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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Sophie15.7 2020 Hurricane names match author name
The Viscount's Runaway Wife by Laura Martin
Laura an Atlantic hurricane name
Total 15
25.1 Hair LoveOption 3: Read a book that is short, between 100-200 pages, inclusive.
Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty by Christine Heppermann
Option 4: Read a graphic novel or graphic memoir (MPG Sequential Art>Graphic Novels)
Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 25
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 315
Big Books Read: 0
Joanne MI15.9 - Facts Matter!
Read a nonfiction book with one of the original trivial pursuit genres listed on its main page -
I chose History
The Last Voyage of the Lusitania
-Genre was noted in message # 2 of Help Thread
Points this task 15
Total Points 15
10.7 What Angels EatRead a book set at least 50% in one of these top producing watermelon locations: China, Turkey, Iran, Brazil, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Spain, Greece, Italy, in the United States- Texas, Florida, Georgia, California.
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
This book is set in Florida.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 35
Total Books Read: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Pages Read: 528
Big Books Read: 0
Bookwrm526Task #10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.�
Read a book with a main page genre Horror or Thriller. I read The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix.
Total points so far: 10
10.6 Get Counted# of pages found in 3,939,326 and/or 16 and or 17
The Deep by Rivers Solomon The Deep
166 pages
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
hoodoomends5.6 - Somebody Set the Clock
× the letters VCR found in any order in the title/subtitle, series title, and/or author's name ×
A Contadora de Filmes by Hernán Rivera Letelier
(Contadora; RiVera)
×-×-×-×-×
This post
Points: 5
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 5
GO: -
BB: -
Delicious Dee5.6 - Somebody Set the Clock
Murder on Marble Row - Victoria Thompson - VCR found in ViCtoRia
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
DeborahPost #1
15.7 - Hurricane season is here again!
Taming Demons for Beginners by Annette Marie
Using MARIE from the Pacific list
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Tasks Done: 1
10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5
Persephone
Rating at the time of posting - 3.82
Points this task: 10
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 10
Total Tasks completed: 1
Total Golden oldies: 0
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 1
Anja15.9 - Facts Matter!
Read a nonfiction book with one of the original trivial pursuit genres listed on its main page - geography, entertainment, history, arts or literature, science or nature, sports or leisure.
The Hitler Book by Henrik Eberle
History 36 users
POINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 15
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 1
5.7 - Mysterious WomenSticks and Stones by Katherine Firkin
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 5
5.7 Mysterious WomenRead a book written by a female author that ALSO has the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Dystopia.
Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams
Total this post: 5
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 5
Anja5.7 Mysterious Women
Read a book written by a female author that ALSO has the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Dystopia.
The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal
Mystery 91 users
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 20
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 2
hoodoomends5.10 - Carefree Summer Days
× my choice ×
O Olho
**I'm claiming a GO ticket (1st published in 1930)**
×-×-×-×-×
This post
Points: 5
GO: 1
BB: -
Total
Points: 10
GO: 1
BB: -
Rockynook10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.�
MPG horror or thriller
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Oma12295.7 - Mysterious Women
Read a book written by a female author that ALSO has the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Dystopia. Works with multiple authors will work as long as all contributors meet the task criteria.
Above the Bay of Angels by RHYS BOWEN
Total Points-5/1205
Total Tasks-1/65
Golden Oldie Books-(2)
Big Books-500-749(1);750-999(1); 1000+()
LaureY5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action!
Read a book from your chosen list.
Required: Include a LINK to the Listopia you used.
Best Action Romance SciFi Fantasy
Page 1
Grimspace by Ann Aguirre
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Total Books:1
Total Tasks: 1
KTKIZZIE5.7 - Mysterious Women A Deadly Cliché by Ellery Adams
Read a book written by a female author that ALSO has the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Dystopia. Works with multiple authors will work as long as all contributors meet the task criteria.
Total points: 5
Total Tasks completed: 1
Total Golden oldies: 0
Total Big Book tickets: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Total books read: 1
10.8 - Go Your Own WayWhen We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald
List: February 2020 Indie Next List
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 15
Delicious Dee5.2 - I'd Watch That
Obsidian - found on pg1, #65 position
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Delicious Dee10.7 - What Angels Eat
The Nickel Boys - set in/around Tallahassee Florida
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 20
trishhartuk5.7 Mysterious Women
Read a book written by a female author that ALSO has the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Dystopia.
The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin
Shelved as Mystery by 3,451 users
US AR Quiz No. 144 EN Fiction. AR Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8.0,
AR Quiz Types: RP, LS, VP
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 0
20.10 - Group ReadsMy Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
discussion post #2
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Task 30.1 - “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE�one book option: 600+pages
read a book that
1) has one person on the cover and
2) is part of a 5+ long series
The Final Empire
7 books in the series: /series/4091...
647 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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30 points
1 BB tix
10.9 - Turn It Upthe first letter of every book title word appears in a song title
chosen song: Paradise City
Pablo, the alpaca. Scrisoarea by Marian Godină
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Page count: 144
Nick KY30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
Your two books combined should have at least 500 pages. No books with the main page genre children or kids may be used.
1. Escape to another world. Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy, standalone or embedded.
I read Blindness by José Saramago 326 pp
2. Escape to another country. Read a book set at least 50% in a country you have never visited. State in your post that you have never visited the country. REQUIRED: If the setting is not clear in the GR description or metadata, include a link to a source establishing the setting.
I read Still Waters in Niger by Kathleen Hill I have never visited Niger. 206 pp
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 30
Oma12295.1 - See You at the Movies
Read a book written by a single author with at least one initial found in the word: MOVIES. Any initial (first, middle, last) may be used.
Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich
Total Points-10/1205
Total Tasks-2/65
Golden Oldie Books-(2)
Big Books-500-749(1);750-999(1); 1000+()
Delicious Dee5.1 - See You at the Movies
I say Who What and Where - Merce Cardus
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Delicious Dee15.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performer
Movie: Morning Glory (1933)
1 book option
Love on a Spring Morning - Zoe York - Morning in title; Zoe York is female
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 40
LAUREN JODI10.4 - Ready For A Closeup
Just Kiss Me by Rachel Gibson
Heroine is an actress.
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10/1205
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/65
Bookwrm526Task #5.2 - I'd Watch That!
Read a book found on the Books That Should Be Made Into Movies Listopia. I read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (IL: MG+), from page 1 of the list, position 36 at time of posting.
Total points so far: 15
LAUREN JODI10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
The Bastard Billionaire by Jessica Lemmon
Rating: 3.98
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 20/1205
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/65
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.8 Harry turns 40
The Matchmakerby Elin Hilderbrand
Published 2014
Task +5
Grand total: 5
MelissaH20.10 - Group Reads
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
discussion post #3
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Julia1035.6 - Somebody Set the Clock
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi (V in Avi, CR in Cross)
AR bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 7.0
This post: 5 points
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
5.7- Mysterious WomenTask: Read a book written by a female author and has a MPG of mystery, thriller or dystopia.
I've Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark (MPG mystery)
Points this Post: 5
Total points: 5/1205
Tasks Completed: 1/65
Total Books: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Pamela326510.9 - Turn It Up
Song: Under the Boardwalk
Book: “The Whispered Dance of Bees� by Carol Warburton
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Laurey5.6 - Somebody Set the Clock
Read a book with the letters VCR found in any order in the title/subtitle, series title, and/or author's name.
Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Total Books:2
Total Tasks: 2
Meera5.5 - Summer Blockbusters
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline - I am using "Train" which is part of the blockbuster movie, How to Train a Dragon.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Books: 1
Total Tasks: 1
5.1 - See You at the MoviesRead a book written by a single author with at least one initial found in the word: MOVIES
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
New Points: 5
Total Points: 5
Nick KY5.1 See you at the MOVIES � The Plough and the Stars by Seán O'Casey, although only one initial need be in the target word, both inits are in "mOvieS."
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 35
Anja20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes
Option 1: Back to the History - Read a book with the main page genre Historical Fiction and one or more people facing away from you on the cover.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 40
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 3
30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE�OPTION 1 Book 1:
A. Read a book with a SINGLE word title
Blame by Jeff Abbottand
OPTION 1 Book 2:
C. Read a book that is part of a series of at least 5 books
Taken by Robert Crais(Elvis Cole and Joe Pike #15)
30
Andy P.Task # 10.3 - This is CNN.
Read a NONFICTION book that includes the letters CNN, at least one C and two Ns, in the title and/or subtitle.
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
Nonfiction mpg
C in Republic,
N in Destiny
N in Medicine
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
10.6 Get CountedRead a book that has a number of pages that can be found in 3,939,326 and/or 16 and/or 17 (Ohio, the 17th state). Numbers may only be used as often as they appear in 39393261617.
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco
327 pgs.
Posts this post: 10
Posts Total: 15
Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
Rockynook20.2 - Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 2 - Read a book from the Road Trip Books list
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (on page 7 of the list)
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 30
Delicious Dee20.10 Group Reads
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 60
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