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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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TessaVanessaChallenge 10.7 O Canada
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Task completed: 6
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.9 Olympics: Pentathlon
My Last Summer with Cass by Mark Crilley
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60
Task completed: 7
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.4 Anyone For Croquet?
Option 1:
Book 1: Star Trek, Volume 9: The Q Gambit by Mike Johnson
Book 2:
by Nick AbadzisPoints this post: 15
Total points: 75
Task completed: 8
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.5 Do You Have A Flag?
Pixels of You: A Graphic Novel by Ananth Hirsh
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
Task completed: 9
Bookwrm526Task #20.8 NICKELS & DIMES June Celebrations
Option 3: Read a book with a domestic cat on the cover. I read Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi.
Total points so far: 65
Nick KY10.3 Sumer Is Icumen In I read Playing Nice by J.P. Delaney. Letters in “NICE� found in target phrase: summer is ICumEN in.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 115
Susan A5.3 TAG You're It! - Read a book with a 3 word only title
Field of Prey by John Sandford
I listened to audiobook. MMPB here
3 word title
points: 5
previous total: 175
new total: 180
Susan A5.5 The Great Cornholio - #2, #7, #27 series
Silenced by Sólveig Pálsdóttir
No MMPB. hardcover here
points: 5
previous total: 180
new total: 185
Susan A20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Option 1: Read a book with the MPG of Mystery and/or Crime, AND written by a Female author. 140+ pages
Death in Kew Gardens by Jennifer Ashley
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB paperback here
MPG mystery
304 pages
female author - Jennifer Ashley
points: 20
previous total: 185
new total: 205
FLY Task #5.6 Outside We Go!
task: Read a book that features an outside activity
book: Britt-Marie Was Here
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: Britt-Marie becomes the unlikely coach of a children's soccer team; their "soccer pitch" is outdoors
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 5/52
BB: 1 / GO: 1 / IAF: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.7 Jailbreak
Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by Harold Schecter
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
Task completed: 10
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.10 Summer Months
The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz
Points this post: 15
Total points: 120
Task completed: 11
Task 20.6 - Summertime Dreamingnon-fiction
option 3: author initials in SWIMMING
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
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135 points
Jecca (it's been more than a bit, so hopefully I am still valid)20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter
Option 1 - Read a book with a main character who is an artist.
Once Upon a KProm by Kat Cho
The Robbie, who is a main character, is a member of a k-pop band and does write his own music.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 1
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
Jecca20.9 Moderators Pet
Option 1. Read a book by an author whose first name begins with an A or an E.
Lucky Leap Day by Ann Marie Walker
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 2
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
15.8 Summer SweetsRead a book with two authors
Hidden by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
New Points: 15
Total Points: 30
Lisa MD10.6 - Pride
The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley
320 pgs
MPG: LGBT
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 65/ 850
Total Books Read: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 4/ 52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets:
ROBIN P10.6 Pride
MPG of LGBT, Gay, Lesbian, etc.
The Rachel Incident - has MPG of LGBT
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
BB:0 GO:0 IAF:0
ROBIN P5.4 Game of HORSE
Letters of HORSE in title
The Metamorphosis
**Claiming 1 GO point, first pub. 1915
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
BB:0 GO:1 IAF:0
20.3 Midsomer MurdersOption 1: Above Suspicion by Lynda La Plante
MPG Mystery
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 35
Lisa MD20,2 - Rookie at the Top - Laure's Task: Dragons of Summer
Option 2: Dragons are central to the story in this series of book about young adults training for war who are dragon riders.
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
640 pgs
I claim a BB ticket.
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 85/ 850
Total Books Read: 6
Total Tasks Completed: 5/ 52
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets:
Susan A25.1 - Amy FL’s task: Farewell to a Legend
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials appear in RAFAEL NADAL.
What She Found by Robert Dugoni
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
author initials R D found in RAFAEL NADAL
Option 3: title word of four or more letters that can be made from THE KING OF CLAY.
A Thin Dark Line by Tami Hoag
I listened to audiobook. MMPB here
word: thin
THE KING OF CLAY
points: 25
prevous total: 205
new total: 230
Cordelia15.7 Jailbreak
The Seventh Cross by Anna Seghers
Claim 1 GO ticket - First published 1942
This book is about an escape from a German concentration camp
Points this task - 15
Total points - 125
GO tickets - 1
Katrisa5.10 Easy Breezy Summertime
Read a book of your choice
I read Next Level: Your Guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 245
Lisa MD10.1 - Summer Reading List
2023 Berkely Reading List
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
176 pgs
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 95/ 850
Total Books Read: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 6/ 52
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets:
ROBIN P15.3 Let the Games Begin
Option 2 - cover 75% colors of Olympic flag and set 50% in host country
The Paris Hours
- Per Tineye - 52.7% green, 34.1% blackTakes place entirely in Paris except for one short flashback
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
BB:0 GO:1 IAF:0
Task 20.3 - Midsomer Murders140+pages
option 1: MPG Crime plus female author
Encore in Death by J.D. Robb
370 pages
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155 points
15.5 Do You Have A Flag?Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde #1) by Heather Fawcett
author's initials, HF, found in capture tHe Flag
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 55
Joanne MIRepost of message # 170
10.8 Olympics: Equestrian
Arrows of the Queen
AR Quiz No. 58294 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 15.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP
Points this task 10
Season Total 15
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.7 We All Scream
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds
Jason was born in 1983 per ŷ author page.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 125
Task completed: 12
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.3 Sumer is icumen in
Summer Fires by Giulia Sagramola
SUMMER is made from SUMER is icuMen in
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135
Task completed: 13
trishhartuk5.8 Sand Made Castles
Read a book with a castle on the cover.
Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher
Read the kindle edition. Only PB (Polish): here (160pg). Top HB (English): here (116pg)
Cover okayed: /topic/show/....
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 4
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.6 It's A Fact- KathyP's Task-Summertime Dreaming
Option 1:
by Mikita BrottmanPoints this post: 20
Total points: 155
Task completed: 14
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara �' s Task - Scotland or Bust
Option 3: When Hope Sank by Denise Weimar
MPG: Civil WAR
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
Task completed: 15
trishhartuk20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Bookwrm526's Task- June Celebrations
Option 3: read a book with a domestic cat on the cover.
Ghost in the Gallery, Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (189pg)
The cat is on the chair by the fireplace
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 5
LaureY15.10 Summer Months
Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title.
The Brightest Fell by K.J. Charles
Previous total: 55
Updated total: 70
Big Book Ticket: 1
LaureY5.3 TAG You're It!
Read a book with a 3 word only title.
The Brightest Fell by Seanan McGuire
Previous total: 70
Updated total: 75
Big Book Ticket: 1
LaureY10.6 - Pride
Read a book with one of the following MPGs: LGBT, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Queer
Game On by Amy Aislin
MPG: LGBT
Previous total: 75
Updated total: 85
Big book ticket: 1
Andy P.Task # 15.8 Summer Sweets
Read a book with two authors using a single name
A Duty to the Dead by
Charles Todd
Charles Todd is the pen name used by the mother-and-son writing team, Caroline Todd and Charles Todd. according to author page information.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 50
Andy P.Task # 5.6 Outside We Go!
Read a book that features an outside activity, swimming
Swim to Me: A Novel by Betsy Carter
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Mod
This is a two-book challenge. Read two books:
Book 1: Has a page count of 400 or more pages.
One Perfect Couple 400 pages
Book 2: Has a page count of 200 or fewer pages.
read The Disturbing Incidents at Lonesome Woods
Boarding School 176 pages
points this post 15
total points 105
Mod
Option A
Book 1: Read a book with a noun of 4 or more letters in the title.
read The Best Way to Bury Your Husband
Book 2: Read a book with a plural noun of that same noun in the
title.
read The Husbands
words husband/husbands
points this post 25
total points 130
Bookwrm526Task #30.1 - The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Option 2: Read a book with the letters N H L in the title. Ignore subtitles. Order doesn't matter. I read Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance by Gyles Brandreth (N in and, H in death, L in Wilde) (368p).
Option 4: Read a book originally published in June. I read The Stranger in the Library by Eva Gates (first pub'd June 2024) (304p).
368+304=672
Total points so far: 95
CHANDNI10.9 - Olympics: Pentathlon
Read a book with exactly 5 words in the title (not subtitle).
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 50
MaryPDX5.1 Dodge the Ball
Read a book whose title does not contain the letters HIT. Subtitles may be ignored.
Slammed
Points this task: 5
Total points: 15
MaryPDX5.4 Game of HORSE
Read a book that has all the letters of HORSE in the title/subtitle.
Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
Points this task: 5
Total points: 20
Susan A25.4 Truitt_T’s Task - It’s a Riot!
Option 1: MPG LGBT and Historical
We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
384 pages
MPG LGBT and Historical
Option 2: Read a book for which the author’s initials may be found in STONEWALL RIOTS.
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
Author initials E L found in STONEWALL RIOTS
Nonfiction MPG
323 pages
total pages = 384 + 323 = 707
points: 25
previous total: 230
new total: 255
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.2 Hop Hop Jump
If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now: Why We Traded the Commuting Life for a Little House on the Prairie
The word is HOME
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Totals
Points: 10
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Completed: 2
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Challenge 10.5 Cricket
Elves, Evergreens, & Evidence by Tonya Kappes
Author initial option: cricKeT
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
Task completed: 5