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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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Elizabeth PTask 15.7 - Jailbreak
Main character is arrested
Killing Floor by Lee Child
States character is "arrested in under an hour" in book description
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 55
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
IAF: 0
Total Books: 5
Gayla20.7 Shorter is Sweeter -- Barbara's Task - Scotland or Bust
Option 1. Read a book with a main character who is an artist.
Exhibit, by R. O. Kwon
Two main characters who are artists: Jin, a photographer, and Lidija, a dancer.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 475/850
Total tasks: 30/52
Total books: 38/67
EMurphy20.2 Rookie at the Top-Laure's Task: Dragons of Summer
Option 1: 1 and 5 in page number or year of publication The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee
*571 pages
**Big Book Ticket
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 310
Books Read: 20
BB Ticket +500: 2
GO Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 14
Julia10325.4 Truitt_T’s Task: It’s a Riot!
Option 2: Women in Mathematics by Lynn M. Osen
(LO in STONEWALL)
This is non-fiction so claiming one It's A Fact ticket.
Option 3: Last Night at the Telegraph Club
(on The Ultimate LGBTQ+ Pride Book List by PRH list)
This post: 25 points, 1 NF
Total points: 460
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 5
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 37
Angela IL20.8 NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase PRIDE MONTH.
The Best Lies by David Ellis- 8/5
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 325
Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 13
It's a Fact: 2
Richard20.5 Bigger is Better: Lisa MD's Summer Scavenger Hunt
One of these on the cover - Sun hat
Fodor's Essential China by Fodor's Travel Publications Inc.
How it Fits:
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 450
Tasks Completed: 29
Julia10310.1 - Summer Reading List
Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor (on 2023 list)
This is non-fiction so claiming one It's A Fact ticket.
This post: 10 points, 1 NF
Total points: 470
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 6
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 38
Elizabeth PTask 20.2 - Dragons of Summer
Option Two - Book where dragon is character
A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons by J. Penner
Main character has to take care of baby dragon, as seen in book description
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 75
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
IAF: 0
Total Books: 6
Elizabeth PTask 20.3 - Midsomer Murders
Option 1: Book with MPG Mystery (stand alone/embedded) written by female author
A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic by J. Penner
MPG of Cozy Mystery
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 95
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
IAF: 0
Total Books: 7
Elizabeth PTask 20.7 - Scotland or Bust
Option Two: Book that takes place on an island
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
Series (and book) takes place on Shetland Islands, group of islands in the far north of Scotland
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 115
Total Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
IAF: 0
Total Books: 8
30.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of SilenceOption 2: Read one book of at least 500 pages that satisfies both requirements
Req 1: Read a book with no words in the title
Req 2: Read a book with at least one letter or number in the cover art.
Cover element for requirement 2: the background newsprint (JFK, etc)
11/22/63
**Claiming 3 Big Book Tickets**
New Points: 30
Total Points: 105
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(0), IaF(2)
LoraTask: 15.10 Summer Months
Book/Author: The Savior's Book Café Story in Another World, Vol. 1 / Kyouka Izumi
How it fits: eight words in title
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 400
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
JENNY H30.3 - 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.
Only the Good Spy Young (The word is ONLY)
Option 3: Read a book with 200 - 250 pages.
学園アリス 20 Gakuen Alice 20 (200 pages)
Points this post: 30
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 415
LoraTask: 5.5 The Great Cornholio
Book/Author: The Savior's Book Café Story in Another World, Vol. 2 / Kyouka Izumi
How it fits: second book in the The Savior's Book Café Story in Another World series
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 405
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
JEN B20.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages
b) Hopscotch – Read a book by an author whose initials (all of them, as they appear on Goodreads) are found in the word HOPSCOTCH.
The Best of Us by Sarah Pekkanen
SP in hoPScotch
TOTAL POINTS: 365
10.2 - Celebrating Dads Read a book with a child or dad relationship word in the title - Read Son by Jack Olsen.
This book is over 500 pages and is nonfiction, so I claim 1 Big Book ticket and 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Points these task: 10
Total points: 115
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
It's A Fact ticket requests: 2
Books read and claimed: 7
Tasks completed: 7
20.8 - Bookwrm526's Task- June Celebrations Option 3: Domestic cat on the cover - Read The Hidden Language of Cats: How They Have Us at Meow by Sarah Brown.
This book is nonfiction, so I claim 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 135
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
It's A Fact ticket requests: 3
Books read and claimed: 8
Tasks completed: 8
JENNY H15.7 Jailbreak
Read a book where the main character is jailed or arrested, or is an ex-prisoner.
My Son's Story
Sonny, whose son narrates the story, is imprisoned as a result of his political activism. This is a quote from enotes.com: "By this time, Sonny is dedicated to the movement, and he even spends a couple of years in jail due to it. While in jail, he is often visited by Hannah, a woman who continues to give him news about the movement, and they eventually begin an affair."
Points this post: 15
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total points: 430
25.4 - Truitt_T’s Task: It’s a Riot! Book 1: Option 2: Author’s initials may be found in STONEWALL RIOTS - Read Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World by Noah Strycker.
Book 2: Option 3: Read a book from one of the lists. - Read Blackouts by Justin Torres. This book is on the 2024 Goodreads Pride Reading List.
Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World is nonfiction, so I claim 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Points these task: 25
Total points: 160
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
It's A Fact ticket requests: 4
Books read and claimed: 10
Tasks completed: 9
5.5 The Great CornholioRead a book that is #2 or #7 or #27 in a series
The Labors of Hercules
(#27 in a series)
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket**
New Points: 5
Total Points: 110
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(1), IaF(2)
30.2 - Katrisa's Task - Summer Zodiac Option 3 - Leo July 23 - August 22
Book 1: Read a book from one of these domestic thriller lists- Read The Intern by Michele Campbell. It is on this list - Domestic Suspense Novels. 378 pages
Book 2: MPG of Feminism - Read Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. 238 pages
Total page count is more than 500.
Their Eyes Were Watching God was first published in 1937 so I claim one Golden Oldies ticket.
Points these task: 30
Total points: 190
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
It's A Fact ticket requests: 4
Books read and claimed: 12
Tasks completed: 10
Please ignore my post 1922 for 30.2. I just realized I already claimed Their Eyes Were Watching God. Apologies!
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or BustOption 3, MPG War: Two Wars and a Wedding by Lauren Willig
Points this post: 20
Total points: 665
Elizabeth PTask 20.8 - June Celebrations
Option 3: Book with domestic cat on cover
by Ashley PostonCat with collar on bottom right third of cover
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 135
Total Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
IAF: 0
Total Books: 9
Elizabeth PTask 20.9 - Nephews
Option One: Author's first name starts with A or E
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman
First name starts with A
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 155
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
IAF: 0
Total Books: 10
Elizabeth PTask 25.3 - Summer English Lesson
I chose Option A and read book 1 and 2 for option A
Book 1: Book with noun 4+ letters in title
Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer
Noun: NIGHT
Book 2: Book with plural version of same noun in title
White Nights by Ann Cleeves
Plural: NIGHTS
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 180
Total Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
IAF: 0
Total Books: 12
Elizabeth PTask 15.4 - Anyone for Croquet?
I chose option 2: read one book that satisfies both
Book that is #6 in a series and that has real animal on cover
by Rick Riordan#6 in Percy Jackson series, chickens on cover in middle
AR Bookfind: MG rating, BL 5.1 and AR Points 9.0
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 195
Total Tasks: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
IAF: 0
Total Books: 13
Richard15.7 Jailbreak
Read a book where the main character is jailed or arrested
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake by Frank W. Abagnale
How it Fits: Author/MC is arrested & put in multiple jails
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 465
Tasks Completed: 30
HanneloreTask 5.3 TAG You're It!
Read a book with a 3 word only title or read a book with a 1 word title that consists of only 3 letters.
Book: Dead and Gone
How it fits: 3 word title
Points this task: 5
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 8
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better: Lisa MD's Summer Scavenger HuntRead a book with one of the listed objects on the cover
The Hollow
My object: one piece swimsuit (on the swimmer in the pool)
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket**
New Points: 20
Total Points: 130
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(2), IaF(2)
JEN B10.10 - Olympics: Breaking
Read a book where the author's first name begins with B.
If You Ask Me by Betty White
***Claiming one It's A Fact ticket***
TOTAL POINTS: 375
Mickslibrarian30.3 - TessaVaness'S TASK Feeding the Children - Choose 2 options.
Option 2: Cooking: I am not a cook and do not love being in the kitchen. That being said, I have learned a few tricks and easy meals for at home from the awesome woman who prepares this food daily. 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...
Forget Me Never by Susan Wittig Albert
7/24/2024
AND
Option 3: Numbers: Each year I volunteer the numbers seem to increase each year. Last year we were serving on average 200 children a day. Read a book with 200 - 250 pages (inclusive - so 200 & 250 count, 199 & 251 do not)
System Collapse by Martha Wells
8/6/2024 (245 p.)
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 250
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Read: 19
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
15.6 Don't MoveRead a book with the MPG Dystopia or Dystopian.
When Among Crows
New Points: 15
Total Points: 145
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(2), IaF(2)
babbling c 20.9-Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-Nephews
Option 1. Read a book by an author whose first name begins with an A or an E.
The Fury - audiobook La furia - paperback pgs 328 by Alex Michaelides
AUTHOR: Alex
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 135/850
Completed Tasks: 11/52
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 4,608
Books read this season: 12
Nick KY25.6 Delicious Dee’s Chronicles of St. Mary’s
Opt. 5. Whiteout. I read Imagined Spaces ed by Gail Low and Kirsty GunnKirsty Gunn, cover is 93% white.
https://labs.tineye.com/color/0ab3074... 288 ppOpt. 6. Where Would You Jump? I read David I: The King Who Made Scotland by Richard Oram, set in 12th century Scotland and nonfiction.
The book covers the twenty year reign of David I of Scotland (1124-1153) -- my pick for where I would "jump." It is more than 100 years before my birth in 1958.
From Encyclopedia Britannica “David I, King of Scotland”:
David was the youngest of the sons of Malcolm Canmere (famous for defeating the legendary Macbeth) and the last of those sons to hold the throne of Scotland. The border of Scotland and Northern England is where David I built five feudal castles, one for him and each of four friends from England, where he had spent his youth. (Bruce, Stewart, Comyn, and Oliphant). These feudal estates, markers of medieval European aristocracy, brought Scotland into contention as an independent medieval country in the eyes of the rest of Europe. [Personal note: Scotland is weird, or what my grandmother used to call “Cairny.” – It's cold and isolated and full of argumentative people. Maybe I should have picked the south of France -- but no. We're going with Scotland.]
Imagined Spaces = 288 pp
David I = 255 pp
Total = 543 pp > required 501
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 725
15.2 Stars and Stripes ForeverBook A, the name of a US state in the title: California Girls by Susan Mallery
Book B, set in one of the original 13 colonies: Sandwich by Catherine Newman, set in Massachusetts
Points this post: 15
Total points: 680
Beth_NC20.3 Midsomer Murders
Option 1: book with the MPG of Mystery and/or Crime, AND written by a Female author.
The Ugly Duckling by Iris Johansen
MPG Mystery
Task Points: 20
Task Books: 1
Task Pages: 408
Total Points: 430
Total Tasks: 30
Total Books: 36
Total Pages: 14250
Big Books: 9
10.9 - Olympics: PentathlonBook: None of This Is True
How it fits: 5 words in the title
Points this post: 10
Total points: 165
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Laure's Task: Dragons of SummerBook: One by One
How it fits: option 3 - One in title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 185
Bookwrm526Task #30.4 - Lots of Books (reposting to correct a mistake from post 1806)
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. I plan to read Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant for Task #20.10.
288+286 = 574p
Total points so far : 640
Bookwrm526Task #20.9-Nephews
Option 1. Read a book by an author whose first name begins with an A or an E. I read Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction by Ann Leckie, whose first name begins with an A.
Total points so far: 660
Delicious Dee15.10 Summer Months
The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet - 6 words in the title; claiming 1 its a fact for non-fiction
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 735
Its a Fact: 7
Big Book Ticket: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
10.10 - Olympics: BreakingAuthor's first name begins with B: How to Fly by Barbara Kingsolver
Points this post: 10
Total points: 690
CHANDNI25.4 Truitt_T’s Task: It’s a Riot!
Option 2: Read a book for which the author’s initials may be found in STONEWALL RIOTS.
The Last Resort by T.J. Emerson
400 pages
Option 3: Read a book from one of the following lists.
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
251 pages, non-fiction memoir
Found on https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertai... (number 51)
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 355
Amy FL5.6 Outside We Go!
Whalefall - scuba diving is the focus of the story
Points this post: 5
Total points: 785
Amy FL10.8 - Olympics: Equestrian
- horse on coverPoints this post: 10
Total points: 795
15.3 Let The Games Begin - Option 2 - Read one book which satisfies both requirements of...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.
AND
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.
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco (64.1% - Black, 16% - Green, set in Great Britain)8/7/2024
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 265
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Read: 20
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
Amy FL30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of Books
Option 1: Diamond in the Rough by Gina LaManna - GL appears sequentially in readinGLots
Option 3: Dancing with the Octopus: The Telling of a True Crime - nominee for non-fiction true crime; I read Into the Drowning Deep for task 20.10
I linked to the audios I completed. The total pages in the paperbacks is >500 (294 + 384)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 825
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Task 15.5 - Do You Have a Flag?
Author's Initials in CAPTURE THE FLAG
Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston
cAPture the flag
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
IAF: 0
Total Books: 4