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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
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FLY Task #25.5 Amy FL's Task: Go HEAT!
task: Option 1: Read a book by a single author with initials in JB and CM
book: Five-Carat Soul
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: author James McBride initials JM
task: Option 4: Read a book with a cover that is at least 70% white using Tineye.
book: Kramer vs. Kramer
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits:
= 76.2% white per TinEyePoints this post: 25
Total points: 350
Tasks completed: 18/52
Big Book tickets: 7
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
It's A Fact tickets: 1
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MEGSCL20.8 - Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost Cities
Option 1 - set Greece - Atalanta
505 points
4 It’s a Fact
5 Big Books
JEN B5.3 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, August) and read one book for each of the tasks below.
MONTH = JUNE
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles)
Just as Long as We're Together by Judy Blume
JU in JUst
N in loNg
E in wE're
AR Bookfinder IL designation: UG
(From Rules: c) Books that have an IL designation of MG+ or UG may be used with no restrictions)
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
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
JE in JunE
TOTAL POINTS: 580
ROBIN P20.5 Tammy AZ's Task: The Compelling and Delights of Travel
Option 2 - Author initials in ROBERT PLANT
Invitation to the Waltz - Rosamond Lehmann
**claiming 1 GO point, orig pub in 1932
Points this post: 20
Total points: 615
BB:2 GO:3 IAF:6
Barbara ★5.7 - I Do
Read a book with one of the following words intact in the title: BRIDE, GROOM, WED, WEDDING, WEDDED, MARRIAGE, HUSBAND, WIFE
Craks in a Marriage - Barbara Barrett 8/14
Points this task: 5
Total points: 455
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.3 Summer Beach Read
Found on page 1
The Rumor
Totals
Points: 135
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Completed: 11
Kathy KS30.2 - KmarieD task -Book Buddies and Summer Fun
one book must be at least 350 pages
Option 1- Read a book with at least 2 people on the cover. Required: Post the Cover
by John WelcomePages: 358 (>350)
Option 2-
read a book with an MPG of Young Adult, Middle Grade, or Childrens.
Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann
MPG: Young Adult
******
Points for this task: 30
Total points : 280
Tasks completed: 14/52
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
DOM30.2 - KmarieD task -Book Buddies
Option 3-
Read a book first published in June, July or August from 2015 forward. (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
This book was first published July 2018
431 pages paperback
Option 4-
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be spelled out from OUTDOORGAMES
Word is 'game'
Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni
The word game can be spelled out from OUTDOORGAMES
396 pages paperback
One book is at least 350 pages
Points this task: 30
Total points: 500
Books read: 33
Big books: 3
Its a fact: 1
Golden oldies: 1
HanneloreTask 15.10 Found in Translation
Read a book which was originally written in one of these six languages, excluding your native language(s).
Book: De terugkeer van de koning
How it fits: My native language is dutch. This book was originally written in english.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 11
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 2
Mod
20.2 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.
Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings
AR Bookfinder UK: IL: UY - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16.0
Previously read: Pawn of Prophecy with MPG Young Adult.
Points this task: 20
Season total: 250
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 2
Erica H.RE-POSTING TO CORRECT AN OMISSION
Task 20.8 Lauren Jodi's Task - Lost Cities (choose 1 of 4 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 at the bottom of page 2 of the Atlantis list provided.
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
15.3 Fun in the MudOption 1: Read two books, one book A and one book B.
Book A: Read a book whose author has a name part that matches part of a headlining Glastonbury act.
The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham
author's first name, John, matches headliner act, Elton John
Book B: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that matches part of the name of a headlining Glastonbury act.
Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker
word in title, WHO, match headliner act, The Who
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 705
HanneloreTask 20.2 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.
Book: Fourth Wing
How it fits: I read Nova in may last year. Nova has the MPG Young Adult and is by the same author. (Check help task help thread for confirmation.)
** Book is 512 pages, requesting a BB ticket please **
Points this task: 20
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 12
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 2
HanneloreTask 25.3 Cat's Task : Books of the Summer Months
Option 1: TWO book task. Chosen month: JULY
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles)
Book: De Volksjury
How it fits: voLksJUrY
**This is a non-fiction book. Claiming one IAF ticket**
Book 2: the author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month.
Book: Dit kan niet waar zijn
How it fits: Author is Joris Luyendijk, JL fits in JuLy.
**This is also a non-fiction book. Claiming another IAF ticket, please**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 13
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 4
Mod
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EMurphyThe International Court of Justice - 50% set in one of the listed countries Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor
*Set in USA
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 420
Books Read:27
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +1000: 1
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 18
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: (Mid)summer in SwedenOption 1: cover that is at least 50% yellow and blue
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
🔥 54.2% blue; 29.3% yellow 🔥
Total points: 365 + 20 = 385
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 2
Kristen IA10.9 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.
REQUIRED: State the Word. - TAPE
Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 180/845
Tasks Completed: 11/52
BB: 4
GO: 0
NF: 2
trishhartuk5.5 Pack your trunk!
Read a book with an elephant on the cover.
How to Raise an Elephant, Alexander McCall Smith
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 490
Tasks Completed: 31
It’s a Fact Tickets: 6
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 2
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: (Mid)summer in SwedenOption 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in PICKLEDHERRING.
Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland
New Points: 20
Total Points: 325
BB: 4
IaF: 2
5.1 War & PeaceRead a book with MPG World War II
The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 185
5.5 Pack your trunk!Read a book with an elephant on the cover
The Elephant's Journey by José SaramagoTask Total: 5
Season Total: 190
10.1 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
itSy Weenie - SW
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 200
15.7 The International Court of JusticeRead a book set at least 50% in one of these countries. If the setting is not identified in the GR description or metadata, provide a reference.
France
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 215
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's task: The Number 40250 Pages: 400 Pages
Option 1.
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). (400p)
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 235
20.7 Shorter is sweeter- Inge's Task: Enjoying ScotlandOption C) Whisky or in Gaelic Uisge Beatha is a drink that they call ‘aqua vitae’ or water of life, and deeply founded in the culture of Scotland.
Read a book where both the first AND last name initials can be found in whisky OR uisge beatha.
beaTHa - TH
The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 255
25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Suddenly, Last Summer.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:
Fox, Glencoe, Northern, Light, Power, Land, Memory, Water, Valley, Giants, Stories, Women, Heart, Yosemite, Climbing, Native, Air, Year, Woods, Twelve, Small, Journeys, Into, Nature:
Water
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Opt. 2. Last Summer’s Interviews:
B. Read any single author book by any of the five authors interviewed.
Required: State the interview used: R.F. Kuang Interview
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 280
30.3 Katrisa Task: The Game is Afoot! 500 Pages: 378 + 432 = 810 Pages
Option 1: The Original
Let’s start with the OG Holmes and Watson! Read a Sherlock Holmes book from Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes Series
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
C: Robert Downey Jr./Jude Law - Finally I also think the Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock movies are fun and hilarious. Read a book where the ALL of the author’s initials can be found in ROBERT DOWNEY JR. JUDE LAW.
robErT - TE
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 310
JP15.5 Come Fly With Me
Read a book by an author whose initials (in order) match an IATA airport code.
Dorothy L. Sayers: Whose Body?
DLS = The Dalles (Colombia Gorge Rgnl)
https://www.iata.org/en/publications/...
Points this post: 15
Total points: 630
JP15.6 Wrens and Riveters
Read a NON-FICTION book with the main page genre Feminism, Engineering, or Technology.
Sobel: Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
MPG: Technology
Points this post: 15
Total points: 645
15.7 - The International Court of Justice Set in one of the mentioned countries - Read The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca by Tahir Shah. This is entirely set in Morocco.
The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca is non-fiction, so I claim one It's a Fact ticket.
Points these task: 15
Total points: 145
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
It's A Fact ticket requests: 3
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 9
25.7 - Lisa MD's Task: I’ve Got Sand Between My Toes Option 1: Author's intials in ASSATEAGUE ISLAND / OCMD - Read Bluebeard's Egg by Margaret Atwood. MA is in the phrase.
Option 4: Word from the song “It’s a Maryland Thing, You Wouldn’t Understand.” - Read Circling the Sun by Paula McLain. The word SUN is in the lyrics.
Points these task: 25
Total points: 170
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
It's A Fact ticket requests: 3
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 10
Andy P.Task # 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost Cities
Option 2: MACHU PICHU
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
We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg 187 p.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 795
JP25.4 From Series Name to Author Name
Two books; 501+ pages total.
Book A: Read a book that has a characters name(s) in the series title.
Patterson: The Black Book
Series title: Billy Harney #1 (of 3, so far)
I read the audiobook. The MMPB, linked above, has 480 pages.
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.
Billy Collins: Picnic, Lightning
The author's first name matches the first name of the character Billy Harney.
This author is new to me.
104 pages.
Total pages for the two books: 584
Points this post: 25
Total points: 670
PegW10.9 The Invention of Duck Tape
Read a book where the letters of DUCK or DUCT or TAPE can be found in the title/subtitle.
I read The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories which contains all the letters of Tape in the title.
This post: 10 points
Total points: 295
BB: 1
GO: 2
It's a Fact: 11
Delicious Dee25.5 Amy FL's Task: Go HEAT!
Option 2 - The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, Mit, and the Fight for Women in Science - MI in Mit, A in Nancy, M in Women, I in Exceptions; HE in The, A in And, T in The; claiming 1 its a fact ticket for non-fiction
Option 3 - One Life - sports is a top 3 genre; claiming 1 its a fact ticket
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 705
Its a Fact: 2
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie: 1
Barbara ★50.1 - Jen B 's Task: Vacation Time!
Book 1:
Option 1: Read a book set in the country where you reside. If the setting of the book is not obvious from the GR metadata or description, provide a reference.
Pointe and Shoot - Natalie M. Roberts 7/7
(set in Utah)(272 pages)
(Weber State University, Ogden's historic 25th street, where my studio is located...) on page 3
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pointe-Shoot-J...
Required: I live in Ohio, USA
Book 2:
Option 1: Read a book set on a continent that is different than the one where you reside. If the setting is not obvious in the GR description or metadata, provide a reference.
The Choice - Nora Roberts 8/12
(set 100% in Ireland, I live in the US)(448 pages)
Book 3:
Read a book set in your dream travel destination, where you have never been. This must be a real place on Earth (no trips to Martian colonies or the Moon!)
Death Down Under - Samantha Silver 8/15
(set in Australia, a place I'd love to visit but have not as of yet)(204 pages)
TOTAL: book 1 (272 pages) + book 2 (448 pages) + book 3 (204 pages) = 924 > 750 pages
Points this task: 50
Total points: 505
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
30.3 Katrisa Task: The Game is Afoot!Option 2: The Beekeeper's Apprentice
pg. 1 on both lists
Option 3c: At the Edge of Summer by Jessica Brockmole
Points this post: 30
Total points: 225
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 4
Amy FL5.9 Summer adventures
Things You Save in a Fire - FIRE in title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 775
Amy FL10.1 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie It's a Bikini
Amok by Barry Eisler - BE in Bitsy tEenie
Points this post: 10
Total points: 785
CathyG30.2 - KmarieD task -Book Buddies and Summer Fun
Help Thread
This is two book task. Choose two different options from 1-4 or just option 5 (two book task).
Required: One of the main summer reading goals is for children to read for 10 hours. According to Google, a 10 hour audiobook averages 350 pages, so one book must be at least 350 pgs.
Option 5-
Many of the kids find series they like to read and then ask us to bring them the next ones. Read any 2 consecutive books from a series. The series must appear in gray-scale on the book’s main page
Nightwalker by Allyson James 375 pp
Dreamwalker by Allyson James 346pp
Points this post: 30
Total points: 370
Total Books Read: 24
Total Tasks Completed: 16
BB tickets:
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 1
CathyG30.3 Katrisa Task: The Game is Afoot!
Requred:State the options you choose
Total Pages must be 500+
Option 2: Continuing Sherlock
Read a book from one of these lists featuring Sherlock Holmes characters.
Best Sherlock Holmes Fiction p1
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas 323pp
Required: State the chosen list and page number
Option 3: My Favorite Sherlock Shows
A: Elementary - The television show Elementary stars Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu as Holmes and Watson. Choose either Miller’s or Liu’s television (not movie) list and read a book with a word of at least four letters from one of the television shows in the TITLE (not subtitle). Word must match exactly.
Required: State the chosen list and the show title
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Li... Death to 2021,
The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear 338pp
Points this post: 30
Total points: 400
Total Books Read: 26
Total Tasks Completed: 17
BB tickets:
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 1
trishhartuk25.7 Lisa MD's Task: I’ve Got Sand Between My Toes
Option 1: Author whose first and last initial can be found in ASSATEAGUE ISLAND / OCMD.
The City & the City, China Mieville
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (French): here (480pg).
Top PB (English): here (329pg)
Author initials in oCMd
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”.
Winter's GIFTS, Ben Aaronovitch
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (German): here (241pg)
Top HB (English): here (224pg)
GIFTS: S, G in SeaGull, I in happIer, F in French, T in Than
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 515
Tasks Completed: 32
It’s a Fact Tickets: 6
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 2
Delicious Dee10.6 - Disaster Strikes
Absolute Darkness - solar storm, approved in msg 8 of the THT
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 715
Its a Fact: 2
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie: 1
StaceyNC15.4 Reading's In Our Blood
Option 1: Read two books, one book A and one book B
Book A: Read a book with a cover that is (according to Tineye) at least 55% yellow (for the plasma) OR at least 45% red.
Book:
Completed: 7/6/23
58.6% yellow per tineye
Book B: Read a book which features all of these letters in any combination of the title/subtitle/author name.
Book:
Completed: 7/21/23
Author: Carissa Broadbent (cArissA BrOadBent)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 230
Tasks Completed: 14
StaceyNC20.6 - 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.
Book: Wait With Me
completed: 8/16/23
Author: Amy Daws
Contestant: Amy Schneider
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 15
StaceyNC25.7 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.
Book: An Ember in the Ashes
Completed: 8/9/23
Author: Sabaa Tahir
Option 3: “HAPPIER THAN A SEAGULL WITH A FRENCH FRY.” Read a book whose title contains a word of 4 or more letters made from this phrase.
Book: Something So Right
Completed: 7/27/23
Word: Right
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 16
Required: State the word.
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10.8 "I Taped It"
Housekeeping pub 1980
485 points
4 It’s a Fact
5 Big Books