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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
Book A:
by Christine Feehan / animal on coverBook B:
Fierce-Flynn by Natalie Ann / #6 in series
Points this post: 15
Total points: 385
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Cheater by Karen Rose / KR author initials in CRICKET
Points this post: 10
Total points: 395
FLY Task #10.4 - Summer Songs
task: 3+ letter title word shared with song title
book: Sunshine Nails
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: "Sunshine" in 3. ‘Everybody Loves the Sunshine’ by Roy Ayers
Points this post: 10
Total points: 280
Tasks completed: 18/52
BB: 5 / GO: 2 / IAF: 2
10.4 Summer Songs I read Dark Saturday by Nicci French - matches the song "Saturday in the Park"
New Total: 140
20.1 Enjoy a Summer Road Trip I read Come and Get It by Kiley Reid - #31 on the list, about Arkansas
New Total: 160
20.4 Kids' Games Through the Ages I chose option 2 and read The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson - init in hoPScotch
New Total: 180
20.10 Group Reads I read A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn and made comment 16 in the chat
New Total: 200
25.4 It's a Riot!I chose option 1 and read Never Silent: ACT UP and My Life in ActivismPeter Staley - mpg LGBT and Memoir
Claiming an It's a Fact ticket for this one - memoir
I also chose option 2 and read Pulp by Robin Talley - initial in stonewall RioT
New Total: 225
SarahBR5.9 Hot Summer Months
Dream Story byArthur Schnitzler
Originally published 1st January 1926 I am from the southern hemisphere meeting the requirements of this challenge
This book was also published before 1950 so claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 5
GO:1
BB:0
Richard25.2 Mazza1's Task: Title Pairs
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).
Adventures With the Wife in Space: Living With Doctor Who by Neil Perryman
Space Between: Explorations of Love, Sex, and Fluidity by Nico Tortorella
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 445
Tasks Completed: 28
Gayla30.1 Susan A - The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Option 2: Read a book with the letters N H L in the title.
This Strange Eventful History, by Claire Messud
NHL => tHisstraNgeeventfuLhistory
Option 4: Read a book originally published in June
Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women, by Maggie Mertens
Originally published June 2024
Points this post: 30
Total points: 405/850
Total tasks: 27/52
Total books: 33/67
Angela IL30.3 - TessaVaness'S TASK Feeding the Children
Option 2: Read a book by an author who shares the same name or a variation of the name of the cook, Suzanne, which can be found on this page: https://www.behindthename.com/name/su...
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins-6/23
Read via Kindle/ MMPB link: L'embrasement
Option 3: Read a book with 200 - 250 pages
The Diary by Eileen Goudge-7/31
Page Count: 207
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 235
Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 10
It's a Fact: 1
FLY Task #25.4 Truitt_T’s Task: It’s a Riot!
task: Option 1: MPG LGBT and/or Queer AND one of the list
book: Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: MPG LGBT and MPG Memoir
task: Option 2: author’s initials in STONEWALL RIOTS
book: I Always Loved You
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: author Robin Oliveira initials RO in (R)I(O)TS
other: **Claiming IAF ticket for Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs
Points this post: 25
Total points: 305
Tasks completed: 19/52
BB: 5 / GO: 2 / IAF: 2 + 1 = 3
Richard10.4 Summer Songs
Read a book with title word of at least 3 letters shared with your chosen song title
The Nature of Leadership: Reptiles, Mammals, And the Challenge of Becoming a Great Leader by B. Joseph White
How it Fits: sUmmERTime sAdNess
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 455
Tasks Completed: 29
Task 25.6 - Chronicles of St Mary’s and the Time Police2. The Cast of Characters
Read a book, where the author shares a first or last name with one of the characters on the fan page.
Name of the character: Theresa MACK
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries #1) (2024) by Catherine Mack (Hardback 342 pages)
5. And the world went white
Read a book where the cover is AT LEAST 75% white according to Tineye.
Required: post the cover
My Search for Warren Harding (1983) by Robert Plunket (Hardback 277 pages)
Tineye says cover is:83.8% WHITE
Your total pages must EXCEED 500pgs (so 501)
Pagecount: 342 + 277 = 619 > 500 pages
175 + 25 = 200
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 175 + 25 = 200
Books read: 15
Pages read: 4,225
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+
Deborah15.6 Don't Move
Kingdom of Needle and Bone
MPG: Dystopia
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 355
Books Read: 28
Tasks Done: 20
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Read a book whose title does not contain the letters HIT.
read Summer of '99
points this post 5
total points 345
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Read a book where the authors first name begins with B
read Notes on a Murder by B.P. Walter
points this post 10
total points 355
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Option 1: Read a book that is MPG LGBT and/or Queer AND Biography
read Rebel Rising 335 pages
Nonfiction
Memoir
Audiobook
Biography
Autobiography
Biography Memoir
Comedy
LGBT
Humor
Australia
and
Option 2: Read a book for which the author’s initials may be found in STONEWALL RIOTS
read Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler 352 pages
points this post 25
total points 380
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Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Asia
read The Travelling Cat Chronicles
setting is Japan
and
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Asia
readCrying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner born in Seoul South Korea
points this post 25
total points 410
Angela IL20.1 Most Improved Player: XBM's Task: Enjoy a Summer Road Trip
Read a book from this Roadtrip Across America list, and identify the state it’s about.
The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins-8/2
State: North Carolina
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 255
Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 11
It's a Fact: 1
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Read a book with a 3 word only title
read A Lovely Lie
points this post 5
total points 415
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Pick one song from this list of 50 40 Best Summer Songs
Read a book with title word (not subtitle) of at least 3 letters shared with your chosen song title (excluding The)
read College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight
Song is Hoy Girl Summer
points this post 10
total points 425
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Read a book with one of the following MPGs: LGBT, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Queer
read Missing Clarissa
Mystery
Young Adult
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Contemporary
Fiction
Crime
Audiobook
LGBT
Suspense
points this post 10
total points 435
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Read a book with exactly 5 words in the title (not subtitle).
read The Reappearance of Rachel Price
points this post 10
total points- 445
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Read a book whose author's initials are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG
read Funny Story
by Emily Henry
points this 15
total points 460
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Option 1. Read a book by an author whose first name begins with an A or an E.
read The Love Hypothesis
by Ali Hazelwood
points this post 20
total points 480
JEN B15.2 Stars and Stripes Forever
A - Stars: Read a book that has the name of a U.S. state in the title
Florida by Lauren Groff
B - Stripes: Each of the 13 stripes on the American flag stands for one of the original 13 colonies. Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of these states.
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Set in New York
TOTAL POINTS: 325
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book 1
Option 2- Read a book where an authors first and last initial can be found in FINNLAN JAMES.
read Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan- 320 pages
book 2
Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in GREYSON NATHANIEL or HENRY OLIVER
Required: State the name.
used name Greyson Nathaniel
read The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour 310 pages
book 3
Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE
read Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult-468 pages
points this post 50
total points 530
PegW20.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or Bust
Option 1: Read a book with a main character who is an artist.
I read The Animal Gazer which is about the life of sculptor Rembrandt Bugatti.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 90
25.5 - Cat's Task - Books of AsiaBook 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Asia
Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories by Cho Nam-Joo
South Korea - all stories except part of Night of Aurora, which partly takes place in Canada
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Asia.
At the End of the Matinee by Keiichirō Hirano
Born in Japan
Points this Task: 25
Season Total: 285
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;
25.5
25.6 - Delicious Dee's Task - Chronicles of St Mary’s and the Time PoliceOption 4. Its Not Time Travel
Read a book that is found on the first 10 pages of the following shelf: Time Travel Books required, state the page you found on the book on.
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Page 1
5. And the world went white
Read a book where the cover is AT LEAST 75% white according to Tineye.
by Han Kang78.2 % #efefef White
Points this Task: 25
Season Total: 310
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;
25.5; 25.6;
30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup PlayoffsOption 2: Read a book with the letters N H L in the title. Ignore subtitles. Order doesn't matter.
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
tHe art of fieLdiNg
**The Art of Fielding is a Big Book (512 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Option 4: Read a book originally published in June.
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
First published June 6, 2023
Points this Task: 30
Season Total: 340
BB tickets this post: 1
Total IAFs to date: 3
Total GO tickets to date: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 3
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;
25.5; 25.6;
30.1;
FLY Task #30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of Books
task: Option 1. Read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS
book: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here) = 372 pages
how it fits: author Fredrik Backman initials FB in LOTSO(FB)OOKS
task: Option 2. Read a book from the first 25 pages of the “Comedy” list
book: Me Talk Pretty One Day
(my version is audio, first MMPB here) = 253 pages
how it fits: on page 1
other: **Claiming IAF ticket for Me Talk Pretty One Day = NF memoir
500-page minimum: 372 + 253 > 500
Points this post: 30
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 20/52
BB: 5 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3 + 1 = 4
LAUREN JODI5.4 - Game of HORSE
Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 165/850
Total Books Read: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 13/52
LAUREN JODI15.4 - Anyone For Croquet?
Option #1:
Book A - 9th in series
Fatal Frenzy by Marie Force
Book B - Bird on cover
Visions by Kelley Armstrong
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 180/850
Total Books Read: 17
Total Tasks Completed: 14/52
LAUREN JODI20.3 - Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Option #1:
Untouchable by Jayne Ann Krentz
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 200/850
Total Books Read: 18
Total Tasks Completed: 15/52
Gayla25.2 Mazza1's Task - Title Pairs
Option 2: Read two books with the same title
Queen Anne, by Edward Gregg
Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion, by Anne Somerset
Points this post: 25
Total points: 430/850
Total tasks: 28/52
Total books: 35/67
Amy B10.1 - Summer Reading List
Read a book from the 2023 or 2024 Berkeley Summer Reading lists
2024 Defining Moments: https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/su...
Required: State which list your book is found on
The book must meet SRC requirements
2024: Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 225 Points
30.3 - TessaVaness'S TASK Feeding the ChildrenOption 1:
Read a book that has a word of at least 4 letters that can be found in SALVATION ARMY.
Until the Last of Me - LAST
Option 3:
Read a book with 200 - 250 pages
Mouth: Stories
Total Points: 30
JEN B20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Summer 2024 season.
Fiction: Victorian
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
I posted Discussion Post #17
TOTAL POINTS: 345
Julia10310.5 - Cricket
Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge
(author initials CC in CRICKET)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 435
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 35
LoraTask: 5.4 Game of HORSE
Book/Author: Taps on the Walls: Poems from the Hanoi Hilton / John Borling
How it fits: tapS On tHE walls: Poems fRom the hanoi hilton
Claiming 1 It's a Fact for MPG Nonfiction
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 385
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
Janice CA10.8 - Olympics: Equestrian
horse on the cover
Cripple Creek Days by Mabel Barbee Lee
+10
total: 60
tasks: 5
books: 5
GO: 1
15.5 Do you have a FlagAuth initials in CapturetheflaG
Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger
Points: 15
Total/challenge: 145
20.2 Dragons of SummerOpt 1 - Read a book which has a 1 and a 5 in its page number or year of publication
The Duke Who Knew Too Much
Published Jan. 15, 2015
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 165
20.3 Midsomar MurdersOpt 2 Read" a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) can be found in BAdger’S drift".
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 185
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Loving Romeo by Laura Pavlov / main character ex-prisoner
Quote from book: From chapter 23, Kindle edition: "I'd spent months in a juvenile detention center, surviving things most kids couldn't begin to fathom."
Points this post: 15
Total points: 370