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Challenges: Year Long Main 2021
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1. Geography:
Yay Task - The book is set in Paris.
Book The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Author Muriel Barbery
Date read July 1
Pages 325
How it fits set in Paris
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5: Science:
Yay Task - The cover has a grouping of stars depicting a nebula or galaxy.
Book The Brightest Stars
Author Anna Todd
Date read J
July 7
Pages 306
How it fits
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2. Entertainment:
Nay Task - The book is a ghost story.
Book Interviewing The Dead
Author David Field
Date July 7
pages 207
how it fits the book is based on "ghosts" coming out of a pit to terrorize London, and although they turn out not to be ghosts the MC does use a medium to speak to his dead grandfather.
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2. Entertainment:
Yay Task -The book was made into a movie that won an academy award.
Book Slumdog Millionaire
Author Vikas Swarup
Date read July 10
Pages 333
how it fits Slumdog Millionaire won an acedemy award in 2008 (book was originally called Q and A but was renamed after film was made)
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2. Entertainment:
(Yay Task - The book was made into a Disney movie or tv show. Specify name of movie/tv show if different from the title of the book.
Pollyanna
Author Eleanor H. Porter
Date read July 10
Pages read 304
Pollyanna was the name of the movie made in 1960
One of my all time favorite Disney movies. I enjoyed the book too, when I read it a few years ago!
I always loved the scene when the little girl was explaining the "glad" things to the preacher.
Haha, I had to look at the task. I did not know the answer to the original question, so I got the Nay Task. The All New Mickey Mouse Kids was not something I ever watched. I grew up watching the original Mickey Mouse Club with Jimmy Dodd.
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2. Entertainment:
Yay Task - Cover has a swan on it, or title contains the word "Swan".
Book Swan for the Money
Author Donna Andrews
Date July 10
Pages 306
How it fits
swan on cover and in title
Cherie wrote: "One of my all time favorite Disney movies. I enjoyed the book too, when I read it a few years ago!
I always loved the scene when the little girl was explaining the "glad" things to the preacher.
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I remember loving Disney on Sunday night they had movies on ABC (or something) I looked forward to those movies every week! Now, even tho all my kids are grown and gone, I still got the Disney plus and watch it all the time! LOL
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2. Entertainment:
Yay Task - A main character's name is Fred, Wilma, Barney, or Betty.
Book Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
Author
Mary L. Trump
Date read July 19
Pages 225
How it fit Presidents Trump's father is a main character in this story and his name is Fred.
What did you think of it? I have this task and have been debating about reading the book. I could use it for this task as an excuse to read it.
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5: Science:
Yay Task The title contains one of the following British cattle breeds: Highland, Galloway, Longhorn, Red Poll, British White, Aberdeen Angus, South Devon. Any word in the list is allowed, regardless if the breed is two words. eg. You may chose "red" or "poll", "British" or "white", etc. You may not divide a compound word like "longhorn".
Book Red Clocks
Author Leni Zumas
Date read July 19
pages 368
Janice wrote: "What did you think of it? I have this task and have been debating about reading the book. I could use it for this task as an excuse to read it."I have been trying to decide all day! LOL! It was well written and it was short. I have never done any research on Trump so I learned a lot of things (Although some reviews said there was nothing new in there) It had a lot about Fred Trump (Donald's dad) and he was quite the character (in a bad way)
I think it was worth the read, I just don't know if I believe her only motivation for writing it was "to save the country" she might just be angry over the way she was treated.
Sally wrote: "Janice wrote: "What did you think of it? I have this task and have been debating about reading the book. I could use it for this task as an excuse to read it."I have been trying to decide all day..."
Thanks Sally. I've heard people say that there is nothing new in the book, but I'm still curious. I also wonder about her motivation.
Thank you Sally. I admit to be fascinated by the man. I will pass if their is nothing new.
2. Entertainment: Nay Task - The title has the word "Halloween", "Escape", or "Thing" in it.
Book Things You Save in a Fire
Author Katherine Center
Date read July 23
Pages 320
how it fits Has the word Thing in title
Sally wrote: "2. Entertainment: Nay Task - The title has the word "Halloween", "Escape", or "Thing" in it.
Book Things You Save in a Fire
Author Katherine Center
Date read Jul..."
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Janice wrote: "Sally wrote: "2. Entertainment: Nay Task - The title has the word "Halloween", "Escape", or "Thing" in it.
Book Things You Save in a Fire
Author Katherine Center ..."
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3. History:
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Yay Task - Theme is Abraham Lincoln.
Book Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Author Bill O'Reilly
Date read July 26
Pages 324
how it fits It is a book about The Assassination of Lincoln
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6: Sport:
Nay Setting is during the month of April, or the word "April" is in the title
Book The Cruelest Month
Author Louise Penny
Date read July 28
pages 310
how it fits The book takes place during april (the cruelest month)
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1. Geography:
Nay Task - The setting is Switzerland, or written by a Swiss author.
book The Swiss Family Robinson
Author Johann David Wyss
Date read Aug 19
pages 345
How it fits Johann David Wyss was Swiss
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Yay Task - The title has the word "Cocoa" or "Chocolate" in it.
Book The Chocolate War
Author Robert Cormier
Date read Sept 1
Pages 267
how it fits Has Chocolate in the title
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Yay Task - there is a sword on the cover.
Book As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Author Cary Elwes
Date read Aug 31
pages 259
How it fits
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5: Science:
Yay Task - There is a tattoo on the cover.
Book Rock with Me
Author Kristen Proby
Date read Sep 8
Pages 198
how it fits
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Nay Task - Read a book written by a Nobel Prize in Literature winner. You may use this list or this resource as a tool. Book Pygmalion
Author George Bernard Shaw
Date read Sep 14
how it fits Shaw won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925
Sally wrote: "Card 53 History
Nay Task - Read a book written by a Nobel Prize in Literature winner. You may use this list or this resource as a tool. Book Pygmalion
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Sally wrote: "Would you accept this book for "a map on the cover" The Body Farm
"Sorry, Sally. I don't know what that is. It looks like a piece of fabric to me.
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3. History:
Yay Task - Read an anthology of Poe's stories, or a book about Poe
Book . The Raven's Tale
Author Cat Winters
Date read Sept 20
pages 368
how it fits this is a very good book, It is fiction but based in fact about Poe's teenage years.
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2. Entertainment:
Yay Task - There is a season in the title - Summer, Winter, Spring, Fall.
Book Summer House
Author Nancy Thayer
Date Read Sep 23
pages 368
how it fits Summer in title
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1. Geography:
Yay Task - Cover has a unicorn, or any horned animal.
Book The Last Unicorn
Author Peter S. Beagle
Date read Sept 23
Pages 304
How it fits
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1. Geography:
Yay Task - Read a book with the same title as one of Brad Pitt's movies.
Book Vice
Author Jane Feather
Date read Sep 25
Pages 419
How it fits Brad Pitt had a movie called VICE that came out in 2018
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4: Art/Literature:
Nay Task - There is a painting on cover.
Book The Da Vinci Code
Author Dan Brown
Date read Mar 28 2020
pages 489
how it fits
I know I read this months ago,, was reading the "help" section and saw someone ask about it,, and "AH HA" moment,, LOL