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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
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Option 1-
Sterling Streak by LB Dunbar / LD in phrase
Option 3-
Forbidden King by Laura Pavlov / KING in phrase
Points this post: 25
Total points: 190
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Option 1-
Book A:
This Is Wild by Natasha Madison / WILD last word in title; 449 pg PB
Book B:
Wild River by Laura Pavlov / WILD first word in title; 340 pg PB
Total pages: 789 > 600
Points this post: 25
Total points: 215
Truitt_T10.6 - Pride
This is a one book task.
Task: MPG LGBT, Queer, etc.
Diana: My Graphic Obsession by Sivan Piatigorsky-Roth
MPG Queer, LGBT
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 460 / 850
Tasks Completed 29/52
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Option 2-
I Loved You in Another Life by David Arnold / DAVID in 'David Sands'; 352 pg PB
Option 3-
Time for Change by Lacey Black / TIME in #4 'A Trail Through Time'; 294 pg PB
Total pages: 646 > 500
Points this post: 25
Total points: 240
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Option 1-
Grumpy Player by RC Stephens / MPG Hockey; 302 pg PB
Option 2-
Quiet Beautiful Things by Samantha Christy / NHL in title; 294 pg PB
Total pages: 734 > 500
Points this post: 30
Total points: 270
Julia10330.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of Silence
Book 1: 1638: The Sovereign States (36)
Book 2:
(The seal on the top right has letters/words in German, approved in post 70 of task help thread)
I read the Kindle edition. There is no MMP. The top paperback The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos has 592 pages so claiming one BB ticket.
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos is non-fiction so claiming one It's A Fact ticket
This post: 30 points, 1 BB, 1 NF
Total points: 270
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 21
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Option 1-
The Girl in the Mist by Kristen Ashley / MIST in phrase
Option 3-
Timeless by Devney Perry / 240 pgs within range; 240 pg top PB (i read the kindle edition)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 300
Truitt_T10.10 - Olympics: Breaking
This is a one book task.
Task: Author first name begins with B.
Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
MMPB: Broken Homes
Author first name is Ben.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 470 / 850
Tasks Completed 30/52
Truitt_T15.5 Do You Have A Flag?
This is a one book task.
Task: Author initials in CAPTURE THE FLAG
Down a Dark Road by Linda Castillo
L, C: Capture the fLag
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 485 / 850
Tasks Completed 31/52
30.2 - Katrisa's Task - Summer ZodiacThis is a two book task from one option, 500+ pages
Option 1
Task: Book 1 - Book from one of two Twins lists
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
MMPB: Fangirl - 576 pages
Found on first page (#5) of the Best Books About Twins list.
Task: Book 2: MPG Romance
North's Pole by Leta Blake Paperback: North's Pole - 234 pages
MPG Romance
Total Page Count: 810
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 515 / 850
Tasks Completed 32/52
30.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of SilenceThis is a two book task - Option 1
Task: Book 1 - Read a book with no words in the title. A, An, or The may be ignored.
The Shabti by Megaera C. Lorenz
Hardcover: The Shabti
Shabti is not a playable word per the linked Scrabble dictionary.
Task: Book 2: Letter and/or number as part of cover art
The Prospects by K.T. Hoffman
Paperback: The Prospects
Team name and player number are visible on uniforms.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 545 / 850
Tasks Completed 33/52
5.7 We All ScreamRead a book by an author born in the 1980's.
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
TJ Klune was born in 1982
Points this Task: 5
Season Total: 105
Total IAFs to date: 2
Total BB tickets to date: 1
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7;
10.6; ...; ...; 10.9;
15.7; ...; ...; 15.10
...; ...; 20.3
15.5 Do You Have A Flag?Read a book whose author's initials are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG.
There Should Be More Dancing by Rosalie Ham
Points this Task: 15
Season Total: 120
Total IAFs to date: 2
Total BB tickets to date: 1
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7;
10.6; ...; ...; 10.9;
15.5; ...; 15.7; ...; ...; 15.10
...; ...; 20.3
10.9 - Olympics: PentathlonThis is a one book task.
Task: Title with exactly 5 words
What Abigail Did That Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
Paperback: What Abigail Did That Summer
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 550 / 850
Tasks Completed 34/52
Bookwrm526Task #5.4 Game of HORSE
Read a book that has all the letters of HORSE in the title/subtitle. I read Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke (RE in triple, HO in chocolate, S in cheesecake).
Total points so far: 335
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.2 - Celebrating Dads
The Mouse and His Child
The word is CHILD
AR Book Find
The Mouse and His Child
Hoban, Russell
AR Quiz No. 23807 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 8.0
Totals
Points: 75
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Completed: 11
Kathy KS15.8 Summer Sweets
Read a book with two authors... writing under both names...
Sandworms of Dune by Brian Herbert AND Kevin J. Anderson.
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 170
Tasks completed: 9/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
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
10.4 - Summer SongsRead a book with title word (not subtitle) of at least 3 letters shared with your chosen song title (excluding The)
Summer Fires by Giulia Sagramola
Cruel SUMMER by Bananarama (cos I am old enough to remember this one!
Points this Task: 10
Season Total: 130
Total IAFs to date: 2
Total BB tickets to date: 1
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7;
10.4; ...; 10.6; ...; ...; 10.9;
15.5; ...; 15.7; ...; ...; 15.10
...; ...; 20.3
LoraTask: 30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs, using options 2 and 4. Total pages: 503.
Book 1:
Book/Author: Lost in the Moment and Found / Seanan McGuire
How it fits: 146 pages; has letters NHL in the title
Book 2:
Book/Author: Hostage
How it fits: 357 pages; originally published June 22, 2021.
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 270
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
Cordelia20.8 Nickels and Dimes
The Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly
Author's initials M R in PRIDE MONTH
pages- 506
Claim one BB ticket
Points this task - 20
Total points - 315
Toal BB tickets - 3
Gayla15.2 Stars and Stripes Forever
A -- Stars: Read a book that has the name of a U.S. state in the title
Virginia Woolf: And the Women Who Shaped Her World, by Gillian Gill
B -- Stripes: Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of the original 13 colonies
Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York, by Barbara Weisberg
(As is probably obvious from the subtitle, this book is set in New York.)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 155/850
Total tasks: 14/52
Total books: 14/67
Delicious Dee10.6 - Pride
Gender Queer - claiming its a fact ticket for non-fiction
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 205
Its a Fact: 4
Delicious Dee10.8 - Olympics: Equestrian
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 215
Its a Fact: 4
Delicious Dee15.1 The Long and Short of It
Book A - Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen - 560pgs, claiming 1 big book ticket for 500+ pgs
Book B - Taste of Marrow - 192pgs
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 230
Its a Fact: 4
Big Book Ticket: 1
Delicious Dee15.4 Anyone For Croquet?
One book option
- book #6 in the Sookie Stackhouse series; tiger on coverPoints this Post: 15
Total Points: 245
Its a Fact: 4
Big Book Ticket: 1
Delicious Dee30.2 - Katrisa's Task - Summer Zodiac
Option 2 - Cancer June 22- July 22
Book A - Captain's Fury - #4 in the Codex Alera series
Book B -
- unicorn in the lower left cornerPoints this Post: 30
Total Points: 275
Its a Fact: 4
Big Book Ticket: 1
25.1 Farewell to a Legend I chose options 1 and 4
Option 1 - Blue Monday by Nicci French - N and F are in Rafael Nadal
Option 4 - Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater - Mental Health is a MPG
Claiming an It's a Fact ticket for this book
New Total: 125
Task 5.7 We All ScreamRead a book by an author born in the 1980's.
Required: State the year of birth. If the birth year is not present on the Goodreads author page, provide a reference.
Year of Birth: 1982
Goodreads biography of Sequoia Nagamatsu says that he was born January 19, 1982.
How High We Go in the Dark (2022) by Sequoia Nagamatsu (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 293 pages)
55 + 05 = 60
Tasks Completed: 04
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 55 + 05 = 60
Books read: 05
Pages read: 1,289
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 02
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
babbling c 5.7 We All Scream
This July is National Ice Cream Month, and you have Kentucky to thank! In 1984, Senator Walter Dee Huddleston of Kentucky introduced a resolution to proclaim the month of July 1984 National Ice Cream Month and the 15th of that month National Ice Cream Day.
Read a book by an author born in the 1980's.
Bride - Audible Bride - paperback pgs 416 by Ali Hazelwood
Born 1989
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 70/850
Completed Tasks: 5/52
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 2,230
Books read this season: 6
20.10 Group ReadsI read option 3 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Review is on message 6.
I claim 1 It's a Fact ticket for this non-fiction book.
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total Points: 150
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 4
Andy P.Task # 15.2 Stars and Stripes Forever
A. Stars: Read a book that has the name of a U.S. state in the title
Birds of California by Katie Cotugno
B. Stripes: Each of the 13 stripes on the American flag stands for one of the original 13 colonies (Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island.
Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 byStephen Puleo
Takes place almost entirely in Massachusetts
Points this post: 15
Total points: 235
MAZZA15.9 Hot Summer Months
Read a book that was first published in one of the 3 Summer months of the hemisphere where you reside.
I read an ARC of this book
The Instrumentalist:
This is PB The Instrumentalist: A Novel due to be published August
I live in Northern Hemisphere
Points this post = 5
points to date =430
MAZZA15.10 Easy Breezy Summertime
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
Honey
points this post = 5
Points to date = 435
MAZZA110.4 - Summer Songs
Pick one song from this list of 50 40 Best Summer Songs
https://www.timeout.com/music/the-50-...
Read a book with title word (not subtitle) of at least 3 letters shared with your chosen song title (excluding The)
Death in the Park
PARK in song " Saturday in the PARK" (number 30 on list)
points this post = 10
points to date = 445
MAZZA110.9 - Olympics: Pentathlon
Read a book with exactly 5 words in the title (not subtitle).
Meet Me in Cockleberry Bay
Points this post = 10
points to date = 455
MAZZA115.2 Stars and Stripes Forever
A -Read a book that has the name of a U.S. state in the title
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
B - Stripes: Each of the 13 stripes on the American flag stands for one of the original 13 coloniesNew York,
Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of these states.
Devil's Bridge set in New York
points this post = 15
points to date = 470
MAZZA115.7 Jailbreak
Read a book where the main character is jailed or arrested, or is an ex-prisoner.
Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
main page info states "Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Center convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen,"
points this post = 15
points to date = 485
MAZZA120.1 Most Improved Player: XBM's Task: Enjoy a Summer Road Trip
Read a book from this list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous About Connecticut
points this post = 20
Points to dtae = 505
MAZZA120.5 - Bigger is Better: Lisa MD's Summer Scavenger Hunt
find any of these items associated with summer on the cover and read that book. Fireflies
approved in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
points this post = 20
points to dtae = 525
MAZZA125.3 -JennRenee's Task - Summer English Lesson
Option A:
Book 1: Read a book with a noun of 4 or more letters in the title.
Book 2: Read a book with a plural noun of that same noun in the title.
Approved in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
points this post = 25
Points to date = 550
MAZZA125.4 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:
Historical/Historical Fiction
Orphan Number Eight 398 pages
approved here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 2: Read a book for which the author’s initials may be found in STONEWALL RIOTS
This fits the non fiction requirement
Girl in the Dark 254 pages
398 + 254 = 652 pages exceed requirement
points this post = 25
points to date = 575
Amanda VA20.9 Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-Nephews
Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick
Option 1: first name starts with E
Claiming one it's a Fact ticket
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 20
Total IAF: 1
Total BB: 0
Julia1035.7 We All Scream
A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
Alexis Hall was born in 1984 according to https://www.famousbirthdays.com/peopl...
This post: 5 points
Total points: 275
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 22
Kathy KS20.5 - Bigger is Better: Lisa MD's Summer Scavenger Hunt
by C.L. PolkSummer item: Bicycle.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 190
Tasks completed: 10/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
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
Kai30.2 Katrisa's Task - Summer Zodiac
This is a two-book task. Please pick one option and read a book 1 and a book 2 for your chosen option. Total page count must be at least 500 pages.
OPTION 3 - BOOK 1
Read a book from one of these domestic thriller lists
Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet
Best Domestic Suspense Novels - Page 1
256 pages
OPTION 3 - BOOK 2
Read a book with an MPG of Feminism.
Divorcing by Susan Taubes
288 pages
TOTAL: 544 pages
New Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 9/52
Total Points: 145
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 1
IT'S A FACT: 2
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 3-
What Became of Magic by Paige Crutcher / MAGIC in phrase
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165