
It's A Fact tickets: 0 + 1 = 1
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Delicious Dee25.4 Delicious Dee's Task: From Series Name to Author Name
Book A - Leaving Everything Most Loved - series: Maisie Dobbs #10
Book B - Telling Lies - L.A. Dobbs - Dobbs, matches the last name of Maisie Dobbs, author is new to me
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 660
Its a Fact: 5
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie: 1
Julia10330.3 Katrisa Task: The Game is Afoot!
Option 2: Locked Rooms (on page 1 of Best Sherlock Holmes Fiction list)
Option 3C: Stormed Fortress by Janny Wurts (initials JW in JUDE LAW)
This book is 624 pages, so claiming one BB ticket.
This post: 30 points, 1 BB
Total points: 630
BB: 7
GO: 4
NF: 5
Tasks completed: 38
Total books read: 51
CathyG50.1 Vacation Time!
This task requires three books totaling at least 750 pages.
Book 1: Economy Option 1: Read a book set in the country where you reside.
Magic Claims by Ilona Andrews 238 pp
Book 2: Business Class Option 1: Read a book set on a continent that is different than the one where you reside. Required: State where you live.
I live in the United States Among the Mad is set in London, England
Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear 338pp
Book 3: First Class Read a book set in your dream travel destination, where you have never been. This must be a real place on earth
Required: Explain why you want to travel there, and state that you have never been
A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear 321pp
I have never been to England but would love to go. The country has so much history that I am dying to see. As far back as Stonehenge and up to the 20th century (Downton Abbey), I want to see it all.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 310
Total Books Read: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 14
BB tickets:
GO tickets:
IAF tickets: 1
CathyG30.4 - Wayne's Task: I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Read two books, from two different options.
Required: State your options
Option 2: Read a book where ALL the letters in TARZAN can be found in the author's NAME.
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket
Option 3: Read a book with a humor MPG.
Manhunting by Jennifer Crusie
Points this post: 30
Total points: 340
Total Books Read: 22
Total Tasks Completed: 15
BB tickets:
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 1
JP20.6 This is Jeopardy!
Option 1: Read a book whose author's first or last name is ...James...
James Rollins: Jake Ransom And The Skull King's Shadow
First name of author matches first name of contestant James Holzhauer.
IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 12.0
Points this post: 20
Total points: 620
JEN B10.2 Mai Tai
Read a book with exactly 2 words, each word consisting of the same number of letters.
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Each word has 4 letters
TOTAL POINTS: 550
JP***UNCLAIM***
I wish to unclaim
15.7 The International Court of Justice
Patterson: The Black Book
Set in Chicago, Illinois, USA,
which I claimed in Message 1683
Adjusted total: 605
JP15.7 The International Court of Justice
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries:...Jamaica...
Fleming: Doctor No
Set in Jamaica
Points this post: 15
Total points: 620
trishhartuk10.2 Mai Tai
Read a book with exactly 2 words, each word consisting of the same number of letters.
Exit West, Mohsin Hamid
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (231pg)
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 485
Tasks Completed: 30
It’s a Fact Tickets: 6
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 2
Andy P.Task # 20.7 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 uisge beatha.
Imposter by Bradeigh Godfrey
uisGeBeatha
Points this post: 20
Total points: 755
Readerboard name: D15.7 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.
Somebody's Fool by Richard Russo
Set 100% in New York State, USA, mentioned in GR description
Task=15
Season total=165
Sarah E25.3 Cat's Task: Books of the Summer Months
Option 1: Two books, using AUGUST
Book 1: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
A good girl'S GUide To mUrder
Book 2: The Private Life Of Spies by Alexander McCall Smith
I listened to an audio, the only print edition is the hardcover - The Private Life Of Spies
AS in AuguSt
Total Points: 115
Sarah E25.4 Delicious Dee's Task: From Series Name to Author Name
Book A:
A Secret Killer - Julia Blake Murder Mystery #4
I read the kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is A Secret Killer - 174 pages
Book B:
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips - Julia for Julia Blake
Julia Phillips is a new-to-me author
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is Dégels - 378 pages
174 + 378 = 552 pages
Total Points: 140
JP10.1 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie It's a Bikini
Author's first and last initial in "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Bikini."
T.S. Eliot: The Cocktail Party
T and E in the word: TEenie
Points this post: 10
Total points: 630
Angela IL20.2 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.
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld- 8/7
Original book read in September 2020: Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 385
Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 22
BB Ticket: 3
NF Ticket:
Julia10320.9 - Moderator's Pet - Maria Jo's Task: Wedding Time
Option 3: Stateless (first published March 14th 2023)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 650
BB: 7
GO: 4
NF: 5
Tasks completed: 39
Total books read: 52
Delicious Dee20.7 Shorter is sweeter- Inge's Task: Enjoying Scotland
Option C - Sweep of the Blade - Ilona Andrews - IA found in uisge beatha
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 680
Its a Fact: 5
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie: 1
Lisa MD10.10 - Summer of the Flying Saucer
Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
160 pages
MPG: Science Fiction
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 485/845
Total Books Read: 37/67
Total Tasks Completed: 29/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Non Fiction Tickets: 5
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Task 15.5 Come Fly With Me
Read a book where the authors' initials are the same as an international airport code.
Required:
Identify the airport and the code when you post
Book: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Author initials are ASG, which is the Ashburton, New Zealand airport code.
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 9
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 1
NF tickets: 0