Monthly Challenges discussion

Please post the tasks you have completed in this thread.

The following format is greatly appreciated:

Scoreboard name (if different from GR name)
Task # and Title
Link to book AND Author
Date book was completed
Points for this task
Pages for this task
Total Points
Total Pages
Rating (optional)
Review (optional)
Total Books (optional)

Scoreboard

Most Points
**Marilyn - 3
Linda C - 10 (passed)
Bethany - 8
Amber - 1
Tessa - 1

Most Pages
Marilyn - 888
*Linda C - 2519 (passed)
Bethany - 3613
Amber - 734
**Tessa - 1443

2.1 Surprise Me
Read two books

Thanks, Amber for the picks!

Dark Assassin by Anne Perry--7/6/18--352 pages

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid--7/6/18==231 pages

Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 583

Total points: 2
Total pages: 583

Task 2.1 Surprise Me

Curtsies & Conspiracies (Finishing School, #2) – Gail Carriger (4 stars) 7/4/18 [310]

Do or Diner (A Comfort Food Mystery, #1) – Christine Wenger (4 stars) 7/7/18 [298]

Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 608

Total points: 2
Total pages: 608

1.3 (Marilyn's Task) Reading Rainbow
by Ben Mezrich 7/7 (304 pgs)

1.6 World UFO Day (7/2)
by John Connolly 7/8 (418 pgs)

Points: 2
Pages: 722

1.2 (Amber's Task) Pick A Genre
We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson 7/9
Points: 1
Pages: 455

Total points: 3
Total pages: 1177

1.2 (Amber's Task) Pick A Genre
Read a book with FANTASY listed in its main page genre.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling 07.11.18

Points 1
Pages 734

Task 1.2 (Amber's Task) Pick A Genre
Read a book with FANTASY listed in its main page genre.

His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) – Naomi Novik (5 stars) 7/15/18 [353]

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 353

Total points: 3
Total pages: 961

2.3 (Bethany's Task) Page Number Challenge
My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward by Mark Lukach 7/3 (320 pgs)
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater 7/19 (320 pgs)

Points: 2
Pages: 640

Total points: 5
Total pages: 1817

1.6 World UFO Day (7/2)
Read a book that starts with U, F, or O

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead--7/15/18--306 pages

Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 306

Total points - 3
Total pages - 888

Task 1.6 World UFO Day (7/2)
Read a book that starts with U, F, or O (excluded A, An, and The)

Fair Game (Alpha & Omega, #3) – Patricia Briggs (4 stars) 7/21/18 [280]

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 280

Total points: 4
Total pages: 1241

Task 1.3 (Marilyn's Task) Reading Rainbow
Read a book with a RED, WHITE, or BLUE cover (at less 50% - show cover).
– Terri Reed (3 stars) 7/22/18 [279]

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 279

Total points: 5
Total pages: 1520

Task 2.4 (Linda C's Task) Hammock Day (7/22)

a. Hammock swinging is a great outdoor activity. Read a book that has someone doing something that you consider a fun outdoor activity. Tell us what it is.
Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting – Michael Perry (4 stars) 7/10/18 [368] - gardening

b. Hammocks are a great place to read, of course. Read any book suitable for hammock reading.
Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2) – Lois Lowry (4 stars) 7/23/18 [215] - any book is good

Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 583

Total points: 7
Total pages: 2103

TESSA

Task 1.3 - Reading Rainbow - Red cover
✔ - 23July18 - 1443 pg

THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 1443

Total points earned to date- 1
Total pages read to date - 1443

2.4 (Linda C's Task) Hammock Day (7/22)
Siddartha by Hermann Hesse 7/8 (143 pgs)
(Resting beside a river)
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 7/29
(503 pgs)

Points: 2
Pages: 643

Total points: 7
Total pages: 2460

Task 2.3 (Bethany's Task) Page Number Challenge
Read two books that have EXACTLY the same page number.

A Cousinly Connexion – Sheila Simonson (3 stars) 7/28/18 [208]
The Train Now Departing – Martha Grimes (3 stars) 7/30/18 [208]

Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 416

Total points: 9
Total pages: 2519

1.1 Shark Awareness Day (7/14)
The Stand by Stephen King 7/31

Points: 1
Pages: 1153

Total points: 8
Total pages: 3613

Linda C, don't forget to give yourself a bonus point for your page numbers!