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Points & Pages - updated: post# 40
Most Points
☆☆ Linda C - 14
Tessa - 8
Bethany - 7
Ambet - 6
Marilyn - 5
•• Diana S - 12
Most Pages
☆☆ Linda C - 4347
Tessa - 2891
Bethany - 2005
Amber - 1504
Marilyn - 1581
•• Diana S - 3377
Task 1.2 SEEING DOUBLERead a book that has double letters in its title (no sub- titles) AND double letters in Author's name.
Wagon Train Sweetheart (Journey West, #2) – Lacy Williams (3 stars) 6/2/20 [288]
Title - E
Author - L
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 288
Total points - 1
Total pages - 288
Task 1.5 THE POWER OF ONE WORD June's word is SUMMERBackfire (Mountain Cove, #3) – Elizabeth Goddard (2 stars) 6/5/20 [224] – p.7 - “... summer abounded around her in the form of wildflowers...”
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 224
Total points - 2
Total pages - 512
Task 1.4 JUNE: 6th MONTH OF THE YEARb. Read a book with a 6 in its page count
A Clue for the Puzzle Lady (Puzzle Lady, #1) – Parnell Hall (3 stars) 6/5/20 - 336 pgs
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 336
Total points - 3
Total pages - 848
Task 1.1 AT NARNIARead a book whose Author's LAST name initial is in the name ASLAN.
Poison Pen (A Forensic Handwriting Mystery, #1) – Sheila Lowe (4 stars) 6/8/20 [300] - LAST name initial L in ASLAN
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 300
Total points - 4
Total pages - 1148
TESSATask 1.5: The Power of one Word - SUMMER
In the text: Pg 57 - …"where he had washed dishes one summer, when he was a kid…."
Get Shorty ✔ - 08June20 - 292 pg
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 292
Total points earned to date - 1
Total pages read to date - 292
1.3 VEGETABLE GARDENc. CUCUMBERS
Read a book with a predominately (50%+) GREEN cover (show cover).
by Rick Riordan 6/5Points: 1
Pages: 375
1.5 THE POWER OF ONE WORDJune's word is SUMMER
Read a book with the word in the text. List page # & give sentence word is in.
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich--loc. 530--"When all was summer again."--6/1/20
Points: 1
Pages: 453
Total points: 1
Pages 453
Task 1.7 (Tessa's task) JUNE WEDDINGSRead a book with a wedding in it.
Lethal Ransom – Laurie Alice Eakes (3 stars) 6/12/20 [224] – the epilogue is the wedding
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 224
Total points - 5
Total pages - 1372
Task 1.1 AT NARNIABONUS POINT: Read a book whose Author 's FIRST name initial is in the name CASPIAN.
Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #6) – Charlaine Harris (4 stars) 6/14/20 [324]
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 324
Total points - 6
Total pages - 1696
2.1 WHEEL OF FORTUNERead 2 books
Wheel of Fortune is a time-set task. You will have a week to choose & display your books before the wheel is spun and task is closed.
#2 Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles--6/14/20--352 pages
#5 The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh--6/8/20--288 pages
Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 640
Total points: 3
Total pages: 1093
TESSATask 1.4: June is the 6th month
'6' in year published
2016 - To the Bright Edge of the World ✔ - 467 pg
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 467
Total points earned to date - 2
Total pages read to date - 759
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ASLAN (Last I): S - Smith
Martin Cruz Smith's Wolves Eat Dogs (6/3/20) 352 pp. ☆☆☆
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 352
Task 1.4 JUNE: 6th MONTH OF THE YEARBONUS POINT: If you choose a second task
c. Read a published in a year with a 6.
(e.g. 2006, 1968, 2016, etc....) State year.
The Measure of a Lady – Deanne Gist (2 stars) 6/19/20 [314] – publ in 2006
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 314
Total points - 7
Total pages - 2010
1.4 JUNE: 6th MONTH OF THE YEARb. Read a book with a 6 in its page count
Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse--6/8/20--264 pages
Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 264
Total points: 1
Total pages: 264
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1.7 (Tessa's task) JUNE WEDDINGS
Read a book with a wedding in it. If not obvious from the book's main page please explain how your book fits.
The Wife by Meg Wolitzer--The wife, Joan, looks back at her wedding before a justice of the peace and a few close friends.--6/21/20--224 pages
Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 224
Total points: 5
Total pages: 1581
Task 1.3 VEGETABLE GARDENd. EGG PLANT
Read a book with a predominately (50%+) PURPLE cover (show cover).
Seduced by Magic (Dark Sorcery, #2) – Cheyenne McCray (4 stars) 6/23/20 [372]Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 372
Total points - 8
Total pages - 2382
Despite what I thought at the beginning of the month this turned out to be one of the best match-ups of my reading with the kinds of tasks to fulfill.Task 5.1 SEA SHELLS
W - White Heat (An Edie Kiglatuk Mystery, #1) – M. J. McGrath (4 stars) 6/11/20 [386]
H - The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café – (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, #15) – Alexander McCall Smith (4 stars) 6/23/20 [256]
E - Elizabeth Goddard - Buried (Mountain Cove, #1) – (3 stars) 6/4/20 [288]
L - Last Puzzle & Testament (Puzzle Lady, #2) – Parnell Hall (4 stars) 6/6/20 [383]
K - Carla Kelly - Marriage of Mercy – (4 stars) 6/16/20 [281]
Points this task - 5
Pages this task - 1594
Total points - 13
Total pages - 3976
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RADISHES - Cover: Red (50%+)
This Sweet Sickness by Patricia Highsmith (6/10/20) 320 pp. 4.5 ☆☆☆☆BP - CUCUMBERS - Cover: Green (50%+)
In Search of Mockingbird by Loretta Ellsworth (6/18/20) 192 pp. ☆☆☆☆☆Points Earned: 2
Pages Read: 512
TOTAL POINTS: 3
TOTAL PAGES: 864
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b. Page Count 6: 256 pp.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis (6/6/20) ☆☆☆☆☆
BP - 6 in year: 2016
Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan (6/16/20) 288 pp. ☆☆☆☆☆
Points Earned: 2
Pages Read: 544
TOTAL POINTS: 5
TOTAL PAGES: 1408
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1. Genre: Dystopia
Red Queen by victoria Aveyard (6/5/20) 383 pp. ☆☆☆☆
2. "Light" Reading
(Between 100 and 300 pp.) Page Count: 233
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (6/4/20) ☆☆☆☆
Points Earned: 2
Pages Read: 616
TOTAL POINTS: 7
TOTAL PAGES: 2024
Task 1.3 VEGETABLE GARDENBONUS POINT: If you choose a second vegetable.
a. RADISHES
Read a book with a predominately (50%+) RED cover (show cover).
Wicked Magic (Dark Sorcery, #3) – Cheyenne McCray (4 stars) 6/24/20 [371]Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 371
Total points - 14
Total pages - 4347
TESSATask 1.3 - Vegetable Garden
a) Radishes - RED cover
✔ - 27June20 - 481 pgsTHIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 481 pg
Total points earned to date - 3 points
Total pages read to date - 1240 pages
TESSATask 1.2 - Seeing Double
Double letters in both author name and title - aBBi / hiLL
Abbi Waxman / The Bookish Life of Nina Hill ✔ - 18June20 - 333 pg
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 333 pg
Total points earned to date - 4 points
Total pages read to date - 1573 pg
TESSATask 2.1 - Wheel of Fortune
Wheel picked # 5 and # 2
# 5 - Work Song ✔ - 29June20 - 292 pg
# 2 - A Rule Against Murder ✔ - 01June20 - 322 pg
THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 614 pg
Total points earned to date - 6
Total pages read to date - 2187 pg
TESSATask 1.3 - Vegetable Garden - BONUS 2d vegetable
Eggplant - PURPLE cover
✔ - 09June20 - 270 pgTHIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 270 pg
Total points earned to date - 7
Total pages read to date - 2457 pg
TESSATask 1.4 - June is the 6th Month - BONUS 2d category
Published in June
02June2015 - Finders Keepers ✔ - 05June20 - 434 pg
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 434 pg
Total points earned to date - 8
Total pages read to date - 2891
1.4 JUNE: 6th MONTH OF THE YEARMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl 6/27 165 pgs
2.1 WHEEL OF FORTUNE
For a Better World: Reading and Writing for Social Action by Randy Bomer 6/28 208 pgs
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo 6/13 187 pgs
(395 pgs total)
2.3 (Bethany's task) EAT A LITTLE, MOVE AROUND A LOT
by Grady Hendrix 6/23 400 pgsThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba 6/29 270 pgs
(670 pgs total)
Total points: 7
Total pages: 2005
1.1 AT NARNIARead a book whose Author's LAST name initial is in the name ASLAN.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 06.30.20
Pages 274
BONUS POINT: Read a book whose Author 's FIRST name initial is in the name CASPIAN.
Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews 06.14.20
Pages 402
Task points 2 (bonus point)
Task pages 676
Total points 3
Total pages 1047
1.2 SEEING DOUBLERead a book that has double letters in its title (no sub- titles) AND double letters in Author's name.
Lemon Pies and Little White Lies by Ellery Adams 06.06.20
Task points 1
Task Pages 304
Total points 4
Total pages 1351
1.3 VEGETABLE GARDENEGG PLANT
Read a book with a predominately (50%+) PURPLE cover (show cover).
by Anina Collins 06.19.20Task points 1
Task points 238
Total points 5
Total pages 1589
1.4 JUNE: 6th MONTH OF THE YEARRead a book with a 6 in its page count
A Case of Blackmail in Belgravia by Clara Benson 06.30.20
Task points 1
Task pages 263
Total points 6
Total pages 1852
1.6 WINED & DINEDIt's nice to see many eateries opening back up again.
Read a book set in a cafe, restaurant, or pub. Give name of eatery.
Macaron Murder by Harper Lin06.24.20 (Damour Patisserie)
Task points 1
Task pages 154
Total points 7
Total pages 2006
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CASPIAN (First I): S - Shelia
Shelia Norton's Oliver the Cat Who Saved Christmas: The Tale of a Little Cat with a Big Heart (6/25/20) ☆☆☆☆
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 320 pp.
TOTAL POINTS: 8
TOTAL PAGES: 2344
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Title: Double Letters: E
Author: Double Letters: N
Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson (6/28/20) 272 pp. 3.5☆☆☆
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 272
TOTAL POINTS: 9
TOTAL PAGES: 2616
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June Word: SUMMER in text
" That SUMMER I found Winn-Dixie was also the SUMMER me and the preacher moved to Naomi, Florida,...."
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (6/29/20) 208 pp. ☆☆☆☆☆
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 208
TOTAL POINTS: 10
TOTAL PAGES: 2824
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1. VACATION: England Tour with best friends
TRAVEL: Plane
English Tea Murder by Leslie Meier (6/5/20) 265 pp. 3.5☆☆☆
2. VACATION: Dream Vacation with best friends and their husbands to Paris, France
TRAVEL: Plane
French Pastry Murder by Leslie Meier (6/29/20) 288 pp. 3.5☆☆☆
Points Earned: 2
Pages Read: 553
TOTAL POINTS: 12
TOTAL PAGES: 3377
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Read a book whose Author's LAST name initial is in the name ASLAN.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 06.30.20
Page..."
"Sorry Amber I can't count your bonus point - there's no M in CASPIAN You got till midnight to change your book :)
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