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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
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Aimee GTask 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.
Patience by Victoria Scott
TAPE in Patience
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Points this task: 10
Total points: 35
30.4 - Wayne's Task: I'm So Glad We Had This Time TogetherOption 1: Carol Burnett was born on April 26, 1933. Read a book that was first published ON or BEFORE that date.
The Extraordinary Adventures Of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar (Arsène Lupin #1) by Maurice Leblanc
Pub. 1907
Option 3: Read a book with a humor MPG.
Undead and Unappreciated (Undead #3)
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 180
Joanne MITask 20.4 (Mid)summer in Sweden
Option 2: Author whose first and last initials can be found in PICKLEDHERRING.
Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden
Claiming one BB with 528 pages
Points this task 20
Total Points 70
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 1
IAF 1
EMILYGRACER15.7 The international court of justice
**I am claiming one its a fact ticket for this book**
I read Last Shot by Jock Zonfrillo
Points for this task: 15
Points total: 80
Task Completed: 5/55
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: 6
5.4 – Let's hear it for the youth!Read a book with MPG Young Adult or Teen or New Adult
Clarity Book Three
New Points: 5
Total Points: 55
BB: 2
JEN B10.10 Summer of the Flying Saucer
Read a book with genre Science Fiction or Science Fiction Fantasy
Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale
MPG Science Fiction
TOTAL POINTS: 125
Susan A5.4 – Let's hear it for the youth!
Read a book with MPG Young Adult or Teen or New Adult
Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey
tagged graphic novel, ebook edition with over 200 pgs and with ISBN HERE
How it fits:
MPG Young Adult
Current points: 160
Points this task: 5
New total points: 160 + 5 = 165
Susan A15.2 Anime, Past and Present
Option B:
Read a book with an MPG of Manga, Comics, Comic Books, Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, or Short Stories.
Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones
ebook edition with over 200 pgs and with ISBN HERE
How it fits:
MPG Graphic Novels
Option C:
Read a book first published in 2003.
The Vanished Man
I listened to audiobook, MMPB HERE
How it fits: First published March 11th 2003
Current points: 165
Points this task: 15
New total points: 165 + 15 = 180
15.1 A Ship of Two HalvesI chose options B and C
B: Read a book which is part of a duology (only two books in a numbered series).
Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
C: Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym. The book may be written under any of the pseudonyms (or the real name) used by the author.
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Claiming Murder at the Vicarage for a Golden Oldie ticket as it was published October 1, 1930
Points for this task: 15
Total points:125/845
Tasks completed: 8/52
Big Book tickets total:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact Tickets total:
20.10 - Group ReadsCall Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman ***NF - claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket***
🥳 my comments are in message 10 of the discussion thread 🥳
Total points: 15 + 20 = 35
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0 + 1 = 1
INSIYAH25.7 Lisa MD's Task: I’ve Got Sand Between My Toes
Option 1: Author initials in ASSATEAGUE ISLAND / OCMD
Book: The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (ebook)
MMPB has 704 pages.
How it fits: S in ISLAND, C in OCMD
Option 4: Match lyric to word of song
Book: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Paperback)
How it fits: 'Never' on first line of song
Claiming one Big Book Ticket for The City of Brass - 704 pages.
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 25/845
Tasks completed: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact Tickets total: 0
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Maria Jo's Task: Wedding TimeOption 4: cover is at least 75% blue
🥳 96.6% blue according to Tineye 🥳
Total points: 35 + 20 = 55
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 1
INSIYAH30.2 - KmarieD task -Book Buddies and Summer Fun
Option 5 (two book task) - 2 consecutive books from a series
Book 1: The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty (ebook)
Top PB (no MMPB) has 640 pages.
Book 2: The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty (ebook)
Top PB (no MMPB) has 782 pages.
How it fits: #2 and #3 in the Daevabad Trilogy, both books over 350 pages.
Claiming 3 Big Book Tickets - 1 for The Kingdom of Copper (640 pages) and 2 for The Empire of Gold (782 pages).
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 55/845
Tasks completed: 2
Big Book tickets total: 4 (2x500+, 1x750+)
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact Tickets total: 0
INSIYAH 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes- Lauren Jodi's task: Lost Cities
Book: The Bastard of IstanbulElif Shafak (ebook)
Top MMPB has 378 pages.
How it fits: Set in Istanbul, Turkey
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 75/845
Tasks completed: 3
Big Book tickets total: 4 (2x500+, 1x750+)
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact Tickets total: 0
JEN B20.4 - 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.
Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember by Lauren Graham
LG in pickLedherrinG
TOTAL POINTS: 145
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: (Mid)summer in Sweden.
Option 2. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in PICKLEDHERRING.
An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon (1,155 p.) *
* I would like to claim 3 BB tickets, please.
➸ Total Points: 40
➸ Total Pages: 1,683
Fantasia5.3: Read a book where the authors initials (first & last) are found in “VINYL RECORD”
BOOK READ: Knot Running From Fate by Ember Davis
Author's name is Ember Davis--initials from rEcorD.
books read: 8
tasks done: 7
points this post: 5
total points: 70
| GO: 1 | BB: 0 | IAF: 0 |
Readerboard Name MaryPDXSummer 2023 SRC
10.10 Summer of the Flying Saucer
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
ROBIN P30.2 KMarie D's Task: Book Buddies and Summer Fun
2 books, 1 350+p
Option 1 - at least 2 people on cover
Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote - 360 p
*claiming 1 IAF pt for nonfiction
Option 3 - Published Jun, Jul, Aug from 2015 on
Vita Brevis - pub July 12, 2017 - 384 p
Both books happen to be over 350 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 115
BB: 1 GO:1 IAF:2
Delicious Dee10.2 Mai Tai
Between, Georgia - both have 7 letters
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 145
Its a Fact: 1
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2023 SRC
5.5 Pack your trunk!
Read a book with an elephant on the cover
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 60
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Katrisa5.3 Long Play or single?
Read a book where the authors initials (first & last) are found in “VINYL RECORD”
I read Shutter by Ramona Emerson
RE in REcord
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 125
Katrisa5.5 Pack your trunk!
Read a book with an elephant on the cover
I read
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 130
Katrisa10.4 Summer Songs of the 40's
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle of at least 4 letters from one of these summer hits
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
YOU'LL from 1943: You’ll Never Know
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 140
10.10 Summer of the Flying SaucerMPG Science Fiction: A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
Points this post: 10
Total points: 130
Andy P.Task # 5.4 – Let's hear it for the youth!
Read a book with MPG Young Adult
book:Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Points this post:5
Total points: 75
Katrisa5.7 I do
Read a book with one of the following words intact in the title (not the subtitle):
BRIDE, GROOM, WED, WEDDING, WEDDED, MARRIAGE, MARRY, MARRIED, HUSBAND, WIFE
I read The Younger Wife
Word=WIFE
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 145
Andy P.Task # 20.3 - 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.
The River by Peter Heller
253 p
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Delicious Dee10.10 Summer of the Flying Saucer
Camp Zero - science fiction is the top genre
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 155
Its a Fact: 1
Nick KY30.2 KMarie’s Book Buddies
Opt. 3. I read Bad Things Happen Here by Rebecca Barrow, 1st pub’d June 2022, 352 pp (fulfills requirement of one book over 350 pp.)
Opt. 4. I read There Are Doors by Gene Wolfe. The Letters of the title word DOORS are in the target phrase “outDOOR gameS.”
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 120
ROBIN P25.2 Robin P's Task: Casablanca
Option 1 - 4+ltr word in title found in sentence
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill - HILL found in weLLalwaysHaveparIs
read ebook, linked paperback
Option 3 - Book from antihero list
The Bear and the Nightingale - on p 5 of list
Points this post: 25
Total points: 140
BB:1 GO:1 IAF:2
EMILYGRACER5.4 Lets hear it for the youth
I read The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
I have checked with the AR book thing, the book is UG, AR 9 so passes as a credible book for the challenge
Points for this task: 5
Points total: 85
Task Completed: 6/55
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 5
20.1 Most Improved - Kathy KS’ Task: Pleasure Reading in the 1940sOption 3: First Law of Reading
Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title (subtitles excluded) found in: NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR READING TASTES. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
I read Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War I can spell the word "garden" from the phrase:
NEveR apoloGize for your reADing taste
points: 20
books read: 1
tasks completed: 1
pages read: 357
Susan A10.1 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
Close to the Bone by Kendra Elliot
approved for length HERE (and found at line 771 of spreadsheet)
How it fits:
Itsy Bitsy TeEnie Weenie BiKini
Current Points: 180
Points this task: 10
Total points: 180 + 10 = 190
Susan A25.7 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.
See Her Die by Melinda Leigh
I listened to the audiobook, no MMPB, paperback HERE
How it fits:
Author initials M and L found in ASSATEAGUE ISLAND / OCMD
Option 4 - Read a book whose title contains a matching word of 3 or more letters (excluding “the” and “and”) from the song lyrics:
Where Death Meets the Devil by L.J. Hayward
I listened to audiobook, no MMPB, paperback HERE
How it fits:
WHERE - found in the book title and the song lyrics
Current Points: 190
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 190 + 25 = 215
DOM20.3 - 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. The two digits you use must be different
The Little Cafe in Copenhagen by Julie Caplin
Paperback version has 416 pages
2 of the numbers, 4 and 6 appear in the page count.
Book has over 250 pages
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 7
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's task: The Number 40I chose Option #1
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).
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
Points for this task: 20
Total points:145/845
Tasks completed: 9/52
Big Book tickets total:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact Tickets total:
Bookwrm526Task #5.2 Becoming independent
Read a book set at least 75% in India, Pakistan or Israel. I read Three by D.A. Mishani (GR descriptions mentions it is set in Tel Aviv).
Total points so far: 35
Bookwrm526Task #5.9 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 (The word needs to be standalone eg not sunrise or pooling. Plurals are allowed.) I chose the word SUN and read New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color edited by Nisi Shawl.
Total points so far: 40
Fantasia5.10: Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules. For this task, a book with the MPG Childrens, Kids, Middle Grade or Juvenile that is NOT found in ARBF may be used.
BOOK READ: Miss Bianca by Margery Sharp
Book of my choice, not found on ARBF, 152 pages.
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15.10: The UN works in six official languages – English, Chinese, French, Russian, Arabic and Spanish. Read a book which was originally written in one of these six languages, excluding your native language(s). Required: State the language the book was originally published in and your native language(s).
BOOK READ: The Stranger by Albert Camus
Book originally published in French. My native language is English.
**Claiming Golden Oldies ticket! Book was originally published in 1942.**
books read: 10
tasks done: 9
points this post: 20
total points: 90
| GO: 2 | BB: 0 | IAF: 0 |
MEGSCL5.9 Summer adventures
The Sun Sister
**848pp - 2 bb tickets
TOTAL
45 points
1 It’s a Fact
2 Big Books
MEGSCL10.9 The Invention of Duck Tape
(tape) The Keeper of Lost Causes
TOTAL
65 points
1 It’s a Fact
2 Big Books
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Correction: I accidentally posted this as 20.4 not 20.3. My first post in so long and under new administration and I'm still making mistakes. Sorry!CelesteR
20.3 - 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. The two digits you use must be different (i.e. you cannot use 300, with 0 appearing twice).
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
This edition of The Secret Adversary is 324 pages long.
*I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for The Secret Adversary which was published in 1922.*
Points per Post: 20
GO: 1
Total Pts: 20
CelesteR20.8 - 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. The numbers 1 and 4 can be repeated.
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
This edition of And Then There Were None is 264 pages long.
*I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for And Then There Were None which was published in 1939.*
Points per Post: 20
GO: 1
Total Pts: 40
Total GOs: 2
(This post had errors and I did not receive points.)
Lisa MD20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Maria Jo's Task: Wedding Time
Option 3: Published between June 10, 2022 and June 10, 2023
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
464 pages
First published October 4, 2022
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80/845
Total Books Read: 6/67
Tasks Completed: 6/52
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets:
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20.1 Pleasure reading in the 40s
**I am claiming one its a fact ticket from this task*
Option 3
I readTaste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci using the word TASTE from the word TASTES from the phrase in option three
Points for this task: 20
Points total: 65
Task Completed: 4/55
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: 5