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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.5 The Great Cornholio
The Mystery Guest
The book is #2 in series
Totals
Points: 25
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Completed: 5
Deborah30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of Books
1) Spells & Shelves by Elle Adams 192 pages
EA: MEANS
3) The Twisted Ones Fiction-Cryptids 400 pages
Planning on reading A Curious Beginning
192+400=592 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 150
Books Read: 13
Tasks Done: 9
LoraTask: 20.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages, using Option D
Book/Author: MASH: A Novel about Three Army Doctors / Richard Hooker
How it fits: 100% green cover
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 160
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
trishhartuk15.1 The Long and Short of It
Book 1: Has a page count of 400 or more pages.
Translation State, Ann Leckie
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (422pg)
Book 2: Has a page count of 200 or fewer pages.
Finding Destiny, Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (170pg)
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 8
Big Book Tickets: 1
Cordelia30.3 Feeding the Children
Opt 1 A Few Against Many by Ryk Brown
Word "MANY" in sAlvatioN arMY
Opt 3 Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
p224
Points this task - 30
Total points - 205
Gayla10.5 Cricket
Read a book where the author's initials can be found in the word CRICKET.
Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, by Claire Tomalin
CT => CrickeT
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90/850
Total tasks: 9/52
Total books: 9/67
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.8 - Olympics: Equestrian
Toxic Toffee by Amanda Flower
There is a horse on the cover.
Link to MMP edition: Toxic Toffee
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 35 points
Tasks completed: 3
Task 25.1 - Farewell to a Legendoption 1: author first and last initials in RAFAEL
Post After Post-Mortem by E.C.R. Lorac
option 3: LIFE in phrase
Real Life
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435 points
Nick KY5.7 We All Scream. I read The Need by Helen Phillips, b. 1981. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_P...
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 215
Nick KY15.1 The Long and Short of It
Book 1. I read A Garden of Earthly Delights. By Joyce Carol Oates. 404 pp > required 400
Book 2. I read Emergent Properties by Aimee Ogden. 126 pp < required 200.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 230
Nick KY15.3 Let the Games Begin I did opt. 2 -- One book fits both citeria. I read Mornings in Mexico by D.H. Lawrence.
1 – the book cover must be at least 75% black, blue, red, green, and/or yellow. According to Tineye, Mornings in Mexico’s cover is 49.5% Red, 32.8% Blue, and 0.7% Yellow (total of 82.2% required colors). https://labs.tineye.com/color/3be5896...
2 – the book is set over 75% in Mexico.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 245
Nick KY20.2 Laure’s Dragons
I read Day One by Nate Kenyon, the word “One” in the title (Opt. 3).
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 265
Nick KY30.5 RedSycamore’s Sound of Silence
Book 1. I read Palestrina by Henry Coates, title is not a “word.”
Book 2. I read The Last Word by Gerri Lewis, words in a newspaper headline on the cover.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 295
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.10 Olympics: Breaking
Doughnuts and Doom by Balazs Lorinczi
Points this post: 10
Total points: 330
Task completed: 25
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages
Option B: Brownstone by Samuel Teer
Points this post: 20
Total points: 350
Task completed: 26
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.5 Bigger is Better: Lisa MD's Summer Scavenger Hunt
by Tonya KappesFireworks are found on the cover.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 370
Task completed: 27
5.1 Dodge the BallTitle does not contain letters H I T
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
Total points: 5
MAZZA110.3 - 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"
A Ruin of Roses using RUIN
Points this post = 10
points to date = 205
MAZZA120.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or Bust
Option 2 - Scotland contains more than 790 islands. Read a book that takes place at any time on an island.
Holy Island identified here as an Island in England https://www.google.com/search?client=...
points this post = 20
Points to date =225
MAZZA120.8 NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June Celebrations
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase PRIDE MONTH. Middle initials can be ignored.
The Quantum Thief Hannu Rajaniemi
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 245
LaureY20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Option 1: Read a book with the MPG of Mystery and/or Crime AND written by a Female author.
Slippery Creatures by K.J. Charles
Point this post: 20
Total point: 120
MAZZA125.1 - Amy FL’s task: Farewell to a Legend
Option 2: Rafa is from Spain and has won a record 14 French Open titles. Read a book set at least 50% in either Spain or France.
The Glass-Blowers GR data identifies - Sophie Duval reveals to her long-lost nephew the tragic story of a family of master craftsmen in eighteenth-century France.
This book is 521 pages and I am claiming 1 xBB ticket
Option 3 Read a book with a title word of four or more letters that can be made from THE KING OF CLAY
The Long Call using the word LONG
Points this post = 25
points to date = 270
BB tickets this post = 1
BB tickets to date = 2
MAZZA 125.2 - Mazza1's Task: Title Pairs
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).
My Name Is Red 417 pages
Red Side Story 376 pages
Total page count = 793
points this post = 25
Points to date = 295
LaureY5.5 The Great Cornholio
Read a book that is #2 or #7 or #27 in a series
Empire of Dirt by Philip C. Quaintrell
#2 in 'The Echoes Saga'
Point this post: 5
Total point: 125
MAZZA125.5 - Cat's Task - Books of Asia
Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Asia,
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library set in Tokyo Japan in GR data
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Asia.
Sweet Bean Paste Author is Japanese Durian Sukegawa stated in Author data
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 320
LaureY15.5 Do You Have A Flag?
Read a book whose author's initials are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG.
Traitor's Moon by Lynn Flewelling
*I claim a Big Book Ticket for this book as it is 540 pages long*
Point this post: 5
Total point: 140
Total BBT: 2
Mod
5.5 - The Great Cornholio.
Read a book that is #2 or #7 or #27 in a series
Cursed Cruise #2 in the Horror Hotel series
Points this post: 5
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 27
MAZZA125.6 - Delicious Dee's Task - Chronicles of St Mary’s and the Time Police
1. The Book Series.
Read a book (that is a whole number) from either the Chronicles of St Mary’s series or the spin-off The Time Police
A Second Chance 298 page
op 3 3. The Titles.
Read a book that shares a word of AT LEAST four letters with one of the books in the series.
The Raging Storm 383 pages
STORM is shared word with book 8.5 A Perfect Storm
298 + 383 = 696 pages
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 345
JenJ IA10.1 - Summer Reading List
Read a book from the 2023 or 2024 Berkeley Summer Reading lists
2023: (Re)Writing the Rules: https://web.archive.org/web/202404022...
2024 Defining Moments: https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/su...
Required: State which list your book is found on - 2023
The book must meet SRC requirements
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney
*****I claim 1 It's A Fact ticket*****
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10/850
Tasks Completed: 1/52
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
JenJ IA10.7 - O Canada
Read a book set in Canada
Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 20/850
Tasks Completed: 2/52
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Jecca20.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages
Option D - Red Light, Green Light - book with a cover that is at least 75% red and/or green, according to TinEye.
by Moshe Kasher64.9 %#c0011f Red
13.0 %#b71124 Red
7.9 %#b77e77 Brown
6.8 %#b44c4e Red
4.8 %#dacec3 Grey
1.4 %#4f6aaa Blue
0.7 %#4e0914 Brown
0.2 %#86274a Red
0.2 %#698aad Blue
0.1 %#57415b Violet
84.9% Red
Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket for this book
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 150
Total Tasks Completed: 7
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
JenJ IA20.1 Most Improved Player: XBM's Task: Enjoy a Summer Road Trip
Read a book from this Roadtrip Across America list, and identify the state it’s about.
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles - Nebraska
*****I claim 1 Big Book ticket - 576 pages*****
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40/850
Tasks Completed: 3/52
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 1
Jecca25.4 Truitt_T’s Task: It’s a Riot!
Option 1: Read a book that is MPG LGBT
AND one of the following: fantasy and historical fiction
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Option 3: Option 3: Read a book from one of the following lists.
I used:
60 LGBTQ+ Books That Reaaally Deserve a Spot on Your Shelf
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 175
Total Tasks Completed: 8
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
JenJ IA20.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages
This is a one-book task, so pick one of the following game options and enjoy! Required: state your option
d) Red Light, Green Light – Read a book with a cover that is at least 75% red and/or green, according to TinEye.
Required: post the cover
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
77.9% Red
0.2% Green
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 60/850
Tasks Completed: 4/52
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 1
Mod
20.8 NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June Celebrations
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase PRIDE MONTH.
Grilled for Murder. Maddie Day
Points: 20
Total points: 290
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 20
IAF points: 4
MAZZA130.3 - TessaVaness'S TASK Feeding the Children
Option 1:Read a book that has a word of at least 4 letters that can be found in SALVATION ARMY.
Lost Lake LOST is word found in letters given
Option 3: Numbers: . Read a book with 200 - 250 pages
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories 232 pages
points this post = 30
Points to date = 375
MAZZA130.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of Books
Option 1. Summer Means Reading Lots of Books! Read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS.
In An Instant Suzanne Redfearn SR between meanS & Reading 319 pages
Option 4 Read any book by Paul Auster
Baumgartner 208 pages
319 + 208 = 527 pages exceeds requirement
points this post = 30
Points to date = 405
MAZZA120.9-Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-Nephews
Option 1. Read a book by an author whose first name begins with an A or an E.
The Heron's Cry Ann Cleeves
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 425
Beth_NC5.8 Sand Made Castles - Book with Castle on cover
The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home by Denise KiernanTask Points: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks: 1
Total Books: 1
Total Pages: 388
Big Books:
Beth_NC5.10 Easy Breezy Summertime Book of Choice
Queen of Swords by Sara Donati
Big Book Ticket 705 pages
Pages: 705
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks: 2
Total Books: 2
Total Pages: 1093
Big Books: 1
Beth_NC15.1 The Long and Short of It
Book 1 page count of 400 or more pages
Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank by Elin Hilderbrand
416 pages
Book 2 page count of 200 or fewer pages.
Fractured Flowers: A Wild Hunt Adventure by Yasmine Galenorn
138 pages
Task Points: 15
Task Books: 2
Task Pages: 554
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 3
Total Books: 4
Total Pages: 1647
Big Books: 1
Beth_NC15.9 Summer Blockbusters - Book from Better Than Movie List
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Page 5 #456
Task Points: 15
Task Books: 1
Task Pages: 359
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks: 4
Total Books: 5
Total Pages: 2006
Big Books: 1
Bookwrm526Task #10.6 - Pride
Read a book with one of the following MPGs: LGBT, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Queer. I read Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline.
Total points so far: 210
Mod
25.4 –
Option 1. Read a book that is MPG LGBT and/or Queer AND Fantasy
The Witchery
Option 2. Read a book for which the author’s initials may be found in StonewAll riots
Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed
Points this post: 25
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 28
20.9-Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-NephewsOption 4. Read a book that meets the SRC requirements fom the following list.https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......
Franny and Zooey
Found on page 3 of the list (slot 222)
New Points: 20
Total Points: 75
Mcquaid5.5 The Great Cornholio
Read a book that is #2 or #7 or #27 in a series
The series name and number must be noted in grayscale above the book title.
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 45
Total Tasks: 8
Books read: 8
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20.4 - Kids’ Games Through the Ages
Option b: author initials in HOPSCOTCH
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
HopScotch
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 100