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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny ThingOption 1-Read a book with a Main Page Genre of Humor
On The Move (NASCAR #6) by Pamela Britton
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 530
Oma122910.8 - Trick or Treat
Read a book with the MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural. Genres may be standalone or embedded.
Blood-Kissed Sky by J.A. London
Total Points-195/935
Total Tasks=13/55
Golden Oldie Books=()
# 0f Big Books=500-749(); 750-1000(); 1000+()
SandyL30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and Wait
Book A
Option 2: Read a book from the Gaslight Mystery Series
Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson
Book B
Option 3: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the beginning letter of every word can be found in NO SWIMMING POOL FOR YOU.
Faking Ms. Right by Claire Kingsley
no swiMming pool ForR you
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 30
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 2
SandyL30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Find The Right Spell
Book 1: Read a book which has a palindrome of 4 or more letters in the title
Charming Hannah by Kristen Proby
Palindrome = Hannah
332 pages
Book 2: Read a book with only one occurrence of each letter in the title
Tacker: An Arizona Vengeance Novel by Sawyer Bennett
346 pages
332 + 346 = 678 pages
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 60
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 4
REPOST30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In Balance
The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #2) by Rick Riordan
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17.0
1x Bigger is Better tix -I listened to audiobook but for the purpose of this, the paperback The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #2) has 528p
As Old As Time by Liz Braswell
4 word titles & 11 character name
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 530
SandyL30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In Balance
Read 2 books where both books have the same number of words in their titles AND the same number of characters in their authors' names
Ride Steady by Kristen Ashley
**640 pages - requesting Big Book Ticket**
Hands Down by Mariana Zapata
**548 pages - requesting Big Book Ticket**
2 words in each title/13 characters in authors names
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 90
Big Books Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 6
SandyL20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in Italy, France, Spain, California, Argentina, Chile or Australia
Forbidden Falls by Robyn Carr
Set 100% in California
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 110
Big Books Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 7
SandyL20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
Option 2: Read a book between 200 and 400 pages where the outside numbers are larger than the center one.
Game Changer by Kelly Jamieson
308 pages
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 130
Big Books Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 8
G.Q. 20.3 – Best Review - Book Concierge – Banned Books Week
Read a book from this list: "Best Banned Censored and Challenged Books."
Carrie by Stephen King (page 2)
Total Points: 190
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 15
Pages Read: 4,813
Task 5.7 – Not just in NYDBook chosen: Murder with Honey Ham Biscuits
Fits task: Set almost entirely in Washington, D.C.
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 272
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 260 points
Kelly L20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny Thing
Option 1-Read a book with a Main Page Genre of Humor, Comedy, Plays or Drama.
The Crucible, MPG Plays and MPG Drama.
This post: 20 points
Total: 120 points
Task 25.2 – Shakespearean ReadingBook 1 chosen: Do It Afraid: Embracing Courage in the Face of Fear
Fits task: Letters D, I, and A found in "Come, and take choice of all my library..."
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 288
Book 2 chosen: Once You Go This Far
Fits task: Letters K and L found in William Shakespeare
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 320
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 285 points
Kathy KS***UNCLAIM!!!***
15.10 - Be Our Guest
Read a book where a hotel* is the location or center of the action of the book.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 130-15=115
Tasks completed: 6-1=5
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Kathy KS30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options...
Option 3: Sophocles
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in SOPHOCLES.
Blood Orange: A Mystery, by Sam Llewellyn
SL=SophocLes
Option 5: Drama Coach
*B. Read a book with the main page genre World War II. The MPG may be stand alone or embedded.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford
MPG: War > World War II 364 users
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 145
Tasks completed: 6
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Readerboard Name: List_addict10.6: Hobbit Day
A 100,000+ Ratings book with an average score over 4.00
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
12 October: 2,793,353 ratings; 4.57 score
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
Total points this challenge: 10
Delicious Dee10.3 - Wicked
Harrow the Ninth - HN found in GersHwiN T in VicToria
points this post: 10
Total Points: 580
DeborahPost #16
25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite Musicals
1) Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas
LK: CAROLE KING
2) Just Like Heaven
Using LIKE: Some folks like to get away (First line in the song)
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 275
Books Read: 22
Tasks Done: 16
trishhartuk10.9 Rock the Vote
November 3 is election day in the US. Read a book that has at least two numbers from 11/3 in its publication year. Ex: 2013, 2011, 1991, 1983, etc.
Unidentified Woman, Mignon G. Eberhart
First published in 1943
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Golden oldie: 1 – first published in 1943
Big book: No
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 15
Golden oldies: 2
Big book tickets: 500+ x 1 = 1
Laurah3015.9 - How Ya Doin'?
Read a book that you added to your To-read list between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.
How to Walk Away
added March 14, 2020
Points this post: 15
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Sara G25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading
Book One: read a book with a three word title where the initial letters of every word are found in the quote: "Come, and take choice of all my library, And so beguile thy sorrow"
A Future Arrived by Phillip Rock
"Come, and take choice of all my library, And so beguile thy sorrow"
Book Two: read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
Austenland by Shannon Hale
Points this post: 25
Total points: 475
5.9. The Europe Theatre PrizeRead a book set at least 50% in Italy, Greece, Poland, or Russia. REQUIRED: if the location is not evident from the metadata or book description, include a reference to establish how the book fits the task.
The Invitation by Lucy Foley Set in Italy. Setting is in the summary and in the metadata.
Task points: 5
Total points: 215
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 1
Books read: 20
20.3 – Best Review - Book Concierge – Banned Books WeekRead a book from this list: Best Banned Censored and Challenged Books. Required: State the page and the number on the list of your book.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Page 1, #22
Task points: 20
Total points: 235
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 1
Books read: 21
Sandra10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
Read a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title.
The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton
All letter of THEATRE can be found in title: THE TERMINAL MAN
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 75
Sandra25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite Musicals
BOOK #1:
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CAROLE KING
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
Author initials are AK found in CAROLE KING
BOOK #2:
Option 3: Read a book from this list of Best Music Books.
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This book is on page 2, position #118 of the list.
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 100
5.1 - Can't go wrong with the bardI read A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. It has the MPG retellings.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
5.2 - And the record is...I read Fame by Karen Kingsbury. This is the first book in the firstborn series.
Points: 5
Total points: 10
Bookwrm526Task #5.4 - I'll Have a Double
Read a book by a single author whose first, middle, or last name matches the name of any of these performers (Amanda Plummer, Dana Ivey, Kate Burton, Jan Maxwell, Mark Rylance, and Jeremy Pope). I chose Kate Burton and read Do not Disturb by Kate Kingsbury.
Total points so far: 385
Rockynook15.8 - Pop!
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of these USDA corn belt states: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska.
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Set in Omaha, Nebraska (stated on GR page)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 185
5.4 I'll have a doubleI read One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence. The authors first name matches Mark Rylance.
Points: 5
Total points: 15
5.5 - It really happenedI read Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare. This book has the MPG historical fiction.
Points: 5
Total points: 20
5.6 - The audelco awardsI read Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch. The N and S can be found in robiNSon.
Points: 5
Total points: 25
Ava Catherine10.8 - Trick or Treat
Read a book with the MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural.
The Whisper Man by Alex North mpg horror
total=815
Ava Catherine5.8 – In London as well
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, where the initial letter of each word of the title is found in SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE.
Somebody Else's Daughter by Elizabeth Brundage
initial letters in title=SED found in SociEty of lonDon theatre
total=820
Ava Catherine5.1 – Can't Go Wrong with the Bard
Read a book with the Main Page Genre retellings.
Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler mpg retellings
total=825
Ava Catherine5.2. – And the record is....
Read a book that has a 1 and/or a 2 in its series number.
A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George
total=830
Ava Catherine5.3 – Twice a Hat Trick!"
Read a book first published in one of these years – 1950, 1979, 2003, 2018.
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar first published January 25, 2018
total=835
Andy P.Task # 30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
Option 1. Read a book with a MPG of Science Fiction
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss 662 p. Sci MPG Fiction>Fantasy
Option 4. Read a book written by a single author who has all the letters in the word NEWS in their name.
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden 336 p.
NEW in Weiden
S in Heska
page count 662 + 336 =998>550 p requirement
Points this post: 30
Total points: 335
Ava Catherine5.7 – Not just in NYC!
Read a book set at least 50% in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, or Washington, DC.
set in Georgia
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
total=840
Ava Catherine30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
Option 2: Mythology
Read a book with the main page genre mythology or main page genre Greece. MPG may be stand alone or embedded.
The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton mpg mythology; mpg Greece
Option 5: Drama Coach
*B. Read a book with the main page genre World War II.
Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies by Ben Macintyre mpg World War II
total=870
Ava Catherine10.7 - National Comic Book Day
Read a book with the MPG Sequential Art.
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
total=880
Nick KY30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A Feather
Option 1: Heron
I read No and Me by Delphine de Vigan, # 136, p.2 on the Legs! List: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Option 2: Hummingbird
I read The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge by Jean-François Lyotard. 144 pp.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 455
Queen Bee Darlene15.5 Get the Word Out
Goodreads Author
Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness by Ingrid Fetell Lee
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 400
Queen Bee Darlene20.1 Group Read -Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
Discussion comment #14
Points this post: 20
Total points: 420
Andy P.Task # 30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In Balance
Read 2 books where both books have the same number of words in their titles AND the same number of characters in their authors' names.
Book 1. Hide Away by Jason Pinter
Book 2. True Fiction by Lee Goldberg
Both two word titles, and 11 characters in the authors' names
Points this post: 30
Total points: 365
Joanna T5.1 – Can't Go Wrong with the Bard
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A.N. Roquelaure
MPG=Retellings (also approved in help thread)
Task total: 5
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Grant total: 275
BB: 3
GO: 0
MAZZA120.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
Required: State which option you chose when posting.
Option 1:
For this option, start a new series by a new-to-you author.
Required: State the author is new to you.
Edgar Allan Poe and the London Monster: A Novel
this is identified as #1 in series and is a new to me author
points this post = 20
Points to date = 730
Sara G25.7 - Sally M's Task: Happily Ever After
Option 2: In honor of diversity in publishing, read a book by an author included in the list 2020 Adult Romance by Authors of Color.
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev
Sonali Dev is on page 1 of the list.
Option 3: In honor of my absolute favorite bookstore, The Ripped Bodice, read one of their bestselling or award-winning books.
An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
This book is on the 2017 bestsellers list.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 500
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny Thing
Option 1 (humor mpg): The Constant Rabbit
TOTAL to date
230 points
4 big books