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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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JenJ IA50.1 -Ashlea's Task-Summer Storms
This is a 3 book task, pick one book for each option. Total pages of 750 or more. Required: if choosing the cover option, post the cover.
Book 1- Option 2- Read a book where an authors first and last initial can be found in FINNLAN JAMES.
Long Bright River by Liz Moore - 496 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. - GREYSON NATHANIEL
The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan - 320 pages
*****I claim 1 It's a Fact Ticket*****
Book 3- Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby - 322 pages
496 + 320 + 322 = 1138 pages
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 410/850
Tasks Completed: 23/52
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 8
Deborah20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Option 2
Priceless by Devyn Sinclair
DS: BADGER’S DRIFT
422 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 395
Books Read: 30
Tasks Done: 22
Deborah20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Laure's Task: Dragons of Summer
Option 1
The Pinhoe Egg
515 Pages
AR bookfinder MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13.0
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 415
Books Read: 31
Tasks Done: 23
5.1 Dodge the BallNo HIT in the title: Someone by Alice McDermott
Points this post: 5
Total points: 715
Richard20.8 Nickles & Dimes – Bookwrm526's Task- June Celebrations
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase PRIDE MONTH.
The Lone Assassin: The Epic True Story of the Man Who Almost Killed Hitler by Helmut Ortner
How it Fits: Author's initials are HO
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 490
Tasks Completed: 32
Julia10330.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Option 2: An Evil Heart
(N in aN, H in Heart, L in eviL)
Option 3:
(the woman is holding a disposable coffee cup)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 570
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 6
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 44
5.9 Hot Summer MonthsRead a book that was first published in one of the 3 Summer months of the hemisphere where you reside.
Revenge First published June 1, 1998
I live in the Northern Hemisphere
New Points: 5
Total Points: 260
25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Title PairsOPTION 1
Read 2 books where the last word of the first book's title is the first word of the second book's title
The Winter Sister 352 pages
Sister Wife 280 pages
New Points: 25
Total Points: 285
Richard15.3 Let the Games Begin
Option 1 - Read 2 books, book A & book B.
A: Read a book whose cover is at least 75% made up of any combination of these colours.
Wonder Woman Psychology: Lassoing the Truth (Volume 6) by Travis Langley
How it Fits:
B: Read a book at least 50% set in one of these countries.
Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China by Desmond Shum
How it Fits: China
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 505
Tasks Completed: 33
Kim O15.3 Let The Games Begin One book option
Book 1 requirement: Cover is at least 75% made up of any combination of these colours according to Tineye (blue, yellow, black, green, and red).
26.0 %#f3dfa3Yellow
22.1 %#f7c141Yellow
18.2 %#f7d773Yellow
17.1 %#d83526Red
4.3 %#b58950Brown
4.1 %#f9e953Yellow
3.1 %#eb8732Orange
2.6 %#ea672bOrange
1.8 %#573d26Brown
0.7 %#894c28Brown
Total: 87.5%
Book 2 requirement: set in Great Britain
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Points: 145
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 2
Julia1035.8 Sand Made Castles
This post: 5 points
Total points: 575
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 6
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 45
10.1 - Summer Reading ListRead a book from one of the Berkeley lists.
Bartleby the Scrivener
From the list 2023: (Re)Writing the Rules
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket**
New Points: 10
Total Points: 170
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(3), IaF(2)
15.6 Don't MoveRead a book with the MPG Dystopia or Dystopian.
When Among Crows
(Confirmed in task help thread message #11)
New Points: 10
Total Points: 170
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(3), IaF(2)
30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of BooksRead two books from two different options with a total of at least 500 pages.
Elevation by Stephen King
Option 1: Read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially, forward or backward, in SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS.
(Mass market paperback for page count: Elevation, 160 pages)
Relic, 382 pages
Option 3: Read a book that was nominated for the group read for Summer 2024
Total page count: 542
New Points: 30
Total Points: 200
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(3), IaF(2)
25.5 - Cat's Task - Books of AsiaOption 2: One Book Option
Read one book of at least 500 pages written by an author born in a country in Asia and set at least 70% in Asia.
Pachinko
(Mass market paperback for page count: Pachinko, 527 pages)
**Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket**
New Points: 25
Total Points: 225
Tickets as of this post: BB(4), GO(3), IaF(2)
25.6 - Delicious Dee's Task - Chronicles of St Mary’s and the Time PoliceOption 1. The Book Series.
Read a book (that is a whole number) from either the Chronicles of St Mary’s series or the spin-off The Time Police
Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
Option 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
Points this Task: 25
Season Total: 340
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;
20.10 Group ReadsInto the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
Points this Task: 20
Season Total: 360
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; 20.10
25.5; 25.6;
30.1;
20.8 NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June CelebrationsOption 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.
Shy by Max Porter
Points this Task: 20
Season Total: 380
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; ...; 20.8; 20.9; 20.10
25.5; 25.6;
30.1;
25.4 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:
Biography
Fantasy
Graphic Novel(s)
Historical/Historical Fiction
History
Humor
Memoir
Mystery/Cozy Mystery/Mystery Thriller
Nonfiction
Science Fiction
Human Diastrophism by Gilbert Hernández
LGBT & Graphic Novels
Option 2: Read a book for which the author’s initials may be found in STONEWALL RIOTS.
Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries (nonfiction)**
Points this Task: 25
Season Total: 405
IAFs this post: 1
Total IAFs to date: 4
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; ...; 20.8; 20.9; 20.10
25.4; 25.5; 25.6;
30.1;
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.
Enough Astronaut Blood to Last the Winter by Derek Van Gieson
LAST
Option 3: Read a book with 200 - 250 pages (inclusive - so 200 & 250 count, 199 & 251 do not)
Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet
Points this Task: 30
Season Total: 435
Total IAFs to date: 4
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; ...; 20.8; 20.9; 20.10
25.4; 25.5; 25.6;
30.1; ...; 30.3;
FLY Task #10.3 - Sumer is icumen in
task: Read a book with a title/subtitle word of at least 4 letters that can be made from "SUMER IS ICUMEN IN"
book: The Wicked Will Rise
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: RISE in SUM(ER IS)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 435
Tasks completed: 26/52
BB: 5 / GO: 3 / IAF: 5
Gayla50.1 - 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
Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps, by Jon Favreau
JF => FinnlanJames
(This book has multiple authors but task says using only one for initials is fine.)
Book 2, Option 2: Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in GREYSON NATHANIEL.
Art Lover: A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim by Anton Gill
AG => GreysonnAthaniel
Book 3, Option 2: Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE.
George I: Elector and King by Ragnhild Hatton
RH => junipeRHensleygrace
Points this post: 50
Total points: 530/850
Total tasks: 32/52
Total books: 42/67
Amy FL5.7 We All Scream
The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - author was born October 19, 1984 per Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennife...
Points this post: 5
Total points: 835
Amy FL15.2 Stars and Stripes Forever
A - Florida Roadkill - state name, Florida, in title
B - The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - set in Pennsylvania (in description and metadata)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 850
Done! Thanks, mods, for your hard work!
5.6 Outside We Go!Read a book that features an outside activity e.g. camping, skiing, swimming, hiking, etc.
Extinction
Activity: From the GR description, "back country" Camping/hiking/'safari'/etc
New Points: 5
Total Points: 230
Tickets as of this post: BB(4), GO(3), IaF(2)
30.2 - Katrisa's Task - Summer ZodiacOption 1 - Gemini May 21- June 21
Book 1 - Read a book from one of these lists: twins
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
395 pages
Book 2 - Read a book with Romance listed on the main page genres.
Something Strange and Deadly (Something Strange and Deadly #1) by Susan Dennard
388 pages
Total pages read: 783
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 795
Delicious DeeUNCLAIM
5.4 Game of HORSE
Symphony of Secrets
Points this Post: -5
Total Points: 735
Its a Fact: 7
Big Book Ticket: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Delicious Dee5.4 Game of HORSE
Heir to the Shadows - HRE in Heir, OS in Shadows
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 740
Its a Fact: 7
Big Book Ticket: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Delicious Dee10.10 - Olympics: Breaking
Symphony of Secrets - Brendan Slocumb
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 750
Its a Fact: 7
Big Book Ticket: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
JENNY H20.6- It's A Fact- KathyP's Task-Summertime Dreaming
Option 3: Read a book with a single author, whose first and last initials can be found in SWIMMING POOL.
Ett vet jag säkert by Oprah Winfrey (Initials OW can be found in sWimming pOol)
*Claiming one non-fiction ticket*
Points this post: 20
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 1
Total points: 450
Peg W30.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of Silence
Book 1: Read a book with no words in the title.
I read: Monstrilio
Book 2: Read a book with at least one letter or number that's part of the cover art.
I read: Assassination Vacation With the letters on the headstones on the cover.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 155
LoraTask: 25.5 - Cat's Task - Books of Asia, using Option 1
Book 1:
Book/Author: Siddhartha / Herman Hesse
How it fits: set entirely in India
*Claiming one Golden Oldies ticket for first published in 1922.*
Book 2:
Book/Author: Yellowface / R.F. Kuang
How it fits: author born in China
("Kuang, who was born in Guangzhou, China, immigrated to the United States with her parents in 2000.", https://www.georgetown.edu/news/first... )
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 445
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
JENNY H50.1 -Ashlea's Task-Summer Storms
Book 1, Option 1: Read a book with the word SUNSHINE, SUNRISE, or SUN in the title.
She Who Became the Sun
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
Powerless by Lauren Roberts (LR can be found in both names)
*Claiming one big book ticket (523 pages)*
Book 3, Option 2: Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE
Reckless by Lauren Roberts (LR)
*Claiming one big book ticket (512 pages)*
Points this post: 50
BB: 5
GO: 0
NF: 1
Total points: 500
Richard30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of Books
Option 1. Read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS.
Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea by Bill François
How it Fits: Author's initials are BF
Option 2. Read a book from the first 25 pages of the list.
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
How it Fits: Page 1 of the list
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 535
Tasks Completed: 34
Delicious Dee20.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages
Option B - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Helen Simonson - HS found in HOPSCOTCH
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 770
Its a Fact: 7
Big Book Ticket: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
5.7 We All ScreamAuthor born in 1980s: Force of Nature by Jane Harper, b. 1980
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Ha...
Points this post: 5
Total points: 720
Cordelia30.4 Lots of books
A. The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King Aothors initials S K
D. Baumgartner by Paul Auster Book written by Paul Auster
Points this task - 30
Total points - 560
15.2 Stars and Stripes ForeverRead two books that meet the following criteria:
The Dakota Winters
Book 1: Read a book with the name of a U.S. state in the title (Dakota, Carolina and Virginia may appear without the related cardinal direction)
Blockade Billy (New Jersey)
Book 2: Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of the original 13 states.
New Points: 15
Total Points: 245
Tickets as of this post: BB(4), GO(3), IaF(2)
Julia10315.9 Summer Blockbusters
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
This is on page 2 of The Movie was Better than the Book list.
This was originally published in 1949 so claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
This post: 15 points, 1 GO
Total points: 590
BB: 3
GO: 2
NF: 6
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 46
Jayme(the ghostreader)15.6 Don't Move
read a book with MPG Dystopia
Ready Player Oneby Ernest Cline
Dystopia on MPG
Task +15
Grand Total: 120
FLY Task #10.8 - Olympics: Equestrian
task: Read a book with a horse on the cover.
book: Second Chance Cowboy
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits:
Points this post: 10
Total points: 445
Tasks completed: 27/52
BB: 5 / GO: 3 / IAF: 5
MEGSCL5.8 Sand Made Castles
TOTAL
420 points - 2 big book - 6 IAF
MEGSCL15.2 Stars and Stripes Forever
A -The Colorado Kid
B - set mostly in Massachusetts - The Namesake
TOTAL
445 points - 2 big book - 7 IAF
MEGSCL30.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of Silence
Book 1: Edenglassie
Book 2: (number on key)
**608pp - 1 bb ticket
TOTAL
475 points - 3 big book - 7 IAF
Gayla20.4 Golden Oldies -- FLY's Task - Kids' Games through the Ages
Option B: read a book by an author whose initials (all of them, as they appear on Goodreads) are found in the word HOPSCOTCH
Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs, by Camilla Townsend
CT => hopsCoTch
Points this post: 20
Total points: 550/850
Total tasks: 33/52
Total books: 43/67
ROBIN P20.4 Golden Oldies -- FLY's Task - Kids' Games through the Ages
Option D - Red Light, Green Light -cover at least 75% red or green
Booked to Die -
cover 87% red per TinEye
Points this post: 20
Total points: 445
BB:1 GO:4 IAF: 5
ROBIN P30.1 Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Option 2 - N, H & L in title - Bruno, Chief of Police - N in Bruno, H in Chief, L in Police - 262 p
Option 4 - Book published in June - Take a Hint, Dani Brown - pub June 23, 2020 - 361 p
Total pages 623 > 500 page minimum
Points this post: 30
Total points: 475
BB:1 GO: 4 IAF: 5
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15.1 The Long and Short of It
Option 1: Page count of more than 400 pages Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
*404 pages
Option 2: page count of less than 200 pages You Will Not Have My Hate by Antoine Leiris
*144 pages
**It's a Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 350
Books Read: 24
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 2
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 16