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MOST POINTS
☆☆Bethany - 24
••Linda C - 19
Tessa - 8
Marilyn - 5
Diana S - 7
Susan - 3
Amber - 8
MOST PAGES
☆☆Bethany - 6597
••Linda C - 4583
Tessa - 2625
Marilyn - 1765
Diana S - 753
Susan - 1103
Amber - 2587
Task 1.4 JULY: 7th MONTH OF THE YEARc. Read a book published in a year with a 7 (e.g. 2007, 1979, 2017, etc....) STATE YEAR
The Marriage Wager (The Matchmaker, #1) – Candace Camp (4 stars) 7/1/20 [379] - 2007
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 379
Total points - 1
Total pages - 379
Task 1.2 TOUR DE FRANCERead a book set in France
Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper – Harriet Scott Chessman (5 stars) 7/3/20 [176]
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 176
Total points - 2
Total pages - 555
1.1 AT AMITY ISLANDRead a book whose Author's LAST name initial is in the word JAWS.
Jeeves and the Tie That Binds (Jeeves, #14) – P. G. Wodehouse (3 stars) 7/5/20 [205]
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 205
Total points - 3
Total pages - 760
Task 1.3 4th OF JULYc. BLUE
Read a book with a predominately (50%+) BLUE cover. (show cover)
(Under Texas Stars, #1) – Colleen Coble (3 stars) 7/7/20 [320]Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 320
Total points - 4
Total pages - 1080
Task 1.4 JULY: 7th MONTH OF THE YEARBONUS POINT: If you choose a second task
b. Read a book with a 7 in its page count (e.g. 307, 275, 470, etc ......)
Dead Over Heels (Aurora Teagarden, #5) – Charlaine Harris (3 stars) 7/10/20 [272]
Task 3.1 (Linda C task) PERSPECTIVE
1. Read a book in first person point of view.
Family Skeletons (Torie O'Shea, #1) – Rett MacPherson (4 stars) 7/3/20 [207]
2. Read a book with two people alternating points of view.
A Lady's Secret (Malloren & Friends, #8) – Jo Beverley (4 stars) 7/8/20 [432] – 2 MCs alternate
3. Read a book written multiple viewpoints - tell us how many
The Heidelberg Ghost – Nickie Cochran (2 stars) 7/9/20 [256] – 4 viewpoints
Points these tasks - 4
Pages these tasks - 1167
Total points - 8
Total pages - 2247
TESSATask 1.1 - At Amity Island
Author last initial in JAWS - WOODWORTH, Deborah / Death of a Winter Shaker ✔ - 09July20 - 213 pg
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 213 pg
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Task 1.7 - Diana - Fireworks
A book wherein the characters must deal with a fire ...
Without spoiling ... Part VI is titled "The Fire" ... I'll say no more
Be Frank With Me ✔ - 10July20 - 304 pg
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 304
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Total points earned to date - 2
Total pages read to date - 517 pg
Task 1.5 THE POWER OF ONE WORDJuly's Word is BEACH
Read a book with the word BEACH in the text.
An Unlikely Match (Heron Point, #1) – Cynthia Thomason (3 stars) 7/10/20 2005 FL [297] – p.106 “Let's walk on the beach.”
Points these tasks - 1
Pages these tasks - 297
Total points - 9
Total pages - 2544
2.1 WHEEL OF FORTUNERead 2 books
#1--The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah--7/6/20--435 pgs
#3--Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler--7/10/20--192 pgs
Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 627
Total points: 2
Total pages: 627
TESSATask 1.5 - The Power of One Word: BEACH
pg 91 - "…stairs toward the beach where the…"
The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg ✔ - 11July20 - 304 pg
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
pages read - 304 pg
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Task 1.4 - July is the 7th Month
7 in total pages: 337 pg
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson ✔ - 12July20
THIS TASK
Points earned 1
Pages read 337 pg
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Total points earned to date - 4 points
Total pages read to date - 1158 pg
Task 1.6 READING THROUGH THE ALPHABET: TITLESRead a book that starts with the letter A (exclude A, An, or The).
Anthem for Doomed Youth (Daisy Dalrymple, #19) – Carola Dunn (4 stars) 7/12/20 [289]
Points these tasks - 1
Pages these tasks - 289
Total points - 10
Total pages - 2833
1.3 4th OF JULYComplete one of the following tasks
b. WHITE
Read a book with a predominately (50%+) WHITE cover. (show cover)
Run, Brother, Run: A Memoir of a Murder in My Family by David Berg--7/15/20--272 pagesPoints this task: 1
Pages this task: 272
Total points: 3
Total pages: 899
1.2 TOUR DE FRANCEThe Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison 7/16 (288 pgs)
1.7 (Diana S task) FIREWORKS
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin 7/13 (106 pgs)
Points: 2
Pages: 394
Total points: 3
Total pages: 634
3.1 (Linda C task) PERSPECTIVE1. Two Roads by Joseph Bruchac 7/17 320 pgs
2. I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh 7/2 (400 pgs) Alternates between cops investigating a hit and run and a woman involved.
3. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds 7/8 (206 pgs) 10 different POVs about the trip home from school.
Points: 3
Pages: 926
Total points: 6
Total pages: 1560
Task 1.4 - July is the 7th MonthRefugee by Alan Gratz 7/17
Published July, 2017
Points: 1
Pages:352
Total points:7
Total pages: 1912
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c. BLUE COVER
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (7/17/20) 353 pp. ☆☆☆☆ Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 353
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Letter A
Animal Farm by George Elliot (7/18/20) 180 pp. 4.5 ☆☆☆☆
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 180
TOTAL POINTS: 2
TOTAL PAGES: 533
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published 2017
Real Friends by Shannon Hale (7/18/20) 220 pp. ☆☆☆☆
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 220
TOTAL POINTS: 3
TOTAL PAGES: 753
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Linda C - 2 pts
Diana S - 4 pts
Bethany - 5 pts
Amber - 1 pt
2.1 WHEEL OF FORTUNEThe 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 7/21 432 pgs
The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator by Joakim Palmkvist 7/10 314 pgs
Points: 2
Pages: 746
Total points: 9 +5=14
Total pages: 2658
Task 1.7 (Diana S task) FIREWORKSColorado Wildfire – Cassie Miles (3 stars) 7/21/20 [224] – characters are fighting the fire throughout the story
Points these tasks - 1
Pages these tasks - 224
Total points - 11 +2(Read-a-thon) = 13
Total pages - 3057
1.5 THE POWER OF ONE WORDJuly's Word is BEACH
Read a book with the word in the text. List page # & give sentence that the word is in.
Long Bright River by Liz Moore--7/21/20--482 pages
loc. 3248--"What are we, at the beach?"
Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 482
Total points: 4
Total pages 1381
Task 1.1 AT AMITY ISLAND✔BONUS POINT:
Read a book whose Author's FIRST name initial is in the word BRODY.(MUST be read after original task is done)
The Sound of Waves – Yukio Mishima (3 stars) 7/22/20 [192]
Points these tasks - 1
Pages these tasks - 192
Total points - 14
Total pages - 3249
1.2 TOUR DE FRANCERead a book set in France -or- read a book with the letters TDF in its title -or- read a book with a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
, The World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero by Michael Kranish--this book meets all 3 criteria--Major Taylor competes in France on 2 or 3 different tours with his experiences described each time, the title contains the letters TDF, and there's a picture of a bicycle on the cover!--7/24/20--384 pagesPoints this task: 1
Pages this task: 384
Total points: 5
Total pages:1765
TESSATask 1.3: July 4th Red cover
✔ - 14July20 - 208 PagesTHIS TASK:
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 208
Total points earned to date - 5
Total pages read to date - 1366 pages
5.1 SAHARA DESERTS Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds 294 pgs 7/23
H How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi 305 pgs 7/15
Edelman, Hope, Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss 390 pgs 7/26
E The Earthquake Machine by Mary Pauline Lowry 326 pgs 7/28
P Peace Talks by Jim Butcher 352 pgs 7/22
Points: 5
Pages: 1667
Total points: 20
Total pages: 4629
3.1 (Linda C task) PERSPECTIVE(Read three books)
1st Person P.O.V.:
Title: The Kommandant's Girl https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Author: by Pam Jenoff https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Date completed: July 27, 2020
Pages Read: 395
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Alternating 2 Person P.O.V.:
Title: A Mate for Lance https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Author: Charlene Hartnady https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Date completed: July 21, 2020
Pages Read: 230
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Multiple P.O.V. (8)
Title: Watership Down https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
Author: Richard Adams https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Date completed: July 28, 2020
Pages Read: 478
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Points Earned: 3
Total Pages: 1103
Task 5.1 SAHARA DESERTC - Christine Wenger - Diners, Drive-Ins, and Death (A Comfort Food Mystery, #3) (4 stars) 7/18/20 [304]
A - Above the Waterfall – Ron Rash (3 stars) 7/27/20 [252]
M - Mary Balogh - Red Rose (4 stars) 7/2/20 [224]
E - Elizabeth Goddard - Treacherous Skies (3 stars) 7/28/20 [224]
L - Lori Foster - Hard To Handle (SBC Fighters, #3) (3 stars) 7/11/20 [330]
Points these tasks - 5
Pages these tasks - 1334
Total points - 19
Total pages - 4583
TESSATask 2.1 Wheel of Fortune
Numbers called: # 3 & # 1
# 1 - The Cat Who Could Read Backwards ✔ 24July20 - 256 pg
# 3 - Fair and Tender Ladies ✔ - 26July20 - 316 pg
THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 572 pg
Total points earned to date - 7
Total pages read to date - 1938 pg
TESSA1.1 At Amity Island
BONUS - Author LAST name initial is in BRODY
Bill BRYSON / A Short History of Nearly Everything ✔ - 18July20 - 687 pg
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 687
Total points earned to date - 8
Total pages read to date - 2625 pgs
2.3 (Linda C task) TIMELINES1. Bone China by Laura Purcell 7/29 433 pgs No exact year is given in the book. It is set in the early 1800s (Napoleonic Wars) in England. The timeline says "40 years earlier."
2. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 7/18 850 pgs. Set in 1743 and 1945.
Points: 2
Pages: 1283
Total points: 22
Total pages: 5912
1.3 4th OF JULYBLUE
Read a book with a predominately (50%+) BLUE cover. (show cover)
by Mary Higgins Clark 07.28.20Task points 1
Task pages 370
1.5 THE POWER OF ONE WORDJuly's Word is BEACH
Read a book with the word BEACH in the title
The Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe 07.27.20
Task points 1
Task pages 400
Total points 2
Total pages 770
2.1 WHEEL OF FORTUNE#3 Murder in the South of France by Susan Kiernan-Lewis 07.19.20
Pages 324
#1 The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern 07.15.20
Pages 498
Task points 2
Task pages 822
Total points 4
Total pages 1592
1.1 AT AMITY ISLANDRead a book whose Author's LAST name initial is in the word JAWS.
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell 07.26.20
Pages 359
BONUS POINT:
Read a book whose Author's FIRST name initial is in the word BRODY.
(MUST be read after original task is done)
A Deadly Éclair by Daryl Wood Gerber 07.30 2p
Pages 340
Task points 2
Task pages 699
Total points 6
Total pages 2291
1.7 (Diana S task) FIREWORKSRead a book with the word FIRE in its title -or- has characters that dealt with a fire (explain).
A Scandal in Scarlet by Vicki Delany 07.22.20 (Gemma and Jayne donate their time to raise money for the rebuilding of a burned out museum)
Task points 1
Task pages 296
Total points 7
Total pages 2587
2.2 JULY ZODIAC SIGNS1.
by Kiran Millwood Hargrave 7/27 336 pgs2.
by Nnedi Okorafor (set in Nigeria) 7/31 349 pgsPoints: 2
Pages: 685
Total points: 24
Total pages: 6597
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