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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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Beth_NC20.6 Summertime Dreaming
Option 3 - Non-Fiction book whose author's initials are found in SWIMMING POOL
Broken Faithby Mitch Weiss
sWiMming pool
Task Points: 20
Task Books: 1
Task Pages: 431
Total Points: 275
Total Tasks: 17
Total Books: 22
Total Pages: 7815
Big Books:
Beth_NC25.3 Summer English Lesson
Option C:
Book 1: Read a book with a noun or a verb of 4 or more letters in the title.
Take Down by James Swain
Take
Book 2: Read a book with a different word that is a synonym or antonym of that word in the title
All This I Will Give to You by Dolores Redondo
Give antonym
Task Points: 25
Task Books: 2
Task Pages: 897
Total Points: 300
Total Tasks: 18
Total Books: 24
Total Pages: 8712
Big Books: 1
Beth_NC10.2 Celebrating Dads
book with one of the following "dad" or "child" relationships standalone in the title or subtitle:
The Martian Child by David Gerrold
Child
Task Points: 10
Task Books: 1
Task Pages: 192
Total Points: 310
Total Tasks: 19
Total Books: 25
Total Pages: 8904
Big Books:
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.6 - Don't Move.
Read a book with a MPG of 'Dystopia'.
Reckless by Lauren Roberts (396 p.)
➸ Total Points: 35
➸ Total Pages: 844
CHANDNI25.1 - 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.
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in either Spain or France.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 260
Bookwrm526Task #15.5 Do You Have A Flag?
Read a book whose author's initials are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG. I read Death at Sea: Montalbano's Early Cases by Andrea Camilleri (AC in CApture)
Total points so far: 375
Mod
20.5 - Bigger is Better: Lisa MD's Summer Scavenger Hunt
Find any of these items associated with summer on the cover.
Required: post the cover and identify your object
Pool floaties: arm floaties, tubes, pool rafts
The Summer Deal. Jill Shalvis. 7.10.24
Points: 20
Total points: 525
Books read: 41
Tasks completed: 34
IAF points: 8
BB points: 1
Lindsey IL20.7 - Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or Bust
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
option 4, "monster" in title
MG+
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 155
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 2
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
Angela IL20.3 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.
The Fortune Seller by Rachel Kapelke-Dale-6/6
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 5
Ana5.7 We All Scream
Requiem. She was born in 1982. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_...
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 115
Cordelia15.10 Summer months
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Book has 6 word title
Points this task - 15
Total points - 340
Deborah30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
2) Change Places with Me (NHL in title) 224 pages
4) Witchmark (June 19, 2018) 318 pages
224+318=542 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 235
Books Read: 18
Tasks Done: 13
LoraTask: 10.4 - Summer Songs
Book/Author: A Talent for Trouble / Jen Turano
How it fits: #14 'School’s Out for Summer’ by Alice Cooper shares the word FOR with the book title
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 280
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
Gayla20.2 Rookie at the Top -- Laura's Task - Summer of Dragons
Option 3: read a book with either the word: Wizard, Witch, Wild or One in the title.
A Fire So Wild by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
Wild => A Fire So WILD
Points this post: 20
Total points: 205/850
Total tasks: 17/52
Total books: 19/67
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of Books
Option 1: Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe
272 pages
Option 3: Dancing with the Octopus: A Memoir of a Crime by Debora Harding
384 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 665
Task completed: 45
Jen K15.7 Jailbreak
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 215
BB: 1
IAF: 2
Jen K15.10 Summer Months
I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 230
BB: 1
IAF: 2
Jen K20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Laure's Task: Dragons of Summer
Option 1. Life Among the Savages
Published 1953
****Requesting 1 IAF ticket for nonfiction****
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 250
BB: 1
IAF: 3
Rockynook25.6 - Chronicles of St Mary’s and the Time Police
Option 2: author shares a name with a character
The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews
Character: Mary Schiller
Option 3: title contains a 4+ word from a book in the series
What We Did by Natalie Chandler
Series Book: Book 6: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Word: What
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 245
Andy P.Task # 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Laure's Task: Dragons of Summer
Option 3. read a book with the word: Wild in the title. Plurals are allowed The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
Points this post 20
Total points: 290
EMurphy20.9 Moderator's Pet-Babbling C's Task: Nephews
Option 1: Author whose first name begins with A or E The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 190
Books Read: 12
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 8
Nick KY25.3 Jenn Renee’s Summer English Lesson
Opt. 3. Noun and Synonym
Book 1. I read The Hollow by Agatha Christie. The noun is “Hollow.” Hollow as a noun is defined in the Merriam-Webster thesaurus (in definition 2) as “an area of lowland between hills and mountains.”
The strongest synonym for this definition of “Hollow” is “Valley.”
Book 2. I read Death Valley by Melissa Broder.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 500
25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Title PairsOption 1, last word of first book title matches first word of second book title:
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
paperback edition Last Summer at the Golden Hotel 384 pages
Hotel Laguna by Nicola Harrison, 278 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 340
Bookwrm526Task #15.1 The Long and Short of It
Book 1: Has a page count of 400 or more pages. I read All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny (439p).
Book 2: Has a page count of 200 or fewer pages. I read Dead Inside by Kate Bold (157p).
Total points so far: 390
Bookwrm526Task #20.4 - Kids’ Games Through the Ages
Option B: Read a book by an author whose initials (all of them, as they appear on Goodreads) are found in the word HOPSCOTCH.
I read Last Stand in Lychford by Paul Cornell (hoPsCotch).
Total points so far: 410
trishhartuk20.2 Rookie at the Top - Laure's Task: Dragons of Summer
Option 2.Read a book from the Dragonlance series or a book featuring a dragon as one of the characters.
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, Moniquill Blackgoose
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (511pg)
From the GR description: “The remote island of Masquapaug has not seen a dragon in many generations—until fifteen-year-old Anequs finds a dragon’s egg and bonds with its hatchling…”
The hatchling, Kasaqua, is also a character, as are the dragons bonded with other students at the academy Anequs attends.
Big Book: To Shape a Dragon’s Breath is 511pg = 500+ x 1 = 1tkt
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Big Book: 1 – To Shape a Dragon’s Breath is 511pg = 500+ x 1 = 1tkt
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 12
Big Book Tickets: 2
15.1 The Long and Short of ItBook 1, page count of 400 or more: Skin & Bones by Renée Watson, 416 pages
Book 2, page count of 200 or fewer: Portuguese Irregular Verbs by Alexander McCall Smith
paperback edition Portuguese Irregular Verbs, 128 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 355
Mod
20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Summer 2024 season.
The requirement for this task: you must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book. (Thoughts posted in comment 8).
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. John Berendt - nonfiction
**Claiming 1 IAF ticket
Points: 20
Total points: 545
Books read: 42
Tasks completed: 35
IAF points: 9
BB points: 1
Kim O30.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of Silence
Option 1: Two Book Option
Book 1: Read a book with no words in the title.
1666
Book 2: Read a book with at least one letter or number that's part of the cover art.
- Numbers on the watchPoints this task: 30
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Totals:
Points: 110
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 2
Julia1035.4 Game of HORSE
Two Cases for the Czar
(two caSEs fOR tHe czar)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 305
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 25
Lisa MD15.10 - Summer Months
Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story by Terri-Lynne DeFino
416 pgs
7 word title
☀️👓⛱️👓☀️👓⛱️👓☀️👓⛱️👓☀️👓⛱️👓☀️👓⛱️👓☀️👓⛱️👓
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 350 / 850
Total Books Read: 27
Total Tasks Completed: 21 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
Bookwrm526Task #15.8 Summer Sweets
Read a book with two authors either writing under both names or using a single name. I read The Bughouse Affair by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini.
Total points so far: 425
ROBIN P15.4 Anyone for Croquet?
A. Book 6 or 9 of series - The Vanishing Museum on the Rue Mistral, 39 of Verlaque & Bonnet series
B. Animal, bird or playing card on cover
Peace Like a River
- horse on cover, ok'd in help threadPoints this post: 15
Total points: 290
BB:0 GO:2 IAF:4
Molly5.5 The Great Cornholio
I read Resist by Sarah Crossan.
This is #2 in the Breathe series.
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Points: 55
Task completed: 6
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
JUKKA20.9 - Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-Nephews
Book with a word in title that can be made out of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
Rage Across the World Volume 1 by Emrey Barnes et al. The word is RAGE.
Total Points: 185/850
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 14/52
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 1
Gayla15.8 Summer Sweets
Read a book with two authors either writing under both names or using a single name.
A Question of Honor, by Charles Todd
According to the GoodReads page, "Charles Todd is the pen name used by the mother-and-son writing team, Caroline Todd and Charles Todd."
Points this post: 15
Total points: 220/850
Total tasks: 18/52
Total books: 20/67
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.10 Easy Breezy Summertime
Radium Girls by Cy
Points this post: 5
Total points: 670
Task completed: 46
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.2 Mazza1's Task: Title Pairs
Option 1:
Book 1: Crime Song by David Stinson
368 pages
Book 2: Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams by Shari Green
304 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 695
Task completed: 47
Sanz20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Laure's Task: Dragons of Summer
Option 2: read a book from the Dragonlance series or a book featuring a dragon as one of the characters.
Book: Iron Flame features dragons – Tairn, Andarna, Sgaeyl, among others.
This book is 623 pages so I'd like to claim 1 BB point
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Point this post: 20
Total points: 20
BB: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
15.3 Let The Games BeginOption 2 - Read one book which satisfies both requirements of option 1. A: The rings on the Olympic flag are blue, yellow, black, green, and red. Read a book whose cover is at least 75% made up of any combination of these colours according to Tineye. B: Countries who have previously hosted the Summer Olympics include USA, Great Britain, Greece, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Mexico, Canada, Soviet Union, South Korea, Spain, China or Brazil. Read a book at least 50% set in one of these countries.
I read Η ζωή εν τάφω.
A. Book cover:
And here are the Tineye results:
72.9 % #fbf9a2
Yellow
16.5 % #272925
Black
2.8 % #6d6d61
Grey
2.5 % #b6b48b
Grey
1.8 % #506e3d
Green
1.8 % #f3624c
Orange
1.1 % #bdbcbb
Violet
0.5 % #c77457
Brown
B. At least half of this book takes place in Greece, mostly in the island of Lesvos (Mytilini) and the other half over different areas in the Balkans during the 1st World War.
I claim 1 Golden Oldies ticket for this book that was first published in 1924.
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 190
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 5
trishhartuk10.2 Celebrating Dads
Read a book with one of the listed "dad" or "child" relationships...Daughter
Liberty's Daughter, Naomi Kritzer
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (262pg)
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 12
Big Book Tickets: 2
JEN B10.8 - Olympics: Equestrian
Read a book with a horse on the cover.
by Eliza Jane BrazierTOTAL POINTS: 185
JEN B20.8 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.
Funny Story by Emily Henry
E in pridE
H in montH
TOTAL POINTS: 205
Task 10.10 - Olympics: Breakingauthor first names starts with B (BILL)
The End of Nature by Bill McKibben
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590 points
Task 15.9 -Summer Blockbustersp2 (#176) of Book Better Than Movie list
Catching Fire
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605 points
Task 20.10 - Group Readscomment: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
A Curious Beginning
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625 points
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Challenge 20.8 NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June Celebrations
Option 1: The Last to Pie by Misha Popp
Points this post: 20
Total points: 635
Task completed: 44