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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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TessaVanessaChallenge 25.3 JennRenee's Task - Summer English Lesson
Option A:
Book 1: Dear Child by Romy Hausmann
Book 2: Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence by James Renner
Child singular; Children plural
Points this post: 25
Total points: 220
Task completed: 19
Delicious Dee20.10 Group Reads
Into the Drowning Deep
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 55
Its a Fact: 2
Amy B25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Title Pairs
This is a two-book task. Choose either option 1 or option 2
All tasks refer to titles only, ignore subtitles
All titles must consist of at least TWO words
The combined page total for both books must exceed 600 pages,
Required: State your option
OPTION 1
Read 2 books where the last word of the first book's title is the first word of the second book's title (all words count).
Double Cross by James Patterson (389 pgs)
Cross Fire by James Patterson (356 pgs)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 25 Points
EMurphy15.7 Jailbreak - MC is jailed/arrested/ex-prisoner Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
Lisa MD10.7 - O Canada
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede
272 pgs
Set in Canada
I claim an IAF ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 125/ 850
Total Books Read: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 8/ 52
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
10.7 - O CanadaSet in Canada: Under the Dragon's Tail by Maureen Jennings
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80
20.10 - Group ReadsRead one of the Summer 2024 group read books.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Discussion comment message #3
**Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket**
New Points: 20
Total Points: 20
Tickets as of this post: BB(0), GO(0), IaF(1)
15.7 - JailbreakRead a book where the main character is jailed or arrested, or is an ex-prisoner.
Prison to Praise
**Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket**
New Points: 15
Total Points: 35
Tickets as of this post: BB(0), GO(0), IaF(2)
ROBIN PKatrisa's Task: Summer Zodiac
Option 1 - Gemini
Book 1 - Book from list
Once There Were Wolves
Found on p2 of Best Books About Twins list (currently #103)
Book 2 - MPG Romance
The Other Miss Bridgerton - listened to audiobook, linked mmpb
Points this post: 30
Total points: 100
BB:0 GO:1 IAF:0
20.4 - Golden Oldies - FLY's Task - Kids� Games Through the AgesOption B: Read a book by an author who's initials are in HOPSCOTCH.
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten
New Points: 20
Total Points: 55
Tickets as of this post: BB(0), GO(0), IaF(2)
Nick KY5.3 TAG � I read The Blue Window by Suzanne Berne, a three word title.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 120
LAUREN JODI20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Laure's Task: Dragons of Summer
Option 1: First published in 2015
Fatal Scandal by Marie Force
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 35/850
Total Books Read: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 3/52
Nick KY15.2 Stars and Stripes
Book 1. I read Pete and Alice in Maine by Caitlin Shetterly, with “Maine� in the title.
Book 2. I read That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo, takes place in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 135
Nick KY20.4 Fly’s Outdoor Games. Opt. 1. Jump Rope. I read The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell, on the “Rope� list (at present it’s the bottom entry). /list/show/7...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 155
Mcquaid5.2 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
Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
Total Tasks: 6
Books Read: 6
Mcquaid10.5 - Cricket
Read a book that depicts the game of cricket on the cover (bat, cricket ball, stumps, players etc) OR where the author's initials can be found in the word CRICKET
I pick the author's initials
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks: 7
Books Read: 7
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5.7 - We All Scream.
Read a book by an author born in the 1980's.
Ali Hazelwood (I don't know how to include a link, but if you google it it'll say her DOB)
December 11, 1989
age 34 years
The Love Hypothesis
Points this post: 5
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 12
Mod
5.8 Sand Made Castles
Read a book with a castle on the cover.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 13
Mod
10.9 - Olympics: Pentathlon
Read a book with exactly 5 words in the title (not subtitle).
The Haunting of Gillespie House
Points this post: 10
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 14
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20.5 - Bigger is Better: Lisa MD's Summer Scavenger Hunt
Any of these items associated with summer on the cover and read that book.
Swimsuits: any kind one piece, bikini, board shorts, swim trunks, speedo
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 15
Mod
20.6 -
Read a NON-FICTION book that fits on these options.
Read a book with all the letters of GRASS in the title
StRAnGe thingS in the woods
Strange Things In The Woods: A Collection of Terrifying Tales
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 16
Mod
30.2 - Katrisa's Task - Summer Zodiac.
Option 1 - Gemini May 21- June 21
Read a book from one of these lists featuring books with twins
Identical Page 1 Twins
Read a book with Romance listed on the main page genres
Spoiler Alert
Points this post: 30
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 17
Bookwrm526Task #20.1 - Enjoy a Summer Road Trip
Read a book from this Roadtrip Across America list, and identify the state it’s about. I read Lone Women by Victor LaValle, about Montana.
Total points so far: 145
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara �' s Task - Scotland or BustBook: The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen
How it fits: option 2 - set in England / UK
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 331 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
JEN B15.1 The Long and Short of It
This is a two-book challenge. Read two books:
Book 1: Has a page count of 400 or more pages.
Coronation Year by Jennifer Robson
400 pages
Book 2: Has a page count of 200 or fewer pages.
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
163 pages
***Claiming one It's A Fact Ticket***
TOTAL POINTS: 145
Katrisa5.2 Hop Hop Jump
Read a book with the one of these words in the title: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Safe, Home
I read One Last Lie
ONE in title
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 400
Katrisa10.7 - O Canada
Read a book set in Canada
I read A Minor Chorus
It is set in Alberta Canada
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 410
Katrisa25.4 Truitt_T’s Task: It’s a Riot!
Opt 1 - Option 1: Read a book that is MPG LGBT and/or Queer AND (I chose) Memoir
I read Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life
MPG LGBT and Memoir - this book is nonfiction
My book was audio - 256 PB pages (no MMPB)
Opt 3 - Option 3: Read a book from one of the following lists.
I chose The 2024 ŷ Pride Reading List and read The Town of Babylon
My book was audio - 384 PB pages (no MMPB)
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 435
LoraTask: 10.2 - Celebrating Dads
Book/Author: Finding Father Christmas / Robin Jones Gunn
How it fits: word "father" in the title
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 150
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: 1
Andy P.Task # 10.5 - Cricket
Read a book in which the author's initials can be found in the word CRICKET Off the Air by Christina Estes CRickE T
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90
Andy P.Task # 15.7 Jailbreak
Read a book where the main character is jailed
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich byAleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
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Susan A15.10 Summer Months - Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title (not subtitle).
The Best Corpse for the Job by Charlie Cochrane
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
6 words in the title
points: 15
previous total: 300
new total: 315
MEGSCL10.4 - Summer Songs
‘School’s Out for Summer� by Alice Cooper [for]
I Have Some Questions for You
TOTAL
55 points - 1 big book - 1 IAF
Gayla5.7 We All Scream
Read a book by an author born in the 1980's.
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years, by Shubnam Khan
"Shubnum Khan (1985 � ) is a Durban born writer." from
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15/850
Total tasks: 3/52
Total books: 3/67
30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Lots of BooksOption 1. Read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in SUMMERMEANSREADINGLOTSOFBOOKS.
Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane
author's initials, RM, found in summeRMeansreadinglotsof books
496 pages
Option 2. Read a book from the first 25 pages of the “Comedy� list
The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club #2) by Richard Osman
page 8
384 pages
Total pages read: 880
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 110
Nick KY25.1 Amy FL’s Farewell to a Legend
Opt. 1. Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials appear in RAFAEL NADAL. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. I read An Approach to Reality by N. Sri Ram. First initial "N" in Nadal. Last initial "R" in Rafael.
Opt. 2. I read Coastliners by Joanne Harris, set entirely in Bretagne in France.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 180
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders
Option 1: Moonlight, Marshmallows, & Manslaughter
Points this post: 20
Total points: 240
Task completed: 20
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.9 Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-Nephews
Option 3: Cold Blooded Liar by Karen Rose
Word=LIAR
Points this post: 20
Total points: 260
Task completed: 21
Nick KY15.4 Croquet
Book 1. # 9 in a series, I read Lord Edgware Dies, # 9 in the Hercule Poirot series by Agatha Christie.
Book 2. Animal on the cover, I read A Scandal in Scarlet by Vicki Delany with a cat and some seagulls on the cover.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 195
Mod
15.6 Don't Move
Read a book with the MPG Dystopia
Cloud Atlas
This book is has 544 pages - 1 Big Book ticket please!
Points this task: 15
Season total: 25
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #10.9 - Olympics: Pentathlon
Read a book with exactly 5 words in the title (not subtitle). I read How Can I Help You by Laura Sims.
Total points so far: 155
trishhartuk15.3 Let The Games Begin
Using Option 2: the one-book option (cover 75% blue, yellow, black, green, and red; set in a country which hosted the Summer Games)
By The Book, Liz Hedgecock
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (192pg)
Set in 100% in Britain, primarily in London, which hosted the 2012 Olympics.
London is specified in the GR description of Every Trick in the Book: "the first in the Magical Bookshop humorous mystery series, set in modern London. "
TinEye says the cover is 86.2% made up of red, black and yellow.
67.7% #df3725 Red
9.9% #b02e22 Red
6.9% #681914 Brown
6.8% #0a0600 Black
2.2% #f5e3cf Pink
1.9% #33100a Brown
1.8% #0a3536 Green
1.5% #e9c047 Yellow
0.9% #eaa193 Pink
0.3% #efd683 Yellow
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 6
Nick KY5.10 Easy Breezy. I read Five Great Short Stories by Anton Chekhov. At 94 pp, this is my one five-pointer of 80-100 pp.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 200
Nick KY10.2 Celebrating Dads. I read Spider Woman's Daughter by Anne Hillerman with the word “Daughter� in the title.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 210
Amy FL5.4 Game of HORSE
Have You Seen Her - HORSE in HavE yOu Sen heR
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70
Amy FL10.4 - Summer Songs
Contents Under Pressure - UNDER is in 2. Under the Boardwalk
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80
PegW15.6 Don't Move
Read a book with the MPG Dystopia or Dystopian.
I read: The Last Murder at the End of the World
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Amy FL15.3 Let The Games Begin
Option 2:
- over 75% red, yellow and black; set in NY USA (metadata)Points this post: 15
Total points: 95
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Challenge 10.2 Celebrating Dads
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV
Points this post: 10
Total points: 195
Task completed: 18