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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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Andy P.Task #5.1 - The Phantom of the Opera
Read a book with the word mask, appears in the title
The Mask by Owen West
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska10.1 - Summer Blockbusters.
Read a book in some way related to one of the movies on the Summer Blockbuster 2018 list.
Still Alice by Lisa Genova (292 p.)
This book is related to the movie "Sorry to Bother You" in that the book and the movie share the same same release date (July 6).
➸ Points: 10
➸ Total Pages: 634
Suzannesea15.4 Double Trouble
Option 2. Read a book in which the title contains a word with a repeated vowel and one with a repeated consonant.
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
the liTTle paris bOOkshop
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 45
Diana K.Task 5.3 Read a book that you received as gift Gardens of the Italian Lakes This was a gift from my husband,.
Task 10.1 Read a book from one of the Berkeley Summer Reading lists Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit This is from the 2017 archived list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
Cait S25.1- Remembering Sue Grafton
Book #1
Read a book in which the author’s initials can be found in SUEGRAFTON.
Do Not Disturb by A.R. Torre
(Just in case it's unclear, this is written by a single author but her real name is listed after the Pseudonym. I'm sure you've seen it before but just wanted to point it out, in case!)
Book #2
Read a book whose title does NOT contain any of the letters in the phrase ONLY NO Z (LNOYZ)
Trapped by Kevin Hearne
Page Count Total: 647
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 30
perletwo30.7 -TessaVanessa’s Task: I “knew” you would love this “new” challenge I came up with. - For this challenge go to: List of Homophones and choose a pair of homophones. Words must match exactly.
I chose Right Write
Book 1: Read one book with the first word in the title/subtitle/series name
A Right to Die
Book 2: Read one book with the second word in the title/subtitle/series name
Why I Write
First printed in 1946, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 175
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 12
Tasks completed: 10
Heather KSTask 5.10 Beauty and the Beast. Stick your nose in a book of your choice.
The Wedding Date
5 points
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things1. Video Games.
B.) Read a book by a single author, where the author's initials can be found in the words VIDEO GAMES.
C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
10.7 - The World's LargestAgatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage (Agatha Raisin #5) by M.C. Beaton
10.8 - The World's Oldest
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Book 2 (Millennium: The Graphic Novels #1.2) by Stieg Larsson etc
first published 2013
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck…
3. Reading a book with a single author whose initials can be found in the term FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA. Middle initials may be ignored. Letters may be used only as often as they occur in the term.
Baking Cakes in Kigali (Bakery #1) by Gaile Parkin
author's initials, GP, can be found in friGgatriskaidekaPhobia
30.9 - Brooke TX's task: Summer (Reading) is Coming
"OPTION C: YOUTH DEPARTMENT
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Young Adult"
Clariel (Abhorsen #4) by Garth Nix
Book 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Sequential Art, Comics, or Graphic Novel.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Book 1 (Millennium: The Graphic Novels #1.1) by Stieg Larsson etc
Total this Post: 60
Season Total: 60
Marina H15.6 - They Call It Acting!
Billedet af Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Danish version of The Picture of Dorian Gray found on page 1
First published 1890 - claiming 1 GO ticket
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 5
FANDURY5.6 - A Chorus Line
Read a book with a single word title.
Obscura by Joe Hart
20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
Option 2: Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in THE PLAY THAT WENT WRONG.
The Ghoul King by Guy Haley
The intials of the quthor GH can be found in "tHe play that went wronG"
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
Option 2A: Read a book from one of these lists.
Zombies!
Best Zombie Books
World War Z by Max Brooks
Book is on page 1 #1 on both the Zombies! and Best Zombie Books lists.
I read the Kindle version, but the MMP is 420 pages: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
loafer5.6 - A Chorus Line
Read a book with a single word title.
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
AR reader: UG (in case children's pops up)
claiming "golden oldie" - published in 1901
points: 5
total: 90
BB: 3
GO: 1
tasks completed: 5
Nick KY5.10 Beauty and the Beast I read The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans and Heretics by Elaine Pagels.
15.10 Kick Back and Relax. I read The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates. With 10 books read by her, JCO is # 5 on my list of most-read authors: https://www.goodreads.com/user/most_r...
20.10 Group Read. From the category of Romantic Suspense, I read one of my favorite novels, My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier. My post is number 4 of the discussion thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 110
Sheila5.6 - A Chorus Line
Shadowkiller by Wendy Corsi Staub5.7 - Wicked
Watership Down by Richard Adams(page 2)
5.8 - Oh! Calcutta!
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella5.9 - Mamma Mia!
Killing Grounds by Dana Stabenow5.10 - Beauty and the Beast
Blood Sins by Kay HooperTotal Points = 50
Readerboard Name MAZZA1Task 5.5 Les Misérables
Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with one of the performers in the original French Or London stage productions Original Casts (first 2 columns only)-
Murder at the Lighthouse
Name = FRANCES (Frances Ruffelle)
10.1 - Summer Blockbusters
Read a book related in some way to one of the 15 summer movies on this list: In a Year Full of Blockbusters, Summer 2018 Will Be Especially Huge
Required: Explain the connection between the movie and the book when you post.
The Very Killer Caterpillar connection - to "SORRY TO BOTHER YOU" both have 4 word titles (same number of words book to film approved in help thread)
verified for length https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
10.6 - Radio City Music Hall
Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found sequentially in the word ROCKETTES
The Next Girl
Carla Kovach
10.7 - The World's Largest
Read a series book that has a number that can be found in 25, 211, and/or 996. Whole numbers only.
Quiet Killing (Promise McNeal Mysteries #2)
10.9 - A Look Back
What books were popular last summer? Read a book on one of the following lists:
Found on Most Popular Books Published In June 2017 number 96
No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need
Task 15.4 Double Trouble
OPTION 2 -Read one book that meets the criteria for A and B - title/subtitle contains a word with a repeated vowel and one with a repeated consonant. Example: Tapping the Dream Tree (double "p" in Tapping, double "e" in Tree).
Sweets and a Stabbing Double "E" and Double "B"
15.7 – Beatlemania!
Read a book with a title/subtitle containing a word from the title of a Beatles album, listed in the Beatles discography –
Children of the Salt Road (Abbey Road 1969)
15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Read a book written by one of your most read authors from your Goodreads "read" shelf.
The Stolen Book
REQUIRED: Include in your post the number of books that you have read by that author.
was 20 - now 21 books by this author
20.1 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 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. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post and point out the yellow object.
YELLOW t shirts on people in background
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's Task: I DO have a sense of humour!!
Option 3: Caddyshack.
Read a book where the number of pages includes the digits 1 and 8, in any order.
Rise of the Hearts 198 pages
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3: Read a book with a main page genre of Mystery. Genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
Death Quixote verified for length https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
20.10 - Group Reads
Romantic Suspense - My Cousin Rachel
my post in thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 170
Points to date = 170
Tasks completed to date = 12
Books read = 12
CANDY20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
Option 1: Melbourne, Australia - read a book with a Main Page Genre of “Retellings”
The Mermaid by Christina Henry
Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 30
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
LaureY20.7 - 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
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante
Pages:418
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Total Books: 3
Total Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
LaureY15.7 – Beatlemania!
Read a book with a title/subtitle containing a word from the title of a Beatles album, listed in the Beatles discography – “a” and “the” cannot be used.
A Night Like This by Julia Quinn
The word is 'Night' for a 'A Hard Day's Night'.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
Total Books: 4
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Sophie:5.4 Cats
Memory in title
Sea of Memories by Fiona Valpy
5.6
Single word title
Moonglow by Michael Chabon
20.9 Option 3
Mystery as genre
Quiet the Dead by Morgan James
Points in post 30
Total: 90
Readerboard Name: Nicola T10.1 - Summer Blockbusters
Read a book related in some way to one of the 15 summer movies on this list: In a Year Full of Blockbusters, Summer 2018 Will Be Especially Huge
Required: Explain the connection between the movie and the book when you post.
Movie: DEADPOOL 2
Book: Uncanny Avengers: Unity, Volume 2: The Man Who Fell to Earth
Connection:Deadpool (titular character in the movie) is an avenger in the graphic novel (136 pages)
10.6 - Radio City Music Hall
Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found sequentially in the word ROCKETTES (i.e., RO, OC, CK, etc.). Initials may also be used in reverse order (i.e., OR, CO, KC, etc.) and can wrap around the end of the word (i.e., SR or RS). Middle names/initials should be ignored.
I read All-New Wolverine, Volume 4: Immune by author: Tom Taylor :rockeTTes
(136 pages)
Points this post: 10 + 10=20
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 4
Bookwrm526Task #30.9 - Summer (Reading) is Coming
Option C
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Young Adult, Childrens, or Middle Grade. I read Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza (314p).
Book 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Sequential Art, Comics, or Graphic Novel. I read Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman (233p).
314+233=547p
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 70
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
Option 1: Win (book 3 in Atlantis Grail series)
I read the Kindle edition. Paperback edition Win is 930 pages - claiming 2 BB tickets
This post: 20 points, 2 BB
Total points: 70
BB: 5
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 4
Books read; 5
AndyP.Task # 5.4 - Cats
Read a book with the word memory in the title
Memory Wall by Anthony Doerr
Points this post: 5
Total points:35
PegW15.4. Double Trouble
OPTION 2 -Read one book that meets the criteria for A and B - title/subtitle contains a word with a repeated vowel and one with a repeated consonant.
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Kristina Marie5.5 - Les Misérables Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with one of the performers in the original French Or London stage productions Original Casts.
Required: State the performer's name.
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (audio CD)
Paperback edition: On Chesil Beach 204 pages
Ian McEwan wrote On Chesil Beach, and Ian Tucker played Gavroche in the original London Cast (Wikipedia).
5.9 - Mamma Mia! Read a book where the FIRST word in the title is exactly seven letters.
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher (audiobook)
Paper back edition: Wishful Drinking 163 pages
WISHFUL = 7 letters
10.1 - Summer Blockbusters Read a book related in some way to one of the 15 summer movies. Required: Explain the connection between the movie and the book when you post.
Oregon Trail Stories: True Accounts of Life in a Covered Wagon compiled by David Klausmeyer
Oregon Trail Stories: True Accounts of Life in a Covered Wagon is compiled by David Klausmeyer and Deadpool 2 is directed by David Leitch (IMDb).
10.7 - The World's Largest Read a series book that has a number that can be found in 25, 211, and/or 996.
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve (audiobook)
Paperback edition: Mortal Engines 337 pages
This book is the 1st in the Hungry City Chronicles series (series).
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Mod
5.4 - Cats
memory in subtitle: Down City: A Daughter's Story of Love, Memory, and Murder by Leah Carroll
15.6 - They Call It Acting!
From page 1 #43: Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh
15.9 - O Canada
From 2006: Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden
total = 65
Mod
read a book whose author's initials can be found in either BOOK RIOT or THE MILLIONS
read Monsterland by Michael Okon - MO found in Millions
20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 1- read a book written by a single author whose initials are found in CHERIE CHITTENDEN
read Club Deadby Charlaine Harris
CH Found in Cherie
Points this task -40
total points - 170
DebraJean20.9 Moderator's Pet
For Option 1, I read The Outlandish Companion: Companion to Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, and Drums of Autumn which has two words starting with D in the title/subtitle (dragonfly and drums).
I am also claiming 1 BB ticket for this book that has 577 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 100
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Mary P25.5 - Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
This is a two book task. The total page numbers for the two books must equal at least 600 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.
The Wind Through the Keyhole: The Dark Tower IV-1/2 by Stephen King. (387 pages)
I used the word strike.
Option 3: Read a book that includes in the title or subtitle one of the words from the excerpt of Stage Manager dialogue below. The word must be at least 4 letters, and match exactly the word in the quote.
Oh My Stars by Lorna Landvik. (416 pages)
I used the word stars.
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 75
Post #15.8 - Oh! Calcutta!
Skip·Beat!, Vol. 40
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15.8 - The Great American Read
The Count of Monte Cristo
Points this post:20
Total Points:20
Books read:2
Tasks Done: 2
Anja10.4 - Wonder Woman
Read a book written by a female author whose first and last initials can be found in WONDER WOMAN.
The Best Man by Natasha Anders
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Option 3: Read a book where the initial letters of all the words in the title can be found in ULLADUBULLA ORCHESTRA
Her Cocky Doctors by Tara Crescent
pages approved here
POINTS:
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 90
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 5
20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and BooksOption 4: Do it with style:For this option, read a book with a main character who is either a dance student or a working dancer in any dance discipline.
I read The Strength of Ballerinas. It is about a teen ballet student.
Task points: 20
Total points earned:20
Tasks completed:1
Books Read:1
Readerboard name: witchygal10.5 - The Globe
Read a book with SHAKESPEARE found intact in the author's name or in the book's title/subtile or series title.
I read New Boy which is part of the "Hogarth SHAKESPEARE" series.
Points: 10
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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15.7 – Beatlemania!
Read a book with a title/subtitle containing a word from the title of a Beatles album, listed in the Beatles discography.
I read You Sent Me a Letter. Word "Me" can be found in the album "Please please ME"
Points: 15
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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20.6 Seasoned Reader
Option 3- In his memory, read a book FIRST published between 1940 and 2005 (years inclusive) AND set at least 50% in England.
I read The Pillars of the Earth. This was first published in 1989 and is set overwhelmingly in Southern England. Main page indicates that the setting is England.
I am claiming 3 Big Book tickets as it has 1088 pages.
Points: 20
Big Book: Yes - 3 tickets
Golden Oldie: No
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Total points and stats for the Summer Challenge
Books: 3
Points: 45
Big Book: 3
Golden Oldie: 0
CYNBAXTER# 20.07 – SHORTER IS SWEETER:
Book: Option 3: By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolaño – 118 pages
Task: Read a book where the number of pages includes the digits 1 and 8, in any order.
Points this post:20 points
Total points to date: 125 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Apologies - wrong post!
Danibean5.2 - Chicago: Read a book that has been shelved as Legal Thriller at least 2 times from this list of Legal Thrillers.
I read The Confession by John Grisham.
10.3 - It's All About Me: Read a non-fiction biography, autobiography or memoir of a screenwriter, playwright, composer, musician, dancer or actor.
I read Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls by Lauren Graham.
10.6 - Radio City Music Hall: Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found sequentially in the word ROCKETTES.
I read My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
This Post:
Points - 25
BB Tickets - 0
GO Tickets - 0
Books Read - 3
Tasks Complete - 3
Totals:
Points - 25
BB Tickets - 0
GO Tickets - 0
Books Read - 3
Tasks Complete - 3
5.7 - WickedPrincess Academy (IL: MG - BL: 6.0 - AR: 10.0) (on pg. 1 of the list)
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 20
Readerboard name MAZZA15.6 - A Chorus Line
Read a book with a single word title. Subtitles should be ignored. Articles must be considered.
Winter 12/06/2018
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 180
20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatreOption 2: read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in THE PLAY THAT WENT WRONG.
Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard.
thE pLay that went wrong
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
loafer10.9 - A Look Back
Read a book on one of the following lists:
Most Popular Books Published In June 2017
Most Popular Books Published In July 2017
Most Popular Books Published In August 2017
Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin
on the Most Popular Books Published in August 2017 list (#10)
points: 10
total: 100
BB: 3
GO: 1
tasks completed: 6
Nick KY5.9 Mamma Mia! I read Twelfth Night: or, What You Will by William Shakespeare, 1st word in title has 7 letters.
10.5 The Globe I read Cymbeline by William Shakespeare, “Shakespeare” in author’s name.
15.5 The Bard. I read a book about Shakespeare, Shakespeare by Bill Bryson.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 140
Andy P.Task # 20.10 - Group Reads
Romantic Suspense - My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
My comments can be found here
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.1 The Phantom of the Opera
Read a book with the word mask, masks, masque, masques, masked or mask's in the title or subtitle Or with a mask* on the cover.
I read Masked by Norah McClintock.
Challenge 5.4 Cats
Read a book with the word memory, memories or memory's in the title, subtitle or series title.
I read Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Challenge 20.2 Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
Option 3B: Read a book with a portrait on the cover.
I read
by Christina Dodd. 328 pagesChallenge 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.
I read
By Beth Goobie. It has 128 pages.Points this post: 50
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
LaureY25.7 - Meg SCL:My next favourite book
None of the two books below were on Meg SCL' s read shelf before I started reading them.
Option 2: Read a book set before 1900. At least two thirds of the book must take place in this time period.
The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn
Pages:378
Option 4: Read a book that has won any award (must be listed in the book's goodreads metadata) in 2013 or later.
Less by Adrew Sean Greer
Pages:272
Pulitzer Prize 2018
Points this post: 25
Total points: 100
Total Books: 6
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite ThingsOption 3.
B.) Read a book with a portrait on the cover. This portrait can be male or female, but it must be a portrait. Nothing full body and nothing below the waist can be showing. It must only have one person on the cover. The full face must be present in the portrait. Parts of the face may be obscured by hair, mask, glasses, etc., but at least 50% of the face must be showing.
REQUIRED: Please post the cover when claiming the task.
I read
points: 50
books read: 5
tasks completed: 4
pages read: 1633
NICOLE OH5.3 - The Lion King
Milk and Honey I used a gift card I got from my parents to get this book!
5.4 - Cats
The Memory of Things
5.9 - Mamma Mia!
Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
5.10 - Beauty and the Beast
One True Way- This book is not found in AR book finder
10.7 - The World's Largest
The Fates Divide (carve the mark #2)
10.8 - The World's Oldest
Emergency Contact (published March 2018)
10.9 - A Look Back
Little & Lion Most Popular Books Published In August 2017
15.2 - In Memory of...….
Book 1- The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Book 2- Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy by Anne Lamott
Points claimed this post: 65
Total Points: 65
10.9 - A Look BackMost Popular Books Published In June 2017:
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
+10 Task
15.6 - They Call It Acting!
Page 1:
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
+15 Points
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Option1: The album is based on the classic HG Wells science fiction story. Read a book with the MPG Classics, standalone or embedded.
King Lear by William Shakespeare
+20 Points
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
2. Friday the 13th is now synonymous with a successful movie franchise (and one television series). To honor those films, read a book with the Goodreads main page genre Horror.
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
+20 Points
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3: Read a book with a main page genre of Mystery. Genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
+20 Points
30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Aida
Book 2: Composer
*Read a book written by a male author whose first and last name initials can be found in the words GIUSEPPE VERDI.
GiuSeppe
Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw
Book 5: Italian
*Read a book set at least 50% in Italy or by an author born or currently living in Italy.
Author born in Italy & takes place there:
The Day of the Owl by Leonardo Sciascia
+30 Points
Points this Post: 115
Season Total: 115
20.2 - A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS OPTION 1B - Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
30.4 - IT'S IN THE DNA
BOOK 1 - Her Montana Millionaire by Crystal Green
BOOK 2 - The Truth According to Us
TOTAL POINTS - 50
VAL TX10.9 - A Look Back - Read a book on one of the following lists: (Book can be found on Most Popular Books Published In July 2017)
Tin Man by Sarah Winman
This post:
Points - 10
Total:
Points - 25
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20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
Option 2: The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George (EG in wEnt wronG)
This book is 692 pages - claiming one BB ticket
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
Win
I read the Kindle edition. Paperback edition Win is 930 pages - claiming 2 BB tickets
This post: 40 points, 3 BB
Total points: 70
BB: 5
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 4
Books read; 5