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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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20.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or Bust
Option 5 -Read a book set at least 50% in Scotland.
The Stellar Debut of Galactica Macfee. Alexander McCall Smith
Points: 20
Total points: 310
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 21
IAF points: 4
Katrisa10.10 - Olympics: Breaking
Read a book where the authors first name begins with B
I read Girl, Alone by Blake Pierce
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 655
Katrisa15.6 Don't Move
Read a book with the MPG Dystopia or Dystopian.
I read Logan's Run
MPG Dystopia
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 670
katrisa20.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or Bust
Opt 4: read a book with the word monster in the title. The word monster must be stand alone, plural is acceptable
I read The Laughing Monsters
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 690
Beth_NC25.2 The Pairs - Option 1 - 2 books where the last word of the first book's title is the first word of the second book's title
Book 1 True Dead
by Faith Hunter
Book 2 Dead Center by David Rosenfelt
Task Points: 25
Task Books: 2
Task Pages: 711
Total Points: 65
Total Tasks: 5
Total Books: 7
Total Pages: 2717
Big Books: 1
5.1 Dodge the BallRead a book whose title does not contain the letters HIT.
World of Wonders: no H, I, or T
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 75
5.10 Easy Breezy Summertime Childrens:
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13.0
Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 80
Beth_NC30.2 Summer Zodiac - Option 1
Book 1 Book from Best Books about Twins
The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
Page 3
Book 2 Read book with MPG of Romance
Fire Along the Sky by Sara Donati
MPG Historical Romance
Big Book Ticket 655 pages
Task Points: 30
Task Books: 2
Task Pages: 1071
Total Points: 95
Total Tasks: 6
Total Books: 9
Total Pages: 3788
Big Books: 2
10.7 - O CanadaRead a book set in Canada:
The Outside Circle: A Graphic Novel by Patti Laboucane-Benson
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 90
10.8 - Olympics: EquestrianRead a book with a horse on the cover.
Binu and the Great Wall by Su TongTask Total: 10
Season Total: 100
15.5 Do You Have A Flag?Read a book whose author's initials are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG.
caPturE
Lord of the Silent by Elizabeth Peters
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 115
Beth_NC30.4 Lots of Books
Book 1 - book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS
Broken by Karin Slaughter
Big Book 528 pages
Book 2 book that was nominated for the group read for Summer 2024 that you do not use for 20.10.
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Nominated for True Crime
Used To Kill a Mockingbird for task 20.10
Task Points: 30
Task Books: 2
Task Pages: 871
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks: 7
Total Books: 11
Total Pages: 4659
Big Books:
20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders140 Pages: 178p
Option 1. Read a book with the MPG of Mystery and/or Crime, stand-alone or as part of an MPG such as Cozy Mystery or Mystery Thriller, AND written by a Female author.
All Yours by Claudia Piñeiro
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 135
Beth_NC15.7 Jailbreak - book where the main character is jailed or arrested, or is an ex-prisoner
Now That She's Gone by Gregg Olsen
Brenda Nevins Breaks out of Prison
Task Points: 15
Task Books: 1
Task Pages: 320
Total Points: 140
Total Tasks: 8
Total Books: 12
Total Pages: 4979
Big Books:
Lindsey IL20.10 - Group Reads
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
Posted in discussion thread - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Bookwrm526Task #10.2 - Celebrating Dads
Read a book with one of the following "dad" or "child" relationships standalone in the title or subtitle: Dad, Daddy, Pop, Papa, Father, Husband, Grandfather, Son, Daughter, Baby, Child, Children. Plurals and possessives may be used. I chose the target word SON and I read Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Imani Perry.
Total points so far: 220
Jen K30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of Books
Option 1. The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim - 232 pages
rEAding
Option 2. Red, White & Royal Blue - 423 pages
Comedy List- page 4
232+423>500 pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Jen K20.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or Bust
Option 2 - Lightlark
GR blurb "Every 100 years, the island of Lightlark appears to host the Centennial"
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 50
Susan A10.5 - Cricket - author's initials can be found in the word CRICKET
Hidden by Kendra Elliot
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
author initials K E found in CricKEt
points: 10
previous total: 475
new total: 485
Susan A15.3 Let the Games Begin
All The Pretty Girls by J.T. Ellison
I listened to audiobook. MMPB here
Option 2: One book
A. 75% any combination blue, yellow, black, green, and red
Tineye: 82.2 % black and red
57.9 %#0e0000 Black
12.6 %#cb230c Red
11.7 %#a22716 Red
5.3 %#645652 Grey
3.6 %#3a120d Brown
2.9 %#65150e Brown
2.3 %#d97e62 Orange
1.6 %#eaa98e Pink
1.5 %#c2b6ae Grey
0.5 %#a46557 Brown
B. at least 50% set in USA
per GR main page setting - Nashville, Tennessee
This book is set entirely in USA
points: 15
previous total: 485
new total: 500
Kim O20.3 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.
Tenth of December
Meets the minimum page count of 140 (272 pages).
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 50
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 1
ROBIN P20.10 Group Reads
A Curious Beginning
My comments are in msg 9 of discussion
LInk: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165
BB:0 GO: 2 IAF:0
ROBIN P25.4 Truit_T's Task: It's a Riot
2 books, 1 NF - 500 p
Option 1 - LGBT and Humor - The Guncle Abroad - listened to audiobook, linked pb - 320 p
Option 2 - Author initials in STONEWALL RIOTS
Fine: A Comic About Gender - Rhea Ewing - nonfiction - per task Graphic Novel ok - 319 p
**Claiming 1 IAF point
Points this post: 25
Total points: 190
BB:0 GO:2 IAF: 1
20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer MurdersOption 1. Read a book with the MPG of Mystery and/or Crime, stand-alone or as part of an MPG such as Cozy Mystery or Mystery Thriller, AND written by a Female author.
Murder in an English Village (Beryl and Edwina Mystery #1) by Jessica Ellicott
306 pages
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 255
Gayla10.7 O Canada
Read a book set in Canada
Dance of the Happy Shades, by Alice Munro
According to the GoodReads description, "Alice Munro's territory is the farms and semi-rural towns of south-western Ontario."
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100/850
Total tasks: 10/52
Total books: 10/67
15.1 The Long and Short of ItThis is a two-book challenge. Read two books:
Book 1: Has a page count of 400 or more pages.
The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield
672 pages
Book 2: Has a page count of 200 or fewer pages.
Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov
193 pages
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 270
Rockynook20.2 - Dragons of Summer
Option 3: book with Wizard, Witch, Wild or One in the title
One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 120
Repost from post #665.9 Hot Summer Months
Read a book published in June, July or August
Bite Clubby Laurien Berenson
Published June 25, 2019
I live in the Northern Hemisphere in the US
Task +5
Grand total: 25
5.5 - The Great Cornholio Read a book that is #2 or #7 or #27 in a series - Read Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth. This is #2 in the Midwife Trilogy.
This is NF, so I claim one It's A Fact ticket
Points these task: 5
Total points: 5
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
It's A Fact ticket requests: 1
Books read and claimed: 1
Tasks completed: 1
20.3 - Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders Option 1 - Read a book with an MPG such as Cozy Mystery or Mystery Thriller, AND written by a Female author - Read The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean. This has an MPG of Mystery, and Emiko Jean is female.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 25
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
It's A Fact ticket requests: 1
Books read and claimed: 2
Tasks completed: 2
20.4 - Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages Option 1 - Read a book by an author whose initials are found in the word HOPSCOTCH - Read Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth. Initials SH found in HOPSCOTCH.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 45
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
It's A Fact ticket requests: 1
Books read and claimed: 3
Tasks completed: 3
20.5 - Bigger is Better: Lisa MD's Summer Scavenger Hunt Book cover has one of the items listed - Lightning - Read Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. There is lightning on the cover. It's a bit tricky to see in the small image, but Wikipedia has a bigger version of the same cover (that I have as well), and you can see God is throwing the lightning strikes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Their_E...
This was first published in 1937, so I claim one Golden Oldie ticket.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 65
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
It's A Fact ticket requests: 1
Books read and claimed: 4
Tasks completed: 4
20.9 - 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 - Read Starling House by Alix E. Harrow.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 85
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
It's A Fact ticket requests: 1
Books read and claimed: 5
Tasks completed: 5
Andy P.Task # 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"
Mice by Gordon Reece
Word is Mice M in Sumer, ICE in Icumen
Points this post: 10
Total points: 150
Delicious Dee25.5 - Cat's Task - Books of Asia
Book A - Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop - set in South Korea - from the description on Amazon - In a quaint neighbourhood in Seoul, surrounded by books, Yeongju and her customers take refuge
Book B - The Kamogawa Food Detectives - Hisashi Kashiwai - Hisashi Kashiwai was born in 1952 and was raised in Kyoto, Japan
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 115
Its a Fact: 3
Andy P.Task # 5.5 The Great Cornholio
Read a book that is #2 in a series
Taste of Marrow by Sarah Gailey
Points this post: 5
Total points: 155:
Bookwrm526Task #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". I made the target word CRUISE (sUmERISiCumenin) and read Murderous Cruise Habit by Dawn Brookes.
Total points so far: 230
Ana20.9-Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-Nephews
Option 3. The Wishing Game. You can make Game from Mechanical Engineering.
This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Task 25.6 - Chronicles of St Mary’s and the Time Police500+ pages
option 1: #5 in Time Police
Killing Time
I read the kindle, linked. no MMPB / PB, HB: Killing Time 464 pages
option 2: author matches Dr HELEN Foster
Murder By Natural Causes by Helen Erichsen
282 pages
464+282 = 746 pages > 500
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460 points
Ana20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Option 1.A Rip Through Time. This book is longer than 140 pages, has MPG of Mystery and it has a female author.
This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
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25.4 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:
MPG LGBT & Queer AND MPG Humor
The Guncle Abroad. Steven Rowley - 320 pages
Option 2: Read a book for which the author’s initials may be found in STONEWALL RIOTS.
The Churchill Sisters: The Extraordinary Lives of Winston and Clementine's Daughters. Rachel Trethewey - 320 pages - nonfiction
Claiming 1 IAF ticket
Points: 25
Total points: 335
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 22
IAF points: 5
Beth_NC30.3 Feeding the Children
Book 1 Option 2 - book by an author who shares the same name or a variation of the name of the cook, Suzanne
Over Her Dead Body: A Novel by Susan Walter
Book 2 Option 3 book with 200 - 250 pages
Crystal Web by Yasmine Galenorn
Option 3 215 pages
Task Points: 30
Task Books: 2
Task Pages:534.
Total Points: 140
Total Tasks: 8
Total Books: 12
Total Pages: 4438
Big Books: 1
Katrisa20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Opt 1 - Read a book with the MPG of Mystery and/or Crime, stand-alone or as part of an MPG such as Cozy Mystery or Mystery Thriller, AND written by a Female author.
I read I Said Yes by Kiersten Modglin
MPG Mystery and female author
My book was audio 250 PB pages (no MMPB)
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 710
Katrisa20.6- It's A Fact- KathyP's Task-Summertime Dreaming
Opt 3 - Read a book with a single author, whose first and last initials can be found in SWIMMING POOL
I read Practicing Mindfulness: 75 Essential Meditations to Reduce Stress, Improve Mental Health, and Find Peace in the Everyday by Matthew Sockolov
MS in SwiMming and book is non-fiction
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 730
Katrisa20.9-Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-Nephews
Opt 3 - Read a book with a title word of at least 4 letters that can be made from mechanical engineering.
I read Counterfeit Magic
MAGIC in MeChAnIcal enGineering
Points this Post: 20
Pointss Total: 750
Susan A15.9 Summer Blockbusters
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
MMPB here
#30 The Movie was Better Than the Book
points: 15
previous total: 500
new total: 515
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
Book is Middle Grade MPG
AR Quiz No. 32082 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 110
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
ROBIN P10.3 Summer is icumen in
Word from phrase found in title
The Perfect Summer: England 1911, Just Before the Storm - word is summer
**Claiming 1 IAF point for nonfiction
Points this post: 10
Total points; 200
BB:0 GO:2 IAF:2
Deborah15.5 Do You Have A Flag?
Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat
CP: CAPTURE
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 165
Books Read: 14
Tasks Done: 10
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10.8 - Olympics: Equestrian
Read a book with a horse on the cover.
Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 55
Total Tasks: 9
Books Read: 9