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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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Brooklyn5.7 – Wicked
Read a book from the list “The Best Fairytales and Retellings.”
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Found on page 3
Points this post: 5
Total points: 720/995
Tasks completed: 40/57
Books read: 53
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Erin NY15.6 - They Call It Acting!
Read a book from the following list: Thespians.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
* Page 1 of the list (3rd book)
Points this post: 15
Books claimed this post: 1
Total Points: 270
Tasks completed: 12
Tasks in progress: 0
Books read: 18
Big Book tickets: (500+) 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 6,102
Brooke TX50.1 - Julia103's Task: Do Re Mi
Book 1: Read a book where the first word of the title starts with one of the solfege syllables: DO, RE, MI, FA, SOL, LA or TI.
Book 2: Read a book whose title/subtitle includes one of following words used in the song: DOE, RAY, ME, FAR, SEW, LA, or TEA.
Book 3: Read a book where the author's first name matches one of the Von Trapp children or the English equivalent. Matching Marta/Martha:
Points
This Post: 50
Total Points: 710
Completed Tasks: 42
Books Read: 68
Kristen IA30.8 - Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
Read two books, from different options below. No books with the main page genre Children or Kids may be used. Your two books must have a total of at least 600 pages.
C. Read a book by a male author that has a 2 in the series number - 2, 12, 21, 22, etc. in a series.
Cross by James Patterson - 393 pages
D. Read a book by a female author whose initials are found in the word WHIMSICAL. All initials count. Letters can be used only as often as they appear in the target word.
Dead Over Heels by Charlaine Harris - 272 pages
393 + 272 = 665 pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 525/995
Tasks Completed: 28/57
GO: 2
BB: 8
Brooke TX5.10 - Beauty and the Beast
Read a book of your choice.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 715
Completed Tasks: 43
Books Read: 69
Brooke TX10.2 - Let's Dance
Read a book with the word DANCE in the title/subtitle or series title.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 725
Completed Tasks: 44
Books Read: 69
Brooke TX20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
Option 1: Read a book that is number 1, 3, or 13 in a series.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 745
Completed Tasks: 45
Books Read: 69
Brooke TX20.7 - 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.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 765
Completed Tasks: 46
Books Read: 69
Brooke TX30.9 - 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, Childrens, or Middle Grade.
L: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13.0
Book 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Sequential Art, Comics, or Graphic Novel.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 795
Completed Tasks: 47
Books Read: 69
15.3 - My Feet HurtOption 2 (one book that meets both requirements), a book whose author shares a first name with a Famous Choreographer and a book whose author shares a last name with a Famous Dancer: Becoming Lucy by Martha Rogers
Martha Graham
Ginger Rogers
Points this post: 15
Total points: 700
Sarah E25.7 - Meg SCL:My next favourite book
Option 2: Completely set in 1233 BC
The Mummifier's Daughter
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is Die Tochter des Balsamierers - 268 pages
Option 3: MPG Time Travel
Clockwise
I read the kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is Clockwise - 288 pages
Total points: 660
5.7 - WickedA book from Best Fairy Tales and Retellings, p. 1 #3: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley
Points this post: 5
Total points: 705
That's it for this season. Thank you, moderators!
Sarah E50.1 - Julia103's Task: Do Re Mi
Book 1: First word starts with RE
Red, White and Blueberry Murder
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is Red, White and Blueberry Murder - 214 pages
Book 2: Title includes TEA
Blood, Sweat and Tea
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is Blood, Sweat and Tea - 280 pages
Book 3: Author first name Lisa
Angel Fire by Lisa Miscione
I read the ebook, top paperback (no MMP) is Angel Fire - 285 pages
214 + 280 + 285 = 779 pages
Total points: 710
DULCINELLA25.3 - Diana K’s Task: Hamilton
Option 1: Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote a rap about Hamilton after reading his biography that he performed at the White House in 2009.
Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word of at least four letters from the first six paragraphs of the lyrics (through to the first part where Alexander Hamilton sings.). REQUIRED: State the word that you are using
The Forgotten Waltz
Anne Enright 272 p. 31 august 2018 3 starsWord: FORGOTTEN
Option 5: Hamilton: An American Musical first opened in New York City in 2015. After its smashing success there, productions were opened in London and Chicago. Read a book set at least 50% in one of these three cities. REQUIRED: If it is not apparent from the description or metadata, please provide a reference for the setting. Specify the city in which your book is set.
One Step Too Far Tina Seskis 400 p. 26 august 2018 2 starsHow it fits: Set in Londen for 75 %
references:
https://www.bookbrowse.com/bb_briefs/... and http://www.litlovers.com/reading-guid...
Points in this post: 25 points
Total points: 905 points
2 tickets BB
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Sarah E10.1 - Summer Blockbusters
Enchanted Glass
I read the kindle edition, MMP is Enchanted Glass
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11.0
Linking to Eighth Grade. Both are two word titles with the first letter of each word beginning with E G
Total points: 720
DULCINELLA5.10 - Beauty and the Beast
Celebrate Belle and stick your nose in a book of your choice
De vergeten holocaust
Zoni Weisz 210 p. 10 august 2018 3 starsHow it fits: book of my choice
Points in this post: 5 points
Total points: 910 points
2 tickets BB
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Sarah E20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
Option 3 - Yellow on cover
The title is in yellow letters, there is a yellow and black check shirt, and a yellow circle around "Murder by design"
Approved for length here
Total points: 740
Sarah E20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3: MPG Mystery
Witch Chocolate Fudge
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is Witch Chocolate Fudge
Total points: 760
Sarah E15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Elephants can Remember
Including this one, I have read 25 books by Agatha Christie
Total points: 775
DULCINELLA15.2 - In Memory of...….
Help Thread
Book 1 - In memory of Stephen Hawking, read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of science, standalone or embedded.
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil deGrasse Tyson 208 p. 29 august 2018 4 starsHow it fits: science is MPG
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. All initials count
Cockatiels at Seven
Donna Andrews 304 p. 26 july 2018 3 stars The authors initials DA are in radical chic
Points in this challenge: 15 points
Total points: 925 points
2 tickets BB
3 tickets GO
Kristen IA*****Remove Wuthering Heights from Task 20.5 (post #1268)*****
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or less
For this task, read books from two different options dealing (somewhat) with this season, its theme, and its group reads categories. If the option requires a genre, it may be alone or imbedded.
REQUIRED: State which Options you choose.
Option C. The Present reflects the Past. Read a winner or nominee from the Spring 2011 Group Reads. You may read any single entry in a series which has one book listed.
They were:
“Love Stories”
“Biography, Autobiography, Memoir”
“Science Fiction.”
REQUIRED: State the category. - Love Stories
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë - first published 1847.
I listened to the audiobook and linked the MMPB edition.
*****I still claim the Golden Oldie Ticket for Wuthering Heights (1847), but originally claimed it in post #1268 when I claimed Wuthering Heights for task #20.5.*****
Option D. Summer at the Gulf. 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.
Under the Influence by Joyce Maynard
I listened to the audiobook and linked the PB edition.
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Points This Post: -20 + 25 = 5
Total Points: 530/995
Tasks Completed: 28/57
GO: 2
BB: 8
Janice CA10.3 - It's All About Me
actor's/actress's autobiography
Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster by Kristen Johnston
+10
total: 150
tasks: 9
books: 10
Janice CA20.5 - If Not For Bad Luck...
option 3: Author's initials found in FRIGGATRIskAIDEKAPHOBIA
Swallows & Robins - The Guests In My Garden by Susie Kelly
+20
total: 170
tasks: 10
books: 11
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25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or less
Option B. More Summer Refreshment. Read a book with a beverage in a drinking glass, cup or mug on its cover. We must see the beverage, steam rising from it, or a foam on top to insure that the liquid is there. Open bottles with the beverage visible will work, but not unopened ones."
What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast: And Two Other Short Guides to Achieving More at Work and at Home
Laura Vanderkam 192 p. 31 august 2018 2 stars How it fits: cup of coffee on the cover
Option C.
So for this option you may go back and read a winner or nominee from the Spring 2011 Group Reads. You may read any single entry in a series which has one book listed.
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë 360 p. 31 august 2018 5 starsHow it fits: the book was in the category love stories
The book is a golden oldie
Points in this task: 25 points
Total points : 880 points
2 ticket BB
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Kristen IA15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Read a book written by one of your most read authors from your Goodreads "read" shelf. You may use ANY of the authors on your list.
REQUIRED: Include in your post the number of books that you have read by that author. - I have read 3 books by her.
Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes by Karin Slaughter
I listened to the audiobook and linked the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 545/995
Tasks Completed: 29/57
GO: 2
BB: 8
Amy FL25.5 - Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
Option 1:
(360 pages)Option 2: Criminal by Karin Slaughter (StriKe) (436 pages)
30.3 - JennRenee's Task: New Discoveries to New Favorites
Book 1: Under a Painted Sky
Book 2: b) Exit Strategy (wEStern)
30.8 - Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
C. Signal by Patrick Lee (#2 in Sam Dryden series) - 320 pages
D. Try Not to Breathe by Holly Seddon (wHimSical) - 368 pages
Points this post: 85
Total points: 605
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 15.5 - The Bard
Shakespeare: The World as Stage
Points this post: 15
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 245
BB:1
GO:1
Total Task completed: 26
Total Books read: 26
Brooke TXI'd like to move Goldie Vance Vol. 1 from Task 15.10 to Task 15.1. Both tasks are posted here in full.
15.2 - In Memory of...….
Book 1: Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of science, standalone or embedded.
Book 2 - In memory of Tom Wolfe, read a single author book with the author's initials found in the phrase RADICAL CHIC.
15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Read a book written by one of your most read authors from your Goodreads "read" shelf. I've read 4 books by Hope Larson:
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 810
Completed Tasks: 48
Books Read: 70
Bookwrm526Task #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. I read The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan.
Points this post: 10
Total points so far: 825
Brooke TX20.10 - Group Reads
Here's my post in the discussion thread.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 830
Completed Tasks: 49
Books Read: 70
babbling C10.6 - Radio City Music Hall
Radio City Music Hall is the headquarters for the precision dance company, the Rockettes. 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.
Rush - kindle - Rush - paperback pgs 384 by Eve Silver
ROCKETTES
Rush is the most popular edition, but Bea couldn't find the missing information.
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks:1
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 305/995
Completed Tasks: 23/57
Golden oldies: 2
Big Books: 3
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Pages read this season: 8,970
Books read this season: 24
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida Option C - Hurricanes: First published in June - Read The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir. This was first published in June of this year.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 95
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 8
DULCINELLA5.2 - Chicago
Read a book that has been shelved as Legal Thriller at least 2 times from this list of Legal Thrillers
Required: State the page.
The Lincoln Lawyer
Michael Connelly 528 p. 30 august 2018 4 starsHow it fits: on p. 1 of the list
This is a BB . I claim a ticket for it.
POINTS in this post: 5 points
Total points: 930 points
3 tickets GO
3 tickets BB
Total points
25.7 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan! Option 2 - Author's name contains a U & P - Read The Sellout by Paul Beatty.
Option 4 - Title begins with any of the letters H, O, M, E or S - Read Oh My Gods: A Modern Retelling of Greek and Roman Myths by Philip Freeman
Points these task: 25
Total points: 120
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 9
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of SummerOption 3: Cocoa and Chanel by Donna Joy Usher
Total points: 215
Sarah E20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
Option 1: #3 in series
Cadbury Creme Murder
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 795
babblinc C15.8 - The Great American Read
PBS is sponsoring a series this summer – The Great American Read – focusing on America’s 100 best-loved novels, as chosen in a national survey. Read a book from this list: The Great American Read
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Kindle - Harry Potter et la Chambre des Secrets - paperback pgs 364 by J.K. Rowling
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks:1
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 325/995
Completed Tasks: 24/57
Golden oldies: 2
Big Books: 3
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Pages read this season: 9,334
Books read this season: 25
Sarah E25.5 - Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
Option 3: My word is always
Always and Forever, Lara Jean
I read the kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is Always and Forever, Lara Jean - 336 pages
Option 4: Set over 50% in Virginia
P.S. I Still Love You
I read the kindle edition, top paperback (the MMP has no page count) is P.D. Todavía te quiero - 384 pages
336 + 384 = 720 pages
Total points: 820
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things Option 1B - Author's initials in VIDEO GAMES - Read The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.
The Three Musketeers is 625 pages so I claim 1 Big Book ticket.
The Three Musketeers was published in 1844 so I claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 140
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 10
babbling c5.6 - A Chorus Line
A Chorus Line centers on seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. One of the most popular songs from the show is One! Singular sensation...
Read a book with a single word title. Subtitles should be ignored. Articles must be considered.
Geekerella - kindle - Geekerella - paperback pgs. 336 by Ashley Poston
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
1. B.) Read a book by a single author, where the author's initials can be found in the words VIDEO GAMES. Letters can only be used as many times as they appear. Middle initials can be ignored. Space determines names.
World After - kindle - World After - paperback pgs. 438 by Susan Ee
VIDEO GAMES
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks:2
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 365/995
Completed Tasks: 26/57
Golden oldies: 2
Big Books: 3
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Pages read this season: 10,108
Books read this season: 27
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds Option 4 - MPG of Retellings - Read Circe by Madeline Miller. As of right now retellings is on the list of MPG, but I know this is a risk as it might disappear since it's at the bottom and GR is whimsical with MPG's (at best).
Points these task: 20
Total points: 160
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 11
Brooke TX15.1 - Which Did You Like Better?
Book 1: Read a book from the list The Book Was Better Than the Movie. Found on page 2:
Book 2: Read a book from the list The Movie was Better Than the Book. Found on page 3:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 845
Completed Tasks: 50
Books Read: 71
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: It's In the DNABook 1: Read a book written by a single author with first and last name initials that match the adenine-thymine pair-I used CG
The Beauty of Humanity Movement by Camilla Gibb
Book 2: Read a book with consecutive words in the TITLE that begin with the adenine-thymine pair initials-I used AT
One Amazing Thing
Total New Points: 30
Total challenge Points: 720
GO's: 4
that's it for me, thanks for another great challenge!
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websites Option 1 - Literature Map - Read Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo. The favorite author I started with was Art Spiegelman. I have never read anything by Johanna Sinisalo before.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 180
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 12
Dakimel15.2 - In Memory of...….
1: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
2: Glitterland by Alexis Hall
TALLY:
This task - 15 points
Total - 830
Dakimel25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or less
B:
D: The Hollow of Fear (I read an ARC)
TALLY:
This task - 25 points
Total - 855
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck... Option 3 - Author's initials in FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA- Read Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World by Ann Shen.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 200
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 13
DULCINELLAThis post is a replacement for post 3020
5.10 - Beauty and the Beast
Celebrate Belle and stick your nose in a book of your choice
Onheilig
Roos van Rijswijk 224 p. 9 june 2018 2 starsThis is a book of choice
POINTS in this post: 5 points
Total points: 930 points
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3 tickets BB
20.6 - BSeasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books Option 1 - Cherie’s Dance Studio: Author's initials in CHERIE CHITTENDEN - Read Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 220
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 14
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30.4 – It’s In the DNA
Book 1: Read a book by an author with one of the following initial combinations: AT, TA, CG, GC.
The Widow's House by Carol Goodman
Book 2: Read a book with consecutive words in the title that start with AT, TA, CG, GC.
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
TA --> The Astonishing
Points this post: 30
Total points: 715/995
Tasks completed: 39/57
Books read: 52
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1