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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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Task 20.4 - Option 2: Bookish News
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in either BOOK RIOT or THE MILLIONS. Middle initials may be ignored.
T H E MILLIO N S
Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories (1844) by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Paperback, 111 pages)
** Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories is a Golden Oldie, published in 1844**
270 + 20 = 290
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 270 + 20 = 290
Books read: 21
Pages read: 5,758
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Emtecia5.10 - Beauty and the Beast
Help Thread
Beauty and the Beast was adapted from Walt Disney Pictures' Academy Award-winning 1991 animated musical film of the same name.
Look there she goes that girl is so peculiar
I wonder if she's feeling well
With a dreamy, far-off look
And her nose stuck in a book
What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle
Belle is not a puzzle to those of us in the SRC. Celebrate Belle and stick your nose in a book of your choice. Note: Books with the genre "children" or "kids" NOT found in AR Bookfinder MAY be used for this task. Required: If using this exemption, state that the book is not found in ARBookFinder.
15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
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It's summer - time to relax. Read a book written by one of your most read authors from your Goodreads "read" shelf.
Go to My Books. Scroll down in the left column to "Your Reading Activity." Click on "Most Read Authors" to see your list of authors. Read a book by one of those authors - you may use ANY of the authors on your list.
If you do not have any books/authors listed on Goodreads, you may use the top 10 authors listed for one of the moderators: Sandy, Dlmrose, Kristina Simon.
Ignore the numbering on the list, since they assign the same numbers to ties. Simply count the top 10 listed.
REQUIRED: Include in your post the number of books that you (or the mod whose list you used) have read by that author.
I have read 9 Jana Deleon book's
points 20
current points 180
total points 200
Erin NY20.8 Nickels and Dimes
Option C: Hurricanes: Read a book that was first published in June of any year.
REQUIRED: The first publication date must be included in the GR record.
Once and for All by Sarah Dessen
* Published June 6th 2017
Points this post: 20
Books claimed this post: 1
Total Points: 205
Tasks completed: 10
Tasks in progress: 1
Books read: 17
Big Book tickets: (500+) 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 5,976
JUKKA25.7 - Meg SCL:My next favourite book
Option 1: Book with main page genre Dystopia.
Autonomous by Annalee Newitz.
Option 4: Book that has won an award in 2013 or later.
No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin won both the PEN/Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay in 2017, and the Hugo for Best Related Work a week ago.
Total Points: 565/995
Total Books Read: 44
Tasks Completed: 36/57
Big Books Total: 5
Golden Oldies Total: 2
FANDURY25.3 - Diana K’s Task: Hamilton
Option 1: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word of at least four letters from the first six paragraphs of the lyrics
All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker
The word in the title is forgotten that is in the lyrics in the line"Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten"
Option 5: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these three cities: New York City, London and Chicago
Where the Dead Lie by C.S. Harris
The book is set totally in London.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 310
Books Read: 22
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
FANDURY30.2 - Booklover's Task: Contrasts
Option 1: Read two books published one hundred years apart.
His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle
Book was first published 1917
Strange Weather by Joe Hill
Book was first published 2017
Point this post: 30
Total Points: 340
Books Read: 24
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Nick KY25.1 Andy P’s Sue Grafton
Book 1. Author’s inits in SUE GRAFTON. I read The Force of Reason by Oriana Fallaci. -- sue graFtOn. 307 pp
Book 2. No LNOYZ in title. I read C by Tom McCarthy. 310 pp
Total pp = 617 > required 601
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 895
10.5 - The GlobeRead a book with SHAKESPEARE found intact in the author's name or in the book's title/subtile or series title.
Book read: The Shakespeare Stealer
How it fits: Shakespeare in the title
Children MPG: IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7.0
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Total points: 945
Books read: 74
Tasks completed: 56
BB Tickets: 7
GO Tickets: 8
Sara G10.5 - The Globe
One of the most recognizable theater names in the world, the original Globe theater was built by Shakespeare's company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, in 1599. Read a book with SHAKESPEARE found intact in the author's name or in the book's title/subtile or series title.
New Boy by Tracy Chevalier
This book is in the Hogarth Shakespeare series.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 760
Nick KY15.1 Which Did You Like Better?
Book 1. I read Othello by William Shakespeare, # 286 on the list of “The Book Was Better than the Movie.” p.3
Book 2. I read Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, #230 on the list of “The Movie Was Better than the Book.” p.3
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 910
Ana20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3:genre of Mystery
by Nancy Fairbanks. It is a mystery.Points this Post: 20
Total points: 160
Tasks Completed:8
Total Books Read: 8
Total Pages:2267
Kathy G.20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Option 1- MPG Classics
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Total Points- 280
Amy FL30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: It's In the DNA
Book 1: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (AT)
Book 2: The Avengers: A Jewish War Story - the avengers (TA)
30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Aida
Book 3: Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (AidA amneris)
Book 4: Out of the Easy (Historical Fiction)
30.7 -TessaVanessa’s Task: I “knew” you would love this “new” challenge I came up with
Book 1: Closer Than You Know (Know)
Book 2: Speak No Evil (No)
30.9 - Brooke TX's task: Summer (Reading) is Coming
Option B
Book 1: Still Me (390 pages) - Popular Beach Reads, page 6
Book 2: Shadow and Bone (358 pages) - Best Series, page 2
Points this post: 120
Total points: 520
Danibean5.7 - Wicked: Read a book from this list of The Best Fairytales and Retellings.
I read Stardust by Neil Gaiman. Located on page 1 of the list.
5.8 - Oh! Calcutta!: Read a book with an exclamation point or question mark in the title or subtitle.
I read Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling.
15.2 - In Memory of . . . :This is a two book task. Book 1 - In memory of Stephen Hawking, read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of science, standalone or embedded. AND Book 2 - In memory of Tom Wolfe, read a single author book with the author's initials found in the phrase RADICAL CHIC. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the phrase.
Book 1: I read The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore.
Book 2: I read Hotel Sacher by Rodica Doehnert
15.7 - Beatlemania!: Read a book with a title/subtitle containing a word from the Beatles discography – “a” and “the” cannot be used.
I read Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta. "Me" is located in the Beatles' album Please Please Me
30.1 - Limited Exposure: This is a two book task. Pick 2 different options and read a book for each.
Option 3: read a book that is set at least 50% in Africa.
I read A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul
Option 4: read a book by an author whose initials can be found in NUTCRACKER.
I read Mothers and Sons by Colm Tóibín
This Post:
Points - 70
BB Tickets - 0
GO Tickets - 0
Books Read - 7
Tasks Complete - 5
Totals:
Points - 790
BB Tickets - 0
GO Tickets - 0
Books Read - 61
Tasks Complete - 47
Joanne MiTask 20.1-Most Improved player-
Option 1: For this task, read a book with a Main Page Genre of “Retellings”.
Spinning Silver
Points this task 20
Total Points 425
BB's 8(I have corrected on my side)
Sarah E30.2 - Booklover's Task: Contrasts
Option 1
Book 1: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - first published 1900
I read the kindle edition, top MMP is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 7.0 - AR Pts: 7.0
Golden Oldie (first published 1900). I claim 1 GO ticket.
Book 2: Always Dakota - first published 2000
I read the ebook, MMP is Always Dakota
Total points: 390
Total GO tickets: 1
Ana30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Limited Exposure
Book 1
Option 1-MPG Aliens
by Kimberly Derting. MPG aliensBook 2
Option 4-Initials in Nutcracker
by Cecelia Ahern. Authors initials are found in NutcrackerPoints this Post: 30
Total points: 190
Tasks Completed:9
Total Books Read: 10
Total Pages2976
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of SummerOption 3, a book with a main page genre of mystery: The Wife by Alafair Burke
Points this post: 20
Total points: 625
DANIELLE M30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Aida
Option 3: While I Was Gone by Sue Miller
The female author's initials are found in AIDA AMNERIS.
Option 4: Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
This book has a main page genre "historical fiction".
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 235
Books Read: 15
Tasks Complete: 12
DANIELLE M20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websites
Option 3: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
This can be found on the 2008-2013 tab.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 255
Books Read: 16
Tasks Complete: 13
Repost15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Read a book written by one of your most read authors from your Goodreads "read" shelf.
The Punishment She Deserves
This is the 20th book I have read by this author
Creynard50.1 - Julia103's Task: Do Re Mi
book 1: Do or Die by Suzanne Brockmann
"DO" are my letters.
***Do or Die is a Big Book with 608 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.***
book 2: Sew Organized for the Busy Girl: Tips to Make the Most of Your Time and Space by Heidi Staples
"Sew" is my word.
book 3: Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
"Lisa" is my word. 608+112+432=1152 pages
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 700
BB this Post: 1
Total BB: 2
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 54
Creynard30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Limited Exposure
Book 1/Option 1: The Humans by Matt Haig
On page 1 of Alien Protagonists list.
Book 2/Option 4: Raze by Tillie Cole
Author's initials: T.C. = nuTCracker.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 730
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 54
15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!Echo Park by Michael Connelly
I have read 20 books by Michael Connelly
Total points: 250
VAL TX20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer - Read one book that fits one of the following options:
Option 3: Read a book with a main page genre of Mystery.
The Unseen World by Liz Moore
Mystery = 181 users.
This post:
Points - 20
Total:
Points - 140
GO Tickets - 1
Suzannesea20.2 Rookie at the Top
l. Video Games
B. Read a book by a single author, where the author's initials can be found in the words VIDEO GAMES.
The Englishman's Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 315
BARBARA ★ (final post)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
Total Surrender - Rebecca Zanetti (Rebecca Caine) 8/1
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 740
Ana30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: It's In the DNA
Book 1: Author Initials
by Gail Carriger. Author initials are GC.Book 2: Title Initials
by Michael Scott. Words in title start with TA.Points this Post: 30
Total points: 220
Tasks Completed:10
Total Books Read: 12
Total Pages: 3673
Beth_NCSummer Reading List - Beloved by Toni Morrison
2002 list
30.5 Spectacular/Venacular -
Book 1 Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
Option 1 a) Beautiful Book Cover Designs #360
Book 2 - Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy by Emily Bazelon
Option 1 c) StiCks And sTonEs:defeAting the CULtuRE of bullying and rediscovering the Power of character and empathy
Point: 40
Tasks: 2
Books: 3
Total Points: 995
Total Tasks: 57
Total Books:78
Big Book Tickets: 4
Total Pages: 27849
FINISHED!!!!!!!
Christine V30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Limited Exposure
Option 1: The Three-Body Problem This book is found on page 1 of the "Aliens First Contact" list.
Option 4: The Winter Crown by Elizabeth Chadwick
Points this post: 30
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 12
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
10.9 - A Look BackGrave Ransom From the July 2017 list
Points this post 10
Total 10+960= 970
4 GO Ticket
2 BB ( Just recording for personal interest now, not actual tickets)
Bookwrm526Task #15.5 - The Bard
Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, about William Shakespeare. This should be a book about the man William Shakespeare, not about his work. I read Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 805
Mod
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 5.1 - The Phantom of the Opera
UN/MASKED: Memoirs of a Guerrilla Girl on Tour
Points this post: 5
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 230
BB:1
GO:1
Total Task completed: 24
Total Books read: 24
JUKKA30.2 - Booklover's Task: Contrasts
Option 2: Two books written in languages from different language families.
Tuhannen viillon kuolema ("Death by a Thousand Cuts") by Juhana Pettersson is written in Finnish, from the Uralic language family.
Blades in the Dark by John Harper is written in English, from the Indo-European language family.
Total Points: 595/995
Total Books Read: 46
Tasks Completed: 37/57
Big Books Total: 5
Golden Oldies Total: 2
Sophie25.3
Option 1 - common word Future
Future Shock by Elizabeth Briggs
Option 5
City location of New York, Chicago or London
London by Frank Tayell
Total 790
Sophie25.7
Option 2
Historical fiction
The Lion and the Rose by Kate Quinn
Option 3
Time travel
Midlife Crisis by Jason Ayres
Total 815
Task 50 - Do Re Mitotal pages >750
book 1 - read a book with a title with first word starts with RE
Redwall
576p - claiming BB ticket
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16.0
book 2 - read a book with a title containing DOE
Jane Doe
268p
book 3 - read a book with author name LISA (the approved variant on Liesl)
Hold Still by Lisa Regan
378p
576+268+378 = 1221
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points = 890
Erin NY50.1 Do Re Mi
1. Read a book with a title with first word starts with RE
Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality by Elizabeth Eulberg
* 272 pages
2. Read a book with a title containing TEA
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
* 384 pages
3. Read a book with author name LISA (the approved variant on Liesl)
Every Note Played by Lisa Genova
* 307 pages
Total num pages = 963
Points this post: 50
Books claimed this post: 3
Total Points: 255
Tasks completed: 11
Tasks in progress: 0
Books read: 17
Big Book tickets: (500+) 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 5,976
Nick KY20.7 Bookworm 526’s Sense of Humor I chose Opt. 2. Spaceballs. I read Young Rissa by F.M. Busby. If you cannot tell the story takes place on a spaceship from the blurb on the mainpage, here is a quote from the first listed review, which mentions that it is on a spaceship:
“If you dig space opera, or very open-minded gals, you might find YOUNG RISSA groovy.
If you seek profoundness, sensitivity, realism, or intricate plotting, you're barking up the wrong spaceship.”
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 930
Nick KYI would like to replace 20.3 TrishhartUK’s Task I will take away Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson and use it later. Task 20.3 will now look like this:
20.3 TrishhartUK’s War of the Worlds
I will use Option 1 and read Henry IV, Parts I & II by William Shakespeare, with “Classics” as the top GR main page genre.
No Change in score for this substitution.
Nick KY20.2 Ashlea’s favorite things I chose option 1.b. and read Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, an author with inits in “video gAmeS.” 231 pp > required 200
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 950
Readerboard name - Daire> CLARIFICATION <
Last time I posted, I forgot the page numbers for my 30.9 books.
Book 1: Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson (List: Popular travel books, page 1, book 3)
Book 2: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (List: Best series, page 1, book 35)
Danibean30.7 - 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 selected SEA/SEE
Book 1: Read one book with the first word in the title/subtitle/series name.
I read Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Book 2: Read one book with the second word in the title/subtitle/series name.
I read Now You See Her by James Patterson
Danibean15.8 - The Great American Read: Read a book from this list: The Great American Read.
I read Outlander by Diane Galbadon
Readerboard name: Daire5.3 Read a book that you received as a gift (this was given to me by my grandma right before my first cross-country trip)
Heidi by Johanna Spyri (GO - published 1880)
5.6 Read a book with a single word title. Subtitles should be ignored. Articles must be considered.
Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners by Therese Oneill
15.2
Book 1 - In memory of Stephen Hawking, read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of science, standalone or embedded.
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart
Book 2 - In memory of Tom Wolfe, read a single author book with the author's initials found in the phrase RADICAL CHIC. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the phrase.
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups by Daniel Coyle
15.4
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.
The Goddess Revolution: Make Peace with Food, Love Your Body and Reclaim Your Life by Mel Wells
15.7 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. Beatles discography
(Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts CLUB)
Murder At The Book Club by Betsy Reavley
25.2
Option 2 - Read a book by author whose initials can be found in: BLOCKING, STRIKE, SPIKE MARKS, CROSSOVER, CUE TO CUE, FIGHT CALL, FLY RAIL, STAND BY
Eat, Pray, Die by Chelsea Field (Fight Call - Chelsea Field)
Option 4 - For this option, read a book set at least 50% in a state that where one of these colleges are located. States: California, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia, Washington.
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (Madison, New York)
1x BB ticket - 579 pages
25.6
Option 2 - Read a book by a single author whose name contains both the letters U and P.
The Unforgotten by Laura Powell
Option 4 - Read a book whose title begins with any of the letters H, O, M, E or S.
Once Bitten by Stephen Leather
30.6
Option 2 - *Read a book written by a male author whose first and last name initials can be found in the words GIUSEPPE VERDI.
Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump by Dan Pfeiffer
Option 3 - *Read a book written by a female author whose first and last name initials can be found in the words AIDA AMNERIS.
How to be Champion by Sarah Millican
Total BB tickets: 1
Total GO tickets: 1
Total points: 310
Brooklyn10.2 – Let’s Dance
Read a book with the word “dance” in the title/subtitle or series title.
Pretty Girls Dancing by Kylie Brant
Points this post: 10
Total points: 605/995
Tasks completed: 34/57
Books read: 38
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
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20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
Option 3: New York - United States of America
Book with yellow on the cover
The cover's background of this book is yellow
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 8