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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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5.7 We All Scream
Read a book by an author born in the 1980's. (1985)
The Morningside. Téa Obreht
Points: 5
Total points: 5
Books read: 1
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Read a book with a horse on the cover.
read
points this post 10
total points 10
Kathy KSPlease ignore this one; I meant to post on the task help!
Please verify that Urn Burial by Kerry Greenwood works.
According to the description: our main character and a group of others are "holidaying at Cave House, a Gothic mansion in the heart of Australia's Victorian mountain country". During the book, this group participate in a number of outdoor activities, including horsebackriding ("lethal traps are set" has to do with a wire across a riding path; Phryne avoids it, but who was it planned for?) and exploring in caves ("deep into... the limestone Buchan caves"). Other suspects/victims/detectives also fish, tkae walks in the woods, etc.
Cordelia15.5 Capture the Flag
Life with Picasso by Françoise Gilot
Author's initials F G in 'capture the FlaG'
Points this task - 15
Total points - 15
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5.3 TAG You're It!
Read a book with a 3 word only title
The Amish Wife. Gregg Olsen
***Claiming 1 IAF**** Nonfiction
Points: 5
Total points: 10
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
IAF points: 1
Delicious Dee5.7 We All Scream
Love on the Brain - Ali Hazelwood - born December 11, 1989 -
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Katrisa5.9 Hot Summer Months
Read a book that was first published in one of the 3 Summer months of the hemisphere where you reside
I read Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety published in July a summer month in the northern hemisphere where I live
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 5
LoraTask: 5.2 Hop Hop Jump
Book/Author: Ten Poems to Last a Lifetime / Roger Housden
How it fits: word ten in the title
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 5
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
15.10 Summer MonthsI read The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers by Mungo MacCallum.
This book has a 7 word title.
**Claiming one It's A Fact ticket for non-fiction**
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Points: 15
Task completed: 1
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
5.3 TAG You're It!Read a book with a 3 word only title or read a book with a 1 word title that consists of only 3 letters.
Not a River by Selva Almada
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 5
10.2 - Celebrating Dads"Dad" in the title: Dear Mom and Dad: A Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew by Patti Davis
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Katrisa15.5 Do You Have A Flag?
Read a book whose author's initials are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG
I read Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well by Gabrielle Lyon
GL in fLaG
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 20
Cordelia5.3 Tag Ypu're It!
Day by Michael Cunningham
Book with a 'one word title' consisting of 'three letters'
Points this task - 5
Total points - 20
JEN B15.6 Don't Move
Read a book with the MPG Dystopia or Dystopian.
1984 by George Orwell
***Claiming One Golden Oldies Ticket (first published 1949)***
TOTAL POINTS: 15
Katrisa10.9 - Olympics: Pentathlon
Read a book with exactly 5 words in the title
I read Swim Home to the Vanished
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 30
Katrisa15.9 Summer Blockbusters
Read a book which appears on one of the following lists:
The Book Was Better Than The Movie
The Movie Was Better Than The Book
I read Big Fish from P1 of The Movie was Better list - and I agree that the movie was better - the book was good too though.
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 45
15.3 Let The Games BeginOption 1 - Read two books, book A and book B.
A: Read a book whose cover is at least 75% made up of any combination of these colours according to Tineye.
Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon
80.6 %#0e515aBlue
8.3 %#9e8e6dGrey
3.1 %#465b53Grey
2.9 %#4f4337Brown
2.2 %#613f2bBrown
2.0 %#60868bGrey
"B: Countries who have previously hosted the Summer Olympics include USA, Great Britain, Greece, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Mexico, Canada, Soviet Union, South Korea, Spain, China or Brazil. Read a book at least 50% set in one of these countries.
Required: If the setting is not evident from the description or the GR metadata, provide a reference.
Option 2 - Read one book which satisfies both requirements of option 1."
At the Wolf's Table by Rosella Postorino
100% Germany
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 15
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySummer 2024 SRC
15.10 Summer Months
June, July, and August are the 6th, 7th, and 8th months of the year. Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title (not subtitle). All words (including a, an, the etc.) count.
Fake It Till You Bake It - 6 words in title
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Julia10315.4 Anyone For Croquet?
Option 2:
(Valdemar #9, horse on cover approved in task help thread post 26)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 15
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Julia1035.2 Hop Hop Jump
Sing the Four Quarters
(FOUR in title)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 20
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
LaureY10.7 - O Canada
Read a book set in Canada
A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
Previous total: 0
Total this post: 10
Summer total: 10
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15.3 Let The Games Begin
Option 2 - Read one book which satisfies both requirements of option 1.
All We Ever Wanted. Emily Giffin
Read a book whose cover is at least 75% made up of any combination of these colours according to Tineye.
- 96.3 % BlueRead a book at least 50% set in one of these countries. - Set in Nashville, TN, USA
Points: 15
Total points: 25
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
IAF points: 1
Mcquaid5.1 Dodge the Ball
Read a book whose title does not contain the letters HIT.
Faebound by Saara El-Arifi
Points: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks: 1
Books Read: 1
Nick KY10.5 Cricket.
I read Exhalation by Ted Chiang, inits in �CrickeT.�
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 10
Nick KY10.6 Pride.
I read Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk, with the GR genre “LGBT.�
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 20
LoraTask: 10.9 - Olympics: Pentathlon
Book/Author: The Phantom of the Opera / Varga Tomi
How it fits: five words in the title
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 15
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
JUKKA15.6 Don't Move
Book with MPG Dystopia or Dystopian.
Crossed, Vol. 1 by Garth Ennis has Dystopia.
Total Points: 15/1085
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/61
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
FLY Task #5.1 Dodge the Ball
task: title does not contain the letters HIT
book: Prudence
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: none of letters HIT in Prudence
other: **Claiming BB ticket for first MMPB = 544 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1/???
BB: 0 + 1 = 1 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
5.2 Hop Hop JumpI read Girl Number One by Jane Holland.
One is in the title.
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Points: 20
Task completed: 2
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Bookwrm526Task #5.5 The Great Cornholio
Read a book that is #2 or #7 or #27 in a series. I read Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty, book #2 in the Midsolar Murders series.
Total points so far: 5
CHANDNI15.3 Let The Games Begin
Option 2 - Read one book which satisfies both requirements of option 1.
A: The rings on the Olympic flag are blue, yellow, black, green, and red. Read a book whose cover is at least 75% made up of any combination of these colours according to Tineye.
Required: Post the cover.
B: Countries who have previously hosted the Summer Olympics include USA, Great Britain, Greece, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Mexico, Canada, Soviet Union, South Korea, Spain, China or Brazil. Read a book at least 50% set in one of these countries.
by David NichollsTakes place in Great Britain (England) and TinEye results below.
60.4 %#67b3c1Blue
25.5 %#262626Black
5.0 %#a7ca58Green
3.4 %#b0d481Green
2.9 %#78b7a0Green
1.1 %#f6f341Yellow
1.0 %#e9f158Yellow
0.4 %#696749Grey
0.3 %#c7e3e6Blue
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 15
10.1 Dodge the Ball, Read a book whose title does not contain the letters HIT
CARAVAL
points: 5
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Totals: 5
Points: 5
Task completed: 1
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
Katrisa5.6 Outside We Go!
Read a book that features an outside activity e.g. camping, skiing, swimming, hiking, etc.
I read Mother Nature Is Not Trying to Kill You: A Bushcraft Survival Guide
It is about surviving in the wild - especially surviving wild animals
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 50
Katrisa5.7 We All Scream
Read a book by an author born in the 1980's
I read A Living Remedy: A Memoir by Nicole Chung born in 1981
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 55
Katrisa15.7 Jailbreak
Read a book where the main character is jailed or arrested, or is an ex-prisoner
I read Writing My Wrongs a memoir including the author's 19 years in prison
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 70
JUKKA5.3 TAG You're It!
Book with a three-word title or a title with only three letters.
The Last Resort by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray has a three-word title.
Total Points: 20/1085
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/61
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
10.1 - Summer Reading ListA book from 2024 Defining Moments Summer Reading list (
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Task 5.8 - Sand Made Castlescastle on cover (in background)
approved: /topic/show/...
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A: Read a book that has the name of a U.S. state in the title
Montana
Montana is a US state
B: Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of the original 13 colonies
The Wife Upstairs
This is set in New York state, specifically Montauk, Long Island. This is stated on the GR page and mentioned repeatedly throughout the book as being remote, at the end of the Long Island railroad etc.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 0 + 15 = 15
Total Tasks Completed: 1
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
JEN B15.10 Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title (not subtitle). All words (including a, an, the etc.) count
Studies at the School by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
There are 7 words in the title
TOTAL POINTS: 30
Nick KY5.1 Dodge the Ball � I read Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang.
There is no H, I, or T in the title.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOKfor Vagabonds at 640 pp. I had 300 pp read in the week before the challenge began.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 25
Big Books So Far: 500+ (1)
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10.6 Read a book with one of the following MPGs: LGBT, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Queer
Every Heart a Doorway. Seanan McGuire
Points: 10
Total points: 35
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
IAF points: 1
Andy p.Task # 5.9 Hot Summer Months
Read a book that was first published in one of the 3 Summer months of the hemisphere where you reside.
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
Book published August, 2022. I live in the Northern Hemisphere
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Bookwrm526Task #5.2 Hop Hop Jump
Read a book with the one of these words in the title (not subtitle): One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Safe, Home. I chose NINE and read Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson.
Total points so far: 10
JEN B10.6 - Pride
Read a book with one of the following MPGs: LGBT, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Queer
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
MPGs LGBT, Queer
TOTAL POINTS: 40
Cordelia10.5 Cricket
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
Author's initial C K in CricKet
Points this task 10
Total points 30
Katrisa5.4 Game of HORSE
Read a book that has all the letters of HORSE in the title/subtitle
I read The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World
HORSE in tHE waR fOr kindneSs
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 75
Katrisa10.2 - Celebrating Dads
Read a book with one of the following "dad" or "child" relationships standalone in the title or subtitle:
Dad, Daddy, Pop, Papa, Father, Husband, Grandfather, Son, Daughter, Baby, Child, Children
I read Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 85
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