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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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20.6- It's A Fact- KathyP's Task-Summertime DreamingOption 3: Read a book with a single author, whose first and last initials can be found in SWIMMING POOL.
Spectacles by Sue Perkins
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for Spectacles (nonfiction)**
Points this Task: 20
Season Total: 260
IAFs this post: 1
Total IAFs to date: 3
Total GO tickets to date: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 2
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; ...; 5.10
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; ...; 10.6; ...; ...; 10.9;
15.1; ...; ...; ...; 15.5; ...; 15.7; ...; 15.9; 15.10
...; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; ...; 20.6; ...; ...; 20.9;
Angela IL20.2 - 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 or year of publication.
14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro- 7/24
Read via Kindle/ MMPB link: 14th Deadly Sin
Pub Year: 2015
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 185
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 8
Julia10330.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of Books
Option 1: Fur Love or Money by Sofie Ryan
(initials SR: MEANSREADING
Option 2: Wintersmith
(on page 3 of list, near the bottom)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 415
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 33
Task 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Laure's Task: Dragons of SummerOption 1. Read a book which has a 1 and a 5 in its page number or year of publication.
Year of publication: 1952
They Do It with Mirrors (Miss Marple #6) (1952) by Agatha Christie (Paperback 214 pages)
155 + 20 = 175
Tasks Completed: 09
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 155 + 20 = 175
Books read: 13
Pages read: 3,606
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 04
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Jen K10.2 - Celebrating Dads
The Bone Shard Daughter
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 310
BB: 1
IAF: 3
Jen K10.3 - Sumer is icumen in
Miss Iceland
Word: MISS -- SuMer IS
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 320
BB: 1
IAF: 3
Jen K10.5 - Cricket
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
Option: author's initials-- criCKet
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 330
BB: 1
IAF: 3
Jen K10.8 - Olympics: Equestrian
Peace Like a River
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 350
BB: 1
IAF: 3
JEN B5.4 Game of HORSE
Read a book that has all the letters of HORSE in the title/subtitle.
The Other Side of the Bay by Sean Dietrich
HOR in OtHeR
SE in SidE
TOTAL POINTS: 295
Richard20.6 It's A Fact - KathyP's Task - Summertime Dreaming
Option 1: Read a book with clouds on the cover
Brave: 50 Everyday Acts of Courage to Thrive in Work, Love, and Life by Margie Warrell
How it Fits:
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 455
Tasks Completed: 22
EMurphy30.5 RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of Silence
Option 1: No words in the title Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
Option 2: At least one letter or number that's part of the cover art
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 290
Books Read: 19
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 13
Amy B25.4 Truitt_T’s Task: It’s a Riot!
This is a two book task, with a combined 500 page minimum. One book MUST be nonfiction.
Choose two options and read one book from each.
Required: state which options
Option 1: Read a book that is MPG LGBT and/or Queer AND one of the following:
Biography
Required: state the qualifying MPGs.
Pageboy by Elliot Page (non-fiction - LGBT/Queer and Biography) - 271 pages
Option 3: Read a book from one of the following lists.
111 Queer Books Recommended by Librarians, Booksellers, and Authors: https://lithub.com/111-queer-books-re...
Required: state the list
111 Queer Books: Afterparties: Stories by Anthony Veasna So - 262 pages
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 120 Points
10.9 - Olympics: PentathlonRead a book with exactly 5 words in the title
The Cemetery of Untold Stories
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 235
15.4 Anyone For Croquet?Option 1 - Read two books, book A and book B.
A: Read a book which is either #6 or #9 in a series. The series must be apparent in greyscale on the GR book page.
Hercule Poirot #6
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
B: Read a book which features either an animal/bird (real only, no fictional creatures like unicorns or phoenixes) or playing card(s) on the cover.
Playing card:
Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey Task Total: 15
Season Total: 250
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25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Title Pairs600 Pages: 348 + 304 = 652 p
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).
Night
Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan
Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 275
Mod
50.1 -Ashlea's Task-Summer Storms
Book 1 - Option 2- Read a book where an authors first and last initial can be found in FINNLAN JAMES. SA
Happy Medium. Sarah Adler - 416 pages
Book 2 - Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in GREYSON NATHANIEL GLH
The Enchanted Barn. Grace Livingston Hill - 248 pages
Requesting 1 Golden Oldies ticket (Published in 1918)
Book 3 - Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE JG
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. John Grisham - 360 pages
Nonfiction - requesting 1 IAF ticket
Points: 50
Total points: 835
Books read: 62
Tasks completed: 50
IAF points: 14
BB points: 1
GO points: 1
15.1 The Long and Short of ItThis is a two-book challenge. Read two books:
Book 1: Has a page count of 400 or more pages.
Ι read Η Παναγιά η γοργόνα. This book has 487 pages.
I claim 1 Golden Oldies ticket for this book that was first published in 1939.
Book 2: Has a page count of 200 or fewer pages.
Ι read Το κόκκινο σπίτι. This book has 170 pages.
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 280
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 3
It's a Fact Tickets: 7
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babbling c 5.2 Hop Hop Jump
Read 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
Words must be exact, no variations allowed.
Five Broken Blades - Audiobooks Five Broken Blades - paperback pg 430 by Mai Corland
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 105/850
Completed Tasks: 9/52
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 3, 928
Books read this season: 10
CHANDNI5.9 Hot Summer Months
Read a book that was first published in one of the 3 Summer months of the hemisphere where you reside.
Silver Queendom by Dan Koboldt
I live in the Northern Hemisphere.
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 310
Richard15.5 Do You Have a Flag?
Read a book whose author's initials are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG
Faster, Smarter, Louder: Master Attention in a Noisy Digital Market by Aaron Agius
How it Fits: cApture the flAg
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 470
Tasks Completed: 23
Rockynook10.3 - Sumer is icumen in
4+ letter title word in SUMER IS ICUMEN IN
A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn
word: CURSE
SUmER is iCumen in
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 360
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20.3 - Midsomer Murders
Option 1: MPG Mystery
Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister
Points this Post: -20
Total Points: 340
Rockynook20.3 - Midsomer Murders
Option 1: MPG Mystery
A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 360
Rockynook5.9 - Hot Summer Months
Book published in summer months
I reside in the northern hemisphere (Summer = June, July, August)
Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister
First Pub: August 1, 2023
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 365
Richard25.4 Truitt_T’s Task: It’s a Riot!
Option 1: Read a book that is MPG LGBT & Nonfiction
The Ashgate Research Companion to Lesbian and Gay Activism by David Paternotte
Option 2: Read a book for which the author’s initials may be found in STONEWALL RIOTS.
Overthinking About You: Navigating Romantic Relationships When You Have Anxiety, OCD, and/or Depression by Allison Raskin
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 520
Tasks Completed: 24
Andy P.Task # 25.1 - 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.
To Live or Die in Arizona by Elizabeth Bruening Lewis EL in RAFAEL
Option 3 Read a book with a title word of four or more letters that can be made from THE KING OF CLAY.
Flat Broke with Two Goats by Jennifer McGaha Word is FLAT F in OF, LA in Clay, T in The
Points this post: 25
Total points: 375
MEGSCL20.6- It's A Fact- KathyP's Task-Summertime Dreaming
Option 1:
*non fiction - IAF ticket
TOTAL
240 points - 1 big book - 4 IAF
MEGSCL20.10 Group Reads
Into the Drowning Deep
I posted in message 15.
TOTAL
260 points - 1 big book - 4 IAF
MEGSCL30.2 - Katrisa's Task - Summer Zodiac
Option 3 - Leo July 23 - August 22
Book 1 -Adult Thrillers Domestic (p1) - Survive the Night
Book 2 - mpg feminism - Breasts and Eggs
TOTAL
290 points - 1 big book - 4 IAF
MEGSCL15.7 Jailbreak
The Happiest Man on Earth (memoir of imprisonment in Buchenwald and Auschwitz)
*non fiction - IAF ticket
TOTAL
305 points - 1 big book - 5 IAF
Delicious Dee5.10 Easy Breezy Summertime
Daisy Darker
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 585
Its a Fact: 6
Big Book Ticket: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Delicious Dee20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Laure's Task: Dragons of Summer
Option 1 - Hard to Let Go - published 2015
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 605
Its a Fact: 6
Big Book Ticket: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
trishhartuk5.5 The Great Cornholio
Read a book that is #2 or #7 or #27 in a series.
Grace Sees Red (Manor House Mystery #7), Julie Hyzy (304pg)
There are 8 primary works in the series: https://www.goodreads.com/series/7780...
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 20
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Richard10.8 Olympics: Equestrian
Read a book with a horse on the cover.
Living Untethered: Beyond the Human Predicament by Michael A. Singer
How it Fits:
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 530
Tasks Completed: 25
Amy B -- DISREGARD THIS TASK POSTING, I JUST SAW THAT IT IS DESIGNATED A CHILDREN'S BOOK (I read it because it won the National Book Award)20.6- It's A Fact- KathyP's Task-Summertime Dreaming
Read a NON-FICTION book that fits on these options.
Required: State the option
Option 3: Read a book with a single author, whose first and last initials can be found in SWIMMING POOL.
1919 The Year That Changed America by Martin W. Sandler
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 140 Points
Amy B - Let's Try This Again20.6- It's A Fact- KathyP's Task-Summertime Dreaming
Read a NON-FICTION book that fits on these options.
Required: State the option
Option 3: Read a book with a single author, whose first and last initials can be found in SWIMMING POOL.
1919 The Year That Changed America by Martin W. Sandler
Bookfinder - IL: MG - BL: 9.2 - AR: 9.0
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 140 Points
Gayla30.3 TessaVanessa's Task - Feeding the Children
Option 1: Read a book that has a title with a word of at least 4 letters that can be found in SALVATION ARMY.
William and Mary: Heroes of the Glorious Revolution, by John van der Kiste
MARY => salvationARMY
Option 3: Read a book with 200 - 250 pages
Sandwich, by Catherine Newman
This book has 240 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 360/850
Total tasks: 25/52
Total books: 30/67
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5.10 -Easy Breezy Summertime
Read a book of choice
Camino Ghosts. John Grisham
Points: 5
Total points: 840
Books read: 63
Tasks completed: 51
IAF points: 14
BB points: 1
GO points: 1
15.10 Summer MonthsRead a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title (not subtitle). All words (including a, an, the etc.) count.
At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
New Points: 15
Total Points: 200
30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of BooksOption 1. Summer Means Reading Lots of Books! Read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS. The letters can appear either forward or backwards
The Winters by Lisa Gabriele 336 pages
Option 4. Rest Easy Auster. Read any book by Paul Auster (solo or collaborator).
City of Glass by Paul Auster 203 pages
New Points: 30
Total Points: 230
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.7 - O Canada
Ayesha at Last
The setting is listed on the Goodreads page.
Totals
Points: 160
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 17
Total Books Completed: 17
Task 30.2 - Summer Zodiac500+ pages
option 2:
book 1: #3 in series
Penric's Mission
264 pages
book 2: dragons on cover
Turning Darkness Into Light
432 pages
264+432=696 pages >500
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830 points
Kristen IA5.9 Hot Summer Months
Read a book that was first published in one of the 3 Summer months of the hemisphere where you reside. - NORTHERN
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 220/850
Tasks Completed: 14/52
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
Kristen IA15.4 Anyone For Croquet?
Option 2 - Read one book which satisfies both requirements of option 1.
A: Read a book which is either #6 or #9 in a series.
B: Read a book which features either an animal/bird on the cover.
Required: post the cover.
The Summer Escape by Jill Shalvis
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 235/850
Tasks Completed: 15/52
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
Kristen IA15.1 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.
Betting on You by Lynn Painter - 432 pages
Book 2: Has a page count of 200 or fewer pages.
Book Love by Debbie Tung - 137 pages
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 250/850
Tasks Completed: 16/52
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
Kristen IA20.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or Bust
Option 2 - Read a book that takes place at any time on an island.
Their Last Resort by R.S. Grey
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 270/850
Tasks Completed: 17/52
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
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Option 3. For this option, read a book with either the word: Wizard, Witch, Wild or One in the title.
A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
Points this Task: 20
Season Total: 240
Total GO tickets to date: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 2
Total IAFs to date: 2
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