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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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Nick KY15.9 Blockbusters I read Dracula by Bram Stoker from the Book Better than the Movie List. (p. 1) https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 55
Nick KY15.10 Summer Months I read The Ghost of the Mary Celeste by Valerie Martin with 6 words in the title.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 70
JEN B20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Laure's Task: Dragons of Summer
Option 3
Read a book with either the word: Wizard, Witch, Wild or One in the title. Stand alone word, plurals and possessions are allowed, no other variations
One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
ONE is in the title
TOTAL POINTS: 60
Joanne MI5-7 We All Scream
Read a book by an author born in the 1980's.
Essex Dogs by Dan Jones
Dan Jones was born 7-21-1987
https://www.google.com/search?q=when+...
Points this task 5
Season Total 5
Andy P.Task # 20.10 Group ReadsFiction: Victorian - A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
My Comment can be found in message 3 of Group discussions for this task
Points this post: 20
Total points: 25
CHANDNI20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Laure's Task: Dragons of Summer
Option 3. Read a book with either the word: Wizard, Witch, Wild or One in the title.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 50
LoraTask: 15.7 Jailbreak
Book/Author: The Unfortunate Debutante / Laura Beers
How it fits: the MC is arrested
Pg 123 "You're under arrest for striking an officer of the law."
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 50
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: 0
Cordelia10.4 Summer Songs
Water by John Boyne
Song no 21 on list of summer songs - "Water Get No enemy" by Fela Kuti
Points this Task - 10
Total Points - 90
Cordelia20.3 Midsomer Murders
Option 2: The Patriot Threat by Steve Berry
386 pages
Author's initials S B in Badger'S drift
Points this task - 20
Total points - 110
Amy FL10.2 - Celebrating Dads
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom - Husband in title
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Amy FL10.3 - Sumer is icumen in
Ruins - RUINS is in SUmeR Is cumeN in
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Amy FL15.5 Do You Have A Flag?
The Quiet People by Paul Cleave - PC in CaPture the flag
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
Amy FL15.10 Summer Months
A Court of Wings and Ruin - 6 words in title
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
Jayme(theghostreader)5.9 Hot Summer Months
Read a book published in June, July or August
Bite Clubby Laurien Berenson
Published June 25, 2019
Task +5
Grand total: 25
20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer MurdersOption 1, MPG Mystery by a female author: The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear
360 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Nick KY5.4 HORSE – I read Why Smart People Do Dumb Things by Mortimer R. Feinberg and John J. Tarrant.
H in “wHy”
O in “dO”
RS in “SmaRt
E in “pEople”
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 75
Nick KY30.2 Katrisa’s Summer Zodiac. -- Since it is my birth sign, I chose Cancer.
Book 1. # 3 in a series of 10, I read Murder Most Maine by Karen MacInerney, 277 pp
Book 2. With a dragon on the cover, I read The Book of Dragons,
ed. by Jonathan Strahan.CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Book of Dragons at 576 pp
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 105
Big Books So Far: 500+ (1)
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15.9 Summer Blockbusters
The Book Was Better Than The Movie - p. 2
Chocolat. Joanne Harris
(I put my review of the book on the Raffle Review page.)
Points: 15
Total points: 120
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 9
IAF points: 2
JEN B30.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of Silence
Option 1: Two Book Option
Book 1: Read a book with no words in the title.
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Book 2: Read a book with at least one letter or number that's part of the cover art.
by Jeneva RoseThe words "do not touch the tape inside" on the left side of the cover are part of the cover art and are not part of the title
TOTAL POINTS: 90
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5.10 - Easy Breezy Summertime.
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Hunted
Points this post: 5
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 7
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15.5 - Do You Have A Flag?
Read a book whose author's initials are found in Capture tHe flag
Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 8
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15.6 - Don't Move.
Read a book with the MPG Dystopia or Dystopian.
Stung
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 9
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10.6 - Pride.
Read a book with one of the following MPGs: LGBT, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Queer
Scout's Honor
Points this post: 10
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 10
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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.
Our summer months are June, July, and August
You Won't Believe Me published June 27th, 2023
Points this post: 5
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 11
Andy P.Task # 5.1 Dodge the Ball
Read a book whose title does not contain the letters HIT.
Wenjack by Joseph Boyden
Points this post; 5
Total points: 30
Mcquaid5.3: 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
A Fatal Illusion by Anna Lee Huber
Points: 5
Total Points: 10
Total tasks: 2
Books read: 2
Mcquaid5.4: Game of Horse
Read a book that has all the letters of HORSE in the title/subtitle.
When Among Crows by Veronica Roth
Points: 5
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 3
Books Read: 3
Mcquaid5.9 Hot Summer Months
Read a book that was first published in one of the 3 Summer months of the hemisphere where you reside.
I live in the Northern Hemisphere.
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Points: 5
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks: 4
Books read: 4
Mcquaid5.10 Easy Breezy Summertime
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Saga, Book Three by Brian K. Vaughan
Points: 5
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 5
Books read: 5
Nick KY***REPOST***
I will go ahead and repost though the only thing that changes is the number of BIG BOOKS I am claiming. I forgot I already had one before this post, so my total now is 2.
30.2 Katrisa’s Summer Zodiac. -- Since it is my birth sign, I chose Cancer.
Book 1. # 3 in a series of 10, I read Murder Most Maine by Karen MacInerney, 277 pp
Book 2. With a dragon on the cover, I read The Book of Dragons,
ed. by Jonathan Strahan.CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Book of Dragons at 576 pp
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 105
Big Books So Far: 500+ (2)
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.2 Hop Hop Jump
Keeping Two by Jordan Crane
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Task completed: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.4 Game of HORSE
Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Task completed: 2
Susan A5.1 Dodge the Ball - Read a book whose title does not contain the letters HIT
One by One by Ruth Ware
I listened to audiobook. MMPB here
Letters H I T not in the title
Points: 5
Previous total: 135
New total: 140
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.1 Summer Reading List
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Found on 2024 Defining Moments list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Task completed: 3
Susan A5.9 Hot Summer Months - Read a book that was first published in one of the 3 Summer months of the hemisphere where you reside.
Model Citizen by Lissa Kasey
No MMPB. paperback here
First published June 22nd 2015
I live in NJ - Northern Hemisphere
Points: 5
Previous total: 140
New total: 145
Susan A30.3 - TessaVanessa'a 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.
The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star by Vaseem Khan
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
star - SALVATION ARMY
Option 3: Read a book with 200 - 250 pages
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
208 pages
Points: 30
Previous total: 145
New total: 175
LoraTask: 30.3 - TessaVaness'S TASK Feeding the Children, using options 1 and 3
Book 1:
Book/Author: Last Writes / Laura Levine
How it fits: word LAST can be made from SALvaTion army
Book 2:
Book/Author: Terrace Story / Hilary Leichter
How it fits: has 208 pages
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 80
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: 0
Katrisa30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of Books
Opt 1 - Read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS.
I read The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet by Kristin Ohlson
KO in boOKs
242 HC pages
Opt 2 - Read a book from the first 25 pages of the “Comedy” list
I read John Dies at the End from P2 of the list
Audio - 362 PB pages
Points this Post:30
Points Total: 240
Andy P.Task # 5.3 TAG You're It!
Read a book with a 3 word only title
Wolves and Daggers by Melanie Karsak
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
MEGSCL10.8 Olympics: Equestrian
TOTAL
40 points - 1 big book
MEGSCL5.7 We All Scream
The Jaguar by Sarah Holland-Batt
Who was born in 1982 according to her website: https://www.sarahhollandbatt.com/about
**non fiction - IAF ticket
TOTAL
45 points - 1 big book - 1 IAF
trishhartuk5.7 We All Scream
Read a book by an author born in the 1980s.
Mammoths at the Gates, Nghi Vo
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (French): here (144pg). Top HB (English): here (120pg)
The GR author entry doesn’t specify her birthday but Wikipedia states that she was born was born on 4 December 1981, and that's also the date the comes up if you Google her: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nghi_Vo
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed:3
Task 20.8 - June Celebrationsoption 1: author initials HT in MONTH
Murder at Mistletoe Manor by Holly Tierney
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95 points
JEN B20.5 - Bigger is Better: Lisa MD's Summer Scavenger Hunt
Swimsuits: any kind: one piece, bikini, board shorts, swim trunks, speedo
by Abby JimenezShe's wearing a bikini, he's wearing swim trunks
TOTAL POINTS: 110
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.6 Pride
Bloom by Kevin Panetta
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Task completed: 4
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10.10 Breaking. I read Berlin by Bea Setton, the author’s 1st name begins with “B.”
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Total Points So Far: 40