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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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SandyL15.5 Do You Have A Flag?
Read a book whose author's initials are in CAPTURE THE FLAG
The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 65
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 8
SandyL15.7 Jailbreak
Read a book where the main character is jailed
The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmund Dante is imprisoned
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 80
Big Books Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 9
**Requesting Big Book Ticket - 1276 Pages
**Requesting Golden Oldie Ticket - Published 1844
SandyL15.8 Summer Sweets
Read a book with two authors writing under a single name
Engaged to the EMT
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 95
Big Books Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 10
SandyL20.2 - 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
I Could Never
351 Pages
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 115
Big Books Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 11
SandyL20.5 - Bigger is Better: Lisa MD's Summer Scavenger Hunt
Read a book with item on cover: Bicycle
Look on the Bright Side
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 135
Big Books Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 12
Kim O15.9 Summer Blockbusters
Read a book which appears on one of the following lists: The Book Was Better Than The Movie, The Movie Was Better Than The Book
Jaws The Movie Was Better Than The Book (page 1)
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Points: 80
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 2
Susan A30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of Books
Option 1: Read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS
Return to Satterthwaite Court by Mimi Matthews
No MMPB. paperback here
Author initials MM -- SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS
298 pages
Option 3 - any group read nominee/winner
The Yard by Alex Grecian
I listened to audiobook. MMPB here
nominee category Fiction - Victorian
583 pages
I read Into the Drowning Deep my review
total pages = 298 +583 = 881
points: 30
previous total: 770
new total: 800
Amy FL5.8 Sand Made Castles
- approved for castle on cover in message 5 for this taskPoints this post: 5
Total points: 390
Amy FL10.9 - Olympics: Pentathlon
A Killing on the Hill - 5 words in the title
Points this post: 10
Total points: 400
Amy FL15.1 The Long and Short of It
Book 1: Play of Shadows - 447 pages
Book 2: Rolling in the Deep - 128 pages
I linked to the print editions for purposes of page count rather than the ones I completed.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 415
Amy FL20.8 NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June Celebrations
Option 1: Please Tell Me by Mike Omer - author's initials MO in pride MOnth
Points this post: 20
Total points: 435
Amy FL25.5 - Cat's Task - Books of Asia
Option 1
Book 1: Lady Tan’s Circle of Women - set in China (description and metadata)
Book 2: Rebel by Marie Lu - author was born in Wuxi, China (on bio page)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 460
CHANDNI20.10 Group Reads
I read A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
My comment is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 205
LoraTask: 20.8 NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June Celebrations, using Option 3
Book/Author: Baking Spirits Bright/ Sarah Fox
How it fits: cats on the cover
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 220
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
LoraTask: 20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders, using Option 1
Book/Author: Bitter Harvest / Wendy Tyson
How it fits: has 255 pages, has MPG Mystery, and is written by a female author
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 240
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
5.4 Game of HORSEAll the letters of HORSE in the title: The Divorcées by Rowan Beaird
Points this post: 5
Total points: 265
babbling c 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Laure's Task: Dragons of Summer
This is a ONE book task. You have three options.
Required: State which option you chose when you post.
Option 2. I have just finished playing a classic Dragonlance campaign. Before I started the campaign, I also caught up with the iconic Dragonlance series by Margaret Weis.
For this option, read a book from the Dragonlance series or a book featuring a dragon as one of the characters.
Required: If the dragon character is not evident from the description or the GR metadata, provide a reference.
Whisper Kiss - kindle Whisper Kiss - paperback pgs 391 by Deborah Cooke
The male main character is a dragon shapeshifter.
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 65/850
Completed Tasks: 4/52
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 1,814
Books read this season: 5
Repost from post 306, book now verified: Apple wrote: "5.4 Game of HORSE
Read a book that has all the letters of HORSE in the title/subtitle.
Only the Astronauts by Ceridwen Dovey
Only tHE aStRonauts
Points this Task: 5
Season Total: 95
Total BB tickets to date: 1
Total IAFs to date: 1
5.1; ...; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6
10.6; ...; ...; 10.9;
15.7; ...; ...; 15.10
...; ...; 20.3"
5.2 Hop Hop JumpRead a book with the one of these words in the title (not subtitle): One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Safe, Home
Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for Ten Steps to Nanette (nonfiction)**
Points this Task: 5
Season Total: 100
IAFs this post: 1
Total IAFs to date: 2
Total BB tickets to date: 1
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6
10.6; ...; ...; 10.9;
15.7; ...; ...; 15.10
...; ...; 20.3
MEGSCL25.1 - 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.
I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee
Option 4: MPG of Mental Health or Mental Illness.
Meredith, Alone
TOTAL
130 points - 1 big book - 1 IAF
5.9 Hot Summer MonthsThe Widow (Kate Waters #1) by Fiona Barton
I live in Southern hemisphere
book originally published in January 2016
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 400
Kristen IA25.1 - 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.
Her Final Breath by Robert Dugoni
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 - Long
Long Bright River by Liz Moore
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 190/850
Tasks Completed: 12/52
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4
JenJ IA20.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or Bust
This is a one book task. Please choose an option and read a book that meets the requirements.
Required: State the Option
Option 1 - Read a book with a main character who is an artist.
All Fours by Miranda July
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 130/850
Tasks Completed: 8/52
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 2
Task 5.9 - A Death in the ParishI'm in Northern Hemisphere, book published Jun 2023
A Death in the Parish
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570 points
Gayla20.3 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.
Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder
AF => bAdgersdriFt
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140/850
Total tasks: 13/52
Total books: 13/67
Joanne MI15.10 Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title
The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this task 15
IAF this post 1
Season Total 80
IAF 2
Joanne MI20.6 It's A Fact- KathyP's Task-Summertime Dreaming
Option 3: Authors Initial in Swimming Pool
The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History by Peter Maas
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this task 20
IAF this post 1
Season Total 100
IAF 3
25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Title PairsOPTION 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).
A Lady's Formula for LOVE (The Secret Scientists of London #1) by Elizabeth Everett
322 pages
LOVE with a Chance of Drowning: A Memoir by Torre DeRoche
352 pages
Total pages read: 674
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 425
10.6 - PrideBook: Any Way the Wind Blows: Simon Snow, Book 3
I listened to the audio book. The paperback edition has 592 pages.
I claim one big book ticket.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135
Big book tickets this post: 1
Total # of big book tickets: 2
Jayme(theghostreader)10.1 Summer Reading list
The Midnight Libraryby Matt Haig
from the list Defining Moments 2024
Task +10
Grand Total: 60
Amy B20.9-Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-Nephews
This is a one book task. MPG Childrens, found in ARBF may be used.
Required: State the option
Option 1. Read a book by an author whose first name begins with an A or an E.
Y/N by Esther Yi
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 95 Points
Lisa MD30.3 - TessaVaness'S TASK Feeding the Children
Option 1: Title Word: "Story" found in SalvaTiOn aRmY
End of Story by A.J. Finn
408 pgs
Option 2: Between 200 - 250pgs
Somehow: Thoughts on Love by Anne Lamott
201 pgs
I claim an IAF ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 280 / 850
Total Books Read: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 17 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 4
Sue T15.9 Summer Blockbusters
Book from list: The Movie was Better Than the Book - page 1 of list
Forrest Gump by Winston Groom
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15/850
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
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5.1 Dodge the Ball
No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall / HIT not in title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
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A Broken Soul by Jessica Prince / 3 word title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
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This Is Forever by Natasha Madison / HORSE in title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Mod
Coming Full Circle by Jessica Prince / #2 in series
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Mod
This Is Crazy by Natasha Madison / pub in June, I live in the northern hemisphere
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Mod
Sweet Sunshine by Jessica Prince / SUNSHINE in #13 'Walking on Sunshine'
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35
Julia10325.6 - Delicious Dee's Task - Chronicles of St Mary’s and the Time Police
Option 1: A Second Chance (The Chronicles of St Mary's #3)
Option 4: The Jane Austen Project
(on page 2 of list)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 240
BB: 2
GO: 1
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 19
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Option 2- one book option
by Kristen Ashley / set in USA and >75% of the named cover colors41.9 %#0b0a06Black
14.7 %#184274Blue
14.3 %#051c38Blue
13.1 %#80b7d2Blue
9.1 %#2979b2Blue
1.8 %#b56129Brown
1.8 %#85532bBrown
1.5 %#5a7991Blue
1.3 %#56341fBrown
0.6 %#d89b50Orange
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
Mod
Score on You by Harloe Rae / HR in phrase
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
Mod
Option 3-
One Time Player by RC Stevens / ONE in title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Mod
Option 3-
Random in Death by JD Robb / MPG Mystery, written by female author; 496 pg MMPB
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Truitt_T5.10 Easy Breezy Summertime
This is a one book task.
Task: Book that meets SRC rules
Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival by Peter Stark
Paperback: Astoria: Astor and Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Tale of Ambition and Survival on the Early American Frontier
It meets the standards.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 440 / 850
Tasks Completed 27/52
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by Jill Shalvis / sun hat on coverPoints this post: 20
Total points: 125
Mod
Option 1-
Crossroads by Devney Perry / DP in phrase
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
Truitt_T10.3 - Sumer is icumen in
This is a one book task.
Task: Title word from "SUMER IS ICUMEN IN"
Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
MMPB: Foxglove Summer
Summer: SUMER is icuMen in
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 450 / 850
Tasks Completed 28/52
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10.9 - Olympics: Pentathlon
Read a book with 5 words in the title
Let's Pretend This Will Work
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 50
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7