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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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FLY Task #20.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages
task: b) author initials found in the word HOPSCOTCH
book: One Little Secret
(my version is audio, no MMPB, PB here)
how it fits: author Cate Holahan initials CH in HOPSCOT(CH)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 515
Tasks completed: 30/52
BB: 5 / GO: 3 / IAF: 6
JenJ IA5.5 The Great Cornholio
Read a book that is #2 or #7 or #27 in a series
The Wednesday Morning Wild Swim by Jules Wake
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 595/850
Tasks Completed: 33/52
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 10
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or Bust
Option 1: Read a book with a main character who is an artist.
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
The widows are all gathering to write stories.
Totals
Points: 280
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 8
Total books: 25
Total tasks: 25
REPOST15.4 Anyone For Croquet?
Option 1 - Read two books, book A and book B.
A: Read a book which is either #6 or #9 in a series.
Spy x Family, Vol. 6 (Spy×Family #6) by Tatsuya Endo
B: Read a book which features either an animal/bird (real only, no fictional creatures like unicorns or phoenixes) or playing card(s) on the cover.
The Peregrine by J.A. Baker
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 850
Sarah H10.2 - Celebrating Dads
Read a book with one of the following "dad" or "child" relationships standalone in the title or subtitle.
Summer Sons
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
It's a Fact: 0
Tasks complete: 2
Books read: 2
Sarah H20.1 Most Improved Player: XBM's Task: Enjoy a Summer Road Trip
Your task is to read a book from this Roadtrip Across America list, and identify the state it’s about.
How to Sell a Haunted House - South Carolina
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 50
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
It's a Fact: 0
Tasks complete: 3
Books read: 3
CathyG30.3 - TessaVaness'S TASK Feeding the Children
Choose 2 options.
You may use one book with MPG “Sequential Art”, “Comics”, “Comic Book” and/or “Manga” for this task.
Option 1: Salvation Army: Read a book that has a word of at least 4 letters that can be found in SALVATION ARMY. story
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Option 3: Read a book with 200 - 250 pages (inclusive - so 200 & 250 count, 199 & 251 do not)
Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants by Louise Rennison 214pp
Points this post: 30
Total points: 490
Books read: 34
Tasks completed: 22/52
Its a Fact: 3
CathyG30.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of Silence
one book is allowed with MPG Childrens or Middle Grade, and one book is allowed with MPG Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga.
Option 1: Two Book Option
Book 1: Read a book with no words in the title.
For the sake of the task, any word found in The Official Scrabble Dictionary (https://scrabble.merriam.com) is considered a word except A, An, or The.
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Book 2: Read a book with at least one letter or number that's part of the cover art.
Required: Post the cover and state the element in the cover art that satisfies the requirement.
In This Grave Hour by Jacqueline Winspear
Points this post: 30
Total points: 520
Books read: 36
Tasks completed: 23/52
Its a Fact: 3
CathyG15.5 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.
Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood
approved for length line 3159
Points this post: 15
Total points: 535
Books read: 37
Tasks completed: 24/52
Its a Fact: 3
EMurphy50.1 Ashlea's Task: Summer Storms
Option 1b: Author's initials can be found in FINNLAN JAMES The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding
*284 pages
Option 2b: Author's initials can be found in GREYSON NATHANIEL or HENRY OLIVER Southern Lady Code: Essays by Helen Ellis
*203 pages
**It's a Fact Ticket
Option 3b: Author's initials can be found in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE The Luminous Dead Caitlin Starling
*415 pages
284+203+415=902 pages
This Task:
Points: 50
Books Read: 3
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 430
Books Read: 30
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 2
IAF Ticket: 5
Tasks Completed: 19
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ROBIN P10.1 Summer Reading List
bk from one of 2 lists
The Swimmers - on the 2023 list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 730
BB:1 GO:8 IAF:7
trishhartuk10.10 Olympics: Breaking
Read a book where the author’s first name begins with B.
Shakespeare on Toast: Getting a Taste for the Bard, Ben Crystal
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (272pg)
It’s a Fact: MPGs include Non-fiction, History, Language
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1 – Shakespeare on Toast is Non-Fiction
Total Points: 400
Tasks Completed: 30
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Mike MATask 5.1: Read a book that does not contain HIT in the title
Bogombo Snuff Box by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction
This book is a collection of published short stories from the author's early career. It includes some real gems such as 2BR02B.
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 0 + 5 = 5
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Mike MATask 5.2: Hop Hop Jump - includes "Five" in the title. Good old funf.
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
I have reread this book many times and it is always worthwhile.
Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5 + 5 = 10
Total Tasks Completed: 2
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Option 1-
by Kim Mager / Nonfiction, clouds on coverPoints this post: 20
Total points: 585
Mike MATask 5.4: read a book with HORSE in the title/subtitle
Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien
Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 10 + 5 = 15
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Sarah E30.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of Silence
Option 1
Book 1: Necronomicon
Book 2:
There are '7's on the body of the space station
Total Points: 40
PegW30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Option 2: Read a book with the letters N H L in the title.
I read The Couscous Chronicles: Stories of Food, Love, and Donkeys from a Life between Cultures
Option 3: Read a book with a cup on the cover.
I read
that has a coffee cup and a beer mug on the center of the table. Points this post: 30
Total Points: 205
JUKKA15.1 - The Long and Short of It
Book 1: Book with 400 or more pages.
Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed.
Book 2: Book with 200 or fewer pages.
Rage Across the Amazon by William Spencer-Hale et al.
Total Points: 245/850
Total Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 19/52
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 1
Mike MATask 5.8 Read a book with a castle on the cover.
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck (audiobook)The Women in the Castle
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 15 + 5 = 20
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Mike MATask 5.10 Read any book that fulfills SRC guidelines
Amerika by Franz Kafka
Amerika
This unfinished novel reads like a few extended short stories with some common characters. A little melancholy at points but not as dark as other Kafka works. I read it at the beach - Kafka by the Shore :)
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 20 + 5 = 25
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Mike MATask 10.3 Read any book with a word in the title that is also in the phrase "SUMer is ICumen in"
Hot Water MUSIC by Charles Bukowski
Hot Water Music
I listened to this audiobook on a recent road trip. Very on brand for the Barfly.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 25 + 10 = 35
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
Mike MATask 10.4 Summer Songs
"Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles
In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan
It's very peaceful out there in iDeath, and the food seems good.
In Watermelon Sugar.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 35 + 10 = 45
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
FLY Task #10.1 - Summer Reading List
task: Read a book from the 2023 or 2024 Berkeley Summer Reading lists
book: The Swimmers
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: on the 2023 list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 525
Tasks completed: 31/52
BB: 5 / GO: 3 / IAF: 6
CHANDNI30.2 - Katrisa's Task - Summer Zodiac
Option 2
Book 1: Read a book that is numbered 1-12 of a series.
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
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
by Vivian Vande VeldeHas a dragon on the cover.
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 470
Barbara ★25.6 - Delicious Dee's Task - Chronicles of St Mary’s and the Time Police
Option 2: 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...
In a Heartbeat - Elizabeth Adler 8/20
(Elizabeth Shaw)
Option 3: Read a book that shares a word of AT LEAST four letters with one of the books in the series
A Rip Through Time - Kelley Armstrong 8/2
(4 - A Trail Through Time) (342 pages)
Total Pages: Book 1 (304 pages) + Book 2 (342 pages) = 646 > 501 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 600
15.5 Do You Have a FlagRead a book with author's initials in capture the flag.
Love ad Libby Evie Alexander
Author's initials in cApturE
Task +15
Grand total: 135
Repost10.8 Equestrian
Read a book with a horse on the cover.
by Mercedes LackeyUG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 15.0
Task+ 10
Grand total: 145
Mike MATask 10.7 Set in Canada
Call of the Wild by Jack London
I have read and listened to this so many times. I love reading it when sweltering through a heat wave to transport myself to the cold. It would have been fantastic to read it in serial form when it was released!
The Call of the Wild
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 45 + 10 = 55
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 8
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska10.7 - O Canada.
Read a book set in Canada.
Keep by Jenny Haysom (280 p.) *
* This book takes place exclusively in Canada (mostly in Ottawa).
Setting not indicated in metadata; references as follows -
"I'm finishing my degree here -- in Ottawa."
"Just about everyone he knew in Ottawa was a friend of Yves's."
"This year especially -- Canada's 150th birthday -- promised to be spectacular."
➸ Total Points: 145
➸ Total Pages: 4,410
Mike MATask 10.10 B-Boys and B-Girls
The Six Pack by Brad Balukjian
Author name (first and last) starting with "B"
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and it hit all the right notes with me. Currently reading Balukjian's earlier book, The Wax Pack.
The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 55 + 10 = 65
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 9
Mike MATask 15.5 captuRe tHe flag
I read Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie (initials HR)
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
This book provides combines optimism with action steps big and small (mostly big) to help out good old planet Earth. Excellently researched books loaded with charts and graphs, but does not read like a textbook.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 65 + 15 = 80
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 10
message by Kathy:Readerboard Name: Kathy P
10.5 - Cricket
Choosing the option where the author's initials can be found in the word CRICKET
The Gilded Wolves
Author Roshani Chokshi
Totals
Points: 290
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 8
Total books: 26
Total tasks: 26
Mike MATask 15.9 The MOVIE was better than the BOOK
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Since William Goldman wrote the screenplay, he gets credit being on either list. I do think the casting is one for the ages and the movie brings the book to life in an amazingly complementary way. My favorite movie ever. Have fun storming the castle!
The Princess Bride
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 80 + 15 = 95
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 11
Mike MATask 5.3 3-word Title: Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell
Excellent audiobook! Incredibly funny and self-aware. This book made an early summer travel day glide by. Equal parts reverential and critical, it holds up well twenty years later. The They Might be Giants score to the audiobook is an excellent collaboration.
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 95 + 5 = 100
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 12
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
20.6- It's A Fact- KathyP's Task-Summertime Dreaming
read a NON-FICTION book that fits...
Option 3: Read a book with a single author, whose first and last initials can be found in SWIMMING POOL
Search and Research: the researcher's handbook, the guide to official research and library sources for investigators, historians, genealogists, lawyers and librarians by Noel C. Stevenson
NS=SwimmiNg
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 395-20=375
Tasks completed: 18/52-1=17/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 4
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2-1=1
MEGSCL25.4 Truitt_T’s Task: It’s a Riot!
Option 1: MPG queer + humor
All Fours
Option 2: author’s initials found in STONEWALL RIOTS.
Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks by Annie Spence
**It’s a Fact ticket
TOTAL
595 points - 5 big book - 10 IAF
Kathy KS25.3 -JennRenee's Task - Summer English Lesson
Option D: Some words are both a noun and a verb
WORD: Research (Basically, you DO research to CREATE research)
Book 1: Read a book with a noun of 4 or more letters
Courthouse Research for Family Historians: Your Guide to Genealogical Treasures by Christine Rose
"courthouse research" is a thing (the most cited example of research as a noun seems to be "medical research")
Book 2: Read a book with that same word used a verb in the title.
Search and Research: the researcher's handbook, the guide to official research and library sources for investigators, historians, genealogists, lawyers and librarians by Noel C. Stevenson
"Research" is something you do; investigating a topic
**Claiming 2 (two) It’s A Fact tickets** : NONFICTION BOTH books are nonfiction.
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 400
Tasks completed: 18/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 4
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 2
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
trishhartuk10.7 O Canada
Read a book set in Canada.
Unreasonable Doubt, Vicki Delany
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (255pg)
Set in fictional Trafalgar, British Columbia (mentioned in the GR description), in the real Kootenays
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 410
Tasks Completed: 31
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
JUKKA15.7 - Jailbreak
Book whose main character is jailed, arrested, or an ex-prisoner.
100 Bullets, Vol. 1: First Shot, Last Call by Brian Azzarello. The protagonist of the first story arc is released from prison at the start of the book.
Total Points: 260/850
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 20/52
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 1
Gayla5.5 The Great Cornholio
Read a book that is #2 or #7 or #27 in a series
Pyramids, by Terry Pratchett.
Pyramids is #7 in the Discworld series.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 645/850
Total tasks: 40/52
Total books: 51/67
FLY Task #15.2 Stars and Stripes Forever
task: A - Read a book that has the name of a U.S. state in the title.
book: Birds of California
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: "California" in title
task: B - Read a book that is set in one of the original 13 states.
book: The Longest Yard Sale
how it fits: set almost entirely in Massachusetts
Points this post: 15
Total points: 540
Tasks completed: 32/52
BB: 5 / GO: 3 / IAF: 6
CathyG30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of Books
Help Thread
Read two books from two different options. All options relate to “Lots of Books”!
Your two books must total lots of pages – that is, at least 500 pages.
Option 1. Read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS.
The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley 320pp
Option 2. Read a book from the first 25 pages of the “Comedy” list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... As long as the book is on the list and meets SRC requirements, it counts. Required: State the page. p2
Calypso by David Sedaris 261pp
Points this post: 30
Total points: 565
Books read: 39
Tasks completed: 25/52
Its a Fact: 3
CathyG20.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages
Required: state your option
d) Red Light, Green Light –If you want to choose this game, read a book with a cover that is at least 75% red and/or green, according to TinEye.
Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls
Required: post the cover 86.8% green
Points this post: 20
Total points: 585
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 26/52
Its a Fact: 3
30.3 - 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 - Read The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali. Lion is my word.
Option 3: Numbers - Read a book with 200 - 250 pages - Read The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire. This has 224 pages.
Points these task: 30
Total points: 260
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
It's A Fact ticket requests: 8
Books read and claimed: 20
Tasks completed: 15
5.10 - Easy Breezy Summertime Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules. - Read The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. Ok, hopefully my trouble book will finally count!
The Secret Lives of Color is non-fiction, so I claim one It's a Fact ticket.
Points these task: 5
Total points: 255
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
It's A Fact ticket requests: 8
Books read and claimed: 20
Tasks completed: 15
LoraTask: 25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Title Pairs, using Option 2
Book 1: The Heirloom / Beverly Lewis
How it fits: 328 pages
Book 2:
Book/Author: The Heirloom / Jessie Rosen
How it fits: 320 pages, same title as book 1
Total pages: 648
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 490
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
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15.8 Summer Sweets
Read a book with two authors either writing under both names.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 440