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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
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PAULA S50.1 - 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.
I live in Sweden and this book is set in Sweden.
The Mass Market Paperback is read was 348 pages.
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.
I reside in Europe (Sweden) and this book is set in North America (New Jersey, USA)
I read the kindle edition, the MMPB has 407 pages. Link for reference: Class Reunions Are Murder
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!)
This book is set in New Zealand, a place I have never visited but is be a dream destination.
I read the Kindle edition, the MMPB has 256 pages. Link for reference: Vintage Murder
Vintage Murder was first published in 1937. I claim 1 GO ticket.
This task requires three books totaling at least 750 pages.
348 + 407 + 256 = 1011 > 750.
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 50/845
Total Books Read: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 1/52
GO tickets: 1
BB tickets: -
It's a Fact tickets: -
Task 5.4 – Let's hear it for the youth!Read a book with MPG Young Adult or Teen or New Adult
A Fierce and Subtle Poison (2016) by Samantha Mabry (Goodreads Author) (YA) (Hardcover 288 pages)
270 + 05 = 275
Tasks Completed: 14
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 270 + 05 = 275
Books read: 20
Pages read: 5,408
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 11
Golden Oldies: 01
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
JEN B25.4 Delicious Dee's Task: From Series Name to Author Name
Help Thread
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.
Lessons at the School by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
This book is #3 in the Maggie Adair series
304 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.
The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox
Author = MAGGIE
This author is new to me
352 pages
304 pages + 352 pages = 656 pages
TOTAL POINTS: 700
JEN B5.9 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 by Agatha Christie
Word = SUN
TOTAL POINTS: 705
Delicious Dee5.4 – Let's hear it for the youth!
Artifacts of an Ex - has Young Adult as a top genre
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 845
Its a Fact: 8
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie: 1
StaceyNC5.10 – Easy Breezy
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Book: Fantastical
Completed: 8/12/23
My Choice.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 280
Tasks Completed: 17
StaceyNC10.2 Mai Tai
Read a book with exactly 2 words, each word consisting of the same number of letters.
Book: Lady Luck
Completed 8/26/23
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 18
StaceyNC10.5 Long Summer Days
Read a book with a title with at least 5 words
Book: The Wrong Kind of Love
Completed: 6/14/23
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed 19
StaceyNC20.4 - 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.
Book: Identity
Completed: 7/12/23
Author: Nora Roberts
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 320
Tasks Completed 20
PAULA S30.2 - KmarieD task -Book Buddies and Summer Fun
This is two book task. Choose two different options from 1-4 or just option 5 (two book task).
one book must be at least 350 pages
Option 2: read a book with an MPG of Young Adult, Middle Grade, or Childrens.
Black Beauty
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 11.0
I read the Project Gutenberg ebook, MMPB for reference: Black Beauty
Black Beauty was first published in 1877, I request 1 GO ticket.
Option 4: read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be spelled out from OUTDOORGAMES
Sea of Rust
using the word RUST, oUTdooRgameS
I read the kindle edition, MMPB link for reference Un océan de rouille.
This is my book with more than 350 pages, the MMPB edition has 448 pages.
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 80/845
Total Books Read: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 2/52
GO tickets: 2
BB tickets: -
It's a Fact tickets: -
StaceyNC25.6 JennRenee's Task: New Book Discoveries
1 . Anticipated Books
Book: Soul Taken
Completed: 8/12/23
#14 on 2022 list
3. Readers Also enjoyed
Book: Fourth Wing
completed: 7/22/23
Rec from: The Serpent and the Wings of Night that I read in June
Both books were new to me.
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 345
Tasks completed: 21
25.3 Cat's Task : Books of the Summer MonthsMonth: June
Option 1
Book 1: Orbiting Jupiter IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4.0
Book 2:The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi
Previous Points: 570
This Post 25
Total Points 595
25.6 JennRenee's Task: New Book DiscoveriesOption 1 Book of Night 2022 Most Anticiptated list Page 1
Option Zeroboxer. I first read Fonda Lee in June 2023, during this challenge
Previous Points: 595
This Post 25
Total Points 620
Jasmiina F10.9 The Invention of Duck Tape:
Read a book where the letters of DUCK or DUCT or TAPE can be found in the title/subtitle:
Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch.
The word: TAPE
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
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Jasmiina F5.3 Long Play or single?:
Read a book where the authors initials (first & last) are found in “VINYL RECORD”:
The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 125
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25.7 Lisa MD's Task: I’ve Got Sand Between My ToesOption 1 Scrapper's Hope by Timothy P. Callahan
Option 3 From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava Word: With
Previous Points: 620
This Post 25
Total Points 645
Check Help SectionRead 2 books with a combined page length of 600 or more pages
Book 1
Choose a 5 letter word with at least one vowel.
Read a book with this word in the title.
The word is BRIDE
The Vanished Bride-Bella Ellis
Book 2: Using the word you used for book 1, select an option I selected Option A
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.
The word is WIVES
The Tobacco Wives-Adele Myers
Points for this task: 30
Total points:820/845
Tasks completed: 50/52
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact Tickets total:
Mary P25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Suddenly, Last Summer.
Option 1: Read a book with a title/subtitle word from the above books.
Second Hand Heart by Catherine Ryan Hyde
The word is Heart.
Option 3 :Read a book with at least two sets of consecutive double consonants in the title/subtitle/author’s name.
All the Little Live Things by Wallace Stegner
Points this task: 25
Total points: 125
EMurphy15.10 Found in Translation - Book originally written in one of the languages, EXCLUDING your native language Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
*Written in Spanish; my native language is English
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 480
Books Read: 31
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +1000: 1
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 21
PAULA S25.5 Amy FL's Task: Go HEAT!
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be made from any combination of JB and CM
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
Author initials MJ
I read the kindle edition, PB link for reference (no MMPB): The Space between Worlds
Option 2: Read a book where MIAMI HEAT is found in any combination of title, subtitle and/or author’s name.
One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross by Harry Kemelman
two M’s in kemelman
two I’s in rabbi, fine
two A’s in rabbi, day
H & T in bought
E in fine
I read the Kindle edition, PB link for reference (no MMPB): One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 105/845
Total Books Read: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 3/52
GO tickets: 2
BB tickets: -
It's a Fact tickets: -
PAULA S25.7 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.
by Agatha Christieauthor initials AC using A from islAnd and C from oCmd
Option 3: Read a book whose title contains a word of 4 or more letters made from the phrase “HAPPIER THAN A SEAGULL WITH A FRENCH FRY.”
Using the word GIRL, G in seaGull, I in wIth, R in happieR, L in seagulL
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 130/845
Total Books Read: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 4/52
GO tickets: 2
BB tickets: -
It's a Fact tickets: -
PAULA S20.1 Most Improved - Kathy KS’ Task: Pleasure Reading in the 1940s
Option 3: Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title (subtitles excluded) found in: NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR READING TASTES.
Using the word FAILURE
F in For, A in tAstes, I in readIng, L in apoLogize, U in yoUr, R in youR, E in nEver
I read the Kindle edition, PB link for reference: Failure to Communicate
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 150/845
Total Books Read: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 5/52
GO tickets: 2
BB tickets: -
It's a Fact tickets: -
PAULA S20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's task: The Number 40
Option 1. Read a book that has at least 2 of the following numbers in it's page count: 0, 1, 2, 4, 5.
I read the kindle edition. MMPB link for reference: Nursing Home Murder
The MMPB has 240 pages, all three digits in the page number is on the list.
The Nursing Home Murders was first published in 1935. I claim 1 GO ticket.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 170/845
Total Books Read: 11
Total Tasks Completed: 6/52
GO tickets: 3
BB tickets: -
It's a Fact tickets: -
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska30.2 - KmarieD task -Book Buddies and Summer Fun.
Option 5. Read any 2 consecutive books from a series.
Book 1. Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas (704 p.) *
Book 2. Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas (675 p.) ** ***
* I would like to claim a BB ticket, please.
** I would like to claim a BB ticket, please.
*** These books are #5 and 6, respectively, in the Throne of Glass series.
➸ Total Points: 265
➸ Total Pages: 9,664
Sarah E20.2 Rookie at the Top: EmilyGraceR's: Jack of All Trades
Option 1: The Hollow Boy
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is The Hollow Boy - 436 pages
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15.0
I previously read The Whispering Skull by the same author
Total Points: 330
Sarah E20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's task: The Number 40
Option 1: 0 and 2 in the pagecount
The Reluctant Carer: Dispatches from the Edge of Life
I read a kindle edition, the only print edition is the hardcover, The Reluctant Carer: Dispatches from the Edge of Life - 320 pages
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 350
Total IAF: 5
Sarah E20.5 - Bigger is Better - Tammy AZ Task: The Compelling and Delights of Travel
Option 2: Author initials in ROBERT PLANT
The Moon Sister by Lucinda Riley
I read an ebook, top MMP is La Sœur de la Lune - 864 pages
Big Book, 864 pages. Claiming 2 BB tickets.
Total Points: 370
Total BBs: 3
JEN B50.1 - Jen B 's Task: Vacation Time!
Book 1: Economy
Option 1: Read a book set in the country where you reside.
Once Upon a Wine by Beth Kendrick (300 pages)
This book is set in Delaware, USA. I live in the United States.
Book 2: Business Class
Option 1: Read a book set on a continent that is different than the one where you reside.
Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge (304 pages)
This book is set in Paris, France, Europe. I live in the US, North America
Book 3: First Class
Read a book set in your dream travel destination, where you have never been.
The Hideaway by Sheila O'Flanagan (432 pages)
This book is set in Spain. I have never been to Spain, but I want to visit to experience the country's beauty, culture, and delicious food.
300 + 304 + 432 = 1036 pages > 750 pages
TOTAL POINTS: 755
Sarah E20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Maria Jo's Task: Wedding Time
Option 4: Blue cover
Tineye says this is 100% blue
I read an ebook, top MMP is Le Vieil Homme et la mer
Total Points: 390
Lisa MD25.7 - Lisa MD's Task: I’ve Got Sand Between My Toes
Option 3: Title word made from letters in “HAPPIER THAN A SEAGULL WITH A FRENCH FRY.”
After That Night by Karin Slaughter
432 pages
Title Word: "After" in happier than a seagull wiTh A FREnch fry
Option 4: Title word found in song, “It’s a Maryland Thing, You Wouldn’t Understand.”
The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand
384 pages
Title Word: "Weekend" found in lyric: "When the works all done and the weekend comes"
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 610/845
Total Books Read: 46/67
Total Tasks Completed: 35/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Non Fiction Tickets: 5
50.1 - Jen B's task: Vacation Time!Book 1 - Option 1: Read a book set in the country where you reside.
Summer at Mustang Ridge by Jesse Hayworth
🔥 set in Wyoming; I live in the US - reference to setting can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...🔥
📖 384 pages 📖
Book 2 - Option 1: Read a book set on a continent that is different than the one where you reside.
Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
🏖 set in Tokyo (Asian continent); I live in the US (North American continent) 🏖
📖 192 pages 📖
Book 3: Read a book set in your dream travel destination, where you have never been
How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior
🔥 set in Antarctica; I've never been to Antarctica, but I'd love to go see the penguins!! 🔥
📖 355 pages 📖
📖📖 384 pages + 192 pages + 355 pages = 931 total pages 📖📖
Total points: 450 + 50 = 500
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 2
20.4 (Mid) Summer in SwedenOption 2 - Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
The letters DR are in PICKLEDHERRING
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 225
20.5 The Compelling and Delights of TravelOption 2: A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
The letters LP are in ROBERTPLANT
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 245
Kristen IA25.6 JennRenee's Task: New Book Discoveries
This task is all about the discovery. Both book must be a new to you book. Choose 2 different options and read a book from each option.
Required: state both books are new to you.
1 . Anticipated Books
Goodreads has many anticipated books lists by year. This is one my favorite ways to find new releases.
For this task read a book on either one of these lists.
2022 Anticipated Books - page 11, #1050
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
This is a new book to me
3. Readers Also enjoyed
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.
Required: state book and when you read the first book. - The Sentence by Louise Erdrich - read 6/24/2023
READERS ALSO ENJOYED:
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
This is a new book to me
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 240/845
Tasks Completed: 14/52
BB: 4
GO: 0
NF: 2
Kristen IA30.4 - Wayne's Task: I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Read two books, from two different options.
Required: State your options
Option 3: Read a book with a humor MPG.
Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America by R. Eric Thomas
*****I claim 1 "It's a Fact" ticket*****
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
Option 4: Read a book from the list of Domestic Service
Gallant by V.E. Schwab
Required: State the page - page 3
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 270/845
Tasks Completed: 15/52
BB: 4
GO: 0
NF: 3
ROBIN P5.1 War and Peace
Option 2 - Peace in title - Being Peace
**Claiming 1 IAF point for nonfiction
Points this post: 5
Total points: 805
BB:3 GO:4 IAF:8
ROBIN P5.9 Summer Adventures
Word from list in title, I used the word FOREST
The Word for World Is Forest
Points this post: 5
Total points: 810
BB:3 GO:4 IAF:8
25.5 Amy FL's Task: Go HEAT!Option 1 Dead Man's Hand by James J. Butcher
Option 2 Racing to the Finish: My Story
Previous Points: 650
This Post 25
Total Points 675
25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Suddenly, Last Summer.Option 1:
Read a book with a title/subtitle word from one of the 2022 winners of the Banff Mountain Book Awards.
The Heart Principle - HEART
Option 3:
Read a book with at least two sets of consecutive double consonants in the title/subtitle/author’s name.
Love Is for Losers by Wibke Brueggemann (GG NN in author's name).
Total Points: 300
FLY Task #25.7 Lisa MD's Task: I’ve Got Sand Between My Toes
task: 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.”
book: Three Act Tragedy
how it fits: THREE in happiER THan a sEagull
task: Option 4: Read a book whose title contains a matching word from the song lyrics.
book: My Summer Darlings
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, paperback here)
how it fits: word = SUMMER
other:
**claiming a GO ticket for Three Act Tragedy First published June 1, 1934
Points this post: 25
Total points: 485
Tasks completed: 24/52
Big Book tickets: 11
Golden Oldies tickets: 6 + 1 = 7
It's A Fact tickets: 1
MEGSCL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: (Mid)summer in Sweden
Option 2 - Room by Emma Donoghue
705 points
6 It’s a Fact
8 Big Books
1 Golden Oldie
MEGSCL25.4 Delicious Dee's Task: From Series Name to Author Name
Book 1 - Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries (Bridget Jones #4)
Book 2 - The Binding by Bridget Collins (new to me author)
730 points
6 It’s a Fact
8 Big Books
1 Golden Oldie
trishhartuk5.1 War & Peace
Read a book with MPG World War II/WWII
When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II, Molly Guptill Manning (267pg)
World War II is the fourth MPG
It’s a Fact: MPGs include History, Nonfiction, World War II and Historical.
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1 – When Books Went to War is Nonfiction
Total Points: 575
Tasks Completed: 38
It’s a Fact Tickets: 7
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 3
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.1:Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Bikini: A Crafty Crime by Eryn Scott. Author initials ES are in itSu bitsy tEenie weenie bikini.
Totals: 10
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Summary Totals: 215
Books: 14
Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
It's a fact: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.5: Long summer days: Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar... Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes by Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein has 8 words in the title.
Claim It's a Fact for non fiction book.
Totals: 10
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
It's a fact: 1
Summary Totals: 225
Books: 15
Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
It's a fact: 2
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.7: 1948 Olympics: Above Suspicion by Lynda LaPlante is set 80% + in London, documented in the GR Anna Travis Series page. Anna Travis is a Detecitve Inspector in London. This is the first book in the series.
Totals: 10
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Summary Totals: 235
Books: 16
Tasks: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
It's a fact: 2
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.7: International court of justice: Parthiban's Dream by Kalki, translated by Nirupama Raghavan, is set entirely in India, documented in the GR book meta data.
Claim Golden Oldies point: published in 1941
Totals: 15
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Summary Totals: 250
Books: 17
Tasks: 13
Golden Oldies: 1
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
It's a fact: 2
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Task 50.1: Vacation Time: Option 1A: The Cartographers by Pen Shepherd plays 90% in New York City, the remainder in New England area. I reside in the USA, Seattle area. Pages: 392.
Option 2A: Progeny by Lea O'Hara is set entirely in Japan, Asia. Pages: 230. I reside in the USA, Seattle area.
Option 3: A Death in Denmark by Amulya Malladi is set in Denmark, mostly in the beautiful city of Copenhagen. I have never visited there, and always wanted to go there, for it's many attractions and the also the visit its renowned University. Pages: 336.
Total Pages: 392 + 230 + 336 = 958 > 750 required.
Totals: 50
Books: 3
Tasks: 1
Summary Totals: 205
Books: 13
Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
It's a fact: 1