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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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20.8 NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June CelebrationsOption 1: Wellness by Nathan Hill
Author initials in PRIDE MONTH
Total points: 70
Kristen IA10.8 - Olympics: Equestrian
Read a book with a horse on the cover.
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Required:post the cover
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 470/850
Tasks Completed: 27/52
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 6
Richard25.2 Mazza1's Task: Title Pairs
Read 2 books where the last word of the first book's title is the first word of the second book's title (all words count).
A: Becoming the One: Heal Your Past, Transform Your Relationship Patterns, and Come Home to Yourself by Sheleana Aiyana
B: One of Your Own: The Life and Death of Myra Hindley by Carol Ann Lee
How it Fits: One
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 665
Tasks Completed: 42
Line5.3
Read a book with a 3 word only title
i read Romancing Mister Bridgerton
points for this task: 5
total points: 15
books read: 3
tasks done: 3
Angela IL15.10 Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title.
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Dr. Julie Smith- 8/24
Claiming an It's a Fact Ticket
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 480
Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 20
It's a Fact: 3
Big Book:1
Angela IL25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Title Pairs
OPTION 1
Read 2 books where the last word of the first book's title is the first word of the second book's title.
Book 1:All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker-8/26
Claiming a Big Book Ticket/ 608 pages
Book 2: Dark Roads by Chevy Stevens-7/20
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 505
Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 21
It's a Fact: 3
Big Book: 2
15.6 Don't MoveRead a book with the MPG Dystopia or Dystopian.
The Selection by Kiera Cass
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 595
Total Tasks Completed: 28
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 3
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 SAL VA T ION ARMY.
The Last Party by A.R. Torre
Option 2: Read a book by an author who shares the same name or a variation of the name of the cook, Suzanne
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
**Claiming a BB ticket, 528 pages**
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 625
Total Tasks Completed: 29
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 3
LAUREN JODI15.1 - The Long and Short of It
Book 1
Deceptions by Kelley Armstrong
496 pages
Book 2
Doc by Dahlia West
182 pages
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 305/850
Total Books Read: 26
Total Tasks Completed: 19/52
5.7 - We All Scream Read a book by an author born in the 1980's. - Read The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley. The author was born in 1988. GR does not have this info, so here is her wiki page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliane...
Points these task: 5
Total points: 290
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
It's A Fact ticket requests: 11
Books read and claimed: 24
Tasks completed: 19
15.5 - Do You Have A Flag? Read a book whose author's initials are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG. - Read Gigi and Selected Writings by Colette Gauthier-Villars. CG is in the phrase
Points these task: 15
Total points: 305
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
It's A Fact ticket requests: 11
Books read and claimed: 25
Tasks completed: 20
ROBIN P10.9 Olympics: Pentathlon
5 words in title
Three Lords for Lady Anne
Points this post: 10
Total points: 785
BB:1 GO:8 IAF:8
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Laure's Task: Dragons of Summer Option 1 - Read a book which has a 1 and a 5 in its page number or year of publication. - Read Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. This was published in 1958.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 325
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
It's A Fact ticket requests: 11
Books read and claimed: 26
Tasks completed: 21
25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Title Pairs Option 1 - Read 2 books where the last word of the first book's title is the first word of the second book's title (all words count) -
Book 1: Read The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin - 325 pages
Book 2: Read London Fields by Martin Amis - 470 pages
Points these task: 25
Total points: 350
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
It's A Fact ticket requests: 11
Books read and claimed: 28
Tasks completed: 22
Mod
Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan / SUMMER in phrase
Points this post: 10
Total points: 625
Amy B15.1 The Long and Short of It
This is a two-book challenge. Read two books:
Book 1: Has a page count of 400 or more pages.
I, Alex Cross by James Patterson (400 pages)
Book 2: Has a page count of 200 or fewer pages.
The Colossus of New York: A City in 13 Parts by Colson Whitehead (176 pages)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 345 Points
Amy B5.1 Dodge the Ball
Read a book whose title does not contain the letters HIT. Subtitles may be ignored.
Lowboy by John Wray
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 350 Points
Amy B15.6 Don't Move
Read a book with the MPG Dystopia or Dystopian.
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 365 Points
25.3 Summer English LessonI chose option D - some words are both a noun and a verb
Book 1 - Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan - "falls" is used as a noun
Book 2 - Catch Her When She Falls by Allison Buccola - "falls" is used as a verb
New Total: 340
50.1 Summer Storms Book 1 - Option 2 - initials in FINNLAN JAMES
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
Book 2 - Option 2 - initials in GREYSON NATHANIEL
Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon
Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket for this book - published 1930
Book 3 - Option 2 - initials in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE
The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson
New Total: 390
Lisa MD20.4 - Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages
Option B: Author Initials: "PC" in hoPsCotch
Warrior of the Light by Paulo Coelho
142 pgs
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 680 / 850
Total Books Read: 53
Total Tasks Completed: 44 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 13
LoraTask: 20.10 Group Reads, using Non-Fiction: True Crime
Book/Author: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil / John Berendt
How it fits: discussion thread post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket for MPG Nonfiction.
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 585
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 5
Julia1035.3 TAG You're It!
The Dragon Variation
(three word title)
I read the Kindle edition. The top paperback The Dragon Variation is 961 pages so claiming two BB tickets
This post: 5 points, 2 BB
Total points: 695
BB: 5
GO: 2
NF: 7
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 55
Kelly L15.3 Let The Games Begin
The Secrets We Kept is 75.4+ % Olympic Ring colors, AND set 50+% in USA & Soviet Union.
This task: 15 points
Season total: 15 points
Kelly L20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Option 1. MPG of Mystery and/or Crime, stand-alone or as part of an MPG such as Cozy Mystery or Mystery Thriller, AND written by a Female author.
The Consequences of Fear by Jacqueline Winspear
This task: 20 points
Season total: 35 points
Kelly L20.5 - Bigger is Better: Lisa MD's Summer Scavenger Hunt
Hot Summer
Cover includes a pool float (plus bikini & one piece!)
This task: 20 points
Season total: 55 points
Kelly L10.6 - Pride
Read a book with one of the following MPGs: LGBT, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Queer
Looking for a Sign
This task: 10 points
Season total: 65 points
Barbara ★15.7 - Jailbreak
Read a book where the main character is jailed or arrested, or is an ex-prisoner.
Required: If the connection is not apparent from the GR description, provide a reference.
Fever - Joan Swan 8/27
(hero is a prison inmate)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 660
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.4: Game of horse: Christmas Before the Magic by W. J. May . The letter HORSE can be found in the title:
cHRiStmas bEfOre the magic.
Totals: 5
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 5
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.5: Great cornholio: Pineapple Mystery Box by Amy Vansant is #2 in the Pineapple Port Mysteries
series.
Totals: 5
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 10
Books: 2
Tasks: 2
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.6: Outside we go!: The Quality of Mercy by Katayoun Medhat plays in Navajo country and the main character likes to hike regularly in the arid desert and mountains of the reservation.
Totals: 5
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 15
Books: 3
Tasks: 3
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.2: Celebrating dads: Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan has DAUGHTER in the tile.
Claim 1 Big Book ticket for 512 pages.
Totals: 10
Books: 1
Big books tickets: 1 (500)
Summary Totals: 25
Books: 4
Tasks: 4
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.9: Olympics Pentathlon: Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon: Game of Thrones and the Official Untold Story of the Epic Series by James Hibbert has exactly 5 words in the title. Subtitle is not included.
Claim 1 It's a fact ticket for non-fiction book.
Totals: 10
Books: 1
Big books tickets: 1 (500)
Summary Totals: 35
Books: 5
Tasks: 5
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
ROBIN P15.2 Stars and Stripes Forever
A. Name of state in title - A Week in New YorkUna semana en Nueva York - read ebook, linked pb
B. Set 50% in one of the original colonies
The Good House - set in Massachusetts
From Amazon description: "Hildy Good is a townie. A lifelong resident of a small community on the rocky coast of Boston's North Shore, she knows pretty much everything about everyone."
Points this post: 15
Total points: 800
BB:1 GO:8 IAF:8
ROBIN P15.9 Summer Blockbusters
Read a book which appears on one of the following lists:
The Book Was Better Than The Movie
The Movie Was Better Than The Book
Required: State which list and which page of the list your book is found on.
The Outsiders - LIst 1 (Book Was Better than Movie) - p.1
AR Bookfinder: IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points this post: 15
Total points: 815
BB:0 GO:8 IAF:8
JenJ IA5.7 We All Scream
Read a book by an author born in the 1980's.
Falling by T.J. Newman
Required: State the year of birth - 1983 or 1984
Source: T.J. Newman article on Wikipedia
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 655/850
Tasks Completed: 38/52
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 11
5.10 Easy Breezy SummertimeBook of choice: Mistletoe Murder by Leslie Meier
Points this post: 5
Total points: 840
10.5 - CricketAuthor's initials in CRICKET: Riverbend Road by RaeAnne Thayne
Points this post: 10
Total points: 850
Lisa MD30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Option 1: MPG - Hockey
No One Wins Alone by Mark Messier
368 pgs
I claim an IAF ticket
Option 2: "NHL" in Title
The Accidental Empress by Allison Pataki
512 pgs
I claim a BB ticket
tHe accideNtaL empress
☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 710 / 850
Total Books Read: 55
Total Tasks Completed: 45 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 14
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.10: Olympics Breaking: Inhuman Acts by Brooke L. French. Author first name starts wiht B.
Totals: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 45
Books: 6
Tasks: 6
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
JENNY H30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of Books
Option 1. Read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS.
Tiggaren by Sofie Sarenbrant (SS)
Option 2. Read a book from the first 25 pages of the “Comedy” list
The Rosie Project (on page 1)
Points this post: 30
BB: 5
GO: 2
NF: 2
Total points: 675
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.1: The long and short of it: Book 1: Obsidian Mirror by Catherine Fisher has 400 pages.
Book 2: A Murder of Quality by John Le Carre has 176 pages.
Totals: 15
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 60
Books: 8
Tasks: 7
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.3: Let the games begin: Option 2:Athena's Childby Hannah M. Lynn meets both requirements from option :
-- Cover is 81.5% color requirements ( 46.6% blue, 17.6% blue, 17.3% yellow)
has 400 pages.
-- Set entirely in Greece.
Totals: 15
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 75
Books: 10
Tasks: 8
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.5: Do you have a flag?: Day of the Dead: A Navajo Nation Mystery by R. Allen Chappell. Author initials RC
are in CaptuRe the flag.
Totals: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 90
Books: 11
Tasks: 9
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.8: Summer sweets: Treachery in Bordeaux is written by 2 authors, Jean-Pierre Alaux & Noel Balen.
Totals: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 105
Books: 12
Tasks: 10
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.10: Summer blockbusters: The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith has exactly 6 words in the title.
Totals: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 120
Books: 13
Tasks: 11
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.2: Dragons of Summer: Option 2: The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde has the dragon Maltcassion as a major character in the book. Maltcassion, the last dragon, is a character, referenced in every chapter.
Specific examples:
Quotes for conversations between Maltcassion and dragonslayer occur in:
-- Chapter 15: Maltcassion -- entire chapter
-- Chapter 26: Maltcassion again -- entire chapter
IL rating: MG+
Totals: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 140
Books: 14
Tasks: 12
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
FLY Task #10.7 - O Canada
task: Read a book set in Canada
book: Really Good, Actually
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: set in Toronto
Points this post: 10
Total points: 635
Tasks completed: 38/52
BB: 5 / GO: 3 / IAF: 6
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.3: Midsomer murders: Option 1: Irreparable Harm by Melissa F. Miler.
The author is female has the book has MPG MYSTERY and CRIME.
Number of pages: 414, exceeds 140 page minimum.
Totals: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 160
Books: 15
Tasks: 13
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
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