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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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Jasmiina F50.1 -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.:
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire.
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:
Bride by Ali Hazelwood.
Name: Greyson Nathaniel
Book 3, Option 2: Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE:
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 80
Golden Oldies this post:
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BBooks - 1000+:
Jasmiina F20.8 NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June Celebrations:
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase PRIDE MONTH:
Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
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Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
FLY Task #5.5 The Great Cornholio
task: Read a book that is #2 or #7 or #27 in a series
book: Planet of Exile
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: Hainish Cycle #2
Points this post: 5
Total points: 570
Tasks completed: 34/52
BB: 5 / GO: 3 / IAF: 6
Julia10310.2 - Celebrating Dads
American Daughters
(Daughters in title)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 655
BB: 3
GO: 2
NF: 7
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 52
Gayla15.6 Don't Move
Read a book with the MPG Dystopia or Dystopian.
The Last Murder at the End of the World, by Stuart Turton
Points this post: 15
Total points: 675/850
Total tasks: 43/52
Total books: 54/67
Lisa MD20.9 - Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-Nephews
Option 1: Author's first initial starts with "A"
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
336 pgs
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 550 / 850
Total Books Read: 42
Total Tasks Completed: 35 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 10
Lisa MD5.9 - Hot Summer Months
Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze by Mellow Brown
128 pgs
Read ebook. Linked to HB. No MMPB or PB
Published in August 2024
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 555 / 850
Total Books Read: 43
Total Tasks Completed: 36 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 10
Mod
30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of Books
Option 1: Read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS. Letters may be in reverse order.
Scatter Brain: How I finally got off the ADHD rollercoaster and became the owner of a very tidy sock drawer by Shaparak Khorsandi (KS in BOOKS)
Option 2: Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Comedy list.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (appears on page 3)
Both of these books are Non-Fiction. Two It's A Fact tickets please!
Points this task: 30
Season total: 275
BB Tickets: 5
GO Tickets: 2
IAF Tickets: 6
Lisa MD15.8 - Summer Sweets
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann ShafferAnnie Barrows
277 pgs
Two authors writing under both names
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 570 / 850
Total Books Read: 44
Total Tasks Completed: 37 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 10
<Andy P. Task # 15.3 Let the Games Begin Read a book that satisfies both requirements 1
by Kristin HannahPoints this post: 15
Total points: 455
Lisa MD50.1 - Ashlea's Task-Summer Storms
Book 1: Option 1 - Titleword: Sunshine
Lady Sunshine by Amy Mason Doan
368 pgs
Book 2: Option 2 - Author Initials: "ER" in HENRY OLIVER
The Last Twelve Miles by Erika Robuck
368 pgs
Book 3: Option 2 - Author Initials: "LC" in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE
Personal by Lee Child
505 pgs
I listened to the audiobook. Linked to the MMPB.
I claim a BB ticket.
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 620 / 850
Total Books Read: 47
Total Tasks Completed: 38 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 10
Sarah E20.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages
Option B: Author initials in HOPSCOTCH
An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
I listened to an audio, paperback - no MMP - is Alter schützt vor Morden nicht
Total Points: 190
Sarah E25.3 -JennRenee's Task - Summer English Lesson
Option A: Noun (BODY) and plural noun (BODIES) in title
Book 1: Over My Dead Husband's Body
I read a kindle book, paperback - no MMP - is Over My Dead Husband's Body
Book 2: Burn Our Bodies Down
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is Burn Our Bodies Down
Total Points: 215
JUKKA5.4 Game of HORSE
Book whose title contains the letters HORSE.
Harry Potter and International Relations by Daniel H. Nexon et al.
Also, as an academic essay collection about the intersection of popular culture and the study of international relations, it's nonfiction. Claiming IT'S A FACT.
Total Points: 265/850
Total Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 21/52
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 2
Joanne MI50.1 Ashlea's Task-Summer Storms
Book 1 Optin 2: Authors initials in FINNLAN JAMES.
Child of the Prophecy by Juliet Marillier 596 pages - Claiming 1 BB
Book 2 Option 2-Authors initials can be found in GREYSON NATHANIEL
The Pasha of Cuisine by Saygın Ersin 300 Pages
Book 3 Option 2- Authors initials found in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson 565 pages Claiming 1 BB
Total Pages 1,461
Points this task 50
BB's this task 2
Season Total 280
IAF 5
BB's 2
Julia10320.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Option 2: The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis
(author initials FD in DRIFT)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 675
BB: 3
GO: 2
NF: 7
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 53
Kathy KS30.3 - 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.
Miss Whittier Makes a List by Carla Kelly
LIST=SaLvaTIon
I read as an ebook; mmpb-224 p.
Option 3: Numbers: Read a book with 200 - 250 pages
Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher
Pages: 228
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 430
Tasks completed: 19/52
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: 3
FLY Task #15.8 Summer Sweets
task: Read a book with two authors
book: Sapphire & Lotus
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, PB here)
how it fits: authors Shae Geary and Audrey Faye
Points this post: 15
Total points: 585
Tasks completed: 35/52
BB: 5 / GO: 3 / IAF: 6
Sarah H20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Option 1: Read a book with the MPG of Mystery and/or Crime AND written by a Female author.
Sundial
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 95
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
It's a Fact: 0
Tasks complete: 5
Books read: 6
FLY Task #30.2 - Katrisa's Task - Summer Zodiac
Option 2 - Cancer June 22- July 22
task: Book 1 - Read a book that is numbered 1-12 of a series.
book: Yellow Brick War
(my version is audio, no MMPB, PB here) = 304 pages
how it fits: (Dorothy Must Die, #3)
task: Book 2 -. Read a book with a listed mythological creature on the cover
book: Blood of Dragons
(my version is audio, first MMPB here) = 496 pages
how it fits: dragon on cover
other:
minimum page count: 304 + 496 > 500
Points this post: 30
Total points: 615
Tasks completed: 36/52
BB: 5 / GO: 3 / IAF: 6
15.3 Let The Games BeginOption 2 - Read one book which satisfies both requirements of option 1.
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
by Katherine Brabon79.7 %#fedc00Yellow
3.4 %#2c2323Black
1.7 %#ccb319Yellow
Points this Task: 15
Season Total: 525
Total IAFs to date: 4
Total GO tickets to date: 3
Total BB tickets to date: 3
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; 5.9; 5.10
10.1; 10.2; ...; 10.4; ...; 10.6; ...; ...; 10.9; 10.10
15.1; ...; 15.3; 15.4.; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; ...; 15.9; 15.10
...; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; ...; 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; 20.9; 20.10
25.4; 25.5; 25.6;
30.1; ...; 30.3;
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.
I read Η Ήρα δεν ήταν ζηλιάρα by Αστερόπη Λαζαρίδου (in english Asteropi Lazaridou)
I claim 1 It's a fact ticket for this non-fiction book.
AL: cApture the fLag
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total Points: 330
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 3
It's a Fact Tickets: 8
Richard10.4 Summer Songs
Read a book with title word of at least 3 letters shared with your chosen song title
Doing Business by the Good Book: Fifty-Two Lessons on Success Sraight from the Bible by David L. Steward
How it Fits: Good - Good Vibrations
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 640
Tasks Completed: 41
Gayla10.1 Summer Reading List
Read a book from the 2023 or 2024 Berkeley Summer Reading lists
Square Haunting: Five Writers in London Between the Wars, by Francesca Wade
This book is from the 2023 list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 685/850
Total tasks: 44/52
Total books: 55/67
Bookwrm526Task #25.4 - It’s a Riot!
Option 1: Read a book that is MPG LGBT and/or Queer AND one of the following. I chose LGBT and MYSTERY and read The Verifiers by Jane Pek (358p).
Option 3: Read a book from one of the following lists. I chose the list 111 Queer Books Recommended by Librarians, Booksellers, and Authors and read The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination by Sarah Schulman (192p) (NONFICTION).
358+192 = 550p
Total points so far: 830
Lisa MD5.2 - Hop Hop Jump
Habits for a Sacred Home: 9 Practices from History to Anchor and Restore Modern Families by Jennifer Pepito
192 pgs
Matching Title Word: Home
I claim an IAF ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 625 / 850
Total Books Read: 48
Total Tasks Completed: 39 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 11
Lisa MD5.7 - We All Scream
Point of Origin by Rebecca Yarros
152 pgs
Author born on April 14, 1981
https://www.bing.com/search?q=rebecca...
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 630 / 850
Total Books Read: 49
Total Tasks Completed: 40 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 11
JENNY H30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Option 2: Read a book with the letters N H L in the title.
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
Option 3: Read a book with a cup on the cover.
A Symphony of Echoes
- tea cupPoints this post: 30
BB: 5
GO: 1
NF: 2
Total points: 615
Jen K30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Option 1: Time to Shine - 352 pages
MPG Hockey
Option 2: The Penelopiad - 198 pages
tHe peNeLopiad
352+198 > 500
*****
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 680
BB: 3
IAF: 5
Jen K20.5 - Bigger is Better: Lisa MD's Summer Scavenger Hunt
The True Love Experiment
Object: Fireworks
*****
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 700
BB: 3
IAF: 5
Task 25.3 - Summer English LessonOption C: Both nouns and verbs can have antonyms and synonyms
ROAD and STREET are SYNONYMS
Book 1: Read a book with a noun or a verb of 4 or more letters in the title.
ROAD
A Dangerous Road (Smokey Dalton #1) (2000) by Kris Nelscott (Hardcover 326 pages)
Book 2: Read a book with a different word that is a synonym or antonym of that word in the title
STREET
The Baker Street Letters (Baker Street Letters #1) (2009) by Michael Robertson (Hardcover 277 pages)
270 + 25 = 295
Tasks Completed: 16
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 270 + 25 = 295
Books read: 22
Pages read: 6,146
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 07
Golden Oldies: 04
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
5.4 - Game of HORSE Read a book that has all the letters of HORSE in the title/subtitle. - Read Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth is non-fiction, so I claim one It's a Fact ticket.
Points these task: 5
Total points: 260
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
It's A Fact ticket requests: 9
Books read and claimed: 21
Tasks completed: 16
10.9 - Olympics: Pentathlon Read a book with exactly 5 words in the title. - Read The Art of Event Planning: Pro Tips from an Industry Insider by Gianna Cardinale Gaudini.
The Art of Event Planning: Pro Tips from an Industry Insider is non-fiction, so I claim one It's a Fact ticket.
Points these task: 10
Total points: 270
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
It's A Fact ticket requests: 10
Books read and claimed: 22
Tasks completed: 17
30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup PlayoffsOption 2, N H L in the title: Playing for the Ashes by Elizabeth George, 619 pages
Option 3, a cup on the cover: A Dark and Stormy Tea by Laura Childs, 320 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 820
15.8 - Summer Sweets Read a book with two authors. - Read Last to Eat, Last to Learn: My Life in Afghanistan Fighting to Educate Women by Pashtana Durrani and Tamara Bralo.
Last to Eat, Last to Learn: My Life in Afghanistan Fighting to Educate Women is non-fiction, so I claim one It's a Fact ticket.
Points these task: 15
Total points: 285
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
It's A Fact ticket requests: 11
Books read and claimed: 23
Tasks completed: 18
babbling c 5.10 Easy Breezy Summertime
Summer means happy times and good sunshine. If you're not barefoot, you're overdressed. Smell the sea, and feel the sky. Let your soul and spirit fly.
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries - audible.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries - paperback pgs 321 by Heather Fawcett
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 250/850
Completed Tasks: 18/52
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 7,389
Books read this season: 21
Sue T20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk - Midsomer Murders
The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15/850
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Lisa MD5.10 - Easy Breezy Summertime
Like a River: Finding the Faith and Strength to Move Forward after Loss and Heartache by Granger Smith
208 pgs
I claim an IAF ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 635 / 850
Total Books Read: 50
Total Tasks Completed: 41 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 12
Julia10315.5 Do You Have A Flag?
Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare
(initials LH in THE FLAG)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 690
BB: 3
GO: 2
NF: 7
Tasks completed: 41
Books read: 54
Jen K15.6 Don't Move
An Ember in the Ashes
MPG Dystopia
*****
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 715
BB: 3
IAF: 5
Jen K15.5 Do You Have A Flag?
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
CApture
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 730
BB: 3
IAF: 5
Jen K10.9 - Olympics: Pentathlon
Our Wives Under the Sea
*****
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 740
BB: 3
IAF: 5
Jen K10.4 - Summer Songs
The Summer of Broken Rules
Word: Summer
Song: 14. ‘School’s Out for Summer’ by Alice Cooper
*****
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 750
BB: 3
IAF: 5
JENNY H20.10 Group Reads
The Tale of Two Cities
*claiming a golden oldie ticket*
Points this post: 20
BB: 5
GO: 2
NF: 2
Total points: 635
5.9 Hot Summer MonthsRead 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.
Published June 13, 2023
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 350
ROBIN P5.8 Sand Made Castles
Castle on cover
The Alchemist -
- approved in Help threadPoints this post: 5
Total points: 765
BB:1 GO:8 IAF:7
15.10 Summer Months Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title
7 words in the title
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke by Maj Sjöwall
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 365
20.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Agesb) Hopscotch – this is another game that has been around for ages, perhaps since the early Roman Empire! For this task, read a book by an author whose initials (all of them, as they appear on Goodreads) are found in the word HOPSCOTCH.
hoPsCotch
The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 385
Gayla25.1 Amy FL's Task - Farewell to a Legend
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials appear in RAFAEL NADAL.
Cuba: An American History, by Ada Ferrer
AF => rAFaelnadal
Option 3: Read a book with a title word of four or more letters that can be made from THE KING OF CLAY.
The Coin, by Yasmin Zaher
"COIN" => thekINgOfClay
Points this post: 25
Total points: 710/850
Total tasks: 45/52
Total books: 57/67
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Read a book with a 3 word only title or read a book with a 1 word title that consists of only 3 letters.
Forgetting to Remember (2024) by M.J. Rose (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 266 pages)
265 + 05 = 270
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 265 + 05 = 270
Books read: 20
Pages read: 5,543
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 07
Golden Oldies: 04
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+