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10.10 - Summer Reading List
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann(From the 2018 Summer Reading list)
Andy P.Task #10.1 - Summer Blockbusters
Read a book related in some way to one of the 15 summer movies on this list:https://www.esquire.com/entertainment... Ocean's 8
by Malachy TallackThe title on the cover of this book has a number (60) like the 8 in Ocean's 8
Points this post: 10
Total points: 185
5.6 - A Chorus Line Patternmaster by Octavia E. Butler
+5 Points
10.7 - World's Largest Theater
The Cinder Spires #1
The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher
+10 Points
25.4 - Rina's Task: 2018 FIFA World Cup
600 Pages: 363 + 336 = 699
Option 3: The 2018 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be held in 11 cities in Russia, making use of 12 venues. Read a book with a setting (city/state/province/country*) that starts with a letter from RUSSIA.
Set in Russia
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
Option 4: Read a book by a single author who shares his/her first and last initials with one of these persons. Middle initials should be ignored.
Joachim Löw - head coach
Razorhurst by Justine Larbalestier
+25 Points
25.5 - Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
600 Pages: 307 Pages + 336 Pages = 643 Pages
Option 2: Choose one of the terms listed here and read a book by a single author whose first and last initials appear in that word.
BLOCKING bloCkinG
Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
Option 5: The stage manager works closely with all members of the production staff, but the closest always will be the director. For this task, read a book where the protagonist (the main character, who drives the action in the book) has the same first or last name as one of the directors who have been nominated for or won a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical or Best Direction of a Play from 2010 to today.
Rachel Chavkin 2017 Best Director
Main Character: Rachel Flood
The Flood Girls by Richard Fifield
+25 Points
25.6 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan!
500 Pages: 109p + 502p = 611 pages
Option 2 - The U.P.: Read a book by a single author whose name contains both the letters U and P.
bhanU kaPil
Ban en Banlieue by Bhanu Kapil
Option 4 - The Great Lakes: Read a book whose title begins with any of the letters H, O, M, E or S: M
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
+25 Points
Points this Post: 90
Season Total: 205
Diana K.Task 5.10 - Beauty and the Beast . Celebrate Belle and stick your nose in a book of your choice.
After You Hear It's Cancer: A Guide to Navigating the Difficult Journey Ahead
Task 10.7 - The World's Largest Read a series book that has a number that can be found in 25, 211, and/or 996
Us Against You
Task 20.4 - Golden Oldies Opt 2 For this option read a book whose author's initials can be found in either BOOK RIOT or THE MILLIONS
Three Months in London by Miranda Laurence approved for length in post 6911
Points this post: 35
Total points: 205
Brave20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre: This is a one book task. Pick any option. Required: Indicate the option you chose.
Option 2: London, United Kingdom
For this task, read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in THE PLAY THAT WENT WRONG. Letters may only be used as many times as they appear in the target phrase. Middle names/initials may be ignored. If there are multiple authors, ALL author's initials must fit.
Fingerprints and Phantoms: True Tales of Law Enforcement Encounters with the Paranormal and the Strange by Paul Rimmasch
Page count in my edition: 112 pages
THE PLAY THAT WENT WRONG
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 60
5.7 - WickedRead a book from this list of The Best Fairytales and Retellings
Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins
On page 2 of the list #113
New Points : 5
Total challenge points: 115
GO's: 1
Mod
15.3 - My Feet Hurt
option 2, one book
Blood Memory: An autobiography by Martha Graham
requirement book 1, first name Martha from choreographer Martha Graham
requirement book 2, last name Graham from dancer Martha Graham
total = 240
Mod
25.4 - Rina's Task: 2018 FIFA World Cup
option 1, genre Sports: American Pharoah: The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise by Joe Drape 304 pages
option 4, Miroslav Klose initials in reverse, KM: The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton, an ARC, 496 pages
304 + 496 = 800
total = 265
Sandra5.8 - Oh! Calcutta!
This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! by Jonathan Evison
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 25
PegW15.6 - They Call It Acting! Read a book from the following list: Thespians.
REQUIRED: Specify the page of the list on which your book is found.
The Body in the Library Listed on Page 1, #20
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 60
REPOSTING5.6 A Chorus Line
Wool (Silo, #1), by Hugh Howey.
This edition has 509 pages - I claim 1 BB ticket.
this post: +5
BB tkts: 1
REPOSTING25.6 - Diane Whitney's Task
option 3, #3: The End Has Come, #3 of the Apocalypse Triptych
option 4, HOMES: Shift, by Hugh Howey
Shift's top mmpb has 699 pages; I claim 1 BB ticket.
this post: +25 and 1 BB tkt
BB tkts: 2
perletwo20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre - Option 3: New York - United States of America - For this task, read a book with yellow on the cover. The book may have a yellow background or may have a single item that is identifiable yellow.
The Renewable Virgincover verified here
Points this task: 20
Total points: 295
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 16
Beth_NC5.9 Mama Mia - Recurve by Shannon Mayer
Title is 7 letters
10.7 World's Largest - Breakwater by Shannon Mayer
# 2 in The Elemental series
20.1 Around The World With Theater - The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman
Option 2 - Author's initials in the plAy tHat went wrong
20.3 Jeff Wayne's War of the World - Gone, But Not Forgotten by Phillip Margolin
Option 2 Phil Lynott was an original cast member
25.5 Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today -
Book 1 - The King of Bones and Ashes by J.D. Horn
Option 3 bones was in speech
Book 2 - Fangs and Fennel by Shannon Mayer
Option 4 - Set in Seattle Washington
25.6 Pure Michigan
Book 1 - Walking Dead by C.E. Murphy
Option 2 Authors name includes P and U
Book 2 - Hisses and Honey by Shannon Mayer
Option 3 #3 in The Venom Trilogy
30.3 New Discoveries to New Favorites
Book 1 Ever the Wayward Sky by Oliver Phipps
Book was on JennRenee's Shelf
Book 2 Blood of the Lost by Shannon Mayer
Option a - Author's initials in cozy MyStery
Points: 135
Tasks: 7
Books: 10
Pages: 3122
Total Points: 320
Total Tasks: 17
Totals Books: 22
Total Pages: 7365
Big Book Tickets: 1
Suzannesea20.1 Most Improved Player
Option 3. Read a book with yellow on the cover.
by Jennifer Crusie has a yellow candy heart on its cover.Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 170
Mary P 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's Task: I DO have a sense of humor!!
Option 3: Read a book where the number of pages includes the digits 1 and 8, in any order.
Natchez Burning by Greg Iles. ( 816 pages )
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 195
Delicious Dee25.1 Andy P’s Task: Remembering Sue Grafton
Book A - The Charmer - Avery Flynn - AF found in SUEGRAFTON; 289pgs
Book B - Smut - the letters LNOYZ DO NOT appear in the title; 392pgs
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 260
30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: AidaBook 1: Read a book with the main page genre Middle East or Italy. Genre may be stand alone or embedded.
The Tuscan Child
Book 3: Read a book written by a female author whose first and last name initials can be found in the words AIDA AMNERIS.
The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 165
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:
Pamela32655.6 - A Chorus Line
Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything by Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
15.7 – Beatlemania!
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan - Album: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
Option 1B: Counting on the Cowboy by Shannon Taylor Vannatter - Author's initials found in Video gameS
224 pages
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Option 3: Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant - First letters of words in title found in Black smOke band
20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 1: Mail-Order Bride Switch by Dorothy Clark - Author's initials found in ChittenDen
Points this post: 80
Total Points: 80
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Queen Bee Darlene5.7 - Wicked Book from The Best Fairytales and Retellings list
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy The True Story of Hansel and Gretel
This book is on page 3
5 points
5.9 Mamma Mia! - 1st word in title has exactly 7 letters
Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese Cutting for Stone
5 points
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 130
Coralie30.6 Aida
Book 4: War – book with main page genre ‘historical fiction’
Pagan's Scribe
Book 5: Italian – book set in Italy, by an author born in Italy
The Moon and the Bonfire
30.8 June is a Busy Month
Option C – book by a male author that is #2 in series
The King's Blood by Daniel Abraham
Option C – book by a female author whose initials are in whiMSical
Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
This post 60 points
Total to date 175 points
10.5 - The GlobeA book with SHAKESPEARE found intact in the author's name or in the book's title/subtitle or series title: New Boy (Hogarth Shakespeare series) by Tracy Chevalier
Points this post: 10
Total points: 115
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Limited ExposureOption 2: read a book with a word beginning with R and a word ending in O in the title/subtitle.
Book read: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
How it fits: To, Read
Option 4: read a book by an author whose initials can be found in NUTCRACKER.
Book read: The Bear and the Nightingale
How it fits: Author's (Katherine Arden) initials are KA
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 215
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 12
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Mod
5.2 - Chicago
From legal thriller 20X page 2 : Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt
total = 270
Alaina20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s Task: Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 1: Cherie's Dance Studio- Read a book written by a single author whose initials are found in CHERIE CHITTENDEN.
Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat-Chrissy Teigen
Chrissy Teigen - CHERIE CHITTENDEN
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 2
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Mod
For book 1, I read Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts - I read the kindle edition, linked to top PB. Science is the 3d main page genre.
For book 2, I read Outpost by Ann Aguirre- I read the kindle edition, linked to top PB. Author initials, AA, are found in rAdicAl chic.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 275
Bookwrm526Task #20.2 - A Few Of My Favorite Things
Option B.) Read a book by a single author, where the author's initials can be found in the words VIDEO GAMES. I read The Affinity Bridge by George Mann.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 220
trishhartuk20.2 Rookie at the Top – Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
1. Video Games, Option B) Read a book by a single author, where the author's initials can be found in the words VIDEO GAMES.
The White Dragon, Anne McCaffrey (455pg)
video gAMes
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
readerboard name: boromom25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or less
Option A- nonfiction
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Option B-beverage in cup or mug
Murder with Cinnamon Scones
points this post:25
total points: 65
Nick KY10.3 It’s All About Me. I read Nureyev: Aspects of the Dancer: A Biography by John Percival, a biography of the dancer Nureyev.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 280
Andy P.Task # 10.5 - The Globe
Read a book with SHAKESPEARE found intact in the book's title
Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris
Points this post: 10
Total points: 195
Jasmiina F25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or less:
Option A: read a nonfiction book which meets SRC guidelines which has at least one of the following mainpage GR genres: Medicine, Health, History, Archaeology:
Remember This When You're Sad: A book for mad, sad and glad days by Maggy van Eijk.
Option D: Read a book with at least three words in the title, the first letter of each word beginning with a letter from: THE GULF OF MEXICO:
The Long Earth: by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 40
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Marina H15.4. Double Trouble
Option 2:
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
(Double ll in shell, double ee in seekers)
632 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 15
Total points: 160
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 10
20.4 - Bookish WebsitesOption 2 - Author Initials in "the MillionS"
The Crown Tower - Michael Sullivan
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 220
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25.1 Andy P’s Task: Remembering Sue Grafton
Book 1, initials EG in suEGrafton: The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths, 352 pages
Book 2, no LNOYZ in title: The Pisces by Melissa Broder, 270 pages
352 +270 = 622
total = 295
Sandy MN25.5 - Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
Option 2:
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
Read 6/22/18
174 pages
Author initials SM appear in SPIKE MARKS
Option 4:
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
Read 6/19/18
427 pages
Set in New York City
Total Pages for task: 601
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 140
Ava Catherine30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Limited Exposure
Opt. 3: Read a book that is set at least 50% in Africa.
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood by Elspeth Huxley
Opt. 4: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in NUTCRACKER.
Outline by Rachel Cusk
author's initials=RC found in nutCRacker
total=375
20.5 If Not for Bad Luck Option 1: #1 or #13 in a series - Some Girls Bite - #1
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 240
Ava Catherine30.2 - Booklover's Task: Contrasts
1 - Now and Then
Read two books published one hundred years apart.
Book 1:Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy first published in 1878
Book 2: The World According to Garp by John Irving first published 1978
total=405
Ava Catherine30.3 - JennRenee's Task: New Discoveries to New Favorites
Book 1:
Choose a book from this list: JennRenee's Shelf
Cinder by Marissa Meyer page 1 of list
Book 2:
b) Western: Read a book with a title of two or more words and the initial letter of each word in the title can be found in WESTERN.
genre selected=western
The Searchers by Alan LeMay mpg western 79 users
TS from title found in weSTern
total=435
Schatzie10.3 - It's All About Me
---non-fiction autobiography
Not Dead Yet: The Memoir
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10.5 - The Globe
---SHAKESPEARE found intact in the title
Spanking Shakespeare
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10.6 - Radio City Music Hall
---author's initials found sequentially in ROCKETTES
Girl Underwater
by Claire Kells - CK
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Points this Post: 30
Challenge Total: 65
ED20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck..
Opt. 3- reading a book with a single author whose initials can be found in the term FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA.
The Masquerader by Katherine Cecil Thurston- (first published 1904)
**I Claim 1 GO Ticket**
task=20
total=110
tasks completed=6
books completed=7
GO=2
BB=0
Brave15.8 - The Great American Read: Read a book from this list: The Great American Read
I read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Page count in my edition: 518
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33.0
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 75
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 5.9 - Mamma Mia!
Goodbye, Vitamin
Points this post: 5
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 60
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 8
Total Books read: 8
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or lessOption A, a non-fiction book with a main page genre history: Call the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle by Mary J. Macleod
Option B, a book with a beverage in a cup on its cover: French Pressed by Cleo Coyle
Points this post: 25
Total points: 140
JUKKA5.8 - Oh! Calcutta!
Book with an exclamation mark or question mark in the title/subtitle.
Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? by Alan Moore
5.9 - Mamma Mia
Book where the first word of the title is seven letters long.
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me by Ellen Forney
10.4 - Wonder Woman
Book whose author's initials are in WONDER WOMAN.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 2: Book where the first letters of the title are in CHOREOGRAPHY.
Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate by Zoe Quinn
30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Aida
Option 3: Book with female author whose initials are in AIDA AMNERIS.
The Book of Just a Little Lovin’ by Anne Marie Stamnestrø et al.
Option 4: Book with main page genre War or Historical Fiction.
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather has Historical Fiction. It also first came out in 1913, so Golden Oldie.
Points this post: 70
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Points: 150/995
Total Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 10/57
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 1
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5.3 The Lion King I read The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka, # 153 (p. 2) on the list.
10.6 Radio City Music Hall I read A Monkey's Orientation by Cris Rogers, inits in RoCkettes.
10.9 A Look Back I read Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America by Nancy MacLean, from the June 2017 list, near the bottom.
15.9 O Canada I read A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews, the 2004 winner.
Points This Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 280