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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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10.1 - Let's Go to the TheatreRead a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title. Titles only. Subtitles are excluded.
Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson
Points this post - 10
Total Points - 55
Tasks Completed - 4
Books Read This Season - 6
15.5 Get the word outGoodreads Author
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
This task: 15
Total Points: 305
Total Tasks: 17
Total Books: 20
Task 20.6 - All About Booksoption 1: read a book with MPG Books about Books
What Makes This Book So Great
512 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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485 points
1 GO tix
9 BB tix
Task 15.10 - Be Our Guestread a book set in a hotel
At Bertram's Hotel
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500 points
9 BB tix
1 GO tix
UNCLAIMING Task 10.3 - Wicked(claimed in post #520)
read a book with a 3+ word title whose initial letters are in VICTORIA GERSHWIN
And the Rest is History
ATRI in vIcToRiA
H in gersHwin
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Updated points: 490 points
9 BB tix
1 GO tix
Task 10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatreread a book with all the letters THEATRE in the title
And the Rest is History
THE in THE
A in And
TRE in REsT
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500 points
9 BB tix
1 GO tix
Julia10320.10 - Group Reads
The Last Wish
My reaction is post #18 in the discussion thread.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 185
BB: 1
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 13
Amy B30.1 - 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. No books with the genre Childrens or Kids may be used.
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.
Triptych by Karin Slaughter
Option 5: Drama Coach
*B. Read a book with the main page genre World War II. The MPG may be stand alone or embedded.
The Black Swan of Paris by Karen Robards
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 160 Points
Helen B10.9 - Rock the Vote
The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier
First published in 2013
Total points: 170
BB:1
GO:2
10.2 - Avenue QRead a book with the letter Q or the letters AVE intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Task points: 10
Total points: 145
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Books read: 13
Sara G15.6 - Add To Cart
Read a book with a day of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc. found in the title or subtitle. Plurals and possessives work.
Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris
Points this post: 15
Total points: 280
Bookwrm526Task #5.1 - Can't Go Wrong with the Bard
Read a book with the Main Page Genre retellings. Genre may be standalone or embedded. I read The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson.
Total points so far: 280
15.10 - Be Our GuestRead a book where a hotel* is the location or center of the action of the book.
I listened to an audiobook of Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality
New Points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 160
BB: 3
GO: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
new to me author This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
1. Tails: Male author
2. Tails: Born in Brighton, United Kingdom
Points this post: 20
Total points: 550
Tasks completed: 31/55
Books read: 41
Rockynook20.5 - Bigger is Better....Or is It?
Option 1: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of every word can be found in UP IN FLAMES
Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Joanna T5.4 – I'll Have a Double
Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women by Kate Manne
Author Kate matches Kate Burton
Points this post: 5
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Total points: 185
BB: 1
GO: 0
20.4 Ed’s Task: A Funny ThingTara Road by Maeve Binchy (Option 1: MPG of Drama)
Claiming a Big Books ticket (648 pages)
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Total Books Read: 5
Big Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 4
10.9 Rock the Vote (book first published in a year that contains two numbers from 11/3)The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (first published 1923)
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 90
Total Books Read: 6
Big Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 5
CYNBAXTERTask #10.03 – Wicked
Book: Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Task: 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.
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 80 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
10.1 Let’s Go to the Theatre (title contains all letters in THEATRE)The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States: A Speculative Novel by Jeffrey Lewis
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 100
Total Books Read: 7
Big Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 6
5.9 The Europe Theatre PrizeThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy (takes place in Russia)
Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket (first published 1886)
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 105
Total Books Read: 8
Big Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 7
20.5 - Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (Option 3: [Author’s initials found in ONE MORE HIKE])
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 125
Total Books Read: 9
Big Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 8
10.10 Square Dance DayPet Sematary by Stephen King (2 word title)
Claiming a Big Books ticket (576 pages)
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 135
Total Books Read: 10
Big Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 9
15.10 Be Our Guest (book set in hotel, etc)A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (takes place almost entirely in a hotel)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 150
Total Books Read: 11
Big Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 10
10.3 WickedConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (Title with 3+ words, first letter of each word found in APPOLO VICTORIA and/or GERSHWIN)
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 160
Total Books Read: 12
Big Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 11
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre.
Option 2: Mythology
The stories used in tragedy were taken almost exclusively from the great cycles of mythology. These ancient myths and heroic legends were like a bible to the Greeks, for they recorded what was thought to be the collective social, political, and religious history of the people, and included many profound and searching tales about the problems of human life and the nature of the gods. The custom requiring the use of these mythological stories in tragedy satisfied an essential requirement of the religious function of drama, for it enabled the poet to deal with subjects of great moral dignity and emotional significance.
*Read a book with the main page genre mythology or main page genre Greece. MPG may be stand alone or embedded.
I read Circe which has an MPS of mythology.
Option 4: Aeschylus’s The Oresteia
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides is a trilogy of tragedies. Following a cursed family, the House of Atreus, this series is the only example of a trilogy in Greek drama. It took first prize in the Dionysia festival when first performed in 458 BCE. The first, Agamemnon, follows the King of Argos as he returns home to an adulterous wife intent on murdering him for sacrificing their daughter. The second, The Libation Bearers, continues the story, with Agamemnon’s children Electra and Orestes uniting to avenge the death of their father by taking revenge on their mother. The final installation is The Eumenides and concerns the legal consequences of the murders, with Orestes receiving punishment for his crimes. Brimming with love-hate relationships, murder, intrigue, and drama, the plays are as relevant today as any contemporary drama.
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.
I read Troubled Blood which is #5 in the Cormoran Strike series.
This book has 944 pp and is a ******BIG BOOK ********
points: 125
books read: 8
tasks completed: 5
Big Books: 3
pages read: 3502
Task 10.6 – Hobbit DayOver 100,000 ratings AND an average rating over 4.0
Daisy Jones & The Six
Rating confirmed in HELP thread
I listened to the audio / MMP: Daisy Jones & The Six - 480 pg
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 140 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
15.8 - Pop!A book set in Minnesota: A Flickering Light by Jane Kirkpatrick
The setting is mentioned in the 3rd paragraph (expanded) of the book blurb on the main page.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 215
Task 10.9 – Rock the VoteFirst published year includes TWO of: 1 1 3
Flash and Bones – First published 2011
I listened to the audiobook / MMP Flash and Bones - 363 pages
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 150 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Task 20.7 – Shorter is Sweeter – Brooklyn – A Different Kind of CelebrationOption 1: Author initials in C H A M P A G N E
Heather Newton / Under the Mercy Trees
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 170 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Task 25.2 – Cat – Shakespearean ReadingOption 1 – 3-word title, where the 1st letter of each word found in: Come, and Take choice oF all my library, And so beguile thy Sorrow
Simon the Fiddler
Option 2 – Author’s first and last initials in William ShaKespeare
Stephen King / Elevation
I listened to the audio / MMP; Elevation - 160 pg
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 195 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
MARGIEVANTask 20.5 - Option 1: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of every word can be found in UP IN FLAMES.
Eight Perfect Murders
Points this post: 20
Points total: 125
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25.3 - Andy P’s Task : Finding a Topic for a TaskBook 1, Read a book whose TITLE contains all of the letters in SCRATCH, including 2 Cs.
SCRATCH found in mARTian CHroniCleS
1x Golden Oldies Tix (pub 1949)
182 pages
Book 2. Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them ) can be found in COPYCAT.
Indigo Owl by Charlie Archbold
author's initials, CA, found in copyCAt
336 pages
Total pages read: 518
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Season Total: 350
Delicious Dee5.9. The Europe Theatre Prize
My Greek Island Summer
points this post: 5
Total Points: 350
Melinde20.5 - 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. Ex: 214, 323, 209.
De gloed van gedoofde sterren
303 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.3 Twice a Hat Trick!"
Alone Together: A Novel by Sarah J. Donovan
First published in 2018.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 555
Tasks completed: 32/55
Books read: 42
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.4 The Wiz
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Found on Page 1 of list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 565
Tasks completed: 33/55
Books read: 43
LouloureadsTask 10.3 Wicked
Read a book with a title of three or more words, where the first letter of each word can be found in APOLLO VICTORIA and/or GERSHWIN.
Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett
APOLLO
Points this post: 10
Points overall: 95
trishhartuk20.3 Best Review Contest - Book Concierge’s Task: Banned Books Week
Read a book from this list: Best Banned Censored and Challenged Books.
The Lottery and Other Stories, Shirley Jackson (306pg)
Page 1, #65
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 14
Golden oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 500+ x 1 = 1
Barbara ★25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite Musicals
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CAROLE KING or BILLY JOEL. All initials count.
The Magicians - Lev Grossman 9/3
(L & G in caroLe kinG)
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.
Crooked River - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 9/20
(from LINE 4 - But I'm takin' a Greyhound on the Hudson RIVER line)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 75
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW
MOVIE CHOICE: Black Pumpkin (2018)
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). Words must match exactly.
Black Magic - S.J. Davis 9/12
Book 2: Read a book first published the same year your chosen film was released.
Hooked on a Phoenix - Ashlyn Chase 9/21
(published March 6, 2018)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 100
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Task 15.7 – The Toniest AwardAuthor named TONY
Tony Hillerman / Dance Hall of the Dead
I listened to the audio / MMP: Dance Hall of the Dead - 240 pg
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 210 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Barbara ★20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 1: read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in CHAMPAGNE.
The Werewolf Upstairs - Ashlyn Chase 9/29
(A & C in ChAmpagne)
Option 3: read a book set at least 50% in one of the top global wine regions: Italy, France, Spain, California, Argentina, Chile, Australia.
Igniting Darkness - Robin LaFevers 9/25
(set 100% in France)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 120
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★15.5 - Get The Word Out
Read a book written by a Goodreads Author
Firestorm Forever - Deborah Cooke 9/24
BIG BOOK: 618 pages
Points this task: 15
Total points: 135
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★10.8 - Trick or Treat
Read a book with the MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural.
Claim The Leopard Princess - Meg Xuemei X. 9/14
(MPG paranormal)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 145
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★5.6 - The AUDELCO awards
Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are found in VIVIAN ROBINSON.
Crash & Burn - Abigail Roux 9/17
(A & R in viviAn Robinson)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 150
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★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. REQUIRED: if the location is not evident from the metadata or book description,
Wild Irish Ride - Jennifer Saints 9/11
(set 100% in Savannah Georgia)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 155
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★5.10 - Intermission
Take a break and read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Dust to Dust - Beverly Connor 9/18
Points this task: 5
Total points: 160
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Amarie10.6 - Popular book with 100,000+ ratings and average of 4+ stars
Book: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
274,739 ratings with 4.48 average stars
565 pages - Claiming Big Book Ticket
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 130
Big Book Tickets: 1
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I chose option #1 (Humor etc as an MPG), and I read Three Men in a Boat, which has Humor as a main page genre.
This was originally published in 1889, so I claim a golden oldie ticket for this post.
Points this task: 20
Points this challenge: 80
Big book tickets: 0
Golden oldie tickets: 1