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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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Julia10325.2 - Mazza1's Task: Title Pairs
Option 1:
A Coup of Tea and Tea & Treachery
This post: 25 points
Total points: 335
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 27
JENNY H5.1 Dodge the Ball
Read a book whose title does not contain the letters HIT.
Du & jag
Points this post: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 5
JENNY H5.2 Hop Hop Jump
Read a book with the words One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Safe, or Home in the title.
One More Step, Come Stand by My Side
Points this post: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 10
JENNY H5.3 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.
Aya
Points this post: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 15
JENNY H5.4 Game of HORSE
Read a book that has all the letters of HORSE in the title/subtitle.
I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf
Points this post: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 20
JENNY H5.5 The Great Cornholio
Read a book that is #2 or #7 or #27 in a series
Återvändsgränder, is #2
Points this post: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 25
JENNY H5.6 Outside We Go!
Read a book that features an outside activity e.g. camping, skiing, swimming, hiking, etc.
学園アリス 15 Gakuen Alice 15 : In this volume, the story focuses on the school outdoor sports festival.
Points this post: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 30
JENNY H5.7 We All Scream
Read a book by an author born in the 1980's.
Vei - bok 1: Per the author's wikipedia page, Sara Bergmark Elfgren was born in 1980.
Points this post: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 35
JENNY H5.9 Hot Summer Months
Read a book that was first published in one of the 3 Summer months of the hemisphere where you reside.
I live in the northern hemisphere so I read a book published in July.
学園アリス 19 Gakuen Alice 19
Points this post: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 40
JENNY H5.10 Easy Breezy Summerti
Reader's pick
Chi's Sweet Home, Volume 1 has MPG children's and cannot be found on ARBF, which is allowed for this task!
Points this post: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 45
JENNY H15.1 The Long and Short of It
This is a two-book challenge. Read two books:
Book 1: Has a page count of 400 or more pages.
Forbidden Honor (466 pages)
Book 2: Has a page count of 200 or fewer pages.
Gakuen Alice, Vol. 17 (192 pages)
Points this post: 15
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 60
JENNY H15.3 Let The Games Begin
Option 2 - Read one book which satisfies both requirements of option 1:
Read a book whose cover is at least 75% made up of any combination of the colours blue, yellow, black, green, and red according to Tineye.
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the following countries: USA, Great Britain, Greece, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Mexico, Canada, Soviet Union, South Korea, Spain, China or Brazil.
Battle Royale, Vol. 01
- 75.1% black and red
- 100% set in Japan
Points this post: 15
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 75
JENNY H15.5 Do You Have A Flag?
Read a book whose author's initials are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG.
Detta är mitt liv by Rose Lagercrantz
Points this post: 15
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 90
JENNY H15.6 Don't Move
Read a book with the MPG Dystopia or Dystopian.
Akira, Vol. 1 (MPG Dystopia)
Points this post: 15
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 105
JENNY H15.9 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
Harry Potter och den flammande bägaren (Harry Potter, #4), appears on page 1 of "The Book Was Better Than The Movie"
The book has MPG Children's --> IL: UY (ARBF UK)
*Claiming two Big Book ticket (752 pages)*
Points this post: 15
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 120
JENNY H15.10 Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy = 7 words
Points this post: 15
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 135
JENNY H20.2 - 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.
Sacred Honor features a whole host of dragons, one being the main character (spoiler!)
Points this post: 20
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 155
JENNY H20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
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'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
- MPG Mystery
- female author Ally Carter
Points this post: 20
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 175
5.5 The Great CornholioThis is a one book task.
Task: Read 2, 7, or 27 in series
Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch
MMPB: Lies Sleeping
This book is #7 in the Rivers of London series.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 575 / 850
Tasks Completed 36/52
JENNY H20.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages
Option b) Hopscotch – read a book by an author whose initials are found in the word HOPSCOTCH.
学園アリス 21 Gakuen Alice 21 by Tachibana Higuchi (TH)
Points this post: 20
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 195
5.7 We All ScreamThis is a one book task.
Task: Author born in 1980s.
The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo
Hardcover: The Brides of High Hill
Per Wikipedia, Nghi Vo was born in 1981.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nghi_Vo
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 580 / 850
Tasks Completed 37/52
JENNY H20.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or Bust
Option 2 - Scotland contains more than 790 islands. Read a book that takes place at any time on an island.
The Wall
- Goodreads indicates the North Sea as the setting of the novel, which isn't untrue. The first 75%, however, take place in Great Britain. From www.theguardian.com: "The scene is Britain, the time the not-too-distant future."
Points this post: 20
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 215
JENNY H20.8 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.
Dangerous Honor by May Dawson (MD)
Points this post: 20
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 235
15.10 Summer MonthsThis is a one book task.
Task: Title with 6, 7, or 8 words
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
Paperback: I Wish You All the Best
There are 6 words in the title.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 595 / 850
Tasks Completed 38/52
JENNY H20.9-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 Fall by Albert Camus
Points this post: 20
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 255
25.3 -JennRenee's Task - Summer English LessonThis is a two book task. Option A - Nouns
Task: Book 1: 4+ letter noun in title
Ramen Assassin by Rhys Ford
Paperback: Ramen Assassin
Task: Book 2: Repeating noun, plural
The Assassins of Thasalon by Lois McMaster Bujold
Hardcover: The Assassins of Thasalon
Assassin / Assassins
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 620 / 850
Tasks Completed 39/52
JENNY H30.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of Silence
Option 1: Two Book Option
Book 1: One of the most striking things from experiencing both eclipses with a crowd was the awed silence that fell over hundreds of watchers as the light faded. Sometimes, there are just no words. Read a book with no words in the title.
Gakuen Alice, Vol. 18 - neither Gakuen or Alice are found in the official Scrabble dictionary.
Book 2: Read a book with at least one letter or number that's part of the cover art.
The Jane Austen Book Club
- a book page is part of the cover art
Points this post: 30
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 285
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2024 SRC
5.4 Game of HORSE
Read a book that has all the letters of HORSE in the title/subtitle.
cHarlOttE Redbird, ghoSt coach
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 155
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Cordelia15.4 Anyone for croquet
Option A: Copper River by William Kent Krueger #6 in series
Option B: Butcher’s Crossing by John Williams
Buffalo on cover
Points this task - 15
Total points - 355
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2024 SRC
15.5 Do You Have A Flag?
Read a book whose author's initials are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG. Middle initials can be ignored, and letters can only be used as often as they appear.
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, AC in CApture the flag, initially published in 1939, claiming 1 GO ticket
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 170
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2024 SRC
5.10 Easy Breezy Summertime
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Precious and Grace by Alexander McCall Smith
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 175
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2024 SRC
20.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages
d) Red Light, Green Light – another game that originated in ancient China, it has been known by many names, but I learned it as Red light, Green light. If you want to choose this game, read a book with a cover that is at least 75% red and/or green, according to TinEye.
Required: post the cover
- 78.5% red per tineyehttps://labs.tineye.com/color/973c59e...
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 195
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
PegW10.7 - O Canada
Read a book set in Canada
I read The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed set in Queen Charlotte Island which are Canadian Islands off the The Pacific Northwest Coast.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Mod
15.2 Stars and Stripes Forever
A - Read a book that has the name of a U.S. state in the title
Love Finds You in Revenge Ohio. Lisa Harris
B - Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of the original 13 colonies (Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina,
Love Finds You in Folly Beach, South Carolina. Loree Lough
Points: 15
Total points: 560
Books read: 44
Tasks completed: 36
IAF points: 9
BB points: 1
Bookwrm526Task #20.6- Summertime Dreaming
Option 3: Read a book with a single author, whose first and last initials can be found in SWIMMING POOL. I read Trace: Memory, History, Race and the American Landscape by Lauret Savoy (SwimmingpooL).
Total points so far: 445
JenJ IA25.5 - Cat's Task - Books of Asia
Pick an option.
Required: state the option.
Option 1: Two Book Option
Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70) in one or more countries in Asia, or is about one or more countries in Asia (if Non-Fiction).
Required: state the country(/ies), and provide supporting evidence if it's not obvious from the GR metadata or blurb - Vietnam
Banyan Moon by Thao Thai
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Asia.
Required:provide a link to prove place of birth if it's not obvious from the GR metadata - South Korea
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 210/850
Tasks Completed: 12/52
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 2
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2024 SRC
10.6 - Pride
Read a book with one of the following MPGs: LGBT, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Queer
Bury Your Gays - MPG LGBT
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 205
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2024 SRC
20.6- It's A Fact- KathyP's Task-Summertime Dreaming
Option 2: It is especially nice to lay back on the grass while looking at clouds. Read a book with all the letters of GRASS in the title. Subtitles are excluded.
Bright Lights, Big Ass
bRiGht lights, big ASS, a nonfiction book claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total Points: 225
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
LoraTask: 5.9 Hot Summer Months, and I live in the northern hemisphere
Book/Author: The Rose Gate: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast / Hanna Sandvig
How it fits: published in June
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 285
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
HanneloreTask 20.3 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.
Book: Grave Sight
How it fits: The book is 232 pages, so fits the page requirement. Is written by a female author and has the MPG Mystery.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 2
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 0
HanneloreTask 20.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages
Option B: For this task, read a book by an author whose initials (all of them, as they appear on Goodreads) are found in the word HOPSCOTCH.
Book: Grave Surprise
How it fits: The author is Charlaine Harris. CH fits in "hopscotCH"
Points this task: 20
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 3
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 0
Kai20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Summer 2024 season.
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Discussion
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket - Originally published 1859
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 13/52
Total Points: 200
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 2
IT'S A FACT: 2
Boston Kate
5.1 Dodge the Ball
A Greek Love: A Novel of Cuba
title does not contain the letters HIT
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
LAUREN JODI15.3 - Let the Games Begin
Option 2 -
Regarding the Duke by Grace Callaway
The cover is
47% blue (#6ab0b4)
26.1 % blue (#244445)
2% green (#517156)
Total: 75.1 %
Set in London, UK
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 120/850
Total Books Read: 11
Total Tasks Completed: 10/52
Task 20.5 - Summer Scavenger Huntswimming costume on cover, plus inflatable (man in background)
Hits Different
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645 points
Task 25.5 - Books of Asiatwo book option
book 1: set in India
The Bandit Queens
book 2: author born in South Korea
Concerning My Daughter by Hye-Jin Kim
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670 points
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Option 1, Book 1, a book from Twins list, page 2 #154: The Woman Before Wallis by Bryn Turnbull, 430 pages
Option 1, Book 2, MPG Romance: Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood
paperback edition Not in Love 384 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 385