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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
JP5.6 Something to be proud of
Read a book with MPG Gay, Lesbian, LGBT/LGBTQ+, Queer, Bisexual or Transgender
Min: Walking Practice
MPG Queer
Points this post: 5
Total points: 815
trishhartuk10.7 1948 Olympics
Read a book that takes place 50 percent in England or Switzerland.
Murder in the Margins, Margaret Loudon
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here
100% set in England
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 555
Tasks Completed: 35
It’s a Fact Tickets: 6
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 3
30.3 - Katrisa Task: The Game is Afoot!Option 2: from Beyond Conan Doyles list
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
📖 498 pages 📖
🥳 found on p. 1 of Beyond Conan Doyles list 🥳
Option 3A: Lucy Liu's TV list
Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany
🔥 television show Elementary found on both lists 🔥
📖📖📖 498 pages + 336 pages =834 total pages 📖📖📖
Total points: 420 + 30 = 450
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 2
CHRISTINE USTask 20.3
Option 3Irish Stewed
letters K & L are consecutive
Kylie Logan
Book: Irish Stewed
Task 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.
Task 5.1 War & Peace
Book: The Lipstick Bureau
The Lipstick Bureau
WWII is listed 3rd in the genre
Task 5.10 Easy Breezy
Incomparable
Incomparable by Nikki & Brie Bella
Total to date: 45
Kathy KS25.7 Lisa MD's Task: I’ve Got Sand Between My Toes
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.
Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear
Word: TRUTH=happieR Than a seagUll wiTH...
Option 4: Read a book whose title contains a matching word of 3 or more letters (excluding “the” and “and”) from the song lyrics:
The Norths Meet Murder by Frances Lockridge
Word:MEET="where the waves MEET the sand"
I read a large print version; mmpb=190 p.
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1940
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 405
Tasks completed: 18/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 4
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
JP5.9 Summer adventures
Read a book with one of the following words in the title or subtitle: ...Cocktail...
DeVoto: The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto
Points this post: 5
Total points: 820
50.1 - Jen B 's Task: Vacation Time!Book 1: Option 1 - A Separate Peace
set in NH, USA; I live in the US
Book 2: Option 1 - Wings of the Wind
set in the Middle East (desert and Jericho); I live in the US
Book 3: The Queen's Governess
set in England; I have never been to England
Points this post: 50
Total points: 275
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 4
Amy B15.2 Anime, Past and Present
Read two books, from two different options.
Required: state the options.
B: Read a book with an MPG of Manga, Comics, Comic Books, Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, or Short Stories.
Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures by Stephen Fry (Short Stories)
C: Read a book first published in 2003.
The Known World by Edward P. Jones
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 495 Points
5.9 Summer adventuresRead a book with one of the following words in the title or subtitle: Beach, Sun/Sunshine, Cocktail, Pool, Forest, Hike/Hiking, Fire, Marshmallow, Toast/Toasted
(plurals are allowed)
Play With Fire-Dana Stabenow
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 790/845
Tasks completed: 50/52
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact Tickets total:
MEGSCL25.2 Robin P’s Task: Casablanca!
Opt 1 : Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title found in “HERESLOOKINGATYOUKID" (notes) - Beyond Sticky Notes
** non fic - iaf ticket
Opt. 2. Set in Algeria - Exile and the Kingdom (author bio states he is Algerian and several top reviews mention Algerian setting)
590 points
5 It’s a Fact
7 Big Books
MEGSCL30.2 - KmarieD task -Book Buddies and Summer Fun
Opt 3 - pub Aug 2017 The Good Daughter
**511pp - big book ticket
Opt 4 - make word (door) - Lock Every Door
620 points
5 It’s a Fact
8 Big Books
MEGSCL30.3 Katrisa Task: The Game is Afoot!
Option 1: The Hound of the Baskervilles
**pub 1901 - golden oldie ticket
Option 3C: The Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini
650 points
5 It’s a Fact
8 Big Books
1 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL25.5 Amy FL's Task: Go HEAT!
Option 1: Harvest by Jim Crace
Option 4:
(79% white)** non fic - iaf ticket
675 points
6 It’s a Fact
8 Big Books
1 Golden Oldie
Bookwrm526Task #15.5 Come Fly With Me
Read a book by an author whose initials (in order) match one of these airport codes. I read The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth by Beth Allison Barr. BAB matches the airport code for Beale Airforce Base.
Total points so far: 515
Bookwrm526Task #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. I read Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (128 pages).
Total points so far: 535
Lisa MD20.10 - Group Reads
My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
256 pages
My Review is Comment #12 in the discussion thread
Published in 1919
I claim a GO ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 550/845
Total Books Read: 41/67
Total Tasks Completed: 32/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Non Fiction Tickets: 5
JP5.1 War & Peace
Read a book with MPG World War II/WWII
The Case of Alan Turing: The Extraordinary and Tragic Story of the Legendary Codebreaker
MPG: World War II
Points this post: 5
Total points: 825
Task 25.1 - Suddenly, Last Summer.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:
GR Interview:
Kali Fajardo-Anstine Interview
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/...
Invisible Things (2022) by Mat Johnson (Hardcover 257 pages)
Opt. 3. Suddenly, Last Summer
Read a book with at least two sets of consecutive double consonants in the title/subtitle/author’s name.
esme aDDison – a speLL for trouble
A Spell for Trouble (Enchanted Bay Mystery #1) (2020) by Esme Addison (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 327 pages)
225 + 25 = 250
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 225 + 25 = 250
Books read: 18
Pages read: 4,894
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 01
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
LAUREN JODI30.2 - KmarieD task -Book Buddies and Summer Fun
Option 5 - Books 11 and 12 in the Bishop/Special Crimes series
Book 1: Blood Sins by Kay Hooper
Book 2: Blood Ties by Kay Hooper
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 400/845
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 32
Total Tasks Completed: 24/52
15.8 Happy Birthday, NHS!Read a book featuring a main character who works in a professional health or social care role (e.g. a doctor, therapist, surgeon, midwife, paramedic etc.).
Hayvan Mezarlığı (Pet Sematary) by Stephen King 8/18/23
MC, Louis Creed is a doctor.
Points Earned This Post: 15
Points Earned Previously: 205
Total Points Earned: 220
5.8 We all scream for Ice CreamRead a book with ice cream on the cover – this must be an icecream in a cone, an icepop/ice lolly/frozen popsicle or a clear scoop of icecream on a plate/in a bowl.
Summer Sundaes on the Boardwalk (The Boardwalk by the Sea, #1) by Georgina Troy 8/23/23
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Earned Previously: 220
Total Points Earned: 225
Amy B30.1 - MAZZA1's Task - WORDLED
Read 2 books with a combined page length of 600 or more pages
In ALL options the 5 letter words should stand alone
Book 1
Choose a 5 letter word with at least one vowel.
Read a book with this word in the title.
Required: State the word
The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan (288 pp) - SMALL
Book 2: Using the word you used for book 1, select an option
a) Assumption: the VOWELS are correct but NOT in the right place and that all the other letters are incorrect.
Read a book with a 5 letter word in the title that can be made by moving the vowels and adding new letters (vowels or consonants) to create a new 5 letter word. Letters may be repeated.
Fairy Tale by Stephen King (599 pp) - FAIRY
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 525 Points
Task 20.4 - (Mid)summer in SwedenOption 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in PICKLEDHERRING.
picKledHerring
Games and Rituals: Stories (2023) by Katherine Heiny (Hardcover 226 pages)
250 + 20 = 270
Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 250 + 20 = 270
Books read: 19
Pages read: 5,120
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 01
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
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20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Maria Jo's Task: Wedding Time
Option 4: Read a book with a cover that is (according to Tineye) at least 75% blue
Tineye results:
68.5 % #224556 Blue
7.3 % #59a8ca Blue
Total of 75.8% blue.
Points this task: 20
Season total: 270
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 2
Aimee GTask 10.7 - 1948 Olympics
Read a book that takes place at least 50 percent in England or Switzerland
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
100% set in England - from the book's Wikipedia page: "The fictional Cranford is based on the small Cheshire town of Knutsford in which Elizabeth Gaskell grew up."
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Points for this task: 10
Total points: 330
Mod
ROBIN P25.5 - 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.
King, Ship, and Sword - Alan Lewrie #16 - 358 p
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.
Required: state the character name you are using and that the author is new-to-you.
Gardens of Water - Alan Drew - 368 p - using first name Alan **This author is new to me***
Points this post: 25
Total points: 775
BB:3 GO:4 IAF:6
JP10.8 "I Taped It"
Read a book that was first published in or is set in the 1980's
Kramer: The Normal Heart
Published 1985
Points this post: 10
Total points: 835
JP5.3 Long Play or single?
Read a book where the authors initials (first & last) are found in “VINYL RECORD”
Ira Levin: Critic's Choice
Points this post: 5
Total points: 840
trishhartuk5.9 Summer adventures
Read a book with one of the following words in the title or subtitle: Beach, Sun/Sunshine, Cocktail, Pool, Forest, Hike/Hiking, Fire, Marshmallow, Toast/Toasted.
Evil Under the Sun, Agatha Christie
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (French): here (219pg); Top English MMPB: here (176pg)
The word is Sun
Golden Oldie: Evil Under the Sun was first published in 1941
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: 1 – Evil Under the Sun was first published in 1941
Total Points: 560
Tasks Completed: 36
It’s a Fact Tickets: 6
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 3
Sarah E15.1 A Ship of Two Halves
Option B: The Sinister Booksellers of Bath
Book 2 of a two-book series
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is The Sinister Booksellers of Bath
Option C: The Vampire's Assistant by Darren Shan
The GR bio of Darren Shan states "Darren Shan (born July 2, 1972 in London, England) is the pen name of the Irish author Darren O'Shaughnessy"
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is The Vampire's Assistant
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6.0
Total Points: 225
Sarah E15.5 Come Fly With Me
The Sands of Mars by Arthur C. Clarke
I listened to an audio, top MMP is Le sabbie di Marte
Arthur C. Clarke – ACC – Accra, Kotoka Intl, Ghana
Total Points: 240
JP5.8 We all scream for Ice Cream
Read a book with ice cream on the cover
Dooley: Flake
It's a little hard to see in the small image of the cover, but there's an ice cream cone painted at the back of the ice cream truck.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 845
ROBIN P5.8 We All Scream for Ice Cream
Ice cream on cover
A Parfait Murder
- sundae on coverPoints this post: 5
Total points: 780
BB:3 GO:4 IAF:6
Julia10320.8 - Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost Cities
What Did You Do In The War, Sister?: Catholic Sisters in the WWII Nazi Resistance
I read the Kindle edition. There is no MMP. The top paperback What Did You Do In The War, Sister? has 240 pages.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 700
BB: 7
GO: 4
NF: 5
Tasks completed: 42
Total books read: 55
MEGSCL5.3 Long Play or single?
Fed to Red Birds by Rijn Collins
680 points
6 It’s a Fact
8 Big Books
1 Golden Oldie
Julia10310.1 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie It's a Bikini
Murder in a Cornish Alehouse by Kathy Lynn Emerson
(initials KE in TEENIE BIKINI)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 710
BB: 7
GO: 4
NF: 5
Tasks completed: 43
Total books read: 56
Barbara ★15.1 - A Ship of Two Halves
B. Read a book which is part of a duology. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale
Forever Neverland - Heather Killough-Walden 8/18
(first book of the duology)
Approved for length: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
C. Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym.
Fractured Oak - Dannie Boyd 8/12
(Dannie Boyd is a pseudonym for Carrie Rubin)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 490
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★15.5 - Come Fly With Me
Read a book by an author whose initials (in order) match one of these airport codes. all letters in the IATA code must appear in the author initials
Mint Murder - Rosie A. Point 8/21
(Rapid City, SD USA RAP)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 505
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★5.4 - Let's hear it for the youth!
Read a book with MPG Young Adult or Teen or New Adult
Invisible Born - Lucia Ashta 8/23
Points this task: 5
Total points: 510
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
FLY Task #30.4 - Wayne's Task: I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
task: Option 1: Read a book first published ON or BEFORE April 26, 1933.
book: Peril at End House
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: First published February 1, 1932
task: Option 3: Read a book with a humor MPG.
book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: MPG Humor
Points this post: 30
Total points: 460
Tasks completed: 23/52
other: **Claiming a GO ticket for Peril at End House, First published 1932
Big Book tickets: 11
Golden Oldies tickets: 5 + 1 = 6
It's A Fact tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #20.7 Shorter is sweeter- Inge's Task: Enjoying Scotland
Option B) Read a book that takes place for at least 50% in Scotland. I read Plaid and Plagiarism by Molly MacRae. The setting is not in the "info" section, but it is in the description and it has Scotland as an MPG.
Total points so far: 555
15.2 Anime, Past and PresentOption B, MPG Short Stories: The Bear in the Attic by Patrick F. McManus
Option C, first published in 2003: To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn
First published July 1, 2003
Points this post: 15
Total points: 805
Julia1035.9 Summer adventures
Those Who Saw the Sun: African American Oral Histories from the Jim Crow South
(The word SUN is in the title)
This book is non-fiction, so claiming one It's A Fact ticket.
This post: 5 points, 1 NF
Total points: 715
BB: 7
GO: 4
NF: 6
Tasks completed: 44
Total books read: 57
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50.1 - Jen B 's Task: Vacation Time!
I live in the UK.
Book 1: Option 1 - Read a book set in the country where you reside.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - set in England, UK.
Book 2: Option 1 - Read a book set on a continent that is different than the one where you reside.
The Burning Land - Set in South Africa.
Book 3: Read a book set in your dream travel destination, where you have never been.
Don't Look Back - Set in Norway. I've never been to Norway, but have wanted to for years since my dad unearthed some Norwegian heritage in our family tree. I'd love to go and see the area that Haaken (my sixth(?) great-grandfather) came from and learn a bit about the history of the region.
Points this task: 50
Season total: 320
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 2
PegW20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: (Mid)summer in Sweden
Option 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in PICKLEDHERRING.
I read Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art by Carl Hoffman
**Claiming one It's a fact ticket for non-fiction
This post: 20 point
Total points: 315
BB: 1
GO: 2
It's a Fact: 12
PegW10.5 Long Summer Days
Read a book with a title with at least 5 words
I read Last to Eat, Last to Learn: My Life in Afghanistan Fighting to Educate Women
**Claiming one It's a Fact ticket for non-fiction
This post: 10 point
Total points: 325
BB: 1
GO: 2
It's a Fact: 13
Peg W20.5 - 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
I read Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett
This post: 20 point
Total points: 345
BB: 1
GO: 2
It's a Fact: 13
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5.10 – Easy Breezy
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story - claiming 1 its a fact ticket for non-fiction
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 810
Its a Fact: 8
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie: 1