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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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Bookwrm526Task #30.6 - Hurry Up and Wait
Book A, Option 3: Read a book where all the letters ECRC can be found in the author's name. I read The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson (EC in rachel, RC in carson).
Book B, Option 1: Read a book by an author who lives in/was born in Italy, or where at least 50% of the book is set in Italy. I read The Smell of the Night by Andrea Camilleri. The book is set in Italy and the author was born in Italy.
Total points so far: 240
Andy P.Task # 10.7 - National Comic Book Day
Read a book with the MPG Sequential Art.
Identity Crisis by Brad Meltzer
Sequential Arts>Comics first MPG on page
Points this post: 10
Total points: 130
Louloureads5.2 And the record is...
Read a book that has a 1 and/or a 2 in the series number.
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken (#1 The Wolves Chronicles)
AR Bookfinder UK info: IL: MY - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points this post: 5
Points overall: 85
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny ThingOption 1-Read a book with a Main Page Genre of Humor, Comedy, Plays or Drama
read the ebook version of Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
New Points: 20
Total Points: 85
BB: 3
GO: 1
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: Alexander HamiltonOption C: Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson
❁ MPG American Revolution ❁
❁ AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10.0 ❁
Total points: 135 + 20 = 155
Pat 
15.8 ~ Pop!
Task Description ~ Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of these USDA corn belt states: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska.
Required ~ If the setting is not evident include a reference to establish how the book fits the task.
The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan StradalCompleted ~ 9.22.20
Pages ~ 349
Setting is in Minnesota
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Points this post ~ 15
Total Points ~ 165
Tasks Completed ~ 11
Books Read This Season ~ 15
Pages Read This Season ~ 4,555
G.Q. 20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Mx.shining's Task: All About Books
Option 1: Read a book with the MPG Books about Books.
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
Pages Read: 1,949
10.1 - Let's Go to the TheatreRead a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title
At the Back of the North Wind
AT THE back of thE noRth wind
claiming a golden oldie. published in 1871
Points this task: 10
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 30
Total Tasks completed: 2
Total Golden oldies: 1
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 2
25.2 +500 pgsBook 1: 3+ Word Title Initials in "Come, and take choice of all my library, And so beguile thy sorrow"
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
286 pgs
*Claim a GO ticket, pub 1926*
Book 2: initials in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
A Better Man by Louise Penny
437 pgs
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
GO: 1
BB: 1(500) (750) (1000)
5.2 --And the record is....The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale #2
Points this post 5
Total points 5
5.3 Twice a Hat TrickWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
First published 2003
Points this post 5
Total points 10
5.5 It Really HappenedMeet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor (Historical genre)
Points this post 5
Total points 15
5.7 Not just in NYC! The Confession Club by Elizabeth BergTakes place in Missouri
Points this post 5
Total points 20
15.8 Pop! Home by Marilynne Robinson
The setting is Iowa
Points this post 15
Total points 35
Tasks completed 5
Books read 5
5.7 - NOT JUST IN NYC! - Anyone but AlexSet in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
TOTAL POINTS - 165
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny ThingOption 2- Pompeii by Robert Harris
The book is #5 on page 1 of the list.
Points this post - 20
Total points - 210
Tasks completed - 12
Books read - 15
MARGIEVANTask 15.5 - Read a book written by a Goodreads Author.
The Fifth Avenue Story Society
Rachel Hauck is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 15
Points total: 60
DeborahPost #8
30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A Feather
2) The Ballad of Black Tom 149 pages
5) The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke MPG: Non-Fiction, History
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 135
Books Read: 10
Tasks Done: 8
Delicious Dee20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
Option 3 - The Book of Lost Names - Kristin Harmel
points this post: 20
Total Points: 290
Task 10.8 - Trick or Treatread a book with Horror MPG
zombies: Survival
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385 points
4 BB tix
1 GO tix
Sara G20.7 - 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 Tea Planter's Wife by Dinah Jefferies
WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
Sara G20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Mx.shining's Task: All About Books
Option 1 – Books
Read a book with the MPG Books about Books.
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff
MPG Writing > Books About Books 73 users
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
Ava Catherine15.8 - Pop!
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of these USDA corn belt states: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska.
state setting=Nebraska
The Meaning of Names by Karen Gettert Shoemaker
total=600
Ava Catherine15.2 - Obie Awards
Book 1: Read a book with OFF found intact in the title or subtitle.
Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald
Book 2: Read a book with OFF found intact in the author’s name.
The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman
total=615
Ava Catherine10.6 - Hobbit Day
Read a popular book (100,000+ ratings) that has an average rating of 4.00 stars or higher.
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 4.48 average rating: 936,171 ratings
total=625
Ava Catherine5.9. The Europe Theatre Prize
Read a book set at least 50% in Italy, Greece, Poland, or Russia.
setting=Moscow, Russia
The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal by David E. Hoffman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_T...
total=630
trishhartuk5.6 The AUDELCO awards
Single author whose initials are found in VIVIAN ROBINSON.
Faharenheit 415, Ray Bradbury
RoBinson
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 12
Golden oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 500+ x 1 = 1
LAUREN JODI20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Mx.shining's Task: All About Books
Option 1: Books about Books
Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay
Confirmed in Post #32 of the help thread
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 150/935
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 13/55
LAUREN JODI20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny Thing
Option 1: Humor
The Governess Game by Tessa Dare
Confirmed in Post #18 of the help thread
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 170/935
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 14/55
Ava Catherine10.10 - Square Dance Day
Read a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title.
Cemetery Road by Greg Iles
total=640
Beth_NC5.1 Can't Go Wrong with the Bard Heart of the Fae by Emma Hamm
MPG Retellings
Points: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks: 1
Total Books: 1
Total Pages: 350
Ava Catherine10.9 - Rock the Vote
Read a book that has at least two numbers from 11/3 found in the year the book was first published.
A Delicate Truth by John le Carré first published April 2013
total=650
Beth_NC5.5 It Really Happened The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
MPG Historical Fiction
Points: 5
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks: 2
Total Books: 2
Total Pages: 717
Beth_NC10.5 Hamilton Veins of Magic by Emma Hamm
Otherworld Series
Points: 10
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks: 3
Total Books: 3
Total Pages: 1085
Beth_NC10.8 Trick or Treat Ink Witch by Lindsey Fairleigh
MPG Paranormal
Points: 10
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks: 4
Total Books: 4
Total Pages: 1319
Beth_NC15.3 Abracadabra Blood Debts by Shayne Silvers
Option 2 MPG Magic & author initials are same SS
Points: 15
Total Points: 45
Total Tasks: 5
Total Books: 5
Total Pages: 1667
Beth_NC15.7 The Toniest Award Eternal Pleasure by Nina Bangs
Nina is a listed form of Anthony
Points: 15
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks: 6
Total Books: 6
Total Pages: 1975
Beth_NC20.7 A Different Kind of Celebration The Final Days of Magic by J.D. Horn
Option 2 Word in title contains letters NFL FiNaL
Points: 20
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks: 7
Total Books: 7
Total Pages: 2339
Beth_NC30.5 Find the Right Spell
Book 1 Morning Noon and Night by Sidney Sheldon
Noon is a plaindrome
Book 2 Caught by Harlan Coben
Points: 30
Total Points: 110
Total Tasks: 8
Total Books: 9
Total Pages: 3095
Andy P.Task # 5.7 – Not just in NYC!
Read a book set at least 50% in Illinois
Burn Marks by Sara Paretsky
Set entirely in Chicago,IL
Points this post: 5
Total points: 135
Andy P.Task # 10.10 - Square Dance Day
Read a book that has a 2 word title.
Thinking Racehorse by Jimmy Tudeski
Points this post: 10
Total points: 145
Nikki B10.5 Hamilton
Beaches, Bungalows, and Burglaries
Series title is A Camper& Criminals Cozy Mystery
Task Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 25
Nick KY20.5 Peg W’s Bigger is Better – Or is it? I read The Adderall Diaries by Stephen Eliot, 208 pp – it fits Opt. 2: middle number of pagination is smaller than outside #s.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 230
Nick KY25.7 Sally M’s Romance Novels
Opt. 1. Inits in THERE S ON L YONEBE D. I read Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers.
Opt. 2. “Wedding” in title and ”Romance”as GR genre. I read A Highland Werewolf Wedding by Terry Spear.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 255
20.3 list: Best Banned Censored and Challenged BooksLady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Pg 1 of list, #71
*Claiming a GO ticket, pub 1928*
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
GO: 1
BB: 1(500) (750) (1000)
Amarie5.2 - Read a book that has a 1 and/or a 2 in its series number.
Book: Maggie's Man (Family Secrets, #1) by Alicia Scott
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 100
Amarie20.3 - Best Banned, Censored or Challenged Books List
Book: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Book was found on page 4, #340
Pages: 264
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 120
G.Q. 5.2. – And the record is....
Read a book that has a 1 and/or a 2 in its series number.
The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters by Robert Kirkman
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
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Task #20.7 - A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in one of the top global wine regions: Italy, France, Spain, California, Argentina, Chile, Australia. I chose Italy and read The Patience of the Spider by Andrea Camilleri. The setting is stated in the Goodreads description.
Total points so far: 210