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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2016
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Summer Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD
Reader Name: Daphne5.1 - A Different View
Read a book found on the Books With Multiple Perspectives State Page #
Cards on the Table Page 2
5.2 - Cubism
#6 in series
Looking For Rachel Wallace
5.6 - Abstract Design
Abstract Cover (no identifiable elements)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Reader Name: Daphne15.5 - Summer in the City
MPG: urban
Ghost of a Smile
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
15.6 - Picasso, Miro and RothkoRead a book by an author who has a name than ENDS in O.
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø
Claiming The Redbreast as Big Book with 519 pages
Total Points--15/1125
Completed Tasks--1/62
GO Books ()
Big Books 500-750 pages (1); 750+pages()
JUKKA10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day.
Book with main page genre Crime.
Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice by John Layman
10.9. Smile
Book with main page genre Humor or Funny.
The Boys, Volume 2: Get Some by Garth Ennis has Humor.
30.10 - Robin �'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option A-3: Book whose author's initials are in ROBINAUGUSTELEVENTH.
Deadpool Corps: Pool-Pocalypse Now by Victor Gischler.
Option B-3: Book first published in 2003, 2007, 2008, or 2011.
The Boys, Volume 1: The Name of the Game by Garth Ennis was first published in 2007.
Points this post: 50
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 80/1125
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 6/62
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Delicious Dee15.2 - Colors and Sounds
book a - Red Light Specialists - color red
book b -
- guitar on coverPoints this Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Kait5.10 - School's Out!
A book of your choice.
My Everything by Heidi McLaughlin -- I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the paperback: My Everything
*This is my single book between 80-99 pages used for a 5 point task.
Points This Post: 5
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 10
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
loafer20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Read one book, and using this list: The Chemical Elements, spell out one word of at least 3 letters from the title or subtitle of your book using the symbols of the chemical elements.
I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
word: YOU
Y Yttrium
O Oxygen
U Uranium
points: 20
total : 20
BB: 0
GO: 0
tasks completed: 1
loafer10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day.
book with "crime" as a main page genre.
The Enemy by Lee Child
I listened to the Audible version, link is to the MMPB.
points: 10
total: 30
BB: 0
GO: 0
tasks completed: 2
LAUREN JODI25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 1: Woman Artist
A Study in Death by Anna Lee Huber
Confirmed in post #20 of the task help thread
Option 2: Multiple Locations
Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb
Set in New York, USA and Dublin, Ireland
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 25/1125
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 1/62
Shiraloo5.6 - Abstract Design
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
REQUIRED:
10.1. Another Kind of Trip
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
REQUIRED: Found on page 1 of list.
*Claiming 1 BBT. MMPB page count is 592.
CURRENT POST
Points: 15
BBT: 1
GO: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 15
BBT: 1
GO: 0
15.3 - June, July and AugustI chose Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B
News Is a Verb (4 words) by Pete Hamill (4/6)
Task total=15
Season total=30
20.10 - Group ReadsAnimals (Nonfiction) -- Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family by Glenn Plaskin
I read Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family and posted on the discussion thread.
Points: 25
Books read: 2
tasks completed: 2
pages read: 628
Julie *
20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house
My husband and I are house-hunting right now after having recently moved back to the U.S. from overseas.
This is a ONE book task.
Required: State which option you chose when you post.
Option B: Read a book with a cover showing your ideal place to live. Some sort of habitat, dwelling, or shelter must be shown on the cover.
This is where I'd like to live :)
Points this task - 20
Points to date - 20
20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house
My husband and I are house-hunting right now after having recently moved back to the U.S. from overseas.
This is a ONE book task.
Required: State which option you chose when you post.
Option B: Read a book with a cover showing your ideal place to live. Some sort of habitat, dwelling, or shelter must be shown on the cover.
This is where I'd like to live :)
Points this task - 20
Points to date - 20
Julie *
20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
This is a ONE book task.
Read one book, and using this list: The Chemical Elements sorted alphabetically by symbol, spell out one word** of at least 3 letters from the title or subtitle of your book using the symbols of the chemical elements.
Required: State which word you have used, and list the elements that spell it out.
Notes from Nethers: Growing Up in a Sixties Commune
I'm using the word NOTES
N - Nitrogen
O- Oxygen
TE -Telurium
S - Sulfur
Points this task- 20
Points to date - 40
20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
This is a ONE book task.
Read one book, and using this list: The Chemical Elements sorted alphabetically by symbol, spell out one word** of at least 3 letters from the title or subtitle of your book using the symbols of the chemical elements.
Required: State which word you have used, and list the elements that spell it out.
Notes from Nethers: Growing Up in a Sixties Commune
I'm using the word NOTES
N - Nitrogen
O- Oxygen
TE -Telurium
S - Sulfur
Points this task- 20
Points to date - 40
Julie *
10.10. Can You Read the Top Row?
� read a book with a person wearing glasses or sunglasses (on his or her eyes) on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
( Dad wearing sunglasses )
Points this task -10
Points to date - 50
10.10. Can You Read the Top Row?
� read a book with a person wearing glasses or sunglasses (on his or her eyes) on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
( Dad wearing sunglasses )
Points this task -10
Points to date - 50
Julie *
10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day.
Read a book with "crime" as a main page genre. Genre can be standalone or embedded.
The North Country Murder of Irene Izak: Stained by Her Blood
Points this task - 10
Points to date - 60
10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day.
Read a book with "crime" as a main page genre. Genre can be standalone or embedded.
The North Country Murder of Irene Izak: Stained by Her Blood
Points this task - 10
Points to date - 60
Julie *
5.10 - School's Out!
Read a book of your choice.
Everyone Said I Should Write a Book
Points this task - 5
Points to date - 65
5.10 - School's Out!
Read a book of your choice.
Everyone Said I Should Write a Book
Points this task - 5
Points to date - 65
Jayme(the ghostreader)20.10 Group Reads
Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Familyby Glenn Plaskin
I left a post in the group thread #3
Books Read 1
Tasks Completed 1
Big Books 0
Task Points 20
Grand Total 20/1125
Mary P15.3 - June, July and August
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B
Through a Dark Mist by Marsha Canham
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
5.3 - Action!Read a book with the main page genre "Action" and/or "Adventure." Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
The Towers of the Sunset
Task 5.2 � CubismSeries book # 3
The Ghost and Mrs. Jeffries
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 5 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
Morgan Faeriesfolly5.4 - In the Shadows
Read a book with a Jewish main character, about Jewish culture or about the Jewish experience, or one that is written by a Jewish author.
Required: If the connection is not obvious, explain how your book fits the task when you post.
The Hired Girl - Laura Amy Schlitz
The MC runs away from home and ends up working for a well-to-do Jewish family in Baltimore in the early 1900s. There is a great deal of information about Jewish laws and life that the MC has to learn and much talk of religion since she was raised Catholic and the only Jewish people she'd known about before were characters in Ivanhoe. The majority of characters in the book are Jewish -- both Orthodox and Reform.
[POINTS]
Points: 5
Total Points: 5
Morgan Faeriesfolly10.9. Smile
Read a book with Humor or Funny as a main page genre.
Year Zero - Rob Reid
[POINTS]
Points: 10
Total Points: 15
perletwo5.9 - Summer Reading - Read a book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Summer Reading List Books.
The Virgin Suicides is on page 3 of the list.
Points this task: 05
Total points: 100
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 7
Readerboard name: witchygal15.7 - See the Light
Read a book with a lighthouse on the cover.
I read
by S. K. Tremayne. This book has a picture of a white lighthouse on the cover.Points: 15
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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20.10 Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season
I read Beloved by Toni Morrison. Group read for Fiction written by a Nobel Prize for Literature winner category. I commented in the "beloved" discussion thread in post 5.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Details of post and Total for the 2016 Summer challenge so far:
Books read: 2
Points: 35
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
10.8. Happy BirthdayRead the 2d, 4th, 24th, 40th or 240th (good luck finding that one!) book in a series.
Book read: Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones (#2 of Howl's Moving Castle)
IL: UG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 11.0
Points this post: 10
Total: 100
Catherine TTask 5.7 - Purple Reign
read a book with QUEEN in the title
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
645 pages: claiming BB ticket
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5 points
1 BB
15.6 - Picasso, Miro and RothkoThe author's first name ends in O:
A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh ***Golden Oldie***(First Published 1934)
15.7 - See the Light
Lighthouse in the title and on the cover:
Murder at the Lighthouse: An Exham on Sea Mystery by Frances Evesham
Total points 30
Creynard5.5 - Abstract Nouns
Bobbi Brown Beauty Rules: Fabulous Looks, Beauty Essentials, and Life Lessons by Bobbi Brown
"Beauty" is my chosen abstract noun
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
COMPLETED5.2 - Cubism
Slightly Scandalous by Mary Balogh
#3 in series
10.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season!
Rainshadow Road by Lisa Kleypas
Atlantic hurricane - Lisa
10.8. Happy Birthday
Slightly Wicked by Mary Balogh
#2 in series
POINTS: 25
Delicious Dee20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Even Heroes Cry - word chosen to spell out was "HEROES" - H (hydrogen); ER (Erbium); O (Oxygen); ES (Einsteinium)
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 35
Reader Name Chrissy5.2 cubism
Read a #3 or #6 in series
I listened to the audiobook of They Do It with Mirrors
which is number #6 in the Miss Marple series
link to MMPB: They Do It with Mirrors
5.5 abstract nouns in title /subtitle
word beauty
I read the Kindle version of Brokenhearted Beauty
link to PB (no MMPB): Brokenhearted Beauty
10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day.
I listened to the audiobook of Lord Edgware Dies
link to MMPB: Lord Edgware Dies
genre crime 278 users
***Lord Edgware Dies is a Golden Oldie. It has been published in 1933. I claim one GO Ticket.***
10.8. Happy Birthday
Read the 2nd or 4th book in a series
I listened to the audiobook of Granddad, There's a Head on the Beach.
link to PB (no MMPB): Granddad, There's a Head on the Beach.
how it fits: #2 in Jimm Juree series
*
Points this Post 30
GO this Post 1
Total Points 30
Total GO 1
Total BB -
Elizabeth PTask 10.3 - Time for Vacation
Book set in one of the 25 World's Best Places to Visit
Frenched by Melanie Harlow
Set in Paris, #4 on the list
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 2
20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challengedBarbed Wire & Babushkas: A River Odyssey Across Siberia by Paul Grogan
Ba - Barium
B - Boron
U - Uranium
S - Sulphur
H - Hydrogen
K- Potassium
As - Arsenic
Word is BABUSHKAS.
I managed to get a few of Paxo's questions right too, but I won't leave any spoilers! ;)
Points this post: 20
Points in total: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.5 - Shakespeare 400
Death, Doom and Detention by Darynda Jones
Option 4 - This book has "Urban Fantasy" as a main-page genre (Fantasy > Urban Fantasy shelved by 27 users).
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 25 points
Tasks completed: 2
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Julia1035.9 - Summer Reading
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
(second from bottom on page 1 of list)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 1
Emsreviewsbooks5.2 - Cubism
I read Deceived by Irene Hannon. It is #3 in the Private Justice series.
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Option 3: I read Trapped by Irene Hannon. The villain is a serial killer and intends to make Laura and her sister his next two victims.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 2
Cait S5.9- Summer Reading
Read a book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Summer Reading List Books.
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
This book can be found on Page 3 of the list.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Delicious Dee10.8. Happy Birthday
Innocent in Death - 24th in the In Death series
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 45
CANDY20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 4: Read a book with "Urban Fantasy," "Horror," "Paranormal" or "Supernatural" as a main-page genre.
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 20
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
READ 605.10 Schools Out
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad.
Points for task 5
Total points 5
READ 6010.10 Glasses
by Sophie KinsellaPoints this task 10
Total points 15
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400Option 2. Read a book written by an author who uses a pseudonym.
Book read: The Collected Poems of Alberto Caeiro by Fernando Pessoa
(Alberto Caeiro is a pseudonym of Fernando Pessoa)
Points this post: 20
Total: 120
10.10 - Can You Read the Top Row?
The man on the left is wearing glasses. Approved in Task Help Thread.
Total points: 10
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5.4 - In the Shadows
City of Secrets by Stewart O'Nan
a timely moral thriller of the Jewish underground resistance in Jerusalem after the Second World War
10.1. Another Kind of Trip
pg 1, #7: Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick
10.9. Smile
Humor & Funny genres: Big Maria by Johnny Shaw
PB: Big Maria
Total = 25
Oma122915.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko
Read a book by an author who has a name than ENDS in O.
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø
Claiming The Redbreast as Big Book with 519 pages
Total Points--15/1125
Completed Tasks--1/62
GO Books ()
Big Books 500-750 pages (1); 750+pages()
Julia1035.2 - Cubism
Sayonara Slam (#6 in Mas Arai series)
5.9 - Summer Reading (repost)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (second from bottom on page 1 of list)
This has Children as main page genre. AR Bookfinder: IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10.0
This post: 10 points
Total points: 10
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 2
10.3 - Time for VacationBook set in one of top 25 vacation destinations
Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb which is set in New York City.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10/1125

Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies 0

Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
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5.6 - Abstract Design
abstract cover design
verified for length line 635
Death By Sarcasm
Dani Amore
Kindle Edition, 245 pages 6/3
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
Books posted: 6
Tasks complete: 6
Pages this post: 245
Total pages as of this post: 1771