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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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5.3 – Twice a Hat Trick!"Published in 2018 - The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark
This task: 5
Total Points: 310
Total Tasks: 19
Total Books: 23
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.2 And the record is....
Deserts, Driving, & Derelicts by Tonya Kappes
(A Camper & Criminals Cozy #2)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 570
Tasks completed: 34/55
Books read: 44
Sara G30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
Option 3: Sophocles (c. 496-406 BCE)
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in SOPHOCLES.
A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
SOPHOCLES
Option 5: Drama Coach
B. Read a book with the main page genre World War II. The MPG may be stand alone or embedded.
Millions Like Us Women's Lives During the Second World War by Virginia Nicholson
MPG War > World War II 24 users
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 508 pages.
**Millions Like Us is a Big Book (508 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 310
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.7 The Toniest Award
Beaches, Bungalows, and Burglaries by Tonya Kappes
Points this post: 15
Total points: 585
Tasks completed: 35/55
Books read: 45
REPOST
Option C: MPG of American Revolution.
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
IL: MG - BL: 5.2- AR Pts: 11
This task: 20
Total Points: 330
Total Tasks: 20
Total Books: 24
Bookwrm526Task #15.10 - Be Our Guest
Read a book where a hotel* is the location or center of the action of the book. *Hotel includes hotel, motel, inn, guest house, bed and breakfast, hostel, cruise ship or guest resort. I read An Uninvited Ghost by E.J. Copperman - it is set in a guest house, the murder takes place in the guest house, and most of the suspects are staying in the guest house.
Total points so far: 300
Task 5.9 - The Europe Theatre Prizeread a book set in Russia
War and Peace
I did read some before 1 Sep, but was at 48% then. I read 52% this month
1440 pages - claiming 3 BB tix
first published 1867 - claiming 1 GO tix
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520 points
12 BB tix
3 GO tix
Mary P10.5 - Hamilton
Read a book with a series title that begins with a letter in POC. For this task, articles (a, an, the) may be ignored.
The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
Points this task: 10
Total points: 80
Amy B10.6 - Hobbit Day
Celebrate Hobbit Day by reading a popular book (100,000+ ratings) that has an average rating of 4.00 stars or higher.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (2.7+ million ratings, 4.62 stars) - IL: MG+
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 170 Points
PegW30.3 - 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.
Welcome to Night Vale
Option 4: Read a book written by a single author who has all the letters in the word NEWS in their name.
Making Museums Matter by Stephen E. Weil
Books must have a total of at least 550 pages.
401+288=689
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 95
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 6
5.6 Initials In VIVIAN ROBINSON Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
GO: 1
BB: 1(500) (750) (1000)
Bookwrm526Task #15.6 - Add to Cart
Read a book with a day of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc. found in the title or subtitle. I read Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman.
Total points so far: 315
Jen C20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 4: First letter of every word (T G A T) found in WHAT, VEGAS, STAYS.
To Green Angel Tower by Tad Williams
Points this post = 20
Total points = 190
Nikki B20.1 Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Back to School
Option 2
The Hunting Party
Lucy Foley
Task Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 80
Total BB Tickets: 1
Nick KY5.1 The Bard. Genre “Retellings” -- I read Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 310
Nick KY5.6 AUDELCO. Author Inits in VIVIANROBINSON. I read War Dances by Sherman Alexie.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 315
EMurphy10.1 Let's Go to the Theatre (All of the letters in THEATRE found in the title)
Twenty-one Truths About Love by Matthew Dicks
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 35
Books Read: 3
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
Task 10.2 – Avenue QBook chosen: 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think
Fits task: Letters AVE intact in the title/subtitle - word: HAVE
Format read: audio
# of pages: 272
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 145 points
Task 20.3 – Best Review - Book Concierge - Banned Books WeekBook chosen: A Thousand Splendid Suns
Fits task: Book listed on page 5 of the list
Format read: audio
# of pages: 372
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 165 points
Task 20.4 – Golden OldiesBook chosen: Gods in Alabama
Fits task: MPG of Humor (standalone)
Format read: paperback
# of pages: 320
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 185 points
Task 30.6 – Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and WaitBook A Option 2 - book chosen: Murder on Pleasant Avenue
Fits task: Book 23 in the Gaslight Mystery Series
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 336
Book B Option 2 - book chosen: The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond
Fits task: all letters of tomato found in title
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 352
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 215 points
5.3 – Twice a Hat Trick!Read a book first published in one of these years – 1950, 1979, 2003, 2018.
The Narrows Audiobook
The Narrows Paperback First Published in 2018
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 200
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Amy FL10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
He Started It - Theatre (HE sTARTEd it)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 140
Amy FL10.8 - Trick or Treat
Ninth House (Horror is currently on genre list, but if it rolls off, book was approved in message 11)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 150
Amy FL15.4 - And I Did It My Way
Option 2: We're Going to Need More Wine (Memoir with 6-word title)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 165
Queen Bee Darlene20.5 Bigger is Better - Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better - Or is it?
2) BEtween 200 and 400 pgs where outside numbers are larger than center one
Disability Visibility : First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
309 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 300
Amy FL20.3 – Best Review - Book Concierge – Banned Books Week
Flowers for Algernon - page 1 of list (#28)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 185
Amy FL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny Thing
Option 1: Anxious People - Humor (Verified in genre verification thread, post #21)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 205
Amy FL20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 3: The Chalk Circle Man - set in Paris, France (in metadata)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
Amy FL20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
Flip 1: Heads (female), Flip 2: Heads (American author)
The Falconer by Dana Czapnik (born in New York)
Author was new to me (debut novel)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 245
G.Q. 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny Thing
Option 1: Read a book with a Main Page Genre of Humor, Comedy, Plays or Drama.
Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 10
Pages Read: 3,231
Sara G30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG of Sports. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
The Fifteenth Minute by Sarina Bowen
Option 4: Read a book written by a single author who has all the letters in the word NEWS in their name.
The Handsome Road by Gwen Bristow
GWEN BRISTOW
**The Handsome Road is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1938). I claim one GO ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 340
5.10. IntermissionTake a break and read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
I would like to claim a Big Book Ticket for Twilight. I read the Paperback copy which has 501 pages.
Task points: 5
Total points: 165
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 1
Books read: 15
Nick KY25.4 Nick KY’s Task: Man Bookering
Book 1. I read Man Booker nominee: How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang. 288 pp
Book 2. I read The Cryptos Conundrum by Chase Brandon -- same name as nominee Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life (name can be in any position according to rules). 416 pp
Total pp = 704 > required 500
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 340
Delicious Dee5.7 – Not just in NYC!
Fully Ignited - set in Boston, MA
points this post: 5
Total Points: 385
Joanne MI15.5 - Get The Word Out
Read a book written by a Goodreads Author- an author enrolled in the Goodreads Author Program.
Elizabeth Street-Laurie Fabiano is noted as a GR's Author
Points this task 15
Total Points 80
Total BB's 1
Delicious Dee15.7 - The Toniest Award
Wilde Nights in Paradise - Tonya Burrows
points this post: 15
Total Points: 400
Amy B30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
This is a 2 book task. Select 2 options and read 1 book for each.
A book with a MPG of Manga/Sequential Art/Graphic Novel may be used for Option 1 only. Books must have a total of at least 550 pages. Required: State the options.
Option 1: Read a book with a MPG of Manga/Sequential Art/ Graphic Novel or Science Fiction. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast (228 pages)
Option 3: Read a book that has all the letters in HOODIE in its title/subtitle, including 2 Os.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (607 pages) - IL: MG+
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 200 Points
25.9 G.Q.’s Task: Black Books MatterOption 1: Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad (#BlackLivesMatter Reading List, page 2)
and
Option 4: On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (Author appears on Masterlist of Black YA Writers, page 1)
TOTALS
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 185
Big Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies Read: 3
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 12
Melinde20.3 – Best Review - Book Concierge – Banned Books Week
Read a book from this list: Best Banned Censored and Challenged Books
Een weeffout in onze sterren
Dutch edition of "The fault in our stars"
Book 117, page 2 of the Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books list
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
Total GO: 2
Total BB: 3
Queen Bee Darlene10.4 The Wiz
African American books list
Behold the Dreamers Page 4
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 310
MAZZA115.10 - Be Our Guest
Read a book where a hotel* is the location or center of the action of the book. *Hotel includes cruise ship
Deadly Cruise
points this post = 15
Points to date = 455
MAZZA120.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: 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.
Ella Minnow Pea
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 475
MAZZA120.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
❋ Nonfiction - Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
Post in discussion thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 20
points to date = 495
MAZZA125.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Man Bookering
This is a two book task.
Read one Book 1 and one Book 2.
The combined total of pages for both books together must be 500 pages or more.
Book 1. Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle which matches a word in the title of one of the books on the longlist.
Atomic Love word matches book "LOVE and other thought experiments" = 496 pages
Book 2. Read a book with an author’s name (first, middle, or last) which matches a name of one of the authors on the longlist.
The Way of Kings, Part 1 Brandon Sanderson matches" Brandon Taylor" 592 pages
496 + 592 = 1,094 pages exceeds requirement
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 520
MAZZA125.7 - Sally M's Task: Happily Ever After
Read two books, from two different options
Option 1: In honour of two of my favourite tropes, read a book where all the author’s initials can be found in THERE’S ONLY ONE BED. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
I read the Audio edition
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Hallie Rubenhold
There is no MMP this is the PB edition The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Option 4: In honor of happy endings, read a book with the MPG Romance that ALSO has one of the following words in the title, subtitle, or series name: , Kiss,
The Bride Test series is The KISS Quotient MPG si romance
points this post = 25
Points to date = 545
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Book 2 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
This task: 15
Total Points: 305
Total Tasks: 18
Total Books: 22