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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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Brooklyn30.6 – Aida
Option 2: Read a book by a male author whose first and last name initials can be found in GIUSEPPE VERDI.
Calypso by David Sedaris
giuSeppe verDi
Option 3: Read a book by a female author whose initials can be found in AIDA AMNERIS.
The Unremembered Girl by Eliza Maxwell
aida aMnEris
Points this post: 30
Total points: 750/995
Tasks completed: 41/57
Books read: 55
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Dakimel30.4-Dimrose's Task: It's in the DNA
1: Clock Dance by Anne Tyler - AT
2: Malice at the Palace - A(t) T(he)
TALLY:
This task - 30 points
Total - 915
Thanks, everyone, for another fun season! You organizers are the best!
5.10 - Beauty and the Beast Read a book of your choice
I am applying the rule that says "One book between 80 -99 pages may be used for ONE 5 point task", as this book has only 96 pages.
* This book was an ARC
POINTS
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 245/995
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total: 1
20.4 Option 2: initials(0f either author) in either BOOK RIOT or
The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South by Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 90/995
Tasks completed: 5/57
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
babbling c30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Aida
Book 3: Aida/Amneris: female lead characters
Aida is an Ethiopian princess, whom the Egyptians hold captive, and Amneris is the daughter of the Egyptian king; both are in love with Radames.
*Read a book written by a female author whose first and last name initials can be found in the words AIDA AMNERIS. Middle name initials may be ignored. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. Spaces determine name. One qualifying author in a work by multiple contributors works.
A Court of Thorns and Roses - Audible - A Court of Thorns and Roses - paperback pgs 419 by Sarah J. Maas
AMNERIS
Book 4: War
In Aida the ancient Egyptians are at war with the Ethiopians.
*Read a book with the main page genre war or historical fiction. Genre may be stand alone or embedded.
Black Powder War - audible Black Powder War - paperback 365 by Naomi Novik
Historical > Historical Fiction 400 users
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks:1
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 375/995
Completed Tasks: 27/57
Golden oldies: 2
Big Books: 3
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Pages read this season: 10,892
Books read this season: 29
20.9Option 2: Great Dog Books List, page 1
Following Atticus: Forty-Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship by Tom Ryan
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 110/995
Tasks completed: 6/57
Books Read: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Julia1035.5 - Les Misérables
Irradiance by David Bruns (performer is David Burt). I read this as ebook within the omnibus The Dream Guild Chronicles
15.3 - My Feet Hurt
Option 2 - Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
(choreographer Martha Graham, dancer Gene Kelly)
15.7 – Beatlemania!
Mighty Good Road (matching word Road in album Abbey Road)
30.8 - Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
Option B - The Curse of Chalion (on page 2 of list).
I read Kindle edition. The first mass market paperback listed is Le fléau de Chalion which has 700 pages so claiming 1 BB ticket for this book
Option D - The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie (AC in WHIMSICAL)
This post: 65 points, 1 BB
Total points: 770
BB: 11
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 40
Books read; 55
Apologies to the moderators for posting multiple tasks on the last day - I was on vacation without access to computer and got back today.
Sarah E5.10 - Beauty and the Beast
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Big Book - 518 pages. I claim 1 BB ticket.
Total points: 825
Total BB tickets: 10
Sarah E10.7 - The World's Largest
A Blind Eye (Adam Kaminski #1)
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 835
Sarah E30.3 - JennRenee's Task: New Discoveries to New Favorites
Book 1: Crime Wave
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Book 2a: Author initials in COZY MYSTERY
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Total points: 865
Thanks to the mods and task creators for another great season.
Brooke TX20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
Option 1B: Read a book by a single author, where the author's initials can be found in the words VIDEO GAMES.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 865
Completed Tasks: 51
Books Read: 72
Heather KS20.10 Group Read
I read Dark Matter
Posted in the discussion thread.
Total this post: 20
Final Challenge Total: 285
I was hoping for 300 but I'm still good with how much I read this summer!
Delicious Dee30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Aida
Option 3 - Chasing I Do - Marina Adair - AMNERIS
Option 4 - Daring Miss Danvers - shelved as historical fiction by 14ppl
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 970
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (3)
DULCINELLA 15.3 My feet hurt
TASK OPTION 1:
Book 1 - Where would dancers be without choreographers? Here's a list of 10 famous choreographers
Read a book whose author shares a first name with one of these choreographers.
Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw 194 p. 29 july 2018 4 stars The first name of the author is the same as George Balanchine
This book is a Golden Oldie, so I claim a ticket for that
Book 2 - Here's a list of 16 famous dancers: Famous Dancers.
Read a book whose author shares a last name with one of these dancers.
The Witchcraft of Salem Village
Shirley Jackson 160 p. 21 july 2018 3 stars The last name of the author fits the name of Michael Jackson
Points in this post: 15 points
Total points: 945 points
3 ticket BB
4 tickets GO
Thank you for the great challenge and the patience when I made a mistake
5.10 - Beauty and the Beast For this task I read De val van de Vredeborch by Thea Beckman.
It has Childrens as a MPG, but it is not found in the ARBookFinder.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Kristen IA15.7 – 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. Beatles discography The albums are also listed in post 2 of the help thread.
Just for You by Rosalind James
For from "Beatles for Sale"
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 560/995
Tasks Completed: 30/57
GO: 2
BB: 8
Kristen IA20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Romantic Suspense - My Cousin Rachel (Ma cousine Rachel) by Daphne du Maurier
Discussion Thread - post #30
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the MMPB edition
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 580/995
Tasks Completed: 31/57
GO: 2
BB: 8
Brooke TX15.9 - O Canada
Read a book that was a Canada Reads finalist in any year. From 2017:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 880
Completed Tasks: 52
Books Read: 73
Delicious Dee15.5 - The Bard
Ill Met by Moonlight - approved in THT #36
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 985
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (3)
30.8 Sandy - June is a Busy Month!B: Book from Father Figures list - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón - which is on page one of the list
D: Book by a female author whose initials are found in WHIMSICAL - Peril at End House by Agatha Christie - WHIMSICAl
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 105/995
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 11
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
That's it for me this round. Thanks as always to the mods and task creators for another great season.
Task 30.5 – Mazza1 – Spectacular / VernacularREQUIRED: Each book 275+ pages / ONE book must be NONfiction
Option 1 – SPECTACULAR
Book 1a - FROM list: •Best Book Covers of 2017
I listened to the audio / no MMP or paperback / Hardcover: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (344 p)
Book 1c - All letters of SPECTACULAR in sub/title -NONfiction
The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It - 288 pg
Story
ChamPagnE
ClicquoT
A
cliCqUot
ruLed
womAn
stoRy
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 630 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 2
Big Books Read: (6) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (1) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 9
Delicious Dee10.9 - A Look Back
Words in Deep Blue - found on the June list, pg 1, position 22
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 995
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (3)
pending any idiotic last minute mistakes - I think i'm finished - thanks to Sandy/DLMRose/Kristi for an awesome challenge once again
Boston Kate
25.5 Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
Book 1, Option 2: Eleanor & Park
author Rainbow Rowell's initials (RR) found in CROSSOVER
read audio edition - using Eleanor & Park for page count (352 pages)
Book 2, Option 4: The Sun Is Also a Star
set more than 50% in New York
read audio edition - using The Sun Is Also a Star for page count (348 pages)
total pages = 700
Points this post: 25
Total points: 105
Sara G10.10 - Summer Reading List
Every year, UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and students recommend some great books for the incoming classes (and everyone else) to read. Read a book from one of the Berkeley Summer Reading lists: 2018 Summer Reading list or the archived Summer Reading lists.
Required: State which list the book can be found on when you post.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre is on the Summer 2015 UC Berkeley list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 780
Kim O30.3 - JennRenee's Task: New Discoveries to New Favorites
Option 1: Read a book from the list JennRenee's Shelf.
Death by Dumpling
Option 2: a) Cozy Mystery: Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in COZY MYSTERY.
The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 7: 1963-1964
Points this task: 30
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 3
I need to post my Big Book page numbers for task 30.330.3 New Discoveries
Option 1: On Jennrenee's Western/Cozy/Space Odyssey List Illuminae +BIG BOOK TICKET - 602 pages
Option 2b: "WeStern" War Storm +BIG BOOK TICKET - 652 pages
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 505
10.6 - Radio City Music HallRead 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.
Eaves of Destruction by Kate Carlisle
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 590
Total Tasks: 25
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book: 1
Brooke TX15.8 - The Great American Read
Read a book from this list: The Great American Read.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 895
Completed Tasks: 53
Books Read: 76
Brooke TX25.4 - Rina's Task: 2018 FIFA World Cup
Option 2: Read a book from a series that has 21 or more primary books.
Option 3: Read a book with a setting that starts with a letter from RUSSIA. Set in Australia:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 920
Completed Tasks: 54
Books Read: 76
25.1 - Remembering Sue GraftonBook 1:
Author Initials in "sue gRaftoN" Nexus - Ramez Naam
Book 2: ONLY NO Z:
Red Sister
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 530
Mod
Brooke TX30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: It's In the DNA
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author with first and last name initials that match the adenine-thymine pair initials AT or TA or the cytosine-guanine initials CG or GC.
Book 2: Read a book with consecutive words in the TITLE that begin with the adenine-thymine pair initials AT or TA or the cytosine-guanine initials CG or GC.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 950
Completed Tasks: 55
Books Read: 76
Bookwrm526Task #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 chose mystery from Magical Mystery Tour and read Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men by Harold Schechter. This is my final post for the summer challenge.
Points this post: 15
Total points this challenge: 840
Kim O25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: This Summer’s Theme, more or less
Option A. Other Theaters. Read a nonfiction book which meets SRC guidelines which has at least one of the following mainpage GR genres:
Medicine, Health, History, Archaeology.
Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill
Option C. The Present reflects the Past. Read a winner or nominee from the Spring 2011 Group Reads.
My Life in France Biography, Autobiography, Memoir
Points this task: 25
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 1
Golden Oldies: 3
Brooke TX15.5 - The Bard
Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, about William Shakespeare.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 965
Completed Tasks: 56
Books Read: 77
Brooke TX30.7 -TessaVanessa’s Task: I “knew” you would love this “new” challenge I came up with.
Choose a pair of homophones from List of Homophones. I chose "for" and "four."
Book 1: Read one book with the first word in the title/subtitle/series name.
Book 2: Read one book with the second word in the title/subtitle/series name.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 995
Completed Tasks: 57
Books Read: 78
babbling c20.10 - Group Reads
Dark Matter - Audible Dark Matter - paperback pg. 359 by Blake Crouch
my post.
Dark Matter
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 395/995
Completed Tasks: 28/57
Golden oldies: 2
Big Books: 3
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Pages read this season: 11,251
Books read this season: 30
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25.7 - Meg SCLOption 3.
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
Option 4.
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Nat'l Book Award for Fiction, 2017).
This post: 25
Total: 400
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30.2 - Booklover's Task: Contrasts
2: Wind/Pinball: Two Novels (written in Japanese, from the Japonic family)
&
Sins of a Wicked Princess (written in English, from the Indo-European family)
TALLY:
This task - 30 points
Total - 885