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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Title Pairs.
Read 2 books where the last word of the first book's title is the first word of the second book's title
The Good Girl Girl in Ice
Points this post: 25
Total points: 410
Tasks completed: 31
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30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Option 2: Read a book with the letters N H L in the title.
All the Living and the Dead
Option 4: Read a book originally published in June.
Middle of the Night
Points this post: 30
Total points: 440
Tasks completed: 32
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15.7 - Jailbreak.
Read a book where the main character is jailed or arrested, or is an ex-prisoner.
The Inmate
Points this post: 15
Total points: 455
Tasks completed: 33
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Read a book by an author born in the 1980's.
read The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley born 1986
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Foley
points this post 5
total points 170
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Read a book with two authors using a single name
read The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren (two authors)
points this post 15
tota points 185
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2. The Cast of Characters
Read a book, where the author shares a first or last name with one of the characters
character name Jenny Fields
read Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson 304 pages
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3. The Titles.
read a book that shares a word of AT LEAST four letters with one of the books in the series.
read Not So Perfect Strangers 320 pages
shares perfect in the title as A Perfect Storm 8.5 in series
points this post 25
total points 210
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Option 2: Read a book with the letters N H L in the title
read Middle of the Night
367 pages
and
Option 4: Read a book originally published in June.
read Horror Movie published June 11 277 pages
points this post 30
total points 240
Nick KY25.5 Cat’s Asia
Book 1 takes place in the Asian country of Vietnam. I read Vietnam: A History by Stanley Karnow
CLAIM TWO BIG BOOKs for
at 784 ppBook 2 is by an Asian author, also Vietnamese. I read Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War by Viet Thanh Nguyen 384 pp
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 320
Big Books So Far: 500+ (2) 750+ (1) = 4 BBs
Lisa MD15.6 - Don't Move
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
354 pgs
MPG: Dystopia
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 175 / 850
Total Books Read: 12
Total Tasks Completed: 11 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 2
EMurphy30.1 Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Option 1: MPG Hockey Parental Guidance by Avery Flynn
Option 2: Letters N, H, L in title A Whole New World by Liz Braswell
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 95
Books Read: 6
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 4
Lisa MD20.1 - Most Improved Player: XBM's Task: Enjoy a Summer Road Trip
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
359 pgs
From the Roadtrip Across America List - Alabama
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 195 / 850
Total Books Read: 13
Total Tasks Completed: 12 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 2
Bookwrm526Task #10.5 - Cricket
Read a book that depicts the game of cricket on the cover (bat, cricket ball, stumps, players etc) OR where the author's initials can be found in the word CRICKET. I chose the author's initials and read Aru Shah and the City of Gold by Roshani Chokshi (IL: MG, BL: 5.3, AR pts: 14).
Total points so far: 265
Delicious Dee25.3 -JennRenee's Task - Summer English Lesson
Option A - Noun = bookshop
book a - The Last Bookshop in London
book B - Bookshops & Bonedust
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 145
Its a Fact: 3
Andy P.Task # 10.8 - Olympics: Equestrian
Read a book with a horse on the cover
by Perry Roland{Points this post: 10
Total points: 170
CHANDNI20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
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.
Plea of Insanity by Jilliane Hoffman
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 140
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15.8 - Summer Sweets.
Read a book with two authors writing under a single name
Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
Points this post: 15
Total points: 470
Tasks completed: 34
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30.3 - TessaVaness'S TASK Feeding the Children.
Option 2- Read a book by an author who shares the same name or a variation of the name of the cook, Suzanne
In Nightfall by Suzanne Young
Option 3- Read a book with 200 - 250 pages
Horror Hotel 224 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 500
Tasks completed: 35
FLY Task #30.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of Silence
Option 1: Two Book Option
task: Book 1: Read a book with no words in the title
book: Nightbred
how it fits: Nightbred is not found in The Official Scrabble Dictionary
task: Book 2: Read a book with a letter or number that's part of the cover art.
book: The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits:
- "vote" on buttons Points this post: 30
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 10/52
BB: 2 / GO: 1 / IAF: 1
Susan A15.4 Anyone For Croquet?
Option 1 - Read two books, book A and book B.
Book 1: Romancing Summer by Kate Aster
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
#6 Brothers in Arms series, greyscale on GR main page
Book 2: Murder by Moonlight by Matthew Costello
NO MMPB. paperback here
- birds on cover, approved in QA herepoints: 15
previous points: 575
new total: 590
Deborah20.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or Bust
Option 2
Holy Fools
Approved in task help thread #2
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 185
Books Read: 15
Tasks Done: 11
Janice CA5.9 Hot Summer Months
I live in the northern hemisphere.
I read a book first published in August.
Being Lolita by Alisson Wood
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total: 25
tasks 2
books: 2
GO: 1
5.3 TAG You're It!Read a book with a 3 word only title or read a book with a 1 word title that consists of only 3 letters.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Nick KY20.9 Babbling C’s Nephews. I chose Opt. 2. Andrew.
I read Classic and Romantic music: A comprehensive survey; by Friedrich Blume. 214 pp -- The page enumeration digits contain “21” intact.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 340
10.4 - Summer SongsGood Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
word in title, GOOD, match song title, GOOD vibrations by The Beach Boys
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 310
trishhartuk30.5 Red Sycamore’s Task: The Sound of Silence
Option 1: Two Book Option
Book 1: Read a book with no words in the title.
Linghun, Ai Jiang
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (178pg)
Book 2: Read a book with at least one letter or number that's part of the cover art.
The Book Eaters, Sunyi Dean
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (320pg)
Fragments of type-written pages as part of the cover art in all four corners.
Combination approved in in Help Thread message #32: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 9
Big Book Tickets: 1
Lisa MD25.4 - Truitt_T’s Task: It’s a Riot!
Option 1: MPG: LGBT + Biography + Non-Fiction + Memoir
Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings by Chrysta Bilton
288 pgs
I claim an IAF ticket
Option 2: Author Initals: LS found in StonewalL riots
Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash
351 pgs
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 220 / 850
Total Books Read: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 13 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 3
Truitt_T5.3 TAG You're It!
This is a one book task.
Task: Read a book with a 4 word title.
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
Paperback: The Wishing Game
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 415 / 850
Tasks Completed 25/52
Truitt_T20.1 Most Improved Player: XBM's Task: Enjoy a Summer Road Trip
This is a one book task.
Task: Read a book from the list.
Shutter by Ramona Emerson
Paperback: Shutter
State: New Mexico
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 435 / 850
Tasks Completed 26/52
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
ebook verified page count - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total pages: 968
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 135
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
15.5 Do You Have A Flag?Read a book whose author's initials are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
New Points: 15
Total Points: 105
LaureY10.10 - Olympics: Breaking
Read a book where the authors first name begins with B.
Grace by Beverley Watts
Point this post: 10
Total points: 150
LaureY20.9-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 Paid Companion by Amanda Quick
Point this post: 20
Total Points: 170
LaureY5.4 Game of HORSE
Read a book that has all the letters of HORSE in the title/subtitle.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab'
Point this post: 5
Total Points: 175
LoraTask: 20.9-Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-Nephews, using Options 1
Book/Author: The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies / Alison Goodman
How it fits: author's first initial is A
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 180
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
Susan A15.7 Jailbreak - Read a book where the main character is jailed or arrested, or is an ex-prisoner.
Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias by Kevin Cook
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
David Koresh was arrested in 1987 (pg 44), approved here
points: 15
previous total: 590
new total: 605
Susan A25.2 - 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
The Deep by Nick Cutter
I listened to audio. MMPB here
512 pages
Book 2:
Deep Freeze by Michael C. Grumley
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
336 pages
The Deep,
Deep Freeze
last word of first book = first word of last book
total pages: 512 + 336 = 848 pages
points: 25
previous total: 605
new total: 630
Cordelia30.1 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Opt 3 Cup on Cover
Lioness by Emily Perkins
Opt 4
by Jack Carr Published in JuneFirst published 11 June 2024
Points this Task 30
Total Points -235
Delicious Dee10.2 - Celebrating Dads
The Surgeon's Daughter
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 155
Its a Fact: 3
25.1 - Amy FL’s task: Farewell to a LegendOption 1, author initials in RAFAEL NADAL: Terms and Conditions by Lauren Asher
Option 3, title word from THE KING OF CLAY: Crow Talk by Eileen Garvin
The word is Talk.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 180
Lisa MD5.1 - Dodge the Ball
Never Go Back by Lee Child
519 pages
Letters: HIT not found in title
I claim a BB ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 225 / 850
Total Books Read: 16
Total Tasks Completed: 14 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 3
Kristen IA20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Your book should have a minimum of 140pg.
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.
Everyone Is Watching by Heather Gudenkauf - 300 pages
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160/850
Tasks Completed: 10/52
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4
Susan A30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Option 1: Read a book with MPG Hockey
Baden by Sawyer Bennett
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
MPG Hockey
364 pages
Option 2: Read a book with the letters N H L in the title.
Highland Outlaw by Monica McCarty
I listened to audiobook. MMPB here
HigHLaNd Outlaw - N H L in title
356 pages
total pages = 346 +356 = 702
points: 30
previous total: 630
new total: 660
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.8 Sand Made Castles
The Enchanted Castle
Accelerated reader information since it has MPG of Children's
The Enchanted Castle
Nesbit, E.
AR Quiz No. 45307 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11.0
Totals
Points: 30
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Completed: 6
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.10 - Olympics: Breaking
61 Minutes to a Miracle: Fulton Sheen and a True Story of the Impossible
Author: Bonnie L. Engstrom
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Totals
Points: 40
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Completed: 7
Boston Kate
20.4 Kids’ Games Through the Ages
Option B: The Paris Network
author Siobhan Curham's initials found in HOPSCOTCH
Points this post: 20
Total points: 30
LAUREN JODI30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Option 2: NHL in Title
Slightly Sinful by Mary Balogh
Page #: 342
Option 4: First Published June 27, 2017
Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose
Page #: 304
Total pages: 646
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 80/850
Total Books Read: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 6/52
babbling c 30.4 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.
Archangel's Resurrection - Audible Archangel's Resurrection - mass market paperback
pgs. 386 by Nalini Singh
SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS
Option 2. Lots of Fun. Read a book from the first 25 pages of the “Comedy” list
As long as the book is on the list and meets SRC requirements, it counts. Required: State the page.
The Gun Seller - kindle Tout est sous contrôle - mass market paperback pgs 382 by Hugh Laurie
Pg 8
386+382=778>500
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Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 45/850
Completed Tasks: 3/52
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 1,423
Books read this season: 4
Gayla5.9 Hot Summer Months
Read a book that was first published in one of the 3 Summer months of the hemisphere where you reside.
The Last Revolution: 1688 and the Creation of the Modern World, by Patrick Dillon.
I live in the northern hemisphere, so the summer months are June, July, and August. The Last Revolution was first published in August 2006.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 105/850
Total tasks: 11/52
Total books: 11/67
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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.
Human Remains by Elizabeth Haynes
Points this post: 20
Total points: 385
Tasks completed: 30