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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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Amy W20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
I chose Option 1: Start a new series by a new-to-you author. I read Rafe: A Buff Male Nanny by Rebekah Weatherspoon. It is #1 in its series. Rebekah Weatherspoon is a new-to-me author.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 35
Delicious Dee30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and Wait
Book A - option 2 - Murder on Pleasant Avenue - book 23 in the gaslight mystery series
Book B - option 3 - Mine Until Moonrise - MUM found in NO SWI MM ING POOL FOR YO U
points this post: 30
Total Points: 345
25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTWThe movie I chose from Films Set around Halloween is The Book of Life (2014).
Book 1, a book with a word in the title that matches a word in the title of the chosen film (Life): Life Sentences by Laura Lippman, MPG Thriller
Book 2, a book first published the same year as the chosen film: Worn Stories by Emily Spivack, published August 26th 2014
Points this post: 25
Total points: 170
30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A FeatherOption 2, a small book, 100-150 pages, A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way Through Love, Loss, and Laughter by Rachael Herron
paperback edition A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way through Love, Loss, and Laughter, 144 pages
Option 5, a non-fiction book with MPG History: Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It by Gina Kolata
Points this post: 30
Total points: 200
Amy FL5.2. – And the record is....
When She Was Good (Cyrus Haven #2)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 115
Amy FL5.6 – The AUDELCO awards
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager (RobinSon)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 120
Amy FL5.7 – Not just in NYC!
The Silent Wife - set in Atlanta, Georgia (in metadata)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 125
Amy B10.10 - Square Dance Day
Read a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title. All words count. Spaces determine words. Subtitles should be ignored.
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 125 Points
Reposting post 684 to add details of book shelved as Children10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
Read 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
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14.0
claiming a golden oldie. published in 1871
Points this task: 10
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 1
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
5.10 - IntermissionI read Nancy: Volume 1: The John Stanley Library
This book has a main page genre of "Childrens", but it does not show up in AR Book Finder.
Points this post: 5 points
Total points: 25 points
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldie tickets: 0
5.2 - And the record is ...I read Nancy: The John Stanley Library, Vol. 2
Points this post: 5 points
Total points: 30 points
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Task 30.1 - Ancient Greek TheatreOption 3: Sophocles
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in SOPHOCLES. Middle names/initials may be ignored.
sophoCLes
The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are (2020) by Libby Copeland (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 294 pages) [929.107]
Option 5: Drama Coach
*B. Read a book with the main page genre World War II. The MPG may be stand alone or embedded.
Friends and Heroes (Balkan Trilogy #3) (1965) by Olivia Manning (Hardcover, 363 pages)
20 + 30 = 50
Tasks Completed: 04
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 20 + 30 = 50
Books read: 05
Pages read: 1,237
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Kathy KS20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
Option 1: start a new series by a new-to-you author. The series can be of any length, but should be listed as #1 in the series on Goodreads. Required: State the author is new to you.
The Daedalus Incident, by Michael J. Martinez
Series: Daedalus #1
This author is new to me.
I read an ebook version. mmpb=457 p.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 70
Tasks completed: 3
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
15.5 GR Author Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women by Sarah Bessey
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
GO: 1
BB: 1(500) (750) (1000)
5.10 IntermissionToo Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 5
10.6 Hobbit DayThe Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The rating is 4.34 with 101,775 ratings
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 15
20.3 Banned Books Week The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Page 1, Number 26
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 35
DeborahPost #10
10.4 - The Wiz
Monster page 1, currently 4th from the bottom
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 12
Tasks Done: 10
Elizabeth PTask 30.1 - Ancient Greek Theater
Option 3 - Book by single author, initials in SOPHOCLES
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
soPhoCles
At 681 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
Option 4 - Book in series with whole number greater than/equal to one
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
Book 1 in A League of Extraordinary Women
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 6
G.Q.25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW
Film Chosen: Which Witch Is Which? (1984)
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 Witch Elm by Tana French
Total Points: 70 (word: Witch; MPG: Mystery Thriller)
Book 2: Read a book first published the same year your chosen film was released.
Akira, Vol. 5 by Katsuhiro Otomo (first published in 1984)
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
Pages Read: 2,890
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: Alexander HamiltonOption C: MPG of American Revolution.
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
This task: 20
Total Points: 250
Total Tasks: 14
Total Books: 17
20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?Option 3: Author initials can be found in ONE MORE HIKE
Becoming by Michelle Obama
This task: 20
Total Points: 270
Total Tasks: 15
Total Books: 18
Sara G15.8 - Pop!
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of these USDA corn belt states: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska.
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
This book is set entirely in Chicago, Illinois.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 250
Mod
10.3 - Wicked
title letters VWNE in Victoria Gershwin: Voice with No Echo by Suzanne Chazin
total = 275
Mod
10.4 - The Wiz
From page 9: Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
total = 285
Mod
20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
Option 3, initials RH in MORE HIKE: New Yorked by Rob Hart
total = 335
CYNBAXTERTask #10.01 – Let’s Go to the Theatre
Book: The Stillwater Girls by Minka Kent
Task: Read a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title.
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 60 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
CYNBAXTERTask #10.02 – Avenue Q
Book: Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang
Task: Read a book with the letter Q or the letters AVE intact in the title/subtitle or author’s name
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 70 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Mx.shining's Task: All About BooksOption 2: Read a book where ALL the letters of the word READING can be found in the author's name as it appears on Goodreads.
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
READING appears in GRADy hENdrIx
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 145
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Amy B5.10. Intermission
Take a break and read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 130 Points
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of CelebrationOption 1: Author first and last name initials can be found in CHAMPAGNE
Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore
This task: 20
Total Points: 290
Total Tasks: 16
Total Books: 19
Chris MD 15.2 Obie Awards
Book 1: OFF found intact in title or subtitle
Off Season by Philip Craig
Book 2: OFF found intact in author's name
Weather by Jenny Offill
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 242 pages.
Total points: 95
Chris MD 10.5 Hamilton
Series title begins P, O, or C
A Christmas Promise by Anne Perry
This is book #7 in Perry's Christmas Stories series.
Total points: 105
Chris MD 25.7 Happily Ever After
Option 1: All the author's initials are found in THERE'S ONLY ONE BED
The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
EB in BED
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 320 pages.
Option 3: From Ripped Bodice Bestseller List
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
On the 2017 list and listed in the Help thread
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 323 pages.
Total points: 130
Queen Bee Darlene5.2 And the record is...
1 and/or 2 in series
Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo
Kate Burkholder #2
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 225
Queen Bee Darlene5.8 In London as well
title of at least 3 words with initial ltr of each word found in SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE
Angels in the Snow by Melody Carlson
SocIeTy of london theAtre
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 230
Chris MD 15.2 Obie Awards
Book 1: OFF found intact in title or subtitle
Off Season by Philip Craig
Book 2: OFF found intact in author's name
Weather(6) by Jenny Offill
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 242 pages.
Total points: 105
Queen Bee Darlene15.10 Be Our Guest
Hotel is the location or center of the action of the book
The Last by Hanna Jameson
From book description: : this breathtaking dystopian psychological thriller follows an American academic stranded at a Swiss hotel as the world descends into nuclear war"
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 245
Melinde20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
Option 1: Start a new series by a new-to-you author.
Eenzaam en extreem ver weg
Kate Ling
New to me author
Points this task: 20
Total points: 125
Melinde10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
Read a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title. Titles only. Subtitles are excluded.
nAar HET middelpunT dER aarde
Naar het middelpunt der aarde
Points this post: 10
GO tickets this post: 1
Total points: 135
Total GO: 2
MARGIEVANTask 15.8 Pop! Read a book set at least 50% in One of the USDA corn belt states.
This book is set in Illinois
The Book Club
Reference to establish how book fits:
Page 10 - I grew up in a comfortable suburb outside of Chicago . . . .
Page 32 - The neighborhood ordered the western boundary of the city of Chicago, and area populated . . . .
Page 44 - She recalled meeting Annie Blake five years earlier when R.J. hired John away from a rival Chicago building firm.
Page 193 - The Newberry, she said in reverential tones. I've lived in Chicago most of my life and you don't know how many times I've pressed my nose up against the window of that library and drooled, knowing what was . . .
Points this post: 15
Points total: 85
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.3 – Twice a Hat Trick!"
Educated
Published in 2018
Totals
Points: 60
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 8
Total Books read: 8
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.7 – Not just in NYC!
Mother Daughter MeTotals
Points: 65
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 9
Total Books read: 9
Suzannesea20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
List the two coin toss results and state that the author is new to you.
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
David Heska Wanbli Weiden is a new-to-me author.
Flip 1 - Tails - male author
Flip 2 - Heads - American author - David Heska Wanbli Weiden was born in the United States and lives in Denver.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 55
Sophie10.9 2 of 11/3 in the year first published
Those in Peril by Wilbur Smith
Published 10/05/2011
Total: 90
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15.10 - Be Our Guest: Read a book where a hotel is the location or center of the action of the book.
I read A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny. The book takes place at the “Manoir Bellechasse, an isolated, luxurious inn not far from the village of Three Pines” (from the main page summary).
Points This Task: 15
Total Points to Date: 15