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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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FLY Task #25.5 - Cat's Task - Books of Asia
Option 1: Two Book Option
task: Book 1: Read a book set (at least 70%) in Asia
book: I Want To Die but I Still Want To Eat Tteokpokki: : further conversations with my psychiatrist
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: memoir takes place 100% in South Korea
task: Book 2: Read a book by an author born in Asia
book: Inside Information
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: author Eshkol Nevo born in Israel
other: **Claiming IAF ticket for I Want To Die but I Still Want To Eat Tteokbokki = NF memoir
Points this post: 25
Total points: 380
Tasks completed: 22/52
BB: 5 / GO: 2 / IAF: 4 + 1 = 5
Gayla25.3 JennRenee's Task - Summer English Lesson
Option A, Book 1: Read a book with a noun of 4 or more letters in the title
Memory Piece by Lisa Ko
Noun: "Piece"
Option A, Book 2: Read a book with a plural noun of that same noun in the title
Fugitive Pieces, by Anne Michaels
Plural: "Pieces"
Points this post: 25
Total points: 455/850
Total tasks: 29/52
Total books: 37/67
CathyG25.4 Truitt_T’s Task: It’s a Riot!
Option 1: Read a book that is MPG LGBT and/or Queer AND one of the following:
Required: state the qualifying MPGs. Memoir/Graphic Novel
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel 232pp
Nonfiction- It's a Fact point
Option 2: Read a book for which the author’s initials may be found in STONEWALL RIOTS. . Middle names and/or initials may be ignored.
A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams 359 pp
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 1/52
Its a Fact: 1
CathyG25.6 - Delicious Dee's Task - Chronicles of St Mary’s and the Time Police
Your total pages must EXCEED 500pgs
2. 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 https://the-chronicles-of-st-marys.fa... .
Required: State the name of the character Kalinda Black
Embrace Me at Dawn by Shayla Black 311 pp
3. The Titles.
Read a book that shares a word of AT LEAST four letters with one of the books in the series.
Required: State the name of the book that shares your title word Just One Damn Thing... (thing)
I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free by Tabitha Brown 256 pp
Nonfiction - It's a Fact point
Points this post: 25
Total points: 50
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 2/52
Its a Fact: 2
CathyG30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
A total of 500 or more pages is required.
Option 3: Read a book with a cup on the cover.
Honey Mead Murder by Dahlia Donovan 182pp
Required: Include the cover in your post.
Option 4: Read a book originally published in June.
The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie Su 400pp
Required: Include the original publication date in your post.
06/24/2014
Points this post: 30
Total points: 80
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 3/52
Its a Fact: 2
CathyG30.2 - Katrisa's Task - Summer Zodiac
Help Thread
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. One children’s/middle grade book may be used.
Option 1 - Gemini May 21- June 21
Book 1 - The symbol for gemini are the twins, Castor and Pollux. Read a book from one of these lists featuring books with twins
Best Books about Twins
Tweet Cute Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
Book 2 - The tarot card associated with Gemini is The Lovers. Read a book with Romance listed on the main page genres. Embedded genres (eg Historical Romance) are allowed.
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
Points this post: 30
Total points: 110
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 4/52
Its a Fact: 2
CathyG30.3 - TessaVaness'S TASK Feeding the Children
Option 1: Salvation Army: Read a book that has a word of at least 4 letters that can be found in SALVATION ARMY. Letters can only be used as often as they appear.
story
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Option 3: Numbers: Read a book with at least 200 pages.
Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs 407pp
Points this post: 30
Total points: 140
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 5/52
Its a Fact: 2
CathyG15.3 Let The Games Begin
Option 1 - Read two books, book A and book B.
A: The rings on the Olympic flag are blue, yellow, black, green, and red. Read a book whose cover is at least 75% made up of any combination of these colours according to Tineye. A guide to using Tineye can be found here.
Required: Post the cover.
B: Countries who have previously hosted the Summer Olympics include USA, Great Britain, Greece, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Mexico, Canada, Soviet Union, South Korea, Spain, China or Brazil. Read a book at least 50% set in one of these countries.
Option 2 - Read one book which satisfies both requirements of option 1.
Maybe Not by Colleen Hoover
33.8 yellow, 19.4 red, 14.4 green, 6.6 blue
set in USA
Points this post: 15
Total points: 155
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 6/52
Its a Fact: 2
CathyG25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Title Pairs
All titles must consist of at least TWO words
The combined page total for both books must exceed 600 pages, i.e. 601 pages.
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).
Body Check by Deirdre Martin 336 pp
Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood 352 pp
Points this post: 25
Total points: 180
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 7/52
Its a Fact: 2
CathyG10.9 - Olympics: Pentathlon
Read a book with exactly 5 words in the title (not subtitle).
The Graveside Bar and Grill: A Charley Davidson Novella by Darynda Jones
Points this post: 10
Total points: 190
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 8/52
Its a Fact: 2
HanneloreTask 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.
Book: From Dead to Worse
How it fits: Book is #8 in the Sookie Stackhouse series.
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
Book: Swimming Without a Net
How it fits: Book has a mermaid with visible tail on the cover.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 7
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 0
Mickslibrarian5.5 The Great Cornholio - Read a book that is #2 or #7 or #27 in a series
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (#2)
7/26/2024
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 3
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
5.9 Hot Summer Months - Read a book that was first published in one of the 3 Summer months of the hemisphere where you reside. Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
7/29/2024 (Published in August)
I live in the northern hemisphere.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 4
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
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5.3 TAG You're It!
Read a book with a 3 word only title
The Housemaid's Secret
points unclaimed 5
new total points points 515
Mod
Read a book with a 3 word only title
A Lovely Lie
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points this post 5
total points 520
Mod
Read a book that is #2 or #7 or #27 in a series
read The Housemaid's Secret
points this post 5
total points 525
Mod
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
read
Not My Daughter
points this post 10
total points 535
10.5 - Cricket - Read a book where the author's initials can be found in the word CRICKET.***Claiming It's A Fact***
The Real Queen Charlotte by Catherine Curzon
7/28/2024
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 5
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: 1
Total It's a Fact: 1
10.9 - Olympics: Pentathlon - Read a book with exactly 5 words in the title (not subtitle). Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
6/2/2024
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 6
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: 1
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. ***Claiming It's A Fact***
Using Understanding by Design in the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classroom by Amy Heineke
7/9/2024
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 55
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 7
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: 1
Total It's a Fact: 2
15.8 Summer Sweets - Read a book with two authors writing under both names.***Claiming It's A Fact***
Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners: Tools for Equity by Sydney Cail Snyder and Diane Staehr Fenner
6/23/2024
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Read: 8
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: 1
Total It's a Fact: 3
Nick KY30.4 Nick KY’s Lots of Books.
Opt. 3. I read A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime by Casey Sherman from the Nonfiction True Crime nominations. 304 pp
[I plan on reading Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil from the some category for 20.10.]
Opt. 4. I read Baumgartner by Paul Auster. 208 pp
Total pp = 512 > required 500
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 650
Nick KY50.1 Summer Storms
Book 1. Author inits in FINNLAN JAMES. I read Boathouse by Jon Fosse. 128 pp
Book 2. Author inits in HENRY OLIVER. I read Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse. 454 pp
Book 3. Author inits in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE. I read Ethics in the Real World: 90 Essays on Things That Matter – A Fully Updated and Expanded Edition by Peter Singer 488 pp
Total pp = 1070
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 700
Amy B10.8 - Olympics: Equestrian
Read a book with a horse on the cover.
The image can be a silhouette, a drawing, an illustration or a photograph but must depict a standard horse or pony, not a zebra, pegasus or unicorn.
Required: post the cover
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 235 Points
15.10 Summer Months - June, July, and August are the 6th, 7th, and 8th months of the year. 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 Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
6/15/2024
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 85
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 9
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: 3
20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders Option 1. The TV series, Midsomer Murders, is based on the Chief Inspector Barnaby novels, by Caroline Graham: 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.
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
6/29/2024
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 105
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 10
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: 3
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.
***Claiming It's A Fact***
Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta Lynn Hammond
6/16/2024
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 11
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: 1
Total It's a Fact: 4
20.8 NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June Celebrations Option 1: June is LGBT Pride Month. For this option, read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase PRIDE MONTH. Middle initials can be ignored. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the phrase.
***Claiming It's A Fact***
Culture to the Max!: Culturally Responsive Teaching and Practice by David McDonald
6/12/2024
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 145
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 12
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: 1
Total It's a Fact: 5
PegW15.5 Do You Have A Flag?
Read a book whose author's initials are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG.
I read Thud! by Terry Pratchett
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 105
25.1 - Amy FL’s task: Farewell to a Legend Option 2: Rafa is from Spain and has won a record 14 French Open titles. Read a book set at least 50% in either Spain or France.
A Murder Most French by Colleen Cambridge
7/31/2024
AND
Option 3: Rafa’s best surface has earned him the nickname “The King of Clay” which he deserves. His record is 479 wins and only 48 losses on that surface. Read a book with a title word of four or more letters that can be made from THE KING OF CLAY.
The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
7/5/2024
Required: State the Word (Legacy)
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 170
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Books Read: 14
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: 5
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.
Speculations in Sin by Jennifer Ashley
6/24/2024
AND
Book 2
Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in GREYSON NATHANIEL
Queen Charlotte by Shonda Rhimes
7/17/2024
AND
Book 3
Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE
The Killings At Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham
7/16/2024
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 220
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books Read: 17
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: 5
Delicious Dee30.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of Silence
Book A - Maplecroft - maplecroft is not recognized as a word in the scrabble dictionary
Book B -
- the words "when will you rise" is not tied to the title, author, blurb, award etc; it is something that shows up during the course of the plot as a signclaiming 1 big book ticket for 500+pgs, paperback is 632pgsPoints this Post: 30
Total Points: 700
Its a Fact: 6
Big Book Ticket: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Jen K20.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages
b) Hopscotch – The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
hoPScotch
****
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 370
BB: 1
IAF: 3
20.1 Most Improved Player: XBM's Task: Enjoy a Summer Road TripMichigan: Tom Lake
****
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 390
BB: 1
IAF: 3
Jen K10.7 - O Canada
Bad Cree
Setting names Canada
****
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 400
BB: 1
IAF: 3
LAUREN JODI15.5 - Do You Have A Flag?
Flame in the Dark by Faith Hunter
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 215/850
Total Books Read: 19
Total Tasks Completed: 16/52
5.6 Outside We Go!A book featuring an outside activity: James by Percival Everett
Outside activity is river rafting.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 570
10.3 - Sumer is icumen inTitle word from SUMMER IS ICUMEN IN: The Summer I Met Jack by Michelle Gable
The word is Summer.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 580
15.9 Summer BlockbustersBook from Book was Better than the Movie (page 2 #106): Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Points this post: 15
Total points: 595
20.8 NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June CelebrationsOption 1
For this option, read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase PRIDEE MONTH.
Ο Δύτης by Minos Efstathiadis
pridE Month
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 300
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 3
It's a Fact Tickets: 7
50.1 -Ashlea's Task-Summer StormsBook 1, option 1, Sunrise in the title: Sunrise by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
mass market paperback edition Sunrise by the Sea 432 pages
Book 2, option 1, Thunder in the title: Sweet Thunder by Ivan Doig
320 pages
Book 3, option 2, author initials in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE: The Backup Plan by Jill Shalvis
mass market paperback edition The Backup Plan 384 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 645
Ana5.9 Hot Summer Months
Mockingjay. This book was published in August and I am in the Northern Hemisphere.
This Post: 5
Total Points; 165
Cordelia5,7 We all scream
There There by Tommy Orange
Author born 19 Jan 1982. This information is available on the author's wiki page
Points this task: 5
Total points: 485
Cordelia20.6 Non Fiction
Did I Ever Tell You This? by Sam Neill
This book is an autobiography
The author's initials S N are in SwimmiNg pool
Points this task - 20
Total points - 505
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.9-Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-Nephews.
Option 3. Read a book with a word in the title of four or more letters that can be found in 'mechanical engineering.'
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (579 p.) * **
* I would like to claim 1 BB ticket for this book, please.
** the word is 'name'
➸ Total Points: 85
➸ Total Pages: 2,755
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.5 - Do You Have A Flag?
Read a book whose initials are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG.
Powerless by Lauren Roberts (523 p.) *
* I would like to claim 1 BB ticket for this book, please.
➸ Total Points: 100
➸ Total Pages: 3,278
Delicious Dee20.8 NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June Celebrations
Option 1 - Assistant to the Villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer - HNM all found in PRIDE MONTH
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 720
Its a Fact: 6
Big Book Ticket: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Elizabeth PTask 10.10 - Olympics: Breaking
Author's first name starts with "B"
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
IAF: 0
Total Books: 3
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20.10 Group Reads
A Curious Beginning
Discussion thread post #19
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 375
Books Read: 29
Tasks Done: 21