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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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Amy B15.5 - Get The Word Out
Read a book written by a Goodreads Author- an author enrolled in the Goodreads Author Program. On the book’s main page, (Goodreads Author) must follow the author’s name.
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 90 Points
MARGIEVANTask 5.2 And the record is . . . Read a book that has a 1 and/or a 2 in its series number.
Left Behind
Left Behind Series #1
Points this post: 5
Points total: 35
Sara G20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
Option 3: Although a book lover at heart, as a math teacher I spend my days in the world of numbers.
For this option, read a book that has at least one number in the title.
1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West by Roger Crowley
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Sara G20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
These are my two coin flips:
1. Heads - female author
2. Heads - American author
Sheepfarmer's Daughter by Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Moon is a female American author, and this author is new to me.
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 506 pages.
**Sheepfarmer's Daughter is a Big Book (506 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
LAUREN JODI5.5 - It Really Happened
A Murderous Relation by Deanna Raybourn
Confirmed in Post #9 of the help thread
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 125/935
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 11/55
LAUREN JODI5.6 - The AUDELCO awards
Don't Look by Alexandra Ivy
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 130/935
Total Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 12/55
Melinde15.2 - Obie Awards
book1: Read a book with off found intact in title
Het laatste offer
book 2: Read a book with off found intact in author
Belinda is niet bang - Cok Grashoff
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
10.7 - National Comic Book DayRead a book with the MPG Sequential Art.
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Points this post: 10
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Delicious Dee25.3 - Andy P’s Task : Finding a Topic for a Task
Book A - From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
Book B - Touch You Now - Carly Phillips
points this post: 25
Total Points: 235
Julia10320.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life (NFL in Reflections)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 130
BB: 1
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
CYNBAXTERTask #05.08 – In London as Well
Book: The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins – the initial letters of the title, T-C-O-F-L can all be found in the task phrase
Task: 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.
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 40 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
10.2 - Avenue QRead a book with the letter Q or the letters AVE intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
In a Shallow Grave
AVE appears in grAVE
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 85
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Andy P.Task # 10.6 - Hobbit Day
Read a popular book (100,000+ ratings) that has an average rating of 4.00 stars or higher.
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
4.07 stars, 221,318 ratings
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
Coffeegirl20.5 Bigger is Better - or is it?
Option 3: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
K.H. initials found in "one more HiKe"
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 20
Coffeegirl30.2 In Balance
The Heir by Kiera Cass
Well Met by Jen DeLuca
Book Title: 2 word title
Author name: 9 character name
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 50
30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best FriendOption 1: Read a book with a MPG of Manga/Sequential Art/ Graphic Novel or Science Fiction. The genre may be standalone or embedded. Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman (233 pages)
Option 4: Read a book written by a single author who has all the letters in the word NEWS in their name Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams (330 pages)
Total pages: 563
Points this post: 30
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 11
25.9 - G.Q.’s Task: Black Books MatterOption 1: The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
❁ found on p. 1 of the Black Lives Matter Library list ❁
Option 2: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
❁ found on p. 1 of Afrofuturism list ❁
Total points: 80 + 25 = 105
30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best FriendOption 1: Y The Last Man Book Three by Brian K. Vaughan
❁ MPG Sequential Art/Graphic Novel and Science Fiction ❁
📖 320 pages 📖
Option 2: It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
❁ MPG Sports ❁
📖 400 pages 📖
📖📖📖 320 pages + 400 pages = 720 pages 📖📖📖
Total points: 105 + 30 = 135
delicious dee30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
Book 1 - option 4 - Loving Their Vixen Mate - #3 in the Pack Wars series
book 2 - option 4 - Playing Dirty - #3 in the windy city kink series
points this post: 30
Total Points: 265
Task 20.9 - Alexander Hamiltonoption A: read a biography of Hamilton
Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery
approved in the help thread
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375 points
4 BB tix
1 GO tix
Shawn H.20.10 - Group Reads
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
***Comments in Post #7 of the Discussion Thread***
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Big Ticket Books: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
Chris MD 20.1 Back to School
Option 3: Title includes a number written as a numeral
The 39 Steps by John Buchan
This book was first published in 1915. Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket
Total points: 55
Chris MD 25.6 Back to Basics
Book 1: Title contains AEIOU
A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn
A-E-O-U in dAngErOUs, I in collaboratIon.
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 352 pages.
Book 2: Nonfiction book with at least five different consonants in the title
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Unique Consonants: K L R S F T H W M N
Book1 352 pages
Book2 338 pages
Total 690 pages
Total points: 80
READ 60 30.3Tv is my best friend Option 3.dA Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher HOODIE 365 pages
Option 4.A Prayer for the Dying by StEWart O'Nan
News Pages 195
total page count 560
Points 30
total points
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.4 – I'll Have a Double
Not Hungry by KATE Karyus Quinn
Points this post: 5
Total points: 310
Tasks completed: 18/55
Books read: 24
TessaVanessa Challenge 10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
Teeny Little Grief Machines by Linda Oatman High
Points this post: 10
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 19/55
Books read: 25
10.9 - Rock the VoteRead a book that has at least two numbers from 11/3 found in the year the book was first published.
The Book of Hallowe'en
First Published in 1918
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 95
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Pat 
5.10 ~ Intermission
Task Description ~ Take a break and read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules. For this task, a book with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used if it is not found in AR Bookfinder.
Required ~
Calvin by Martine LeavittCompleted ~ 9.20.20
Pages ~ 181
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Points this post ~ 5
Total Points ~ 145
Tasks Completed ~ 9
Books Read This Season ~ 13
Pages Read This Season ~ 4,071
TessaVanessa Challenge 10.5 Hamilton
Clifford Olson: The Beast of British Columbia by Elizabeth Broderick
Series title: (Crimes Canada #12
Points this post: 10
Total points: 330
Tasks completed: 20/55
Books read: 26
TessaVanessa Challenge 15.9 - How Ya Doin'?
Little Pills by Melody Dodds
Added to list: 2/2/20
Points this post: 15
Total points: 345
Tasks completed: 21/55
Books read: 27
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Man BookeringBook 1. Word in the title or subtitle matches a word in the title of one of the books on the longlist.
Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization by Scott Barry Kaufman (432 pages) matches The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
Book 2. Author’s name matches a name of one of the authors on the longlist.
The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste is on the list (448 pages)
Total pages: 880
Points this post: 25
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 13
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyFall Season 2020
Task 10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
Read a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title. Titles only. Subtitles are excluded.
An Elephant in the Garden
an elEphAnT in THE gaRden
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GOT Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 115
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyFall Season 2020
Task 30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options or two books from one option.
Required: Identify which option or options you select when you post.
Option 2: Mythology
*Read a book with the main page genre mythology or main page genre Greece. MPG may be stand alone or embedded.
Become: a Young Adult Urban Fantasy Novel - MPG Mythology
Option 4: Aeschylus’s The Oresteia
Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than or equal to 1. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing, in grayscale parentheses following the title.
Midnight Sun #5 in Twilight series
Note, I listened to audible, and there is no MMPB version, The default PB version is 756 pages, so I am claiming 2 BB tickets
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 145
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyFall Season 2020
Task 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 4: For this task read a book with a title of at least 3 words, where the first letter of every word is found in the phrase WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS.
The Night Swim read 9/9
TNS founds in whaT happeNS
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 165
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyFall Season 2020
Task 15.5 - Get The Word Out
September is Shameless Self-Promotion Month - All authors could use a little more promotion - no shame!
Read a book written by a Goodreads Author- an author enrolled in the Goodreads Author Program. On the book’s main page, (Goodreads Author) must follow the author’s name. Pseudonyms of Goodreads Authors only work if they are identified as a Goodreads Author. Books written by more than one author work if all are Goodreads Authors.
The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen
I listened to the audible version, the MMPB version is 502 pages, claiming one BB ticket
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 180
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyFall Season 2020
Task 10.6 - Hobbit Day
September 22 is is a day to celebrate J.R.R. Tolkien's most lovable and heroic characters, the Hobbit. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again has an average of 4.27 stars over 2,841,048 ratings on Goodreads. Celebrate Hobbit Day by reading a popular book (100,000+ ratings) that has an average rating of 4.00 stars or higher.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again read 9/19 - average of 4.27 and over 2,841,048 ratings
initially published in 1937, claiming 1 GO ticket
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Total Points this Season: 190
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 1
DeborahPost #7
20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
1) Suspect by Michael Robotham
(Joseph O'Loughlin #1)
This author is new to me
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 8
Tasks Done: 7
MARGIEVANTask 10.8 Trick or Treat - Read a book with the MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural.
The Broken Girls
Points this post: 10
Points total: 45
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.6 Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and Wait
Book A-Option 3:
Ohio Angels by Harriet Scott Chessman
Book B- Option 3:
What Goes Up by Christine Heppermann
Points this post: 30
Total points: 375
Tasks completed: 22/55
Books read: 29
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.6 Hobbit Day
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
4.10 stars and 223,048 ratings
Points this post: 10
Total points: 385
Tasks completed: 23/55
Books read: 30
Joanna T25.5 - Whitnie I's Task: First and Last
One book option: fits both Option 1 and Option 2
Feed by Mira Grant
I read the audiobook, but I'm linking to the MMP for page count and BB ticket.
This book was approved for the one book option in the help thread, and it counts because it has MPG Apocalyptic > Post Apocalyptic and is first in the Newsflesh series.
I am claiming one BB ticket because this book has 599 pp. in the MMP.
Points this post: 25
BB this post: 1
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Total points: 135
BB: 1
GO: 0
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New AuthorsNew to me author - Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
Flip #1- Tails: Male author - James Baldwin
Flip #2 - American author - Born in Harlem, NY, US
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 14
Ava Catherine25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW
film: Truth or Dare (2012) from Horror/Thriller section
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_o...
Book 1: Read a book with a word of at least 3 letters in the title/subtitle that matches a word in the title of your chosen film.
word=truth
Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly 480 pages; mpg thriller
Book 2: Read a book first published the same year your chosen film was released.
film released 2012
The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam first published January 1, 2012; 400 pages
total=485
Kristen IA20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
❋ Nonfiction - Health: Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang
Link to PB since I listened to Audio: 荒诞医学史
Discussion - Post #7
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20/935
Tasks Completed: 1/55
BB: 0
GO: 0
Ava Catherine30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A Feather
Option 1: Heron
Read a book from this list Legs!
page 1; #66
The Wartime Sisters by Lynda Cohen Loigman
Option 5: Pigeon
Read a non-fiction book with a MPG of History.
The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy by David E. Hoffman mpg history
total=515
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10.10 - Square Dance Day: Read a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title.
Women Talking
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10/935
Tasks completed: 1/55
Books read: 1