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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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10.7 - National Comic Book DayFor this task, I read Nancy: The John Stanley Library, Vol. 3. This book has the main page genre of Sequential Art - Comics.
This book collects 4 issues: #170-173 of the Nancy comic published by Dell Comics in the late 1950's / early 1960's.
Points this post: 10
Points this challenge: 40
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Oma122910.7 - National Comic Book Day
September 25 is National Comic Book Day. Read a book with the MPG Sequential Art.
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie M. Liu
Total Points-185/935
Total Tasks=12/55
Golden Oldie Books=()
# 0f Big Books=500-749(); 750-1000(); 1000+()
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek TheatreOption 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in SOPHOCLES
Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
Option 4: Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than or equal to 1
Chosen (House of Night #3)
New Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 145
BB: 3
GO: 1
Jen K20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: Alexander Hamilton
Option C: Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
MPG: American Revolution
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 110
Casey WTask 20.8 - Flip, Flip Horray for New Authors
Coin Flips
1. - Heads - Female Author
2 - Heads - US Born Author
The Royal Nanny by Karen Harper
Author is new to me. She is a female who was born in the US.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Jen K25.7 - Sally M's Task: Happily Ever After
Option 1: The Switch by Beth O'Leary
BO in One Bed
Option 2: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Author is #1 on Page 1
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 135
Elizabeth PTask 20.7 - A Different Kind of Celebration
Option One: Author's initials in CHAMPAGNE
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
ChamPagne
At 748 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
Total Books: 7
25.5 - Whitnie I's Task: First and LastBook 1, First: Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Nottingham (Nottingham #1) by Nathan Makaryk
Book 2, Last: Read a book with the MPG Apocalyptic or a variation of the word.
Hunter (Hunter #1) by Mercedes Lackey
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 270
20.5 - 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.
Infinity + One by Amy Harmon
327 pages
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 290
20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to SchoolFacing the Music: A Rosewood Novel (Rosewood #1) by Andrea Laurence
Author is new to me
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 310
15.5 - Get The Word OutPlain Obsession (Hunters Ridge #1) by Alison Stone
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 325
10.9 - Rock the VoteTied Up In Heartstrings (Heartstrings #1) by Felicia Lynn
First published 2013
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 335
10.1 - Let's Go to the TheatreDaughters of the Lake by Wendy Webb
THEATRE found in dAugHTERs ThE
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 345
5.10. IntermissionWe All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 350
5.8 – In London as wellEmpire of Ivory (Temeraire #4) by Naomi Novik
3 words in title & first letters of words in title are E O I & can be found in sOcIEty
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 355
5.2. – And the record is....Plain Missing (Hunters Ridge #2) by Alison Stone
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 360
5.6 – The AUDELCO awardsPlain Escape (Hunters Ridge #3) by Alison Stone
author's initials, AS, found in viviAn robinSon
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 365
Task 25.8 - My Favourite Musicalsoption 1: read a book with author initials in BILLY JOEL
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
BE initials
option 2: read a book with a word from the lyrics in the title
Bringing Down the Duke
DOWN in the lyrics
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450 points
8 BB tix
1 GO tix
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.9 Rock the Vote
Unlocked by Ryan G. Van Cleave
First published in 2011
Points this post: 10
Total points: 415
Tasks completed: 25/55
Books read: 32
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.5 Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
Option 3: Invisible Victims: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women by Katherine McCarthy
Points this post: 20
Total points: 435
Tasks completed: 26/55
Books read: 33
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 1: Lucky You by Carl Hiaasen
Points this post: 20
Total points: 455
Tasks completed: 27/55
Books read: 34
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.5 Whitnie I's Task: First and Last
Book 1: Hearts in Darkness by Laura Kaye.
Hearts in Darkness #1
Book 2: Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
Points this post: 25
Total points: 480
Tasks completed: 28/55
Books read: 36
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.7 Sally M's Task: Happily Ever After
Option 1: Thinspo by Amy Ellis
Found in fAkE dating
Option 4: Love & War by Melissa de la Cruz
Points this post: 25
Total points: 505
Tasks completed: 29/55
Books read: 38
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.8 Amy FL's task: My Favorite Musicals
Option 1: The Thing You're Good at by Lesley Choyce.
Found in Carole King
Option 2: Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan
Word is LITTLE
Points this post: 25
Total points: 530
Tasks completed: 30/55
Books read: 40
10.8 - Trick or TreatRead a book with the MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural. Genres may be standalone or embedded.
The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James MPG Horror, MPG Paranormal
Task points: 10
Total points: 135
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Books read: 12
Melinde10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
Repost for claiming GO ticket
Read a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title. Titles only. Subtitles are excluded.
Naar het middelpunt der aarde
Publication year: 1864
GO tickets this post: 1
Total GO: 2
Sara G15.7 - The Toniest Award
Read a book by an author named Tony or any of the related names found at Behind The Name such as Anthony, Nina, or Tonya. The name must be in the first name position.
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 550 pages.
**A Constellation of Vital Phenomena is a Big Book (550 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 265
Task 15.1 - Tinker to Evers to Chanceread two books with two-word titles; the last of the first title being the first of the second title
Suite Scarlett
Scarlett Fever
connecting word: SCARLETT
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465 points
8 BB tix
1 GO tix
Task 5.6 – The AUDELCO awardsBook chosen: Shadow Garden
Fits task: A and B can be found in Vivian Robinson
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 368
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 115 points
Task 20.5 – Bigger is BetterBook chosen: All That's Good: Recovering the Lost Art of Discernment
Fits task: Book pages between 200 and 400, 2 and 5 are larger than 1
Format read: audio
# of pages: 215
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 135 points
Pat 
10.6 ~ Hobbit Day
Task Description ~ Celebrate Hobbit Day by reading a popular book (100,000+ ratings) that has an average rating of 4.00 stars or higher.
Required ~
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanCompleted ~ 9.27.20
Pages ~ 336
Rating details · 4.28 average rating · 694,984 ratings
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Points this post ~ 10
Total Points ~ 180
Tasks Completed ~ 13
Books Read This Season ~ 17
Pages Read This Season ~ 5,243
Nick kY25.9 - G.Q.’s Task: Black Books Matter
Opt. 1. From the Black Lives Matter Reading List, I read The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, # 5, p. 1. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Opt. 2. From the Afrofuturism list, I read Stars In My Pocket Like Grains Of Sand by Samuel R. Delany, # 43, p. 1 of the list. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 305
Andy P.
Task # 20.3 – Best Review - Book Concierge – Banned Books Week
Read a book from this list: Best Banned Censored and Challenged Books
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Page 1 # 86
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
Jasmiina F10.10 - Square Dance Day:
Read a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title:
Betty Blue by Philippe Djian.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Janice CA10.8 - Trick or Treat
MPG: paranormal
True Tales of Ghostly Encounters by Andy Honigman
+10
total: 25
tasks: 2
books: 2
Steve E.20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
Reading enriches our lives and gives us insight into other perspectives besides our own. November 1st is National Author's Day. One benefit of participating in the SRC is that we often find new authors to enjoy. So for this task you will:
Read a single author book by a new to you author.
Now here comes the fun part. There will be 2 steps in determining what new author to read.
Go to Flip A Coin and flip a coin TWO times only. Record your results.
Flip #1
Heads: Read a book written by a female author
Tails: Read a book written by a male author
Flip #2
Heads: Read a book by an American author (by birth or current residence)
Tails: Read a book by a non-American author (by birth or current residence)
Required: If the author's birthplace or residence is not evident in the GR record include a reference when you post.
Behind Closed Doors by: B.A. Paris
Flip #1 - Heads - Female Author
Flip #2 - Tails - Non-American Author - Lives in the UK currently
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 65
Bookwrm526Task #30.2 - 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: I read The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan (2 words in title; 15 letters in author's name).
Book 2: I read Diamond City by Francesca Flores (2 words in title; 15 letters in author's name).
Total points so far: 270
Bookwrm526Task #5.2 - And the record is....
Read a book that has a 1 and/or a 2 in its series number. Examples, 1, 2, 12, 22. No other numbers may be included in the series number. I read Murder Between the Lines by Radha Vatsal, book 2 in the Kitty Weeks series.
Total points so far: 275
Pat 10.8 ~ Trick or Treat
Task Description ~ Read a book with the MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural. Genres may be standalone or embedded.
Required ~
The Long Walk by Richard Bachman (Stephen King)Completed ~ 9.28.20
Pages ~ 321
Horror is #1 MPG genre
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Points this post ~ 10
Total Points ~ 190
Tasks Completed ~ 14
Books Read This Season ~ 5,564
30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Find The Right SpellBook 1: Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World by Jennifer Palmieri
❁ Madam is a 5-letter palindrome ❁
📖 179 pages 📖
Book 2: The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
❁ no repeated letters ❁
📖 455 pages 📖
📖📖📖 179 pages + 455 pages = 634 pages 📖📖📖
Total points: 190 + 30 = 220
MEGSCL5.5 – It Really Happened
Historical fiction - Passage
**780 pages - 2 big books
TOTAL to date
100 points
4 big books
ashbethindia10.7 - National Comic Book Day
September 25 is National Comic Book Day. Read a book with the MPG Sequential Art.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Points this post: 10
Total points: 230
20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in ONE MORE HIKE.
Eltonsbrody by Edgar Mittelholzer
EM appears in MorE
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 165
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
15.9 - How Ya Doin'?Read a book that you added to your To-read list between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.
Wonderland
I don't really use Goodreads' TBR shelf. Added to my personal TBR around May 1st 2020.
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 180
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New AuthorsMy random flips were
Flip #1) Heads (female author)
Flip #2) Tails (non-American)
I took this opportunity to read Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, who is new to me.
According to Wikipedia, she was born in Tokyo, Japan.
Total points this post: 20
Total points for the challenge: 60
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
MARGIEVANTask 20.1 Option 3 - Read a book that has a number in the title.
101 Ways to Go Zero Waste
Number is 101
Points this post: 20
Points total: 105
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10.7 - National Comic Book Day
A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel, Volume One
This post: 10 points
Total points: 165
BB: 1
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 12