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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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CathyG15.10 Summer Months
June, July, and August are the 6th, 7th, and 8th months of the year. Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title (not subtitle). All words (including a, an, the etc.) count.
Sugar And Spice And Not So Nice by Janet McNulty
Points this post: 15
Total points: 665
Books read: 45
Tasks completed: 31/52
Its a Fact: 3
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Laure's Task: Dragons of SummerOption 1:Read a book which has a 1 and a 5 in its page number or year of publication.
A Separate Peace first published in 1959
New Points: 20
Total Points: 370
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or BustOption 2 - . Read a book that takes place at any time on an island.
I read an ebook version of The Fourth Island
New Points: 20
Total Points: 390
JENNY H10.3 - Sumer is icumen in
Read a book with a title/subtitle word of at least 4 letters that can be made from "SUMER IS ICUMEN IN"
Of Mice and Men (MICE)
*Claiming a golden-oldie (pub. 1937)*
Points this post: 10
BB: 5
GO: 3
NF: 2
Total points: 685
Kristen IA10.6 - Pride
Read a book with one of the following MPGs: LGBT, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Queer
We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 480/850
Tasks Completed: 28/52
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 6
Sarah E30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Option 2: Letters N H L in the title
The Whispering Land - tHe LaNd
I listened to an audio, the two MMPs have no page counts, top paperback is The Whispering Land - 235 pages
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Option 3: Cup on cover
There is a teacup on top of the A in TeaI read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is Arsenic for Tea - 339 pages
AR Bookfinder: IL: MY+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9.0
235 + 339 = 574 pages
Total Points: 345
Total NF: 4
JENNY H15.8 Summer Sweets
Read a book with two authors either writing under both names , or using a single name.
Squire by Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh
Points this post: 15
BB: 5
GO: 3
NF: 2
Total points: 700
ED20.6- It's A Fact- KathyP's Task-Summertime Dreaming
Option 3
Henry VI Part I by William Shakespeare
"WS" found in "SWimming"
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Tasks Completed: 5
5.4
10.10
20.6; 20.7; 20.9
Mod
20.4 Golden Oldies - FLY's Task- Kids’ Games Through the Ages
Option B: read a book by an author whose initials are found in the word HOPSCOTCH.
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
This book has 512 pages. One Big Book ticket please!
Points this task: 20
Season total: 295
BB Tickets: 6
GO Tickets: 2
IAF Tickets: 6
Lisa MD10.3 - Sumer is icumen in
And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self by Common
224 pgs
Title Word: "Rise" found in SumER Icumen in
I claim an IAF ticket
☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 750 / 850
Total Books Read: 58
Total Tasks Completed: 47 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 16
Sarah E30.2 - Katrisa's Task - Summer Zodiac
Option 1
Book 1: Best Books about Twins list, page 1, currently #34
The Queen of Nothing
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is La reina de nada - 360 pages
Book 2: MPG Romance
The Wishing Game
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is The Wishing Game - 320 pages
360 + 320 = 680 pages
Total Points: 375
Kathy KS25.6 - Delicious Dee's Task - Chronicles of St Mary’s and the Time Police
total pages must EXCEED 500pgs (so 501)
Option 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
A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
Series: The Chronicles of St Mary's #2
Pages: 327
Option 3. The Titles.
Read a book that shares a word of AT LEAST four letters with one of the books in the Chronicles of St Mary's Series
Love in Due Time by L.B. Dunbar
TIME = A Trail Through Time [and others in series]
I listened to an audiobook; pb-335 p. (no mmpb)
Total pages: 327+335=662 (>500)
*******
Points for this task: 25
Total points : 520
Tasks completed: 23/52
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: 4
ED15.8 Summer Sweets
Last Call Chicago: A History of 1001 LGBTQ-Friendly Taverns, Haunts & Hangouts by Rick Karlin and St. Sukie de la Croix
*****I CLAIM 1 IT'S A FACT TICKET"*****
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
Tasks Completed: 6
5.4
10.10
15.8
20.6; 20.7; 20.9
Andy P.Task 50.1 -Ashlea's Task-Summer Storms
Book 1
Option 1- Read a book with the word SUNSHINE, SUNRISE, or SUN in the title.
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James 327 p.
Book 2. Option 1- Read a book with STORM, THUNDER, RAIN, or LIGHTNING in the title
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein 336 p.
Book 3- Juniper is our rainbow baby, she is a baby who came after a loss.Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE
Middletide by Sarah Crouch
S in Hensley C in Grace 288 p'
Points this post: 50
Total points: 480
Lisa MD5.4 - Game of HORSE
Triumph through the Tears: Finding Hope and Purpose Through Loss by Jessica M Moyer
138 pgs
HORSE in title: tRiumpH thrOugh thE tearS
I claim an IAF ticket
☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 755 / 850
Total Books Read: 59
Total Tasks Completed: 48 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 17
JENNY H10.9 - Olympics: Pentathlon
Read a book with exactly 5 words in the title
The Narrow Road Between Desires
Points this post: 10
BB: 5
GO: 3
NF: 2
Total points: 710
15.4 - Anyone For Croquet?Option 1: Read two books, book A and book B.
Book A: Read a book which is either #6 or #9 in a series
Harbour Street
Book B: Read a book with either a real animal/bird or playing card(s) on the cover
A Morning for Flamingos
New Points: 155
Total Points: 825
Tickets as of this post: BB(19), GO(13), IaF(8)
ROBIN P25.5 Cat's Task: Books of Asia
Option 1 - 2 books
1. Bk set 70% in one or more Asian countries
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women - set entirely in China
2. Bk by author born in Asia
Snow Country, author Yasunari Kawabata - per GR born in Osaka, Japan
Points this post: 25
Total points: 850
BB:1 GO:8 IAF: 8
**This completes the Summer Challenge**
ED20.8 NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June Celebrations
Option 1
The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey
"MR" found in "pRide Month"
Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
Tasks Completed: 7
5.4
10.10
15.8
20.6; 20.7; 20.8; 20.9
Line5.7
Read a book by an author born in the 1980's.
i read The Selection by Kiera Cass who was born in 1981.
points for this task: 5
total points: 20
tasks done: 4
books read: 4
CHANDNI5.3 TAG You're It!
Read a book with a 3 word only title.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13.0
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 495
ED15.10 Summer Months
14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book by Barbara Ann Kipfer
610p.
*****I CLAIM 1 BIG BOOK TICKET*****
*****I CLAIM 1 IT'S A FACT TICKET"***
Points this post: 15
Total points: 125
Tasks Completed: 8
5.4
10.10
15.8; 15.10
20.6; 20.7; 20.8; 20.9
Barbara ★15.4 - Anyone For Croquet?
A: Read a book which is either #6 or #9 in a series.
Shadowed - Rebecca Zanetti 8/29
(Dark Protector #6)
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.
Silver Silence - Joy Nash 8/10
(bird on the cover)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 675
PegW10.9 - Olympics: Pentathlon
Read a book with exactly 5 words in the title (not subtitle).
I read The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 235
Janice CA10.10 - Olympics: Breaking
Author's first name begins with a "B".
Author's first name: Barbara
Secrets of a Tabloid Reporter...My Twenty Years on the National Enquirer's Hollywood Beat by Barbara Sternig
+10
total: 75
tasks: 7
books: 7
GO: 1
Task 30.2 - Summer ZodiacOption 2 - Cancer June 22- July 22
Book 1 - Read a book that is numbered 1-12 of a series.
Daisies for Innocence (Enchanted Garden Mystery #1) (2016) by Bailey Cattrell (Paperback 326 pages)
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
In Other Lands (2017) by Sarah Rees Brennan (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 441 pages) (Young Adult) Lexile HL800L
Page count: 326 + 441 = 767 > 500 pages
300 + 30 = 330
Tasks Completed: 18
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 300 + 30 = 330
Books read: 25
Pages read: 7,089
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 05
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
PAULA S50.1 -Ashlea's Task-Summer Storms
3 book task, total pages of 750 or more,
Book 1, option 2: author first and last initial can be found in FINNLAN JAMES.
by Ngaio MarshNM found in fiNnlan jaMes
I read the Kindle edition, The MMPB (Spinsters In Jeopardy) has 288 pages
Book 2, option 2: author first and last initial can be found in GREYSON NATHANIEL or HENRY OLIVER
by Angie ThomasAT found in nAThaniel
The Paperback I read has 446 pages
Book 3, option 2: author first and last initial can be found in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE
by Agatha ChristieAC found in grACe
214 pages, Paperback
Total pages: 288 + 446 + 214 = 948
Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 1/52
PAULA S25.6 - Delicious Dee's Task - Chronicles of St Mary’s and the Time Police
TWO books from DIFFERENT options. No graphic novels/children’s books allowed. Total pages must EXCEED 500pgs (so 501)
2. The Cast of Characters
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... Spelling AND Position must match.
Using Kevin Grant to match Mira Grant
by Mira GrantI read the ebook version, PB link for reference (no MMPB): Into the Drowning Deep, 486 pages
6. Where Would You Jump?
Read a NONFICTION book about a time you would jump to if you worked at St Mary’s that fits within the three requirements. Required: State the year/location you would jump that and that its more than 100 years before your birth (if you don’t want to state your birth year, you can use mine for this element – 1982)
I would jump to the court of Henry VIII in London, England (Europe, not North or South America), to a year between 1500 and 1547 (so clearly more than 100 years before I was born). Not a site of religious significance or biblical events.
I read the Kindle edition, PK link for reference (no MMPB): The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 643 pages
Total pages: 486 + 643 > 500
Points this post: 25
Total points: 75
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 2/52
20.9-Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-NephewsOption 1:
Read a book by an author whose first name begins with an A or an E.
Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly
Total Points: 135
Angela IL30.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of Silence
Option 1: Two Book Option
Book 1: Read a book with no words in the title.
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins-8/29
Read via Kindle/ PB link: La révolte
Book 2: Read a book with at least one letter or number that's part of the cover art.
A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson-7/15
Read via Kindle/No MMPB/ PB link: A Talent for Murder
Newsprint around the edges (approved message 75)
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 545
Books Read: 35
Tasks Completed: 23
It's a Fact: 3
Big Book: 2
trishhartuk20.5 Bigger is Better: Lisa MD's Summer Scavenger Hunt
Find any of these items associated with summer on the cover
Swimsuits, pool floaties: arm floaties, tubes, pool rafts
Happy Place, Emily Henry (388pg)
Swimsuits and pool raft
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 485
Tasks Completed: 35
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
EMurphy10.10 Olympics: Breaking - Author's first name begins with B What This Comedian Said Will Shock You by Bill Maher
*It's a Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 465
Books Read: 35
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket +500: 2
IAF Ticket: 7
Tasks Completed: 23
Richard5.2 Hip Hop Jump
Read a book with the one of these words in the title
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India by William Dalrymple
How it Fits: Nine
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 680
Tasks Completed: 44
20.10 - Group Reads Fiction: Victorian - Read A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn. I added a post on the thread.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 370
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
It's A Fact ticket requests: 11
Books read and claimed: 29
Tasks completed: 23
30.2 - Katrisa's Task - Summer Zodiac Option 3 - Leo July 23 - August 22
Book 1 - Read a book from one of the domestic thriller lists - Read The Intern by Michele Campbell. This was on the first page of the Domestic Suspense Novels list.
Book 2 - MPG of Feminism - Read Hera by Jennifer Saint. Feminism has been an MPG all along, but I forgot to get it locked in so hopefully GR doesn't play with me and change that by the time you awesome moderators go through this message!
Points these task: 30
Total points: 400
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
It's A Fact ticket requests: 11
Books read and claimed: 31
Tasks completed: 24
25.4 Truitt_T’s Task: It’s a Riot!500 Pages: 191 + 352 = 543 pages
Option 1: Read a book that is MPG LGBT and/or Queer AND one of the following:
+Nonfiction
Heaven by Emerson Whitney
Option 3: Read a book from one of the following lists.
The 2024 Goodreads Pride Reading List: https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 410
Kim O25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Title Pairs
Option 2: Read 2 books with the same titles
Blood Brothers 320 pages
Blood Brothers non-fiction, 392 pages
Total page count (320 + 392 = 712) > 600
Points this task: 25
It's a Fact ticket(s): 1
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Totals:
Points: 215
Big Book - 500+: 1
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 2
It's a Fact: 5
30.1 - Susan A's Task: The Stanley Cup Playoffs500 Pages: 673 + 132 = 805 pages
Option 1: Read a book with MPG Hockey
The Winners by Fredrik Backman
Option 2: Read a book with the letters N H L in the title.
wHaLe couNtry
A Whale Is A Country by Isabel Zapata
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 440
30.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of Silence Book 1 - Read a book with no words in the title. - Read Middletide by Sarah Crouch. I hope I have this right, but I think I do. Middletide is not an official word.
Book 2 - Read a book with at least one letter or number that's part of the cover art. - Read Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper. Loads of letters and numbers on the front cover of this book, and a pleasant little tie-in to the task as it's about dictionaries from an author who worked for Mirriam-Webster as that's the rulebook for book 1 of this task!
Points these task: 30
Total points: 430
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
It's A Fact ticket requests: 11
Books read and claimed: 33
Tasks completed: 25
50.1 - 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. - Read The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. 490 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. - Read The Furies by Natalie Haynes. 297 pages
Book 3, Option 2 - Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE. - Read Shark Heart by Emily Habeck. 416 pages
That's it for me, which I think is a personal best since I've been doing these challenges all the way back to 2010 (intermittently)!
Points these task: 50
Total points: 480
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
It's A Fact ticket requests: 11
Books read and claimed: 35
Tasks completed: 26
Lisa MD***REPOST to include: I live in the Northern Hemisphere***
5.9 - 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
☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 755 / 850
Total Books Read: 59
Total Tasks Completed: 48 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 17
Mod
Lisa MD15.3 - Let the Games Begin
Option 2: 1 book satisfies both options
Dream Town by Lee Goldberg
300 pgs
Set entirely in the USA
Cover is greater than 75% blue, yellow, black, green and red: 89.1%
25.2 %#2f3f29Green
20.5 %#1a87a4Blue
15.5 %#5d9241Green
13.2 %#f3e909Yellow
10.5 %#1b4165Blue
7.4 %#e3e8e1Grey
2.8 %#94a02cGreen
1.8 %#734d2fBrown
1.5 %#716829Brown
1.4 %#429574Green
☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 770 / 850
Total Books Read: 60
Total Tasks Completed: 49 / 52
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 17
Mod
ED5.3 TAG You're It!
All Souls' Rising by Madison Smartt Bell
530p.
*****I CLAIM 1 BIG BOOK TICKET*****
Points this post: 5
Total points: 130
Tasks Completed: 9
5.3; 5.4
10.10
15.8; 15.10
20.6; 20.7; 20.8; 20.9
20.10 Group ReadsRead one of the books selected as a group read for the Summer 2024 season.
Into the Drowning Deep
Total Points: 155
Sarah E30.3 - TessaVaness'S TASK Feeding the Children
Option 1: SALT in title found in SALVATION ARMY
Salt & Broom
I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Salt & Broom
Option 2: Author name Suzanne
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Total Points: 405
Sarah E50.1 -Ashlea's Task-Summer Storms
Book 1
Option 1: SUN in the title
The Sun Sister
I read an ebook, top MMP is La Sœur du Soleil - 960 pages
Big Book, 960 pages. Claiming 2 BB tickets.
Book 2
Option 2: Author initials in GREYSON NATHANIEL
The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is The Overnight Guest - 316 pages
Book 3
Option 2: Author initials in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE
Midsummer Mysteries by Agatha Christie
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Midsummer Mysteries: Tales from the Queen of Mystery - 272 pages
960 + 316 + 272 = 1,548 pages
Total Points: 455
Total BBs: 4
Kristen IA30.2 - Katrisa's Task - Summer Zodiac
This is a 2 book task. Please pick one option and read a book 1 and a book 2 for your chosen option. Total page count must be at least 500 pages.
Option 1 - Gemini May 21- June 21
Book 1 - Read a book from one of these lists featuring books with twins
Best Books about Twins- page 2, #103
Twins
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy - 258 pages
Book 2 - Read a book with Romance listed on the main page genres.
The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman - 368 pages
Total Pages: 628 pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 510/850
Tasks Completed: 29/52
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 6
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10.10 - Olympics: Breaking
Read a book where the authors first name begins with B. An author with the first initial B will also count
Gator: A Dark Romance by Bijou Hunter
Points this post: 10
Total points: 650
Books read: 44
Tasks completed: 30/52
Its a Fact: 3