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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
25.1 Farewell to a LegendOpt 2 - 50% set in France or Spain
Lost in Paris - all set in Paris, France
Opt 4 - Read a book with a MPG of Mental Health or Mental Illness.
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
Mental Health MPG
*Claiming It's a Fact Ticket for NF
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 230
IAF ticket: 1
30.2 Summer ZodiacOpt 1 - Book 1 Read book from TWINS list
Hamnet
Opt 1 - Book 2 - Romance MPG
Part of Your World
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 260
30.5 Sounds of SilenceBk 1 - Read a book with no words in the title.
Circe - book used as acceptable example
Bk 2 - Read a book with at least one letter or number that's part of the cover art.
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 290
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 290
CcR30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Option 2: Read a book with the letters N H L in the title.
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price
NHL in "children"
Total page count is 640p and MPG Non fiction. I claim 1 BB ticket and NF ticket
Option 3: Read a book with a cup on the cover.
Legends & Lattes
by Travis BaldreeBook has both a cup and a mug in the cover
640 + 296 = 936 pages total
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Total Books Read: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
NF Tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #30.4 - Lots of Books
Option 1: Read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS. The letters can appear either forward or backwards. Ignore middle names and middle initials. I read Scatterlings by Rešoketšwe Manenzhe (288 p).
Option 3: Read a book that was nominated for the group read for Summer 2024 that you do not use for 20.10. I read Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks (286p), a nominee for the Fiction - Cryptids category.
288+286 = 574p
Total points so far : 620
Bookwrm526Task #20.7 - Scotland or Bust
Option 2: Read a book that takes place at any time on an island. I read The Mimosa Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu, which takes place entirely on the island of Singapore.
Total points so far: 640
Lindsey IL10.8 - Olympics: Equestrian
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
horse on cover
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 230
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 4
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 15
Lindsey IL15.10 - Summer Months
Foods That Cause You to Lose Weight: The Negative Calorie Effect by Neal D. Barnard
7 words in title
***It's A Fact ticket, please***
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 245
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 5
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 16
Lindsey IL20.5 - Bigger is Better: Lisa MD's Summer Scavenger Hunt
Verse and Vengeance by Amanda Flower
bicycle on cover
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 265
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 5
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 17
CcR10.10 - Olympics: Breaking
Read a book where the authors first name begins with B.
Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 40
Total Books Read: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
NF Tickets: 1
Lindsey IL20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June Celebrations
Crimes and Covers by Amanda Flower
This fits Option 2 and Option 3
whole cake and cat on the cover
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 285
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 5
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 18
CcR15.10 Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title (not subtitle).
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
7 words total
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 55
Total Books Read: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
NF Tickets: 1
Lindsey IL20.9 - Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-Nephews
Murders and Metaphors by Amanda Flower
option 1, author's first name starts with A
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 305
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 5
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 19
Lindsey IL30.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of Silence
AC: The Power of Appetite Correction by Bert Herring
Title AC not found in Scrabble dictionary https://scrabble.merriam.com/finder/ac
***It's A Fact ticket, please***
How Can I Help You by Laura Sims
There are dates on the library card on the cover - Oct 12 is most prominent.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 335
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 6
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 21
CcR20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) can be found in BADGER’S DRIFT.
The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 15.0
Total page count: 416
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 75
Total Books Read: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
NF Tickets: 1
Lindsey IL15.4 - Anyone For Croquet?
Murder on the Half Shelf by Lorna Barrett
option 2, #6 in series in Booktown Mystery series AND animal on cover
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 350
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 6
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 22
CcR20.9-Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-Nephews
Option 3: Read a book with a title word of at least 4 letters that can be made from mechanical engineering.
An Inheritance of Magic by Benedict Jacka
My word is Magic
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 95
Total Books Read: 6
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
NF Tickets: 1
CcR25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Title Pairs
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).
Book 1: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Claiming 1 NF ticket for this book
Book 2:Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus
Total page count: 542 + 358 = 900 pages
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 120
Total Books Read: 8
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
NF Tickets: 2
FLY Task #20.10 Group Reads
task: Read a book selected as a group read for the Summer 2024 season
book: Into the Drowning Deep
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: my post in group discussion here
Points this post: 20
Total points: 355
Tasks completed: 21/52
BB: 5 / GO: 2 / IAF: 4
Mickslibrarian5.3 TAG You're It! - Read a book with a 3 word only title.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
7/20/2024
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
Total It's a Fact: 0
Mickslibrarian5.4 Game of HORSE
Read a book that has all the letters of HORSE in the title/subtitle.
as cHimnEy SweepeRs cOme to dust by Alan Bradley
6/18/2024
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
Total It's a Fact: 0
Christine V5.10 Easy Breezy Summertime
Grow in the Dark: How to Choose and Care for Low-Light Houseplants
This book is NonFiction. ***Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket***
Points this post: 5
NF tickets this post: 1
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 7
Joanne MI10.2 - Celebrating Dads
The Daughters Of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this post 10
IAF this post 1
Season Total 140
IAF 4
babbling c 10.5 - Cricket
In villages across England, there is nothing more summery than the village cricket match!
Read a book where the author's initials can be found in the word CRICKET
Nettle & Bone - Audiobook. Pokrzywa i kość - paperback pg 352 by T. Kingfisher
CRICKET
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 115/850
Completed Tasks: 10/52
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 4,280
Books read this season: 11
Angela IL50.1 -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.
Never Forget You by Fiona Lucas- 7/27
Read via Kindle/No MMPB/ PB Link: Never Forget You
Book 2: Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in GREYSON NATHANIEL.
Within Arm's Reach by Ann Napolitano- 7/30
Book 3: Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE
Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World by Gretchen Rubin- 8/4
Claiming an It's a Fact Ticket
Points this Task: 50
Total Points: 305
Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 12
It's a Fact: 2
Mod
Richard10.1 Summer Reading List
Read a book from the 2023 Berkeley Summer Reading list
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India by William Dalrymple
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 430
Tasks Completed: 28
Amanda VA20.8 NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June Celebrations
Option 1: Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
prIde montH
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 85
Total IAF: 1
Total BB: 2
Amanda VAthis is correcting an error from a previous post
25.4 It's a Riot
Option 1: LGBTQ and fantasy
Locklands
Option 2: How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
Stonewall riotS
Claiming 1 IAF ticket
Points this Post: n/a
Points Total: 85
Total IAF: 2
Total BB: 2
Theresa15.7 - Jailbreak
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
Main character arrested
Points this post - 15
Total points - 105
Theresa15.8 - Summer Sweets
The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
2 authors
Points this post - 15
Total points - 120
Elizabeth PTask 5.4 - Game of Horse
Book with all letters HORSE in title
The Road of Bones by Demi Winters
tHe ROad of bonES
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
It's a Fact: 0
Total Books: 1
Elizabeth PTask 10.5 - Cricket
I chose option with author's initals:
Author's initials in CRICKET
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
CricKet
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
It's a Fact: 0
Total Books: 2
CHANDNI15.2 Stars and Stripes Forever
A - Read a book that has the name of a U.S. state in the title.
Looking for Alaska by John Green
B - Stripes: Each of the 13 stripes on the American flag stands for one of the original 13 colonies (Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island). Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of these states.
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
Fully takes place on Pennsylvania.
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 330
15.9 Summer BlockbustersThe MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK (page 3)
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
IL: MY - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 23.0
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 730
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.4 - Summer Songs
Summer SistersSong: Summer Breeze
Word: SUMMER
Totals
Points: 170
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 18
Total Books Completed: 18
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Laure's Task: Dragons of Summer
Option 3: One Last Stop
Word is ONE
Totals
Points: 190
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 19
Total Books Completed: 19
Mcquaid10.2 - Celebrating Dads
Read a book with one of the following "dad" or "child" relationships standalone in the title or subtitle:
Dad, Daddy, Pop, Papa, Father, Husband, Grandfather, Son, Daughter, Baby, Child, Children
Flags of Our Fathers by James D. Bradley
Posts this post: 10
Total Points: 215
Total Tasks: 24
Books Read: 26
Mcquaid10.7 - O Canada
Read a book set in Canada
I'll Be Waiting by Kelley Armstrong
Reference quote: "Anton and I both grew up in Alberta, but his grandmother lived here in Ontario, where she had a huge rambling house on the shores of Lake Erie." - page 28.
The house mentioned in the quote is where the majority of the book takes place.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 225
Total Tasks: 25
Books Read: 27
Mcquaid15.2 Stars and Stripes Forever
In honour of this, read two books that meet the following criteria:
A - Stars: Read a book that has the name of a U.S. state in the title
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.
A: Looking for Alaska by John Green
B: So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison
B: Reference Quote: "We were in New York and needed a place to stay." - 239
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 240
Total Tasks: 26
Books read: 29
Mcquaid15.7 Jailbreak
Read a book where the main character is jailed or arrested, or is an ex-prisoner.
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Reference: Opal is arrested after she refused to help the powerful company/family in town gain access to the house.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 255
Total tasks: 27
Books Read: 30
Mcquaid20.2 - 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.
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 275
Total Tasks: 28
Books read: 31
Mcquaid20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Option 2. Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) can be found in BADGER’S DRIFT.
Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark
Points this post: 20
Total poinst: 295
Total tasks: 29
Books read: 32
Mcquaid20.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or Bust
Option 1: Read a book with a main character who is an artist.
The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham
Points this post: 20
Total points: 315
Total tasks: 30
Books read: 33
Mcquaid20.8 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.
Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli
Points this post: 20
Total points: 335
Total tasks: 31
Books read: 34
Barbara ★30.2 - Katrisa's Task - Summer Zodiac
Option 2 - Cancer June 22- July 22
Book 1 - Read a book that is numbered 1-12 of a series.
The Big Little Festival - Kellie Hailes 7/25
(#2 in Rabbit's Leap series) (has 254 pages)
Book 2 - Read a book with one of these mythological creatures on the cover: Sphinx, Dragon, Mermaid (with visible tail), Yeti or Bigfoot, Medusa, Fairy (with visible wings), Unicorn/Pegasus
Been There Dragon That - Krystal Shannan
(dragon on cover)
TOTAL: Book 1 (254 pages) + Book 2 (286 pages) = 540 > 500 pages
Points this task: 30
Total points: 470
MEGSCL10.1 - Summer Reading List
(2023) A Heart That Works
*non fiction - iaf ticket
TOTAL
385 points - 2 big book - 6 IAF
MEGSCL25.5 - Cat's Task - Books of Asia
Book 1 - set 80% in China -Ghost Cities
Book 2 - author born in China (according to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Pam_Z... ) - How Much of These Hills Is Gold
TOTAL
410 points - 2 big book - 6 IAF
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Opt 3 - domestic cat on the cover
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 205