The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion
note: This topic has been closed to new comments.
SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
>
Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Fantasia10.9: 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.
BOOK READ: Highlander's Captive by Donna Fletcher
All letters of TAPE are found in title: highlAndEr's caPTive
books read: 6
tasks done: 5
points this post: 10
total points: 55
| GO: 1 | BB: 0 | IAF: 0 |
Mod
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel / Group Read - Canadian Fiction
discussion link to my post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Julia10320.2 Rookie at the Top: EmilyGraceR's: Jack of All Trades
Option 1: Chasing the Shadows by Maria V. Snyder
I previously read Navigating the Stars by the same author (MPG Young Adult)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 35
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 4
Total books read: 4
Fantasia10.7: Read a book that takes place 50 percent in London or Switzerland
BOOK READ: Murder at the Crown and Anchor by C.J. Archer
Book setting is in London (1900s).
Here is a link to the first book of the series, which mentions in its summary that the setting is London: Murder at the Mayfair Hotel
books read: 7
tasks done: 6
points this post: 10
total points: 65
| GO: 1 | BB: 0 | IAF: 0 |
Amy FL5.4 – Let's hear it for the youth!
The Testing - MPG Young Adult
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Amy FL5.6 Something to be proud of
More Happy Than Not - MPG Queer
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Amy FL15.3 Fun in the Mud
Option 2: Simply Lies by David Baldacci - Simply Red (1986) and David Bowie (1971)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Amy FL15.8 Happy Birthday, NHS!
Sunday Silence - main character, Freida Klein, is a psychologist
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
ED20.7 Shorter is sweeter- Inge's Task: Enjoying Scotland
Option C
In September, the Light Changes by Andrew Holleran
"AH" found in "uisge beAtHa."
Points this task: 20
Season total: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 0
5.1 War & PeaceRead a book with MPG World War II/WWII
Costalegre
MPG World War II
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 5
It's A Fact Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
JP15.10 Found in Translation
Read a book translated from English, Chinese, French, Russian, Arabic and Spanish to your native language.
I read Lie With Me, translated from French to my native language English.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
10.5 Long Summer DaysRead a book with a title with at least 5 words
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
***Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket***
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 15
It's A Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost CitiesOption 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.
Shy Audiobook
Shy PB 144 Pages
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 35
It's A Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
15.7 The International Court of JusticeRead a book set at least 50% in one of these countries: Russia
Lenin?s Embalmers
Takes place 100% in Moscow, Russia.
This article summarizes the play, which is based on the true story of Vladimir Lenin's body being preserved for presentation in Moscow:
https://www.ualberta.ca/arts/shows/th...
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 50
It's A Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.10 Group ReadsNonfiction - Poetry: Call Us What We Carry: Poems
Discussion Post #5
***Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket***
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 70
It's A Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
LAUREN JODI5.5. - Pack your trunk!
Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 45/845
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 4/52
Barbara ★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.
Purgatory Chasm - Steve Ulfelder 6/4
(S & U in aSsateagUe)
Option 3: Anyone who has visited Assateague, OCMD or any beach for that matter understands the phrase, “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.
Hidden Pictures - Jason Rekulak 6/9
(Pictures = HAPPIER THAN A SEAGULL WITH A FRENCH FRY.)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's task: The Number 40
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials are consecutive alphabetically.
Backhand - Elise Faber (264 pages) 6/3
Points this task: 20
Total points: 45
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★10.5 - Long Summer Days
Read a book with a title with at least 5 words
Killed at the Whim of a Hat - Colin Cotterill 6/10
Points this task: 10
Total points: 55
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★5.10 - Easy Breezy
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Kingdom of the Wicked - Kerri Maniscalco 6/2
Points this task: 5
Total points: 60
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
20.6 - It's A Fact- Julia103's Task: This is Jeopardy!Option 1, author's name matches name of Jeopardy contenstant James Holzhauer: A Lot like Love by Julie James
Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
DOM20.8 - 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.
Fire with Fire by Candice Fox
Paperback edition of this book has 480 pages
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Deborah5.2 Becoming independent
A Time to Dance
Set in India
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 5
Tasks Done: 5
Katrisa25.5 Amy FL's Task: Go HEAT!
Option 2: Read a book where MIAMI HEAT is found in any combination of title, subtitle and/or author’s name.
I read The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
ThE wIshIng gAMe Meg sHAffer
Option 3: read a book with the MPG Sports.
I read North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail MPG sports
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 95
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2023 SRC
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.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Legacy Edition Book Three
the word is TAPE - The vAmPirE
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 35
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2023 SRC
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's task: The Number 40
Option 2. Read a Folklore book from the first 25 pages of this list:
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
The Song of Achilles on pg 17
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 55
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Delicious Dee20.1 Most Improved - Kathy KS’ Task: Pleasure Reading in the 1940s
Option 3 - Sorry, Bro - SORRY can be spelled out in NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR READING TASTES - S in Tastes, OR in For, RY in Your
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 120
Its a Fact: 1
EMurphy30.2 KmarieD Task: Book Buddies and Summer Fun
Option 1: At least 2 people on the cover
by Erin SterlingOption 3: Published in June, July, or August from 2015 forward The Hookup Plan by Farrah Rochon
*Published August 2022
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
Christene Paula 10.2 Mai Tai
Read a book with exactly 2 words, each word consisting of the same number of letters.
Paper Names by Susie Luo
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
How it fits: 2 words consist of 5 letters
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 45
Task Completed: 5/52
It's A Fact Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Nick KY10.9 The Invention of Duck Tape
I read Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire. The letters DUCT are in the title:
DisCoUnT.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 35
Nick KY5.6 Something to be proud of
I read Spear by Nicola Griffith with a genre of LGBT.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 40
Nick KY15.5 Come Fly With Me
I read Cold People by Tom Rob Smith. The author's inits are TRS, the code for Trieste, Italy.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 55
Nick KY15.8 Happy Birthday NHS
I read The Strange Case of Dr. Simmonds and Dr. Glas by Dannie Abse. The protagonist Dr. Simmonds, is a medical doctor.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 70
LAUREN JODI10.9. - The Invention of Duck Tape
Loving Rose: The Redemption of Malcolm Sinclair by Stephanie Laurens
Word: TAPE
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 55/845
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 5/52
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: (Mid)summer in SwedenI chose Option # 2
Option 2:
Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in PICKLEDHERRING.
The Brutal Telling-Louise Penny
Points for this task: 20
Total points:110/845
Tasks completed: 7/52
Big Book tickets total:
Golden Oldies tickets total:
It's a Fact Tickets total:
EMILYGRACER**I am claiming one its a fact ticket for this book**
10.10 GROUP READS
Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman
I have posted to the discussion thread
Points for this task: 10
Points total: 45
Task Completed: 3/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
Susan A 5.10 – Easy Breezy
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Tropical Hat Trick
I listened to the audiobook, no MMPB, paperback HERE
94 pages. This is my one SHORT book.
Current Points: 85
Points this post: 5
Total points: 85 + 5 = 90
Susan A10.8 "I Taped It"
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
I listened to audiobook, MMPB HERE
First published October 1, 1981
Current Points: 90
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90 + 10 = 100
Susan A20.10 Group Reads
Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
I listened to audio, no MMPB, paperback HERE
Discussion group comment HERE
Current Points: 100
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100 + 20 = 120
JENNA M10.10 Summer of the Flying Saucer
Read a book with genre Science Fiction or Science Fiction Fantasy
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 22.0
Genre: Science Fiction
Points for this Task: 10
Total Points: 10
Julia10325.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Suddenly, Last Summer.
Option 1: The Story of the Secular Jews
(Title word "Story" - "Stories" is in the list of accepted words, and the task description says singulars and plurals are allowed.)
This book is non-fiction, so claiming one It's A Fact ticket.
Option 3: Code Name Sapphire: A World War 2 Novel by Pam Jenoff
(double letters PP in Sapphire, FF in Jenoff)
This post: 25 points, 1 NF
Total points: 60
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 5
Total books read: 6
PegW25.2 Robin P’s Task: Casablanca!
Option 1: Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title found in "HERESLOOKINGATYOUKID"
Read: Stone Blind using the word STONE
Option 3: Read a book from the first 25 pages of the provided list:
Read: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo found on page 2.
This post: 25 points,
Total points: 25
BB: 0
GO: 0
It's a Fact: 0
DOM20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: (Mid)summer in Sweden
Option 3:
Read a book whose title (not subtitle) contains a word of 4 or more letters made from the letters in INDUSTRISEMESTERN.
Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
Word is MISTRESS
This word can be made from the letters in
induSTRISEMeStern
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 3
Lisa MD10.5 - Long Summer Days
Title of at least 5 words
Things I Wish I Told My Mother by Susan Patterson
320 pages
Title has 7 words
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 60/845
Total Books Read: 5/67
Tasks Completed: 5/52
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets:
DOM20.5 - 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
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
The iniitials of the author, Richard Powers can be found in Robert Plant.
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 4
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
25.7 Lisa MD's Task: I’ve Got Sand Between My Toes
Choose 2 different options and read a book for each option.
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in ASSATEAGUE ISLAND / OCMD.
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
AC=islAnd / oCmd
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 4: Read a book whose title contains a matching word of 3 or more letters (excluding “the” and “and”) from the song lyrics
Three Weeks With Lady X by Eloisa James
Matched word: WITH
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-376 p.
******
Points for this task: 0
Total points : 25-25=0
Tasks completed: 1/52-0=0/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
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: 0
ROBIN P15.6 - Wrens and Riveters
NF book with MPG Feminism, Engineering or Technology
All Stirred Up: Suffrage Cookbooks, Food, and the Battle for Women's Right to Vote - MPG Feminism
*Claiming 1 IAF point for nonfiction*
Points this post: 15
Total points:
BB:1 GO:1 IAF:1
Kathy KS30.4 - 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
******
Points for this task: 30
Total points : 30
Tasks completed: 1/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
This topic has been frozen by the moderator. No new comments can be posted.
The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
I Hate You, Fuller James (other topics)A Crown of Swords (other topics)
Towers of Midnight (other topics)
Racing to the Finish: My Story (other topics)
The Arm of the Starfish (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Kelly Anne Blount (other topics)Trung Le Nguyen (other topics)
James J. Butcher (other topics)
Neal Stephenson (other topics)
Ed Yong (other topics)
More...
10.5 Long Summer Days
Read a book with a title with at least 5 words
Would I Lie to You? by Aliya Ali-Afzal
TOTAL POINTS: 65