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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover TropesOption 1: Read a book with the main page genre Historical Fiction (embedded is OK) and one or more people facing away from you on the cover. All persons depicted on the cover must have their back to you.
Lilac Girls (Lilac Girls #1) by Martha Hall Kelly
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 115
Nick KY25.1 Lois� Hair Love
Opt. 2. Short Stories -- I read In the Bedroom: Seven Stories by Andre Dubus.
Opt. 4 Graphic Novel -- Green Lantern, Volume 6: Secret Origin by Geoff Johns.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 105
Meera5.1 - See You at the Movies
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Points This Poste: 5
Total Points: 85
Total Tasks: 6
Books read: 6
Task 25.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home1 - The Waiting Room, finished 6/10.
Acquired the book in November of 2019
2 - The Book of Longings, finished 6/11.
Published 21 April 2020
Points this task: 25
Total points: 100
Task 20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes Option 1:
finished 6/9
Points this task: 20
Total points: 120
Andy P.Task # 10.1 - OK Boomer
Read a book written by a single author who was born between 1946 and 1964 inclusive.
Desperate Creed by Alex Kava
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
Kathy KS15.5 - Again, Really?
Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than 1, in which you’ve already read book 1 before May 15.
REQUIRED: In your post, state the date on which you read book 1 in the series
Rock with Wings, by Anne Hillerman
This book is considered part of two series and numbered #21 and #2.
I read #1 of both series on:
Leaphorn & Chee #1 (The Blessing Way) in 1986
Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito #1 (Spider Woman's Daughter) on Dec 6, 2014
Points for this task: 15
Total points : 60
Tasks completed: 4
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Joanna T10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.�
Lisey's Story by Stephen King
This book has 656 pages (in the MM paperback - I read the audiobook), so I am claiming one BB ticket.
MPG = Horror
Points this task: 10
Total points: 10
BB tix: 1
GO tix: 0
Marina H10.5 - From A to Z
The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib
Points this post: 10
Total points: 75
Big book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 4
Andy P.Task # 20.10 Group Reads
� Nonfiction - Female Entrepreneurs
A Bookshop in Berlin by Françoise Frenkel
My Comment is here Message # 6
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Joanne MI20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
I chose option 3-MPG of Thriller or Espionage
I Am Pilgrim -claiming 2 BB tickets @ 791 pages
Points this task 20
Total points 60
BB's this task 2
Total BB's 2
5.5 - Summer BlockbustersI used the word "HOUSE" from #74. National Lampoon's Animal House
I listened to an audio book of The Julius House
New Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 35
Delicious Dee10.6 - Get Counted
Murder on Lenox Hill - 291pgs that appears in 39393261617
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 150
Jayme (the ghostreader)15.6 Red Carpet
Read a book with something red on the cover
byTamora PierceRed hair
Task+ 15
Grand total: 30
LaureY10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5.
Changes by Jim Butcher
Average rating: 4.48
I claim a big book ticket for this book as it has 549 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
Total Books: 6
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Pat 🎥 25.11 ~ Space X
Task Description ~ Read 2 books from different options. Since this is the first time since 2011, this type of mission has been accomplished, AT LEAST one of your books must have been published prior to 2011.
Option 1 ~ Partnership
Read a book that is written by 2 or more authors. Anthologies/short stories DO NOT work for this task. Authors writing under a single name work, but you must provide a reference to establish that the single name refers to two or more authors.
Thunderhead by Douglas Preston & Lincoln ChildCompleted ~ 6.2.20
Pages ~ 531
Published June 1st 2000 by Grand Central Publishing (first published 1999)
Option 3 ~ Stowaway
Read a single author book where the author's initials (including middle initial) can be found in APATOSAURUS.
In Five Years by Rebecca SerleCompleted ~ 6.11.20
Pages ~ 272
apatosau(R)u(S)
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Points this post ~ 25
Total Points ~ 25
Tasks Completed ~ 1
Books Read This Season ~ 2
Pages Read This Season ~ 803
Joanna T20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
Option 1: The Thunderhead of the title is an AI that has been put in charge of running almost everything on earth in this future/fantasy. Each chapter begins with thoughts from the Thunderhead's perspective and the Thunderhead is a major character of this book.
This book has 504 pages, so I am claiming 1 BB ticket.
Points this post: 20
BB tix this post: 1
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Total points: 30
BB: 2
GO: 0
Julia10310.5 - From A to Z
Lammas Night (A in Lammas, Z in Kurtz)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 45
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Julia10325.4 Tien's Task: Staying at Home
Book 1 - Burden of Proof
I have had this book since before 1 January 2020
Book 2 - Scarlet Odyssey
Publication date (expected) July 1, 2020
(Task help thread posts 13 & 14 have approval to use expected publication date)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 65
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
10.1 Okay BoomerRead a book that the author was born between 1946-1964
What Rose Forgot by Nevada Barr
She was born in 1952
It has 304 pages
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 60
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read: 1226
Big Books Read: 0
20.9 Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!Option 5 Read a book that is set in Pacific Northwest
Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs
Set in the Tri-Cities Washington State
It has 352 pages
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read: 1591
Big Books Read: 0
Task 20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP � Ciprian's task: MindfulnessOption 2:
Between Shades of Gray
On p. 16 of the list
Points this task: 20
Total points: 140
Amy FL5.7 - Mysterious Women
Glass Houses by Louise Penny (Mystery)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Amy FL10.9 - Turn It Up
Kingdom of the Blind - Song: under The BOardwalK
Points this post: 10
Total points: 15
Amy FL20.10 - Group Reads
A Bookshop in Berlin - my review in message 5
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!Option 3, set in Oregon: Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith
#45
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
10.5 - From A to ZPinion (Jacob's Ladder #1) by Elizabeth Bear
a & z found in author's first name, eliZAbeth
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 125
hoodoomends30.3 - Gardening Lessons
× option 4: by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK ×
Estarão as prisões obsoletas? by Angela Y. Davis
&
O Mundo Se Despedaça by Chinua Achebe
(lAke DistriCt nAtional park)
×-×-×-×-×
This post
Points: 30
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 80
GO: 1
BB: -
Ava Catherine20.5 - 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.
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
total=265
Ava Catherine20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 1: Rachel
Read a book with a cake on the cover.
The Secret to Hummingbird Cake
by Celeste Fletcher McHaletotal=285
Ava Catherine20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 2: Read a book by Ernest Hemingway
A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition by Ernest Hemingway
total=305
Ava Catherine15.6. The Red Carpet.
Read a book with something red on the cover.
Lucky Us
by Amy Bloomswimsuit, writing, and banner at bottom of page are red
total=320
Ava CatherineTask 25.8 - Amy FL’s Task: I’ll Be Back.
Option 1:
read a book from this list: Bad Boy Turned Good
page 1
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Option 2:
Read a book with a title of three or more words where the first letter of each word appears in MIMETIC POLYALLOY.
City of Thieves by David Benioff
initial title letters COT found in mimeTiC pOlyalloy
total=345
MAZZA15.3 - World Cinema
Read a book set at least 50% in a country where the total number of English speakers is below 50%, based on this list:
The Budapest Artists' Club
Set in Budapest which is in Hungary
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 140
MAZZA15.7 - Mysterious Women
Read a book written by a female author that ALSO has the MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Dystopia.
Saint X MPG Mystery and Thriller
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 145
MAZZA15.9 - Take Me Away
Read a book with the MPG Humor OR a book found on the Popular Funny Books list.
Logging Off MPG Humour
genre locked in help thread /topic/show/...
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 150
MAZZA110.1 - OK Boomer
Read a book written by a single author who was born between 1946 and 1964 inclusive.
Double Fault Judith Cutler GR page states born in 1946
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 160
MAZZA110.9 - Turn It Up
Pick one song from this list of 50 Best Summer Songs
Using that song, read a book with title of at least 3 words where the first letter of every title word appears in the song title.
Required: State the song.
The Royal Treatment
Song = summeR in The ciTy by the loving spoonful
points this post = 10
Points to date = 170
MAZZA120.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER � Cindie’s Task � Small is a State of Mind
Help Thread
Option 1: What exit?
For this option, read a book that has its number of pages listed as ending with a 5.
The Stepford Wives pages 145
points this post = 20
Points to date = 190
MAZZA125.1 - Lois's Task: Hair Love
Help Thread
This is a 2-book task, chosen from two of the options listed below.
Option 1: Read a book with the word HAIR or LOVE intact in the title or subtitle.
Love Yourself First!: Boost your self-esteem in 30 Days
Option 3: Read a book that is short, between 100-200 pages, inclusive.
Until Further Notice, I Am Alive 160 pages
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 215
Meera20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Option 3
The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan
Several characters lives change forever from a terrorist act that killed 2 brothers, especially that of the parents.
Points This Poste: 20
Total Points: 105
Total Tasks: 7
Books read: 7
Task 15.8 - ParasiteBook: Shelter, finished 6/12
Author born in South Korea, per GR.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 155
MAZZA110.5 - From A to Z
Read a book with an A and Z in the title, subtitle and/or author’s name.
Utz Z in title A in Authors name Bruce Chatwin
Points this post = 10
Points to date 225
Steve E - 10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Read a book with an average rating of at least 3.5.
Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay
Current ŷ Rating of 3.52
Posts for this post: 10
Cumulative Points: 10
*Note this is my first time posting for a challenge, so please let me know if I did anything incorrectly.
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySummer 2020 Season
Task 20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 3 - I saw my first James Bond film on one of these Saturday outings. Read a book with a MPG of Espionage or Thriller.
The Janes MPG Thriller
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 50
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Bookwrm526Task #15.7 - Hurricane season is here again!
Read a book whose author's name matches the name of a 2020 Atlantic or Pacific hurricane name. I read Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly, which matches Marie from the Pacific hurricane list,
Total points so far: 130
Queen Bee Darlene25.13 SandyL's Task: Dog Days of Summer
Option 3: Mythology genre
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman Norse Mythology
Option 4) from Summer Beach Reads list
The Last Summer (of you and me) by Ann Brashares The Last Summer
#34 on list
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 60
Delicious Dee25.9 - Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
Option 1: Jaws - Girl at the Edge - YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT
Option 2: Dirty Dancing - The Summer Garden - Paullina Simons - shelved as romance by 408ppl; NOBODY PUTS BABY IN THE CORNER; big book ticket 500+pgs
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 175
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15.5 - Again, Really?
Wayward Son (book 2 in Simon Snow series). I read book 1 Carry On on Nov 9, 2015.
TOTAL TO DATE
45 points
1 big book