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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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Truitt_T30.3 - TessaVaness'S TASK Feeding the Children
This is a two options, two book task.
Task: Option 1 -Title word of at least 4 letters from SALVATION ARMY
Salt & Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher
Paperback: Salt & Broom
Salt: SALvaTion army
Task: Option 3: 200 to 250 pages
Greeking Out by Colette Davison
Paperback: Greeking Out - 220 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 60 / 850
Tasks Completed 2/52
Truitt_T30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
This is a two options, two book task, 500+ pages.
Task: Option 1 - MPG Hockey
Rookie Recovery by Lex Veia & Jemma Croft
Paperback: Rookie Recovery - 333 pages
MPG Hockey
Task: Option 2: Letters NHL in title
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Paperback: Starling House - 303 pages
starLiNg House
Total Page Count: 636
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 90 / 850
Tasks Completed 3/52
Bookwrm526Task #5.8 Sand Made Castles
Read a book with a castle on the cover. I read Murder at the Castle by Frances Evesham.
(approved in help thread at posts 35 and 36).Total points so far: 195
Truitt_T25.6 - Delicious Dee's Task - Chronicles of St Mary’s and the Time Police
This is a two options, two book task, 500+ pages.
Task: Option 3 - Matching title word
First Dates and Birthday Cakes by Isabel Murray
Paperback: First Dates and Birthday Cakes - 138 pages
First is a match for The Very First Damned Thing.
Task: Option 4: Time Travel list
All Clear by Connie Willis
Paperback: All Clear: A Novel - 641 pages
On 1st page of list
Total Page Count: 779
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 115 / 850
Tasks Completed 4/52
CHANDNI30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Option 2: Read a book with the letters N H L in the title.
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn
208 pages
N and H from Norah, L from Playlist
Option 4: Read a book originally published in June.
The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
First published June 15, 1964
316 pages
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 120
Truitt_T20.10 Group Reads: Fiction - Victorian
This is a one book task..
Task: Read and Participate
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
Paperback: A Curious Beginning
My participation post may be found here.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 135 / 850
Tasks Completed 5/52
Katrisa10.4 - Summer Songs
Pick one song from this list of 40 Best Summer Songs and Read a book with title word (not subtitle) of at least 3 letters shared with your chosen song title
I read Death Comes for the Archbishop
COMES in Here COMES the sun
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 565
Truitt_T20.9-Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-Nephews
This is a one book task..
Task: Option 4 - Book from list
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
MMPB: L'embrasement
It's on page 2 of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 155 / 850
Tasks Completed 6/52
Katrisa15.1 The Long and Short of It
Book 1: Has a page count of 400 or more pages.
I read The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
400 pages
Book 2: Has a page count of 200 or fewer pages.
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
179 pages
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 580
Truitt_T20.8 NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June Celebrations
This is a one book task..
Task: Option 1 - Author initials in PRIDE MONTH
Beneath a Panamanian Moon: A Mystery by David Terrenoire
Hardcover: Beneath a Panamanian Moon
Note: Paperback has no page count listed.
DT: proDe monTh
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 175 / 850
Tasks Completed 7/52
Janice CA20.9-Babbling C's Task-Nephews
Option #3
Read a book with a title word of at least 4 letters that can be made from mechanical engineering.
word: malice - MEChAnIcaL engineering
With Malice Toward Some by Margaret Halsey
***GOLDEN OLDIE, first published in 1938***
+20
total: 20
tasks: 1
books: 1
GO: 1
Truitt_T20.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or Bust
This is a one book task..
Task: Option 2 - Set on an island.
Kidnap in Crete: The True Story of the Abduction of a Nazi General by Rick Stroud
Paperback: Kidnap in Crete: The True Story of the Abduction of a Nazi General
This is a work of non-fiction in which 95%+ of the action is set on Crete. See title, precis, metadata, etc.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 195 / 850
Tasks Completed 8/52
Truitt_T20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
This is a one book task..
Task: Option 1 - MPG Mystery, etc. and female author
Disturbing the Dead] by Kelley Armstrong
MPG Mystery
Author Kelley Armstrong is female per GR author page.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 215 / 850
Tasks Completed 9/52
Truitt_T15.8 Summer Sweets
This is a one book task..
Task: Book with two authors
Scandalous Park Avenue Prince by Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 230 / 850
Tasks Completed 10/52
Julia10315.1 The Long and Short of It
Book 1: Toll of Honor - 528 pages
Book 2: The Return of Mr Campion
I read the Kindle edition. The MMP edition The Return of Mr. Campion is 165 pages
Claiming one BB ticket for Toll of Honor
This post: 15 points, 1 BB
Total points: 125
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 11
Truitt_T15.3 Let The Games Begin
This is a one or two book task. I'm choosing Option 2 / one book.
Task: Option 2: Cover is at least 75% blue, yellow, black, green, and red AND is set in a country that has hosted the Summer Olympics,
Blackout by Connie Willis
MMPB: Black-out
76.5 %#252329Black
19.3 %#e1e2e2Grey
3.7 %#818081Grey
0.4 %#632730Brown
It's set entirely in Great Britain / England. See precis, metadata.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 245 / 850
Tasks Completed 11/52
Amy FL15.8 Summer Sweets
Crosshairs by James Patterson and James O. Born
Points this post: 15
Total points: 150
Amy FL15.9 Summer Blockbusters
Forrest Gump - Movie was Better than the Book list, page 1
Points this post: 15
Total points: 165
Amy FL20.1 Most Improved Player: XBM's Task: Enjoy a Summer Road Trip
The Heiress - North Carolina
Points this post: 20
Total points: 185
Amy FL20.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or Bust
Option 5: Once There Were Wolves - set in Scotland
Points this post: 20
Total points: 205
Amy FL25.3 -JennRenee's Task - Summer English Lesson
Option A
Book 1: The Leftover Woman - woman singular noun
Book 2: The Women - women plural noun
Points this post: 25
Total points: 230
Truitt_T10.4 - Summer Songs
This is a one book task..
Task: Title word shared with song title from list.
The Shining Path: Love, Madness, and Revolution in the Andes by Orin Starn & Miguel La Serna
Shining from title matches song title "The Sun is Shining" by Bob Marley and the Wailers.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 255 / 850
Tasks Completed 12/52
Truitt_T5.9 Hot Summer Months
This is a one book task.
Task: Book originally published in Summer months for your Hemisphere. I reside in the Northern Hemisphere, so June, July, August.
Demons Do It Better by Louisa Masters
Paperback: Ein Dämon fürs Herz
Originally published August 6, 2020.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 260 / 850
Tasks Completed 13/52
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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
Dare You to Lie by Amber Lynn Natusch
Option 3. Read a book with a title word of four or more letters that can be made from ThE king oF cLay
Find Him Where You LEFT Him Dead (Used the word LEFT)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 310
Tasks completed: 24
Mod
10.4 – Summer Songs.
Read a book with title word (not subtitle) of at least 3 letters shared with your chosen song title (excluding The)
All Good People Here
Song: Good Vibrations
Points this post: 10
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 25
Truitt_T5.6 Outside We Go!
This is a one book task.
Task: Outside activity essential to plot.
Extinction by Douglas Preston
From precis: "...a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered in the Erebus back country by what is assumed to be a gang of eco-terrorists..." The couple is murdered while of a backpacking trip; much of the book is spent hiking / searching the back country to fugure out what's going on.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 265 / 850
Tasks Completed 14/52
Truitt_T5.1 Dodge the Ball
This is a one book task.
Task: Title does not contain the letters HIT>
Ballsy by Sean Ashcroft
Paperback: Ballsy
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 270 / 850
Tasks Completed 15/52
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2024 SRC
25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Title Pairs
This is a two-book task. Choose either option 1 or option 2
No children's, manga or graphic novels
All tasks refer to titles only, ignore subtitles
All titles must consist of at least TWO words
The combined page total for both books must exceed 600 pages, i.e. 601 pages.
Required: State your option
OPTION 1
Read 2 books where the last word of the first book's title is the first word of the second book's title (all words count).
From the Corner of His Eye - 746 pages, claiming 1 BB ticket
Eye of the Storms: The Rock Star's Gulf Coast Girl - 222 pages
Total pages: 968
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 90
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2024 SRC
30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Choose two options and read one book for each. A total of 500 or more pages is required.
Option 2: Read a book with the letters N H L in the title. Ignore subtitles. Order doesn't matter.
Examples: The New Couple in 5B, Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice
Stan Lee's The Devil's Quintet: The Armageddon Code - 304 pages
Option 3: Read a book with a cup on the cover. (The edition you read.) For this task a cup is defined as an item whose main function is to hold liquid for consumption by one person.
This includes but is not limited to: a tea cup, disposable cup with or without a straw, a soda can, beer mug or bottle, any cocktail glass, a baby bottle or water bottle. It does not include a tea pot, - a bowl, a bucket, an animal's water bowl, etc.
Required: Include the cover in your post.
- bloody mary glass on cover - 330 pagesTotal pages: 634
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 120
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2024 SRC
15.7 Jailbreak
Read a book where the main character is jailed or arrested, or is an ex-prisoner.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Sirius Black is an ex-prisoner of Azkaban
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 135
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
LoraTask: 20.6- It's A Fact- KathyP's Task-Summertime Dreaming, using Option 1
Book/Author: Travels with Charley: In Search of America / John Steinbeck
How it fits: clouds on the cover
Claiming 1 It's a Fact tickets for MPG Nonfiction.
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 170
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: 2
Cordelia15.1 The Long and Short of it
Book 1 The Devil Colony by James Rollins p 480
Book 2 Train Dreams by Denis Johnson p 116
Points this task - 15
Total points - 170
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or BustOption 3 - Read a book with MPG war, stand alone or embedded IE: World War I and World War II or Civil War would also work.
Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 195
REPOST 30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Option 2: Read a book with the letters N H L in the title. Ignore subtitles. Order doesn't matter.
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials #2) by Philip Pullman
NHL found in tHe subtLe kNife
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16.0
288 pages
Option 4: Read a book originally published in June.
Forget Me Not by A. E. Bratchford
Published June 18, 2024
396 pages
Total pages read: 384
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 195
Gayla15.3 Let the Games Begin
Option 2: Read a book whose cover is at least 75% made up of any combination of blue, yellow, black, red, and green, according to Tineye
AND
read a book that is at least 50% set in the United States, Great Britain, Greece, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Mexico, Canada, Soviet Union, South Korea, Spain, China, or Brazil.
by Sarah Ogilvie. The book is set mostly in Britain (the OED Scriptorium was in Oxford). See Guardian review for reference (https://www.theguardian.com/books/202...) which also includes a charming photo of James Murray in his scholar's cap.
The cover is 86% blue and yellow, according to Tineye. (https://labs.tineye.com/color/c0967c7...)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 70/850
Total tasks: 7/52
Total books: 7/67
Kai20.2 Rookie at the Top - Laure's Task: Dragons of Summer
OPTION 1: Read a book which has a 1 and a 5 in its page number or year of publication.
Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
Page count = 152
Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket - Originally Published in 1921
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 6/52
Total Points: 75
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 1
IT'S A FACT: 1
Deborah15.1 The Long and Short of It
1) Unnatural Creatures 462 pages
2) Deadly Coins 147 pages
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 11
Tasks Done: 8
Delicious Dee5.2 Hop Hop Jump
Running Home - claiming 1 its a fact ticket for non-fiction
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 60
Its a Fact: 3
20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer MurdersBook: The Wishing Game
How it fits: option 1 - MPG mystery and written by Meg Shaffer
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 320 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Mod
10.3 - Sumer is icumen in.
Read a book with a title/subtitle word of at least 4 letters that can be made from "SUMER is icuMen in"
It Happened One Summer Used the word summer
Points this post: 10
Total points: 330
Tasks completed: 26
Mod
5.2 Hop Hop Jump
Read a book with the one of these words in the title (not subtitle): Home
A Long Way from Home. Tom Brokaw
Claiming 1 IAF ticket - nonfiction
Points: 5
Total points: 270
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 19
IAF points: 4
Amy B5.4 Game of HORSE
Read a book that has all the letters of HORSE in the title/subtitle.
Advice from the Lights by Stephen Burt (96 pages - my one book less than 100 pages)
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 30 Points
Katrisa20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Opt 1 - Read a book with the MPG of Mystery and/or Crime
I read The Wreck
MPG Mytery
My book was audio PB pages 301
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 600
Katrisa30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Opt 2 - Read a book with the letters N H L in the title
I read Running in the Family
ruNning in tHe famiLy
My book was audio MMPB 206 pages
Opt 4 - Option 4: Read a book originally published in June
I read Winter Lost
Published June 18 2024
My book was audio - 352 PB pages (no MMPB)
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 630
Barbara ★10.4 - Summer Songs
Read a book with title word (not subtitle) of at least 3 letters shared with your chosen song title (excluding The)
Rock Wedding - Nalini Singh 6/16
( ‘Rock the Boat’ by Aaliyah)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 10
Bookwrm526Task #5.9 Hot Summer Months
Read a book that was first published in one of the 3 Summer months of the hemisphere where you reside. I live in the Northern Hemisphere, and I read Desire and the Deep Blue Sea by Olivia Dade, first published July 2019.
Total points so far: 200
Barbara ★30.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Lots of Books
Option 1: Read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS. The letters can appear either forward or backwards (KS can be either Ken Scholes or Stephen King), and the final “S” wraps to the initial “S,” so an author with the initials SS would work. Ignore middle names and middle initials.
Shadow Beasts - Nellie H. Steele 6/15
(NS in SUMMERMEA NS READINGLOTSOFBOOKS)(364 pages)
Option 2: Read a book from the first 25 pages of the “Comedy” list
Galápagos - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 6/10
(found on page 15)(324 pages)
TOTAL: Book 1 (364 pages) + Book 2 (324 pages) = 688 > 500
Points this task: 30
Total points: 40
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★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.
Murder in the Reading Room - Ellery Adams 6/22
(E & A in rafAEl nadal)
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in either Spain or France.
Death by Baguette - Jennifer S. Alderson 6/12
(set in Paris, France)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 65
Julia10315.10 Summer Months
The Mystery of the Blue Train
(six words in title)
This was first published in 1928 so claiming one Golden Oldie ticket
This post: 15 points, 1 GO
Total points: 140
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 12
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15.5 Do You Have A Flag?
Read a book whose author's initials are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG.
The Oxygen Farmer by Colin Holmes
CH=Capture tHe
I listened to an audiobook; pb-320 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 90
Tasks completed: 5/52
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: 2