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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
5.10 – Easy BreezyBook of choice: Trust by Hernan Diaz
Points this post: 5
Total points: 845
That's it! Thank you, moderators and task creators, for a fun season.
Sarah E25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Suddenly, Last Summer.
Option 1: Cloud Cuckoo Land
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is Cloud Cuckoo Land
My word is LAND
Option 3: Murder in Cottonwood Springs by Dianne Harman
I read the kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Murder in Cottonwood Springs
TT and NN in coTTonwood and diaNNe
Total Points: 715
Sarah E25.2 Robin P’s Task: Casablanca!
Option 1: Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is Maureen
My word is ANGEL, found in "HERESLOOKINGATYOUKID"
Option 2: Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
Set completely in Botswana
Total Points: 740
HanneloreTask 10.7 1948 Olympics
Read a book that takes place 50 percent in England or Switzerland.
Required: If the setting is not clear from the GR description or the metadata, provide a reference.
Book: The Sign of Four
How it fits: The book is set in England. The book description mentions "221B Baker Street" (in London) and that they "embark on a thrilling chase down London’s streets and waterways".
** Book fist published in 1890, claiming one GO ticket please. **
Points this task: 10
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 18
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 7
HanneloreTask 10.10 Summer of the Flying Saucer
Read a book with genre Science Fiction or Science Fiction Fantasy
Book: Inwijding
How it fits: Book has MPG Science Fiction.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 19
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 7
Kristen IA10.1 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
A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 280/845
Tasks Completed: 16/52
BB: 4
GO: 0
NF: 3
Sarah E25.7 Lisa MD's Task: I’ve Got Sand Between My Toes
Option 1: Author initials in ASSATEAGUE ISLAND / OCMD
Witch Is When The Floodgates Opened by Adele Abbott
I read the kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Witch Is When The Floodgates Opened
Option 3: Word in title found in “HAPPIER THAN A SEAGULL WITH A FRENCH FRY.”
Peril in Pensacola
I read the kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Peril in Pensacola
PERIL found in hapPIER seagulL
Total Points: 765
That's it for me this season. Thank you to our new mods for taking on the SRC; all your hard work is much appreciated.
Kristen IAREMOVE A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams for TASK #10.1
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
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Points This Post: -10
Total Points: 270/845
Tasks Completed: 15
BB: 4
GO: 0
NF: 3
Bookwrm526Task #50.1 - Jen B 's Task: Vacation Time!
Book 1, Option 1: Read a book set in the country where you reside. I live in the United States, and I read Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead.
Book 2, Option 1: Read a book set on a continent that is different than the one where you reside. I chose India and read The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey.
Book 3: Read a book set in your dream travel destination, where you have never been. I read Ready When You Are by Gary Lonesborough, which is set in Australia. I have never been to Australia but I've wanted to go as long as I could remember. I'm fascinated by the history and culture, and the animals, even the scary ones!
Total points so far: 675
15.3 Fun in the MudI did Option 2 which 1 book meets both
Book A: Read a book whose author has a name part that matches part of a headlining Glastonbury act
Book B: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that matches part of the name of a headlining Glastonbury act.
Autobiography of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak; Or, Black Hawk by Black Hawk
Author Name matches Black Uhuru
Word in Title matches The Black Crowes
****Claiming a Golden Oldie Ticket as published in 1833***
New Points: 15
Total Points: 450
BB: 6
GO: 2
IaF: 2
Kristen IA30.3 Katrisa Task: The Game is Afoot!
Read two books, from 2 different options. If using option 3, only one of A, B or C may be used i.e. you cannot use option 3A and 3B as your two different options.
Requred: State the options you choose.
Total Pages must be 500+
Option 2: Continuing Sherlock
Sherlock has been used as a character in MANY retellings. Read a book from one of these lists featuring Sherlock Holmes characters.
Required: State the chosen list and page number - Beyond Conan Doyles - page 1
The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer - 216 pages
Option 3: My Favorite Sherlock Shows
C: Read a book where the ALL of the author’s initials can be found in ROBERT DOWNEY JR. JUDE LAW. You can use any combination of the actors’ names.
A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams - 384 pages
384 + 216 = 600 pages > 500 pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 300/845
Tasks Completed: 16/52
BB: 4
GO: 0
NF: 3
15.6 Wrens and RivetersRead a NON-FICTION book with the main page genre Feminism, Engineering, or Technology.
I listened to an audio version of Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
***Claiming an It's a fact ticket for non-fiction****
New Points: 15
Total Points: 465
BB: 6
GO: 2
IaF: 3
That's it for me, Thanks for another great challenge!
Kristen IA20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: (Mid)summer in Sweden
Read one book, from one of the options below.
Required: State the option you used.
Option 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in PICKLEDHERRING.
Always Mine by Laura Pavlov
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 320/845
Tasks Completed: 17/52
BB: 4
GO: 0
NF: 3
Bookwrm526Task #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.). I read Murder in Murray Hill by Victoria Thompson, where the main character works as a midwife.
Total points so far: 690
Boston Kate
30.2 KmarieD task -Book Buddies and Summer Fun
Option 1:
at least two people on cover
Option 2: The Hawthorne Legacy
MPG "Young Adult" on main page
Points this post: 30
Total points: 105
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EMILYGRACER Unsure if I’m late because I’m in a different time zone so if I am just disregard this
10.5 Long Summer Days I read I hate you, Fuller James by Kelly Anne Blount
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.4 - Reading's In Our Blood.
Option 2. Read a book whose cover is at least 45% red AND whose combination of title/subtitle/author contain A, AB, B, and O.
Fear and trembling by Amélie Nothomb (132 p.) * **
* 73.5% red according to TinEye
** "Fear and Trembling" by Amélie Nothomb
THANK YOU FOR A GREAT SEASON, NEW MODS!
➸ Total Points: 280
➸ Total Pages: 9,796
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EMILYGRACER20.5 THE COMPELLING AND DELIGHTS OF TRAVEL
OPTION 2 initials found in ROBERT PLANT
The Magic Fish Trung Le Nguyen
20.2 Rookie at the Top: EmilyGraceR's: Jack of All TradesOption 3: How the Irish Saved Civilization
I was born in 1995
***Claiming IAF ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 330
BB tickets: 4
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 7
EMurphy10.5 Long Summer Days - Title with at least 5 words Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 545
Books Read: 38
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +1000: 1
IAF Ticket: 6
Tasks Completed: 27
All done! Thank you for a great challenge!
Kristen IA10.1 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
A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 300/845
Tasks Completed: 17/52
BB: 4
GO: 0
NF: 3
CathyG15.4 Reading's In Our Blood
Choose an option.
Required: state the option. Option 2
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. https://labs.tineye.com/color/
Required: Post the cover.
Book B: The four blood groups are A, AB, B, and O. Read a book which features all of these letters in any combination of the title/subtitle/author name.
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both A and B options.
78% yellowBaby, Don't Go by Susan Andersen
Points this post: 15
Total points: 590
Total Books Read: 38
Total Tasks Completed: 26
BB tickets:
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 2
RedSycamore*** Unclaiming 20.8 ***
Option 2: Book with a 3 digit page count from digits 011111244789
The Gathering Storm
Page count: 824
**Unclaiming 2 Big Book tickets
New Points: -20
Total Points: 190
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(0), IaF(0)
FLY Task #5.4 – Let's hear it for the youth!
task: Read a book with MPG Young Adult
book: The Iron King
(my version is kindle, MMPB here)
how it fits: MPG Young Adult
Points this post: 5
Total points: 565
Tasks completed: 29/52
Big Book tickets: 12
Golden Oldies tickets: 7
It's A Fact tickets: 1
RedSycamore20.2 Rookie at the Top: EmilyGraceR's: Jack of All Trades
Option 3: I'm using the year 1999
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Published October 6th, 1999
New Points: 20
Total Points: 210
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(0), IaF(0)
RedSycamore20.8 - Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost Cities
Option 2: Book with a 3 digit page count from digits 011111244789
Christian Beginnings and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Page Count: 144
New Points: 20
Total Points: 230
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(0), IaF(0)
FLY Task #5.10 – Easy Breezy
task: Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
book: Black Coffee
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits: meets SRC rules
Points this post: 5
Total points: 570
Tasks completed: 30/52
Big Book tickets: 12
Golden Oldies tickets: 7
It's A Fact tickets: 1
RedSycamore15.7 - The International Court of Justice
Book is set at least 50% in the USA
Old Bones
New Points: 15
Total Points: 245
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(0), IaF(0)
RedSycamore30.1 - MAZZA1's Task - WORDLED
Option A: VOWELS correct but in the wrong place; all other letters incorrect
Book 1: Word: LIGHT
A Memory of Light
Top mass market paperback page count: 1148
**Claiming 3 Big Book tickets
Book 2: Word: KNIFE (Used previous vowel, I, moved from 2nd to 3rd position)
Knife of Dreams
Top mass market paperback page count: 860
**Claiming 2 Big Book tickets
New Points: 30
Total Points: 275
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(0), IaF(0)
Amy B25.4 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.
No Children/Middle-Grade MPG
No Graphic Novels
Book A: Read a book that has a characters name(s) in the series title
Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson (Alex Cross #5) - 461 pp
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.
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross (Cross in Alex Cross - this author is new to me) - 422 pp
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 615 Points
RedSycamore30.2 - KmarieD task -Book Buddies and Summer Fun
Book 1: Option 1: Read a book with at least 2 people on the cover.
The Path of Daggers
Top mass market paperback for page count: 685
**Claiming 1 Big Book tickets
Book 2: Option 4: Title word, 4+ letters, from OUTDOORGAMES
Word: STORM
The Gathering Storm
Top mass market paperback for page count: 1098
**Claiming 3 Big Book tickets
New Points: 30
Total Points: 305
Tickets as of this post: BB(10), GO(0), IaF(0)
RedSycamore25.1 - Nick KY’s Task: Suddenly, Last Summer
Book 1: Option 1: Sub/title word from 2022 Banff Mountain Book Awards
Word: Heart
Winter's Heart
Top mass market paperback for page count: 780
**Claiming 2 Big Book tickets
Book 2: Option 3: Two sets of double consonants in the sub/title/author’s name
The Hellenistic Age by Peter Thonemann
**Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
New Points: 25
Total Points: 330
Tickets as of this post: BB(12), GO(0), IaF(1)
RedSycamore25.2 - Robin P’s Task: Casablanca!
Book 1: Option 1: Title word, 4+ letters, from "HERESLOOKINGATYOUKID"
Word: OTHER
The Cape and Other Stories from the Japanese Ghetto
Book 2: Option 2: Set 75%+ in an African Country
Country: EGYPT (see extended genre tags)
The Pharaoh Key
New Points: 25
Total Points: 355
Tickets as of this post: BB(12), GO(0), IaF(1)
RedSycamore25.4 Delicious Dee's Task: From Series Name to Author Name
Book A: Character name series title: 'Gideon Crew' (Book #2)
Gideon's Corpse
Book B: Gideon Defoe is a new author to me!
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists by Gideon Defoe
New Points: 25
Total Points: 380
Tickets as of this post: BB(12), GO(0), IaF(1)
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Kathy KS’ Task: Pleasure Reading in the 1940sOption 3: word of 4 or more letters in the title (subtitles excluded) found in: NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR READING TASTES
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
🔥 FORGIVE - FOR in for; GI in apologize; VE in never 🔥
Total points: 600 + 20 = 620
Big Book tickets: 6
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 3
That’s it for me. Thank you so much to all the new mods. You’ve done a terrific job this season!! See you in the Fall.
Julia10310.3 Summer Beach Read
The Shivering Sands
(on page 1 of the list, #99)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 755
BB: 7
GO: 5
NF: 6
Tasks completed: 47
Total books read: 60
15.10 - Found in Translation Book written in one of the 6 UN languages - Read Candide by Voltaire. This was originally published in French, and English is my native language.
Candide was published in 1759, so I claim 1 Golden Oldies ticket.
Points these task: 15
Total points: 275
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
It's A Fact ticket requests: 5
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 14
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.10 – Easy Breezy
Bonaventure Mystical Writings
Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket
Totals
Points: 215
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books Completed: 17
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's task: The Number 40 Option 2: From the Folklore book list - Read A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes. This book is on page 11 of the list.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 295
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
It's A Fact ticket requests: 5
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 15
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Maria Jo's Task: Wedding Time
Option 4: Why Fish Don't Exist
79.5 %#064468Blue
10.5 %#466460Grey
4.4 %#6c7d66Grey
3.2 %#2c5661Blue
2.4 %#929466Grey
Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket
Totals
Points: 235
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Completed: 18
20.7 - Shorter is sweeter- Inge's Task: Enjoying Scotland Option C: Author's initials found in WHISKY - Read Ivanhoe by Walter Scott.
Ivanhoe was first published in 1819, so I claim one Golden Oldie ticket.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 315
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 0
It's A Fact ticket requests: 5
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 16
RedSycamore15.1 - A Ship of Two Halves
Book A: Set 50%+ onboard a ship
The Lost Island
Book C: Book by an author who uses a pseudonym
Robert Jordan, Reagan O'Neal, and Jackson O'Reilly are pen names of James Oliver Rigney, Jr.
New Spring by Robert Jordan
New Points: 15
Total Points: 395
Tickets as of this post: BB(12), GO(0), IaF(1)
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Maria Jo's Task: Wedding Time Option 3: Book published between June 10, 2022 and June 10, 2023 - Read An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong. This was first published on June 21, 2022.
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us is non-fiction, so I claim one It's A Fact ticket.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 335
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 0
It's A Fact ticket requests: 6
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 17
RedSycamore15.2 Anime, Past and Present
Option A: Book that has 7 and 4 in the page count.
The Obsidian Chamber
Top mass market paperback page count: 437
Option C: Book first published in 2003.
Crossroads of Twilight published January 7th, 2003
Top mass market paperback for page count: 846
**Claiming 2 Big Book tickets
New Points: 15
Total Points: 410
Tickets as of this post: BB(14), GO(0), IaF(1)
RedSycamore10.1 - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie It's a Bikini
Author’s first and last initials in "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Bikini"
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
Top mass market paperback page count: 981
*Claiming 2 Big Book tickets
New Points: 10
Total Points: 420
Tickets as of this post: BB(16), GO(0), IaF(1)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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MPG World War II: The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
Points this post: 5
Total points: 840