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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Kim D20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season and comment in discussion (which I did)
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Points This Post - 20
Total Points - 45
Tasks Completed - 3
Books Read This Season - 4
15.10 - Be Our GuestRead a book where a hotel* is the location or center of the action of the book.
The Shining (located in a big hotel)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Nikki B5.4 I'll Have A Double
Influenza: The Hundred-Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History
Jeremy Brown
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 30
MARGIEVANTask 10.10 Square Dance Day - Read a book that has a 2- 4- or 8-word title.
Tribulation Force
Tribulation Force
Points this post: 10
Points total: 70
Shelby
5.2. – And the record is....
Read a book that has a 1 and/or a 2 in its series number.: Best Man, by Lily Morton
How Fits: Series - #1 in Close Proximity
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
5.7 – Not just in NYC!
Read a book set at least 50% in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, or Washington, DC: Fit to be Tied, by Mary Calmes
How Fits: Location - Illinois (from setting), at least 50% set there
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.3 - Wicked
Read a book with a title of 3 or more words in which the initial letter of each word can be found in APOLLO VICTORIA and/or GERSHWIN.: Iron and Ether, by Augusta Li
How Fits: Title - Apollo VItoriA GErshwin
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.7 - National Comic Book Day
Read a book with the MPG Sequential Art.: Saga, Vol. 1, by Brian K. Vaughan
How Fits: MPG - Sequential Art
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
15.10 - Be Our Guest
Read a book where a hotel* is the location or center of the action of the book.: Sweep with Me, by Ilona Andrews
How Fits: From description - "Thank you for joining us at Gertrude Hunt, the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, during the Treaty Stay. " Inn is actual character in series.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
5.8 – 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.: The Darkest Angel, by Gena Showalter
Ebook Verified: Approved Here
How Fits: Title - Society of LonDon TheATre
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Jen K30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
Option 3: Her Body and Other Parties- 248 pages
Her bODy and Other partIEs
Option 4: The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine F. Weiss - 416 pages
elaiNE WeiSs
248 + 416 > 550 pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 70
Nikki B5.5 It Really Happened
Chronicles of Old Las Vegas: Exposing Sin City's High-Stakes History
Task Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 35
PegW5.5 – It Really Happened
Read a book with the main page genre History or Historical Fiction.
The World of Caffeine: The Science and Culture of the World's Most Popular Drug
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 50
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: Alexander HamiltonOption C, a book with MPG American Revolution: Celia Garth: A Novel by Gwen Bristow
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
IngeTask # 25.7 Happily ever after
Book: Girl Gone Viral
option 2: List 2020 adult romance by authors of colours
required: state the page: page 1
book: Happy Accident
option 4: book romance, with the word Happy in title
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 50 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Books Read: 6
Tasks completed: 5/55
#pages: 1952
Task 10.10 - Square Dance Dayread a book with a four word title
The Well of Ascension
781 pages - claiming 2 BB tix
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395 points
6 BB tix
1 GO tix
Task 25.9 - Black Books Matteroption 1: read a book from the #Black Lives Matter Reading list
Citizen: An American Lyric
#152, p2 on list
option 4: read a book by one of the listed authors
Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
Ireland is on p1 of the list, with Dread Nation
576 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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420 points
7 BB tix
1 GO tix
Amy B25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite Musicals
This is a two-book task. Please select two different options and read one book for each.
Required: Identify the options when you post.
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CAROLE KING or BILLY JOEL. All initials count.
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the title that appears in the lyrics of Billy Joel’s New York State of Mind. The word must be at least 4 letters long and match exactly. Required: State the word.
Word is "stars" - "I've seen all the movie stars in their fancy cars and their limousines")
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 115 Points
Sara G20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny Thing
Option 2- Read a book on this list Best Historical Fiction About Ancient Rome
Song of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
This book is on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 200
Rockynook10.6 - Hobbit Day
popular book (100,000+ ratings) that has an average rating of 4.00 stars or higher
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 60
ashbethindia5.1 Can't Go Wrong With the Bard
Read a book with the Main Page Genre retellings. Genre may be standalone or embedded.
Pride
Points this post: 5
Total points: 210
ashbethindia10.6 Hobbit Day
Celebrate Hobbit Day by reading a popular book (100,000+ ratings) that has an average rating of 4.00 stars or higher.
People of the Book 4.03 rating, 122,609 reviews
Points this post: 10
Total points: 220
10.6 100,000 Ratings AND 4.00 Average Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
GO: 1
BB: 1(500) (750) (1000)
Casey WTask 20.5 - Option 3
Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in ONE MORE HIKE. All initials count. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the phrase
A Good Marriage By Kimberly McCreight
Point this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Melinde20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
Flip1: Tails -> Read a book written by a male author
Flip2: Tails: Read a book by a non-American author
De kathedraal van de zee
Ildefonso Falcones
New to me author, male, born in Spain
Points this post : 20
BB tickets this post : 3 (1063 pages)
Total points: 105
BB: 3
GO: 1
Jen C20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow by Olivia Hawker
Option 3: Author initials O H in the words "ONE" and "HIKE".
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 140
Sarah H25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Man Bookering
Book 1 - Real Life
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback is Real Life
Book 2 - Love and Other Thought Experiments by Sophie Ward
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 55
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 3
Books read: 4
10.4 - The WizRead a book found on the African American Books list.
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert found on Page 17 https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Task points: 10
Total points: 125
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Books read: 11
Sandra20.10 - Group Reads
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
I have posted my thoughts/impressions in Msg #9 of the task Discussion thread.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 65
Queen Bee Darlene20.1 Most Improved Player - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
2) single author 1st & last initials found in FLEXIBILITY
The Lost Art of Mixing by Erica Bauermeister
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 205
Joanna T20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi
Option 3: Author initials in ONE MORE HIKE - HO
Points this post: 20
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Total points: 155
BB: 1
GO: 0
Mary P30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
Option 1:Read a book with a MPG of Manga/Sequential Art/ Graphic Novel or Science Fiction.
The Twelve by Justin Cronin
568 pages
Option 4:Read a book written by a single author who has all the letters in the word NEWS in their name.
Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff
352 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 70
Pat 
5.6 ~ The AUDELCO awards
Task Description ~ Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are found in VIVIAN ROBINSON. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
Required ~
Dear Edward by Ann NapolitanoCompleted ~ 9.24.20
Pages ~ 352
viviAN robinson
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Points this post ~ 5
Total Points ~ 170
Tasks Completed ~ 12
Books Read This Season ~ 16
Pages Read This Season ~ 4,907
EMurphy25.5 Whitney I's Task: First and Last
Option 1: #1 in a series Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear
Option 2: Apocalyptic genre Severance by Ling Ma
Total:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
MAZZA115.1 - Tinker to Evers to Chance
Book 1- Tinker to Evers
Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
Book 2 - Evers to Chance
Read a book with a two word title where the first word is the 2nd word in book 1’s title.
Burial Ground
points this post = 15
points to date = 330
MAZZA115.2 - Obie Awards
Book 1: Read a book with OFF found intact in the title or subtitle.
Off the Page, An Officer and a Spy
On, Off
Book 2: Read a book with OFF found intact in the author’s name.
Alice Hoffman
Faithful Alice Hoffman
points this post= 15
Points to date = 345
MAZZA115.3 - Abracadabra!
Option 2, Read 1 book that fulfills the requirements of both Book 1 and Book 2 in option 1.
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Magic or Magical Realism. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Book 2: Read a book written by an author with a 2-part name where both names begin with the same letter, i.e. Ace Atkins, Laura Lippman
Red Russia Tanya Thompson
MPG approved in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 15
points to date = 360
MAZZA125.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics
No books with the main page genres childrens or kids can be used for this task. Your two books combined must have at least 500 pages.
Book 1: Read a book that has all the vowels in its title and/or subtitle. For purposes of this task, vowels are A E I O U (not Y).
Peril at End House 287 pages
A= at
e and I = pErIl
o and u - hOUse
Book 2: Read a nonfiction book that has at least 5 different consonants (Y is a consonant) in the title only. Subtitles cannot be used.
The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
352 pages
T H K L R
287 + 352 = 639 pages exceeds requirement
points this post = 25
Points to date = 385
MAZZA125.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW
For this challenge, you must read a book 1 and a book 2, OR read one book which fulfills all task requirements that is also at least 500 pages long.
One of your books MUST have a main page genre of Horror or Thriller, standalone or embedded.
Start by choosing a film from this List of films set around Halloween.
Required: State your chosen film in your post.
FILM CHOSEN - All Hallows Eve: October 30th. (2015)
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 (the/and are excluded)
The October List MPG Thriller approved in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
336 pages . matching word = October
Book 2: Read a book first published the same year your chosen film was released.
All the Rage first published 2015 317 pages
336 + 317 = 653 exceeds requirement
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 410
Joanna T25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW
Film chosen: Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2014)
Book 1: Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark
MPG = Thriller
I listened to the audiobook, the MMP has 338 pp.
Book 2: The Saint by Tiffany Reisz
Published 2014
I read the kindle edition, the paperback has 442 pp.
Points this post: 25
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Total points: 180
BB: 1
GO: 0
Mod
I read Hamnet - I listened to the audiobook, linked to pb (no MMPB). Top genre is Historial>Historical Fiction.
total points: 295
Mod
I read American Dirt. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the pb (no MMPB). 158,923 ratings, avg. rating 4.3.
total points: 305
Mod
I read The Last Flight by Julie Clark and
An Amateur Corpse by Simon Brett (read the kindle edition, linked to the pb).
Both books have 3 words in title, and both authors have 10 letters in their names.
total points: 335
Kim O15.4 - And I Did It My Way
Option 2: Read 1 book that fulfills the requirements of both Book 1 (autobiography/memoir) and Book 2 (six-word title) in option 1.
I Put a Spell on You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Points: 35
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Coffeegirl30.1 Ancient Greek Theatre
Option 3: The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth
S.H. initials in SopHocles
Option 4: The Summer Deal by Jill Shalvis
Series #5 of Wildstone
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 80
10.2 - Avenue QRead a book with the letter Q or the letters AVE intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster
"Q" in Queen
New Points: 10
Total Points: 95
BB: 3
GO: 1
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10.7 - National Comic Book Day
Read a book with the MPG Sequential Art
The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
Pages Read: 1,949