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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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Ava Catherine25.1 Andy P’s Task: Remembering Sue Grafton
Book 1. Read a book in which the author’s initials can be found in SUEGRAFTON. All initials count.
Things I've Been Silent About: Memories by Azar Nafisi author's initials=AN found in suegrAftoN 336 pages
Book 2. Read a book whose title does NOT contain any of the letters in the phrase ONLY NO Z (LNOYZ). Subtitles can be ignored.
Educated: A Memoir by [author:Tara Westover|16121977 352 pages
Educated= title (no lnoyz)
336+352=688 total pages
total=255
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of SummerOption 3: Read a book with a main page genre of Mystery. Genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
Turtles All the Way Down
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's Task: I DO have a sense of humor!!
Option 1: Airplane! He thinks this movie is hilarious and will watch it any time it’s on television. There is only one line in the entire movie that makes me laugh. Since this movie is supposedly full of hilarious puns and witty repartee, for this option read a book with a pun in the title.
Autoboyography
Pun on the word "autobiography" - Approved on the help thread in post 24
Points this post : 40
Total points : 45
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 10.4 - Wonder Woman
Mom & Me & Mom
Maya AngelouPoints this post: 10
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 20
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 2
Total Books read: 2
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 10.6 - Radio City Music Hall
Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own TimeAuthor Sarah Ruden
Points this post: 10
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 30
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 3
Total Books read: 3
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 10.10 - Summer Reading List
2017 List
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Points this post: 10
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 40
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 4
Total Books read: 4
CelesteR30.3 - Book 2: Option A = c.o.z.y.m.y.S.T.e.r.y
Book 1: Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Book 2: His Favorite, Vol. 4 by Suzuki Tanaka
GN (for both): 190+ > 100+
Total: 190 pts.
Amber20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
Option 2B - MPG of Zombies - this book was verified in the help thread
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
30.8 - Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
Option B - Book from the following list: Fantastic Dads and Father Figures - this book is on the 1st page of list (currently #42)
Paper Towns by John Green
Option D - Book by a female author whose initials are found in the word WHIMSICAL - the author's initials, LA, are in in whimsicAL
Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
Creynard5.1 - The Phantom of the Opera
by Eloisa James15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs
I've read 16 books by Patricia Briggs.
20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
Option 3
by Shana GalenYellow dress
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
Option 3 B
by Gail Carson LevinePoints this Post: 60
Total Points: 60
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Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
LaureY15.6 - 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.
Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie
#22 on first page
*I claim a Golden Oldie ticket for this book - first published 1933*
Points this post: 15
Total points: 185
Total Books: 11
Total Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
5.6 - A Chorus Line Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti has a single-word title.
*This is my one exception to the 100+ rule (96 pp)*
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes
Option A: Emerald Coast
The cover of Clara Hume’s Back to the Garden is more than 50% green.Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Suzannesea30.7 TessaVanessa's Task
I chose the homophones son and sun.
Book 1
Long Son by Peter Bowen
Book 2
Sun Storm by Åsa Larsson
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 110
Nick KY20.6 Balletbookworm’s Dance. I chose option 1 and read a book with the author’s inits from CHERIE CHITTENDEN, Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand. cHErie.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 210
Beth NC15.7 Beatlemania - City of Endless Night by Douglas Preston
Used album Hard Days Night
Points: 15
Tasks: 1
Books: 1
Total Points: 185
Total Tasks: 10
Total Books: 12
Katrina H5.10 - Beauty and the Beast
Read any book you like - so I choose...
The Raping of Ava DeSantis by Mylo Carbia.
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15.6 - They Call It Acting
Read a book from the supplied Thespian list. I choose the (currently) 13th book on the list.
Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett.
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15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Read a book written by one of your favourite authors. Mine is Terry Pratchett and I read Pyramids.
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Points
This post: 30
Total: 30
loafer15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Click on "Most Read Authors" to see your list of authors. Read a book by one of those authors
A Bit on the Side by William Trevor
William Trevor is tied for second place on my list with several other authors. This is the 8th book of his that I have read.
points: 15
total: 170
BB: 3
GO: 2
tasks completed: 11
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10.1 - Summer Blockbusters
From Crazy Rich Asians: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
The movie is based on this book.
15.1 - Which Did You Like Better?
Book 1: Book Better page 5 #410: MMPB, The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
I read the kindle: The Thirty-Nine Steps
Book 2: Movie Better page 4, #354: Push by Sapphire
15.5 - The Bard
fiction with Shakespeare as a main character: A Mystery Of Errors by Simon Hawke
total = 130
Delicious Dee30.7 -TessaVanessa’s Task: I “knew” you would love this “new” challenge I came up with.
new/knew
Book A - Slade - #2 in the NEW species series
Book B - The You I Never Knew - KNEW
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 180
ED10.8 - The World's Oldest - Read a book that was first published in March of any year or in any month of a year that contains at least 2 of the following numbers: 1, 3, 5, 8.
The Little Disturbances of Man by Grace Paley published 1956.
task=10
total=50
tasks completed=3
books completed=3
GO=0
BB=0
ED10.1 - Summer Blockbusters- Read a book related in some way to one of the 15 summer movies...
Crossing by Jan Yoors
The film Replicas has a one-word title with 8 letters as does Crossing by Jan Yoors.- approved in help thread
task=10
total=60
tasks completed=4
books completed=4
GO=0
BB=0
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the WorldsOPTION 3 - Read a book where the initial letters of all the words in the title can be found in BLACK SMOKE BAND
Book read: Along Came A Demon
How it fits: Initial letters ACAD are found in the phrase
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 155
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 9
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name MAZZA1Task 5.4 - Cats
Read a book with the word memory, memories or memory's in the title, subtitle or series title.
Mind The Memory Palace: Learn To Memorize Anything
Task 30.3 - JennRenee's Task: New Discoveries to New Favorites
This is a 2 book task.
Book 1: This is my shelf of those I have loved and others I have yet to read. https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
For book 1, choose a book from this list.
New Corpse In Town
Book 2:
a) Cozy Mystery: Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in COZY MYSTERY.
Thirteen Steve Cavanagh
Points this post = 35
Points to date = 360
Janice CA20.3 - 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 (but not the subtitle, and including articles, but ignoring numbers written as numbers) can be found in - ullAdubulla orCHesTra.
Tomcats and House Calls: Memoir of A Country Doctor by William O'Flaherty
+20
total: 45
tasks: 3
books: 3
Cait S5.10- Beauty and the Beast
Stick your nose in a book of your choice.
Pretty Dead by Francesca Lia Block
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 55
Mod
15.7 – Beatlemania!
Road from Abbey Road: Desperation Road by Michael Farris Smith
15.8 - The Great American Read
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
option 1A, from LitRPG pg 1, #1: PB, The Land: Founding by Aleron Kong, 252 pages
I read the kindle edition The Land: Founding
total = 180
Andy P.Task # 5.8 - Oh! Calcutta!
Read a book question mark in the title
Why Shoot a Butler? by Georgette Heyer
Points this post: 5
Total points: 120
Dakimel10.4 - Wonder Woman
Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
3B:
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida
A:
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
3: Threshold
25.5 - Danibean's Task: Have You Thanked a Stage Manager Today?
2: A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch (309 pgs) word: FIGHT CALL
4: The Kiss Quotient (336 pgs) - CALIFORNIA
proof: chapter 1 ends with this sentence: "Instead of working on her shiny new dataset, Stella opened up her browser and Googled, "California Bay Area Male Escort Service." (She's looking for a local escort to teach her about sex.)
(taken from the 'look inside' on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Kiss-Quotient-...)
TALLY:
This post - 95 points
Total - 195
Joanne MITask 10.8 Read a book that was first published in March of any year
The Queens of Innis Lear published March 2018
Claiming one Big Book 568 pages
Points this task 10
Total points 115
BB this task 1
Total BB 2
Bookwrm526Task #20.9 - The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3: Read a book with a main page genre of Mystery. Genre may be stand-alone or embedded. I read The Burning by Jane Casey.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 160
Mod
Option 3: Read a book where the initial letters of all the words in the title (but not the subtitle, and including articles, but ignoring numbers written as numbers) can be found in BLACK SMOKE BAND
read Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris
B in Black M in sMoke B in Band
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
3. read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in the term FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA.
read The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik by David Arnold
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: Florida
Option C: Hurricanes
Read a book that was first published in June of any year.
read Now You See Her by Lisa Leighton and Laura Stropki
First Published June 26th, 2018
20.9 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.
read The Elizas by Sara Shepard
30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Aida
Book 3: Aida/Amneris: female lead characters- Read a book written by a female author whose first and last name initials can be found in the words AIDA AMNERIS
read Olympian Challenger by Astrid Arditi
and
Book 4: War
In Aida the ancient Egyptians are at war with the Ethiopians.
*Read a book with the main page genre historical fiction. Genre may be stand alone or embedded.
read Game of Secrets by Kim Foster
Points this task - 110
total points - 380
Bookwrm526Task #10.9 - 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. I chose the June list and read The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee, which is on page one of the list.
Points this post: 10
Total points so far: 170
20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and BooksOption 1: Cherie’s Dance Studio
CHERIE CHITTENDEN
On the Edge by C.D. Reiss
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 1: Dog Days
Double Down by Alessandra Torre
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: It's In the DNA
Book 1: AT
Even Money by Alessandra Torre
Book 2: AT
Sunshine and the Stalker by K Webster & Dani Rene
Points this post: 70
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Mary P20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 3: Read a book FIRST published between 1940 and 2005 (years inclusive) AND set at least 50% in England.
Hour of the Rose by Christina Skye. (Published in 1994)
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 155
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite ThingsOption 2 MPG Zombies Alive In A Dead World
Paperback: Alive In A Dead World
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
Dogtripping: 25 Rescues, 11 Volunteers, And 3 RVs On Our Canine Cross-Country Adventure by David Rosenfelt
For the bonus points, I have watched the DVD of my children's dance recital.
This Post 20 +20 = 40
Total 40+90 = 130
Megscl 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's Task: I DO have a sense of humor!!
Option 3: 1 and 8 in page number
Then
TOTAL TO DATE
20 Points
Colin's Mom (Sarah)20.5 Option #1 The Best Kind of Magic by Crystal Cestari
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 3
ED30.2 - Booklover's Task: Contrasts
Opt. 1- Read two books published one hundred years apart.
Book 1- Beyond the Islands by Alicia Yánez Cossío published 2011
Book 2- In a German Pension: 13 Stories by Katherine Mansfield published 1911
***I Claim 1 GO Ticket***
task=30
total=90
tasks completed=5
books completed=6
GO=1
BB=0
Anja20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 2: Choreography - Read a book with a title of two or more words where the initial letter of each word can be found in CHOREOGRAPHY.
Otherwise Engaged by Amanda Quick
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 135
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 8
Cindy FTask 20.9 The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3: Main page genre Mystery
The 17th Suspect by James Patterson
Points this post:20
Total points:30
Tasks completed:2
Books read:2
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Oma122930.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Aida
I chose options #3 and #4.
Book #3*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.
As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner
Book #4 *Read a book with the main page genre war or historical fiction.
Masques of Gold by Roberta Gellis
Claiming Masques of Gold as Big Book as the page count in 512
Total Points-30/995
Total Tasks-1 /57
Total Golden Oldie Books-1()
Total Big Books-500+(1) 750+(),1000+()
5.9 - Mamma Mia!A book whose title's first word is exactly seven letters: Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham
10.3 - It's All About Me
A non-fiction biography of an actor: Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep by Michael Schulman
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's Task: I DO have a sense of humor!!
Option 1, a book with a pun in the title: Dyeing Wishes by Molly MacRae
Classic phrase: "dying wishes"
Points this post: 35
Total points: 75
10.1 - Summer Blockbuster - Crazy Rich Asians - book the movie Crazy Rich Asians is based upon
BIG BOOK (527 pages)
30.7 - Knew/New Challenge
Book 1: Half a King (Shattered Sea Series)
Book 2: All the Light We Cannot See- BIG BOOK (531 pages)
Sea/See
Points this post: 40
Big Books: +2
Total Points: 150
Oma122920.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
I chose Option #2
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.
Celtic Rune by Lexy Timms
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
I choseOption #1
1. In honor of the unlucky number, read a book that is number 1, 3, or 13 in a series. Its series placement should be listed on the book's Goodreads main page.
Frosted Shadow, a Toni Diamond Mystery: A Romantic Comedy Mystery by Nancy Warren
Total Points-70/995
Total Tasks- 3/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-1()
Total Big Books-500+(1) 750+(),1000+()
LaureY10.8 - The World's Oldest
Read a book that was first published in March of any year or in any month of a year that contains at least 2 of the following numbers: 1, 3, 5, 8.
Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
Year published: 2015
Points this post: 10
Total points: 195
Total Books: 12
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
perletwo30.2 - Booklover's Task: Contrasts - 1 - Now and Then
Read two books published one hundred years apart. Only the publication year need be considered, not the precise date or month of publication.
The War of the Worlds - first printed 1898
This qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Sudden Mischief - first printed 1998
Points this task: 30
Total points: 250
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 14
PegW10.3 - It's All About Me
Read a non-fiction biography, autobiography or memoir of a screenwriter, playwright, composer, musician, dancer, or actor.
Petty: The Biography
Points this task: 10
Total points: 25
30.2 - Booklover's Task: Contrasts1 - Now and Then
Read two books published one hundred years apart. Only the publication year need be considered, not the precise date or month of publication.
A Doll's House 1879
First published in 1879, I am claiming one Golden Oldies Ticket
One Corpse Too Many 1979
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 135
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:
Readerboard Name MAZZA1Task 30.7 -TessaVanessa’s Task: I “knew” you would love this “new” challenge I came up with.
Using the Homophones New and Knew
Book 1 - New Boy
Book 2: I Wish I Knew This 20 Years Ago: Understanding the Universal Laws That Govern All Things
30.9 - Brooke TX's task: Summer (Reading) is Coming
This is a two book task. Choose one of the options below and read Book 1 and Book 2 from that option. The books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.
OPTION A: BIG READ
This year, we're running a community reading program with a Big Read grant from the NEA.
Book 1: Read a book from the list of Big Read titles.
Ways of Going Home 160 pages
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in NEA BIG READ.
A Curious Beginning Deanna Raybourn 393 pages
393 +160 = 553 pages
Points this post = 60
Points to date = 420
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
3. Photography
A.) Read a book from this list
Best Portraits on Covers
At the Water's Edge
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