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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
JENNY H10.7 - O Canada
Read a book set in Canada
Scott Pilgrim, Volume 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life, set in Toronto, Canada
Points this post: 10
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 350
JENNY H10.10 - Olympics: Breaking
Read a book where the authors first name begins with B.
Here's my B-boy: Brian K. Vaughan. I read Saga, Volume 2
Points this post: 10
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 360
JENNY H25.1 - Amy FL’s task: Farewell to a Legend
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in either Spain or France.
De yttre boulevarderna, originally written in French, set in Paris and in a semi-fictional village outside Paris.
Option 3: Read a book with a title word of four or more letters that can be made from THE KING OF CLAY.
Half a Soul (HALF is the title word)
Points this post: 25
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 385
Beth_NC (Updated)5.9 Hot Summer Months
Book published in June, July or August
Weaver's Web by Yasmine Galenorn
Published 7/12/22 I live in Northern Hemisphere
Task Points: 5
Task Books: 1
Task Pages: 221
Total Points: 310
Total Tasks: 25
Total Books: 20
Total Pages: 8904
Big Books: 1
Richard25.3 JennRenee's Task - Summer English Lesson
Book 1: Read a book with a noun of 4 or more letters in the title.
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You by Jenara Nerenberg
How it Fits: Mind
Book 2: Read a book with a plural noun of that same noun in the title.
Fast Minds: How to Thrive If You Have ADHD by Craig Surman
How it Fits: Minds
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 385
Tasks Completed: 20
Rockynook15.6 - Don't Move
Book with MPG Dystopia
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 350
JEN B15.7 Jailbreak
Read a book where the main character is jailed or arrested, or is an ex-prisoner.
The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing by Lara Love Hardin
This is a memoir of her arrest, jail time, and post-prison recovery.
**Claiming One It's A Fact Ticket**
TOTAL POINTS: 260
5.2 Hop Hop Jump"Home" in the title: Home Made: A Story of Grief, Groceries, Showing Up--and What We Make When We Make Dinner by Liz Hauck
Points this post: 5
Total points: 485
5.3 TAG You're It!Three-word title: The Fiction Writer by Jillian Cantor
Points this post: 5
Total points: 490
5.5 The Great Cornholio#2 in a series: The Summer Kitchen by Lisa Wingate (Blue Sky Hill #2)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 495
Janice CA20.6- Summertime Dreaming
Option #1
I read a nonfiction book with clouds on the cover.
All Fired Up: Tales of a Country Fireman by Malcolm Castle
+20
total: 50
tasks: 4
books: 4
GO: 1
Task 30.3 - Feeding the ChildrenOption 1: Read a book that has a word of at least 4 letters that can be found in SALVATION ARMY.
LOST = SaLvaTiOn army
The Lost Sisterhood (2014) by Anne Fortier (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 585 pages)
** The Lost Sisterhood is a Big Book, pagecount: 585 pages **
Option 3: Read a book with 200 - 250 pages (inclusive - so 200 & 250 count, 199 & 251 do not)
Pagecount: 246
The Story of Land and Sea (2014) by Katy Simpson Smith (Hardcover 246 pages)
125 + 30 = 155
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 125 + 30 = 155
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3,392
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 04
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Lindsey IL5.7 - We All Scream
Confidence: The Secret by Katie Piper
Katie Piper was born in 1983
***It's A Fact ticket, please***
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 180
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 3
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 11
Lindsey IL15.8 - Summer Sweets
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park and Maryanne Vollers
This book has 2 authors.
***It's A Fact ticket, please***
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 195
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 4
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 12
Deborah5.3 TAG You're It!
Read a book with a 3 word only title
Wall St. Jerk: a grumpy boss romantic comedy
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 275
Books Read: 22
Tasks Done: 16
Richard25.1 Amy FL’s task: Farewell to a Legend
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first & last initials appear in RAFAEL NADAL.
The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society by Azeem Azhar
Option 3: Read a book with a title word of four or more letters that can be made from THE KING OF CLAY.
Legacy: What the All Blacks Can Teach Us About the Business of Life by James Kerr
How it Fits: Legacy = thE kinG of CLAY
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 435
Tasks Completed: 21
Kathy KS20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Summer 2024 season.
Fiction: Victorian - A Curious Beginning
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
My discussion is found at Message 14
I listened to an audiobook; pb-339 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 225
Tasks completed: 12/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
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: 2
Delicious Dee25.1 - Amy FL’s task: Farewell to a Legend
Option 1 - The Girl with the Louding Voice - Abi Daré - AD found in RAFAEL NADAL
Option 3 - Gone Tonight - GONE can be spelled from THE KING OF CLAY
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 540
Its a Fact: 5
Big Book Ticket: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Joanne MI 15.9 Summer Blockbusters
Chose "better than the movie" page 6, #593
The Call of the Wild
London, Jack
AR Quiz No. 107 EN Fiction
IL: MG - BL: 8.0 - AR Pts: 7.0
AR Quiz Types: RP, RV, LS, VP
Points this task 15
Total Points 130
3 IAF
15.3 Let The Games BeginOption 2 - one book option
Read a book whose cover is at least 75% Black
82.8 %#0d1d1cBlack
7.8 %#e74d43Red
3.6 %#39282cBrown
2.4 %#72352fBrown
1.9 %#c24940Red
0.8 %#765d2aBrown
0.4 %#584724Brown
0.3 %#d9cf90Green
by Jason RekulakRead a book at least 50% set in one of these countries. I used USA, this book takes place in New Jersey
"Fresh out of rehab, 23-year-old Mallory Quinn finds the perfect new job: Working as a babysitter in the idyllic suburb of Spring Brook, New Jersey." taken from
http://www.jasonrekulak.com/#:~:text=....
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 375
Total Tasks Completed: 19
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 2
50.1 -Ashlea's Task-Summer StormsBook 1
Option 1- Read a book with the word SUNSHINE, SUNRISE, or SUN in the title.
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
Book 2
Option 2
Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in GREY S ON N A THANIEL
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Book 3
Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in J UNIPER HENSLEY GRA C E
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 425
Total Tasks Completed: 20
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 2
MAZZA110.10 - Olympics: Breaking
Read a book where the authors first name begins with B
Small Hours Bobby Palmer
points this post = 10
Points to date = 845
ROBIN P5.1 Dodge the Ball
Title doesn't contain H, I, T
Clear - listened to audiobook, linked pb
Points this post: 5
Total points: 420
BB:1 GO:4 IAF:5
ROBIN P5.3 Tag, You're It
3-word title
Better Not Pout - listened to audiobook, linked pb
Points this post: 5
Total points: 425
BB:1 GO:4 IAF:5
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25.1 - Amy FL’s task: Farewell to a Legend
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials appear in RAFAEL NADAL. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Hurricane Season. Lauren K. Denton
Option 3: Read a book with a title word of four or more letters that can be made from THE KING OF CLAY. Required: State the Word
(Light)
Woman of Light. Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Points: 25
Total points: 760
Books read: 57
Tasks completed: 48
IAF points: 13
BB points: 1
Bookwrm526Task #50.1 - Summer Storms
Book 1, Option 2- Read a book where an authors first and last initial can be found in FINNLAN JAMES. I read Arrow's Flight by Mercedes Lackey (318p).
Book 2, Option 2 - Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in GREYSON NATHANIEL or HENRY OLIVER. I chose the name GREYSON NATHANIEL and read The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani (228p).
Book 3, Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE. I read Southern Fried by Cathy Pickens (288p).
318+228+288 = 834p
Total points so far: 590
10.6 - PrideMPG LGBT: The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
Points this post: 10
Total points: 505
Lindsey IL25.3 - JennRenee's Task - Summer English Lesson
The Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert Frost
Prose and Cons by Amanda Flower
Option C, antonyms
The POETRY of Robert Frost
PROSE and Cons
***1 Big Book ticket, please*** (607 pg.)
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 220
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 4
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 14
Jen K5.7 We All Scream
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
In bio "(born December 2, 1981)"
***Requesting 1 IAF for non fiction***
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Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 255
BB: 1
IAF: 3
Jen K5.8 Sand Made Castles
Uprooted
(background/ frame for smaller pictures is a castle with towers)
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Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 260
BB: 1
IAF: 3
Jen K20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Option 2.
by Emma Törzs - 416 pagesET in badgEr's drifT
416 > 140
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 280
BB: 1
IAF: 3
Jen K20.9-Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-Nephews
Option 1. Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 300
BB: 1
IAF: 3
Kai25.4 Truitt_T’s Task: It’s a Riot!
OPTION 1
Read a book that is MPG LGBT and/or Queer AND one of the following: Biography, Fantasy, Graphic Novel(s), Historical/Historical Fiction, History, Humor, Memoir, Mystery/Cozy, Mystery/Mystery Thriller, Nonfiction, Science Fiction
Punks: New & Selected Poems by John Keene
LGBT & Nonfiction
222 pages
**Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket**
OPTION 2
Read a book for which the author’s initials may be found in STONEWALL RIOTS.
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
stonewalL riotS
468 pages
Total Pages: 690
New Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 20/52
Total Points: 320
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 3
IT'S A FACT: 5
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.8 NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June Celebrations
Option 1: Instructions for a Heatwave
Author:Maggie O'Farrell
Totals
Points: 150
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Completed: 16
Deborah5.7 We All Scream
Boy of Chaotic Making by Charlie N. Holmberg
Born April 4, 1988
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie...
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 280
Books Read: 23
Tasks Done: 17
Task 10.4 - Summer SongsSUN in title matches "Here Comes the Sun"
Seasons in the Sun: Britain, 1974-1979
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800 points
JEN B30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of Books
Option 1. Read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS.
A Keeper by Graham Norton (326 pages)
SUMMERMEANSREADI NG LOTSOFBOOKS
Option 2. Read a book from the first 25 pages of the “Comedy” list
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (383 pages)
This book is on Page 5 of the list
326 pages + 385 pages = 711 pages > 500 pages
TOTAL POINTS: 290
trishhartuk10.8 Olympics: Equestrian
Read a book with a horse on the cover.
Premeditated Peppermint, Amanda Flower
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (332pg)
There are two horses hitched to buggies outside the barn in the middle of the cover
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 260
Tasks Completed: 19
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
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20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) can be found in BADGER’S DRIFT.
The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius by Gail Saltz
This book is Non-Fiction. One It's A Fact ticket please!
Points this task: 20
Season total: 170
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 4
MAZZA15.1 Dodge the Ball
Read a book whose title does not contain the letters HIT.
Bad Men
points this post = 5
Points to date = 850
Hopefully that is me done thanks for another good season
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25.6 - Delicious Dee's Task - Chronicles of St Mary’s and the Time Police
2. The Cast of Characters
Read a book, where the author shares a first or last name with one of the characters on the fan page (Jenny Fields)
The Christmas Surprise. Jenny Colgan (432 pages)
3. The Titles.
Read a book that shares a word of AT LEAST four letters with one of the books in the series. (A Trail Through Time)
City of Time and Magic. Paula Brackston (309 pages)
Points: 25
Total points: 785
Books read: 59
Tasks completed: 49
IAF points: 13
BB points: 1
Delicious Dee20.6- It's A Fact- KathyP's Task-Summertime Dreaming
Option 3 - The War of Words: How America's GI Journalists Battled Censorship and Propaganda to Help Win World War II - Molly Guptill Manning - MGM all found in SWIMMING POOL; claiming 1 its a fact ticket for non-fiction
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 560
Its a Fact: 6
Big Book Ticket: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Delicious DeeUNCLAIM!!
5.5 The Great Cornholio
Murder in Rose Hill - #27 in the gaslight mystery series
Points this Post: -5
Total Points: 555 (-5 from previous post)
Its a Fact: 6
Big Book Ticket: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Delicious Dee5.5 The Great Cornholio
Deadline - #2 in the Newsflesh series;claiming 1 big book ticket for 500+ pgs, book is 584
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 560
Its a Fact: 6
Big Book Ticket: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Delicious Dee20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Option 1 - Murder in Rose Hill - Victoria Thompson - shelved as mystery with a female author
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 580
Its a Fact: 6
Big Book Ticket: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
15.9 Summer BlockbustersRead a book which appears on one of the following lists:
The Book Was Better Than The Movie
The Movie Was Better Than The Book
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
The Movie Was Better Than The Book, page 1, #86
Points this Task: 15
Season Total: 220
Total GO tickets to date: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 2
Total IAFs to date: 2
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10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; ...; 10.6; ...; ...; 10.9;
15.1; ...; ...; ...; 15.5; ...; 15.7; ...; 15.9; 15.10
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10.6 - Pride
Read a book with one of the following MPGs: LGBT, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Queer
Heartstopper: Volume Five (MPG LGBT and Queer)
Points this post: 10
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 340