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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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I did Option 2 - Read one book which satisfies both requirements:
-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
-Read a book at least 50% set in one of these countries. My book is set in the United States of America(USA)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

63.9 %#4ab6e3Blue
10.3 %#6aacb4Blue
4.1 %#98c57dGreen
New Points: 15
Total Points: 405

10.7 - O Canada
Read a book set in Canada
Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery
Setting: Canada, per GR
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14.0
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-258 p.
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1936
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 550
Tasks completed: 25/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 4
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 4

25.6 - Delicious Dee's Task - Chronicles of St Mary’s and the Time Police
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..
A Promise Given The character is Mr. Cox
4. Its Not Time Travel. Read a book that is found on the first 10 pages of the following shelf: Time Travel Books.
Tales from the Café Found on page 4
Points this task: 25
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Totals:
Points: 240
Big Book - 500+: 1
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 2
It's a Fact: 5

30.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of Silence
Option 1:
Book 1 - Middletide is not a word
Middletide by Sarah Crouch

288 pgs
Book 2 - The cover art contains letters
A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson

255 pgs
☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️☀️👓☀️⛱️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 850 / 850
Total Books Read: 66
Total Tasks Completed: 52/ 52
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 18

Task: 10.6 - Pride
Book/Author: Mislaid in Parts Half-Known / Seanan McGuire
How it fits: MPG LGBT
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 595
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: 5

20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Summer 2024 season.: A Curious Beginning, by Deanna Raybourn
How Fits: Victorian - Discussion Post
Points this post: 20
Total points: 850
Big Books: 7
Golden Oldies: 0

20.6- It's A Fact- KathyP's Task-Summertime Dreaming
Option 3: Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater by Peggy Orenstein
(author initials PO in POOL)
This is non-fiction so claiming one It's a Fact ticket.
This post: 20 points, 1 NF
Total points: 755
BB: 5
GO: 2
NF: 8
Tasks completed: 46
Books read: 59

20.1 - Most Improved Player: XBM's Task: Enjoy a Summer Roadtrip
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
State - Washington
Points this post - 20
Total points - 210

10.10 - Olympics: Breaking
Warm Nights in Magnolia Bay by Babette de Jongh
author's first name begins with B
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 655
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 17
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 47

25.1 - Amy FL’s task: Farewell to a Legend
Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
option 1, initials in RAFAEL NADAL
Life in Our Hands by Pamela Bright
option 3, 4+ letter word LIFE found in THE KING OF CLAY
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 680
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 17
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 49

25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Title Pairs
option 1, last word of the first book's title is the first word of the second book's title
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
339 pg.
Time to Say Goodbye by S.D. Robertson
354 pg.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 705
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 17
Tasks Completed: 39
Books Read: 51
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25.3 -JennRenee's Task - Summer English Lesson
Option A: A noun is plural when it represents two or more people, places, things, or ideas.
Book 1: Read a book with a noun of 4 or more letters in the title.
The Last Love Note by Emma Grey
Book 2: Read a book with a plural noun of that same noun in the title.
Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach
Words: NOTE and NOTES
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 545/850
Tasks Completed: 31/52
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 6