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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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Task 50.1 - Summer Storms750+ pages
Book 1 option 2 author initials in JAMES
Yesterday's Gone by Alice B. Sullivan
AS initials
223 pages
Book 2 option 2 author initials in NATHANIEL
Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments by T.L. Huchu
TH inititals
372 pages
Book 3 option 2 author initials in HENSLEY GRACE
Lock No. 1 by Georges Simenon
GS initials
166 pages
223+372+166 = 761 pages
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740 points
Richard20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Option 2. Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in BADGER’S DRIFT.
Manifest Now by Idil Ahmed
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 8
Richard20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Bookwrm526's Task - June Celebrations
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first & last initials can be found in the phrase PRIDE MONTH.
Rudy: My Story by Rudy Ruettiger
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 9
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.1 Most Improved Player: XBM's Task: Enjoy a Summer Road Trip
Under the Rainbow by Celia Laskey
It takes place in Kansas.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 850
Task completed: 52
And there’s another challenge in the books! Thanks mods for everything you do!
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Angela IL30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Option 2: Read a book with the letters N H L in the title.
The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett- 6/20
Option 4: Read a book originally published in June.
Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan-7/17
Pub Date: June 4, 2024
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 145
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 6
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15.8 Summer Sweets
Read a book with two authors using a single name. (Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of long-time writing partners/best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings.)
The Paradise Problem. Christina Lauren
Points: 15
Total points: 675
Books read: 49
Tasks completed: 42
IAF points: 11
BB points: 1
Bookwrm526Task #15.7 Jailbreak
Read a book where the main character is jailed or arrested, or is an ex-prisoner. I read Scars and Stars: Poems by Jesse Thistle (approved in help thread posts 27&28). This is a book of memoir/autobiography in poetry, and the author spent time in prison according to his Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_T... in the first paragraph under Professional Work.
Total points so far: 540
Theresa15.5 - Do You Have a Flag?
The Searcher by Tana French
capTure the Flag
Points this post - 15
Total points - 75
Theresa15.6 - Don't Move
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
MPG Dystopia
Points this post - 15
Total points - 90
Deborah30.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of Silence
Option 1: Two Book Option
1) Marlena approved in task help thread post #3
2)
Meg and JoLetters on toy blocks on cover. Approved in task help thread post #3
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 270
Books Read: 21
Tasks Done: 15
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2024 SRC
5.8 Sand Made Castles
Read a book with a castle on the cover. For this task a castle, a castle is a building that includes at least one of the following: moat, tower, or drawbridge Required: post the cover.
the castle is on the right side of the cover
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 240
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 1]
Cordelia10.8 Olympics Equestrian
All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Horse on cover
Points this task - 10
Total points - 405
Delicious Dee10.4 - Summer Songs
Along the Broken Bay - BAY for 6. ‘(Sittin’ on the) Dock of the Bay’ by Otis Redding
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 485
Its a Fact: 5
Big Book Ticket: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
20.5 - Bigger is Better: Lisa MD's Summer Scavenger Hunt***Repost***
This is a one book task.
Task: Cover item from list
The Lightning-Struck Heart by T.J. Klune
Papaerback: The Lightning-Struck Heart
Lightning on cover:
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 745/ 850
Tasks Completed 48/52
5.2 Hop Hop JumpThis is a one book task.
Task: Title word from list
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
Papaerback: Two Boys Kissing
Two in title
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 750/ 850
Tasks Completed 49/52
PegW10.4 - Summer Songs
Read a book with title word (not subtitle) of at least 3 letters shared with your chosen song title (excluding The)
Song Chosen: #26 It Was a Good Day by Ice Cube
I read: Good Girls Don't Die
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 55
JenJ IA15.10 Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title (not subtitle). All words (including a, an, the etc.) count.
The Electricity of Every Living Thing by Katherine May
*****I claim 1 It's A Fact ticket*****
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 280/850
Tasks Completed: 17/52
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 5
25.3 -JennRenee's Task - Summer English LessonOption A: A noun is plural when it represents two or more people, places, things, or ideas.
Book 1: Read a book with a noun of 4 or more letters in the title.
A Tapping At My DOOR (DS Nathan Cody #1) by David Jackson
Book 2: Read a book with a plural noun of that same noun in the title.
The Book of DOORS by Gareth Brown
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 540
Task 15.8 - Summer Sweetstwo authors
The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
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755 points
JEN B15.5 Do You Have A Flag?
Read a book whose author's initials are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG.
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Initials RT in capTuRe
TOTAL POINTS: 220
Julia10320.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages
Option B: Pay Dirt by Sara Paretsky
(initials SP in HOPSCOTCH)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 385
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 31
25.5 - Cat's Task - Books of AsiaOption one: This is a two book task.
Task: Book 1 - set 70%+ in country in Asia.
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
MMPB: Meurtre en Mésopotamie
Set in Iraq per GR Metadata.
Task: Book 2 - author born in Asia
Aunty Lee's Delights by Ovidia Yu
Paperback: Aunty Lee's Delights
Ovidia Yu was born in Singapore: https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv...
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 775/ 850
Tasks Completed 50/52
Amanda VA25.4 Truitt_T’s Task: It’s a Riot!
Option 1: LGBRQ+ and fantasy
Locklands
Claiming one Big Book Ticket
Option 2: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
stoneWAll riots
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 45
Total IAF: 1
Total BB: 1
Amanda VAShorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or Bust
Option 1: Truly Madly Guilty
Main character Clementine is a cellist
Claiming 1 Big Book ticket
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 65
Total IAF: 1
Total BB: 2
Richard30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of Books
Option 1. Read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS.
The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou
Option 2. Read a book from the first 25 pages of the list.
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
How it Fits: Page 1 of the list
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 10
ROBIN P30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of Books
Option 1. Read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS. -
Daughter of the Moon Goddess - 503 p
**Claiming 1 BB point**
Sue Lynn Tan - initals ST found backwards in LOTS
Option 2. Read a book from the first 25 pages of the list.
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions - on p2 of list - 303 p
**Claiming 1 IAF point for nonfiction
Total pages 806> 500
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 365
BB:1 GO:3 IAF:5
5.6 Outside We Go!A Sea of Wolves by Sarah Street
fantasy novel featuring pirates (ie. continuously on the sea, sailing) - approval
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 545
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5.4 Game of HORSE
Read a book that has all the letters of HORSE in the title/subtitle.
Horse. Geraldine Brooks
Points: 5
Total points: 680
Books read: 50
Tasks completed: 43
IAF points: 11
BB points: 1
Jayme(the ghostreader)5. 10 Easy Breezy summer time
book of choice
A Match Made in Autumnby Jessica Booth
15.1 The long and short of it
a. short book under 200 pp
Here Comes Santa Pawsby Laurien Berenson
196pp
b. long book
Gwenhwyfar: The White Spiritby Mercedes Lackey
404pp
Task points; +20
Grand total: 100
25.3 JennRenee's Task: Summer English LessonOption 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.
Book 1: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
**Claiming 1 GO point, orig pub 1820
Book 2: Legends & Lattes
Points this post: 25
Total points: 390
BB: 1 GO: 4 IAF: 5
10.9 - Olympics: PentathlonFive words in the title: Death in the Devil's Acre by Anne Perry
Points this post: 10
Total points: 480
Task 15.2 - Stars and Stripes Foreverbook 1: set in New York, New York
Payback in Death
book 2: Georgia in title matches state
One Night in Georgia
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770 points
Richard20.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task - Kids’ Games Through the Ages
b) Hopscotch – Read a book by an author whose initials are found in the word HOPSCOTCH
Tinker Dabble Doodle Try: Unlock the Power of the Unfocused Mind by Srini Pillay
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 185
Tasks Completed: 11
Mod
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).
The combined page total for both books must exceed 600 pages,
The Wife Upstairs
Upstairs & Downstairs: My Life In Service as a Lady’s Maid
The word Upstairs ends the first book & starts the second book
Upstairs & Downstairs is a non-fiction book so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
I listed to audiobooks of both, the top mmpb is: The Wife Upstairs with 402 pages & the paperback (no mmpb) of Upstairs & Downstairs is Upstairs & Downstairs: My Life In Service as a Lady’s Maid with 272 pages
402+272 = 674 > 600
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 70 + 25 = 95
Total Tasks Completed: 4
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 2+1 = 3
Mod
This is a 2 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 - Leo July 23 - August 22
Book 1: Read a book from one of these domestic thriller lists
- this is currently #3 on the Domestic Thrillers listI listed to the audiobook, the top pb (no mmpb) is: The Perfect Son with 320 pages
Book 2: Read a book with an MPG of Feminism
This has MPG Feminism
I listed to the audiobook, the top mmpb is: Osynliga kvinnor : hur brist på data bygger en värld för män with 458 pages
This is non-fiction, so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
320 + 458 = 778 > 500
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 95 + 30 = 125
Total Tasks Completed: 5
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 3+1 = 4
Mod
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title (not subtitle).
The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown
6 words in the title
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 125 + 15 = 140
Total Tasks Completed: 6
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 4
Angela IL20.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages
Option C: Read a book off this list of books set in Idaho: Books Set in Idaho
The How & the Why by Cynthia Hand-6/10
Read via Kindle/No MMPB/PB link:Cartas que escrevi antes de você
Page: 1
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 165
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 7
Nick KY20.1 XBM’s Road Trip I read The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. The state is Nebraska.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Lincoln Highway at 576 pp.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 540
Big Books So Far: 500+ (3) 750+ (1) = 5 BBs
25.5 - Cat's Task - Books of AsiaOption 1: Two Book Option
Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Asia
The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry #4) by Sujata Massey
100% set in India
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Asia
The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Sōji Shimada
author born in Japan
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 575
trishhartuk5.3 TAG You're It!
Read a book with a 3 word only title...
Kiss 'N Tell, Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (201pg)
Okayed in Help Thread #8: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 18
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Richard30.3 TessaVaness's TASK Feeding the Children
Option 1: Read a book that has a word of at least 4 letters that can be found in SALVATION ARMY
Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain by Peter Shankman
How it Fits: Normal
Option 3: Read a book with 200 - 250 pages
The Song of Significance: A New Manifesto for Teams by Seth Godin
How it Fits: 204 pages
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 12
JEN B25.1 - 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 Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden
RL in RafaeL
Option 4: Read a book with a MPG of Mental Health or Mental Illness.
Love, Just In by Natalie Murray
MPG Mental Health
TOTAL POINTS: 245
MAZZA15.6 Don't Move
Read a book with the MPG Dystopia or Dystopian.
Gemina
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 790
MAZZA115.8 Summer Sweets
Read a book with two authors
Obsidio
Amie Kaufman
Jay Kristoff
points this post = 15
Points to date = 805
Mod
10.3 - Sumer is icumen in
Read a book with a title/subtitle word of at least 4 letters that can be made from "SUMER IS ICUMEN IN" (Summer)
The Summer Guests. Mary Alice Monroe
Points: 10
Total points: 690
Books read: 51
Tasks completed: 44
IAF points: 11
BB points: 1
25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Title PairsOption one: This is a two book task, 600+ pages.
Task: Book 1 - First book
Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh
MMPB: Overture To Death - 320 pages
Task: Book 2 - title begins with last letter of Book 1
Death in a White Tie by Ngaio Marsh
MMPB: Death In A White Tie - 352 pages
Death - Death
Total pages: 672
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 800/ 850
Tasks Completed 51/52
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Task 15.4 - Anyone For Croquet?
book 1: #9 in series
Masquerade in Lodi
book 2: dog on cover
Yesterday's Gone
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690 points